The Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in an Independent Film is one of the awards given annually to people working in the motion picture industry by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).
History
It is presented to the composers who have composed the best "original" score, written specifically for an independent film. The award was first given in 2015, during the sixth annual awards. It was first awarded to independent short film, but gradually shifted to full-length features.
Winners and nominees
2010s Year Film Nominees (2015) The Moment I Was Alone Isaias Garcia Flying South Mark Cyprian Smythe Labyrinth Ramesh Kumar Kannan L´Altra Frontera Luc Suarez Land Of Leopold Alexis Grapsas Le Constructeur de Malheur Raphael Fimm (2016) The Curse of Sleeping Beauty Scott Glasgow The Carer Atti Pacsay Mr. Church Mark Isham Quarries Isaias Garcia The Roots of Men Nicolas Techer (2017) Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2017 – Winners — SoundTrackList Chuck Corey Allen Jackson The Mad Whale Layla Minoui Purgatory Road Glen Gabriel This Beautiful Fantastic Anne Nikitin This Day Forward Nami Melumad Unfallen Mark Smythe (2018) Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2018 – Winners — SoundTrackFest Colette Thomas Adès Breath Harry Gregson-Williams The Death of Stalin Christopher Willis The Last Movie Star Austin Wintory Mandy Jóhann Jóhannsson Miss Arizona Nami Melumad (2019) Colewell Dara Taylor Encounter Penka Kouneva Epiphany Nuno Malo In This Grey Place Miro Kepinski Indigo Valley Dalal Bruchmann & Maesa Pullman
2020s Year Film Nominees (2020) Minari Emile Mosseri The 24th Alex Heffes Ammonite Dustin O'Halloran & Volker Bertelmann The Glorias Elliot Goldenthal Shirley Tamar-kali Wild Mountain Thyme Amelia Warner (2021) C'mon C'mon Bryce & Aaron Dessner The Card Counter Robert Levon Been & Giancarlo Vulcano CODA Marius de Vries The Green Knight Daniel Hart Nine Days Antônio Pinto (2022) Living Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch Dead for a Dollar Xander Rodzinski Don't Make Me Go Jessica Weiss Everything Everywhere All at Once Son Lux The Outfit Alexandre Desplat The Whale Rob Simonsen (2023) The Zone of Interest Mica Levi Dalíland Edmund Butt Dream Scenario Owen Pallett Jules Volker Bertelmann Miranda's Victim Holly Amber Church She Came to Me Bryce Dessner (2024) The Room Next Door Alberto Iglesias African Giants Justin Schornstein In the Land of Saints and Sinners Diego Baldenweg with Nora Baldenweg and Lionel Baldenweg Sasquatch Sunset The Octopus Project September 5 Lorenz Dangel Thelma Nick Chuba (2025) Rule Breakers Jeff Beal Truth & Treason Aaron Zigman The Ballad of Wallis Island Adem Ilhan Rental Family Jónsi and Alex Somers Rabbit Trap Lucrecia Dalt Wet Paper Bag Steve Gernes
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