Hollywood Music in Media for Best Original Song in a Feature Film
CountryUnited States
Presented byHollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA)
First awarded2014
Currently held byBillie Eilish O'Connell & Finneas O'Connell
"What Was I Made For?" from Barbie (2023)
Websitewww.hmmawards.com

The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Song in a Feature Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). It is presented to the songwriters who have composed the best "original" song, written specifically for a film. The award was first given in 2014, during the fifth annual awards.

Winners and nominees

2010s

Year Film Song Nominees
(2014)
5th
[1]
Begin Again "Lost Stars" Gregg Alexander & Danielle Brisebois
The Fault in Our Stars "Not About Angels" Birdy
Muppets Most Wanted "I'll Get You What You Want (Cockatoo in Malibu)" Bret McKenzie
Wish I Was Here "So Now What" James Mercer
"Wish I Was Here" Cat Power and Guy Berryman, Jonny Buckland, Will Champion & Chris Martin
(2015)
6th
[2]
Furious 7 "See You Again" Andrew Cedar, Justin Franks, Charlie Puth & Cameron Thomaz
I’ll See You in My Dreams "I'll See You in My Dreams" Keegan DeWitt
Love & Mercy "One Kind of Love" Brian Wilson & Scott Bennett
No Escape "Take Care of You" Jim James
Spectre "Writing's on the Wall" Sam Smith & Jimmy Napes
(2016)
7th
[3]
La La Land "City of Stars" Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
A Boy Called Po "Dancing with Your Shadow" Burt Bacharach
Hidden Figures "Runnin'" Pharrell Williams
La La Land "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" Justin Hurwitz, Benk Pasek & Justin Paul
Rules Don't Apply "The Rules Don’t Apply" Eddie Arkin and Lorraine Feather
Too Late "Down with Mary" John Hawkes
(2017)
8th
[4]
Marshall "Stand Up for Something" Diane Warren, Common
Battle of the Sexes "If I Dare" Nicholas Britell
Fifty Shades Darker "I Don't Wanna Live Forever" Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew & Taylor Swift
The Greatest Showman "This is Me" Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Mudbound "Mighty River" Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq & Taura Stinson
The Promise "The Promise" Chris Cornell
(2018)
9th
[5][6]
A Star Is Born "Shallow" Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt
Book Club "Living in the Moment" Walter Afanasieff, Jay Landers and Carole Bayer Sager
Boy Erased "Revelation" Jónsi, Leland & Troye Sivan
Dumplin' "Girl in the Movies" Dolly Parton and Linda Perry
The Equalizer 2 "Animal Sauvage" Gertjan Mulder
Fifty Shades Freed "For You" Ali Payami, Ali Tamposi & Andrew Watt
The Hate U Give "We Won't Move" Arlissa
On the Basis of Sex "Here Comes the Change" Kesha, Drew Pearson, Stephen Wrabel
(2019)
10th
[7]
Harriet "Stand Up" Cynthia Erivo (writer/performer), Joshuah Brian Campbell (writer)
Aladdin "Speechless" Alan Menken, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (music & lyrics); Naomi Scott (performer)
Breakthrough "I'm Standing with You" Diane Warren (music & lyrics); Chrissy Metz (performer)
Bombshell "One Little Soldier" Regina Spektor (lyrics/performer)
Hobbs & Shaw "Getting Started" Justin Amundrud, Andrew DeRoberts, Joel Rousseau, Zach Skelton & Kyle Williams (writers); Aloe Blacc, J.I.D (performers)
The Lion King "Spirit" Beyoncé (writer/performer); Labrinth, Ilya Salmanzadeh (writers)
Motherless Brooklyn "Daily Battles" Thom Yorke (writer/performer); Flea (writer)
Rocketman "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" Elton John (writer/performer); Bernie Taupin (writer); Taron Egerton (performer)

2020s

Year Film Song Nominees
(2020)
11th
[8][9]
The Life Ahead "Seen (Io sì)" Laura Pausini (writer/performer); Diane Warren, Niccolò Agliardi (writers)
The 40-Year-Old Version "Poverty Porn" Radha Blank (writer/performer), Khrysis (writer)
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga "Húsavík (Hometown)" Savan Kotecha, Rickard Göransson, Fat Max Gsus (writers); Will Ferrell, Rachel McAdams, Molly Sandén (performers)
Judas and the Black Messiah "Fight for You" H.E.R. (writer/performer); Dernst Emile II, Tiara Thomas (writers)
One Night in Miami... "Speak Now" Leslie Odom Jr. (writer/performer); Sam Ashworth (writer)
Tenet "The Plan" Travis Scott (writer/performer); Ludwig Göransson, Ebony Naomi Oshunrinde (writers)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 "Hear My Voice" Celeste (writer/performer); Daniel Pemberton (writer)
The United States vs. Billie Holiday "Tigress & Tweed" Andra Day (writer/performer); Raphael Saadiq (writer)
(2021)
12th
[10][11]
No Time to Die "No Time to Die" Billie Eilish (writer/performer); Finneas O'Connell (writer)
Cyrano "Every Letter" Matt Berninger, Carin Besser, Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner (writers); Haley Bennett, Peter Dinklage and Kelvin Harrison Jr. (performers)
Don't Look Up "Just Look Up" Kid Cudi and Ariana Grande (writers/performers); Nicholas Britell and Taura Stinson (writers)
Flag Day "My Father's Daughter" Glen Hansard & Eddie Vedder (writers); Olivia Vedder (performer)
The Harder They Fall "Guns Go Bang" Kid Cudi & Jay-Z (writers/performers); Jeymes Samuel (writer)
In the Heights "Home All Summer" Lin-Manuel Miranda (writer); Leslie Grace, Anthony Ramos and Marc Anthony (performers)
King Richard "Be Alive" Beyoncé (writer/performer); DIXSON (writer)
Respect "Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)" Jennifer Hudson (writer/performer); Jamie Hartman & Carole King (writers)
(2022)
13th
[12]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever "Lift Me Up" Rihanna (writer/performer); Tems, Ryan Coogler, Ludwig Görannsson (writers)
Amsterdam "Time" Giveon Evans (writer/performer); Aubrey Drake Graham, Daniel Pemberton and Jahaan Akil Sweet (writers)
Avatar: The Way of Water "Song Chord" Simon Franglen (writer); Zoe Saldana (performer)
Bones and All "(You Made it Feel Like) Home" Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (writers/performers); Mariqueen Maandig Reznor (performer)
Bros "Love Is Not Love" Billy Eichner (writer/performer); Marc Shaiman (writer)
Spirted "Do A Little Good" Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (writers); Ryan Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Sunita Mani, Patrick Page and Tracy Morgan (performers)
Till "Stand Up" Jazmine Sullivan (writer/performer); D'Mile (writer)
Top Gun: Maverick "Hold My Hand" Lady Gaga (writer/performer); BloodPop (writer)
Where The Crawdads Sing "Carolina" Taylor Swift (writer/performer)
White Noise "new body rhumba" James Murphy, Nancy Whang, Patrick Mahoney (writers); LCD Soundsystem (performers)
(2023)
14th
[13]
Barbie "What Was I Made For?" Billie Eilish O'Connell (writer/performer); Finneas O'Connell (writers)
Barbie "I'm Just Ken" Ryan Gosling, Slash, Wolfgang Van Halen (performers), Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt (writers)
Flamin' Hot "The Fire Inside" Becky G] (performer), Diane Warren (writer)
Flora and Son "High Life" Eve Hewson (writer/performer); Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (performers), Gary Clark and John Carney (writers)
Origin "I Am" Stan Walker (writer/performer); Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder and Te Kanapu Anasta (writers)
Rustin "Road to Freedom" Lenny Kravitz (writer/performer)
The Beanie Bubble "This" OK Go (performer); Damian Kulash, Jr. and Timothy Nordwind (writers)
The Color Purple "Keep It Movin'" Halle Bailey (writer/performer); Phylicia Pearl Mpasi (performer); Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney, and Morten Ristorp (writers)

References

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  7. ^ HMMA (2019). "2019 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  8. ^ HMMA (2020). "2020 MUSIC IN VISUAL MEDIA NOMINATIONS". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
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