Tim Blake Nelson is Buster Scruggs in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a film by Joel and Ethan Coen. (Photo: Courtesy Netflix)

Proven winners will vie with talented upstarts at the Ninth Annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards tonight. Hans Zimmer, Carter Burwell, Terence Blanchard and Alexandre Desplat are among the nominees in the feature film original score category, where Mary Queen of Scots‘ Max Richter and Green Book’s Kris Bowers are also in contention. Recently minted superstar Justin Hurwitz, Nicholas Britell and Theodore Shapiro also made the shortlist.

Animated film, horror film and documentary all have their own categories, with names including Alan Silvestri, Christophe Beck, Ludwig Goransson and Tyler Bates among the luminaries in those categories. Each sector also has its own contest for best song. Films competing for early awards season glory include A Star is Born, Black Panther, BlackKklansman, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs and If Beale Street Could Talk.

The HMMA’s honor internationally produced music in film, TV, video games, commercials and trailers, and have historically been a good indicator of the way awards season winds are blowing.  With over 500 submissions this year, HMMA nominees are chosen in specific genres of music for film, TV and video game including dramatic feature, sci-fi/ fantasy, documentary and animation. Last year, HMMA introduced a new category Best Music Documentary category, acknowledging non-fiction works that shed light on the music-making process, educating and amplifying the  impact of music or a musician. All nominees are productions released between Oct. 1, 2017 and Dec. 31 2018.

The HMMA is the only award that specifically recognizes music in all visual media. The HMMA nominations are chosen by an advisory board and selection committee that includes journalists, music executives, music-media industry professionals comprised of select members of the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL), The Television Academy, the AMPAS Music Branch, NARAS and performing rights organizations.

The 2018 Hollywood Music in Media Awardst will be held at The Avalon Hollywood 1735 Vine Street on Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. A portion of net proceeds benefit Education Through Music – Los Angeles (ETMLA). For tickets and more information visit http://www.hmmawards.com

A complete list of nominees follows:

ORIGINAL SCORE – FEATURE FILM
Alexandre Desplat – SISTERS BROTHERS (Annapurna)
Carter Burwell – THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (Netflix)
Hans Zimmer – WIDOWS (Twentieth Century Fox)
Justin Hurwitz – FIRST MAN (Universal)
Kris Bowers – GREEN BOOK (Universal)
Max Richter – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (Focus Features)
Nicholas Britell – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK (Annapurna)
Theodore Shapiro – DESTROYER (Annapurna)
Terence Blanchard – BLACKKKLANSMAN (Focus Features)

ORIGINAL SCORE – SCIFI/FANTASY/HORROR FILM
Alan Silvestri – READY PLAYER ONE (Warner Bros.)
Christophe Beck – ANT-MAN and THE WASP (Walt Disney)
Ludwig Goransson – BLACK PANTHER (Walt Disney)
Marc Shaiman | Scott Wittman – MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Walt Disney)
Marco Beltrami – A QUIET PLACE (Paramount)
Tyler Bates – DEADPOOL 2 (Twentieth Century Fox)

ORIGINAL SCORE – ANIMATED FILM
Alexandre Desplat – ISLE OF DOGS (Fox Searchlight)
Bruno Coulais – WHITE FANG (Netflix)
Chris Bacon – SHERLOCK GNOMES (Paramount)
Heitor Pereira – SMALLFOOT (Warner Bros.)
Henry Jackman – RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET (Walt Disney)
Michael Giacchino – INCREDIBLES 2 (Walt Disney)

ORIGINAL SCORE – DOCUMENTARY
Cyrille Aufort – MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: THE NEXT STEP (Hulu)
Daniel Pemberton, Simon Ashdown, Will Slater – ONE STRANGE ROCK (National Geographic)
Jeff Morrow – SCIENCE FAIR (National Geographic)
Jonathan Kirkscey – WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? (Focus Features)
Marco Beltrami – FREE SOLO (National Geographic)
Miriam Cutler – RBG (CNN)
Patrick Jonsson – ON HER SHOULDERS (Oscilloscope)

ORIGINAL SONG – FEATURE FILM
“Animal Sauvage” from THE EQUALIZER 2 (Columbia Pictures) Written by Gertjan Mulder, performed by Brainpower, Pharoahe Monch, Pitcho Womba Konga and STIX
“For You (Fifty Shades Freed)” from FIFTY SHADES FREED (Universal) Written by Andrew Watt, Ali Payami, Ali Tamposi. Performed by Liam Payne & Rita Ora
“Girl in the Movies” from DUMPLIN’ (Netflix) Written by Dolly Parton and Linda Perry. Performed by Dolly Parton.
“Here Comes the Change” from ON THE BASIS OF SEX (Focus Features) Written by Kesha Sebert, Drew Pearson, Stephen Wrabel. Performed by Kesha
“Living in the Moment” from BOOK CLUB (Paramount) Written by Carole Bayer Sager, Jay Landers, Walter Afanasieff. Performed by Katharine McPhee
“Revelation” from BOY ERASED (Focus Features) Written by Leland, Troye Sivan & Jónsi. Performed by Troye Sivan & Jónsi
“Shallow” from A STAR IS BORN (Warner Bros.) Written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt. Performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
“We Won’t Give” from THE HATE U GIVE (Twentieth Century Fox) Written by Jessica Karpov, Arlissa Ruppert, Kevin White, Mike Woods. Performed by Arlissa

ORIGINAL SONG – DOCUMENTARY
“Gravity” from FREE SOLO (National Geographic) Written by Tim McGraw and Lori McKenna. Performed by Tim McGraw.
“I’ll Fight” from RBG (CNN) Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Jennifer Hudson.
“Keep Reachin’” from QUINCY (Netflix)Written by Mark Ronson, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Wyatt, Chaka Khan and Quincy Jones. Performed by Mark Ronson, Chaka Khan and Quincy Jones.
“Song for the Untitled” from YO GALGO (Skinny Dog Films) Written by Rickie Lee Kroell and Arturo Cardelús. Performed by Rickie Lee Kroell.
“These Are the Words” from POPE FRANCIS: A MAN OF HIS WORD (Focus Features) Written by Patti Smith & Tony Shanahan. Performed by Patti Smith.

ORIGINAL SONG – ANIMATED FILM
“Finally Free” from SMALLFOOT (Warner Bros.) Written and performed by Niall Horan
“Good Day” from EARLY MAN (Lionsgate) Written and performed by New Hope Club
“I Promise You” from PETER RABBIT (Columbia Pictures) Written by Ezra Koenig, performed by James Corden
“Stronger Than I Ever Was” from SHERLOCK GNOMES (Paramount) Written by Elton John & Bernie Taupin, performed by Mary J. Blige

ORIGINAL SONG – SCI-FI, FANTASY, HORROR FILM
“All the Stars” from BLACK PANTHER (Walt Disney) Written by Kendrick Lamar, Top Dawg, SZA, Sounwave, and Al Shux. Performed by Kendrick Lamar and SZA
“Ashes” from DEADPOOL 2 (Twentieth Century Fox) Written by Petey Martin, Jordan Smith and Tedd T. Performed by Celine Dion
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” from MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Walt Disney) Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Performed by Cast.
“Trip A Little Light Fantastic” from MARY POPPINS RETURNS (Walt Disney) Written by Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Performed by Cast.

MUSIC DOCUMENTARY/SPECIAL PROGRAM
QUINCY (Netflix)
RAPTURE (Netflix)
GOODNIGHT BROOKLYN – THE STORY OF DEATH BY AUDIO (Amazon)
GRACE JONES – BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI (Kino Lorber)

ORIGINAL SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
Daniel Pemberton – BLACK MIRROR (Netflix)
Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor, Michael D. Simon – ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC)
Nicholas Britell – SUCCESSION (HBO)
Nico Muhly – HOWARDS END (Starz)
Ramin Djawadi – WESTWORLD (HBO)
Thomas Newman, Chris Westlake – CASTLE ROCK (Hulu)

MAIN TITLE THEME – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
Carlos Rafael Rivera – GODLESS (Netflix)
Jeff Beal – THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS (Showtime)
Jeff Cardoni – THE KOMINSKY METHOD (Netflix)
Jeff Russo – ALTERED CARBON (Netflix)
Mychael Danna – THE LAST TYCOON (Amazon)
Nico Muhly – HOWARDS END (Starz)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM
Becky Bentham – MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (Universal)
Dave Jordan – BLACK PANTHER (Walt Disney)
Gabe Hilfer – TAG (Warner Bros.)
John Houlihan – DEADPOOL 2 (Twentieth Century Fox)
Julianne Jordan & Julia Michaels – A STAR IS BORN (Warner Bros.)
Lynn Fainchtein – ROMA (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION
Bruce Gilbert – GLOW (Netflix)
Charles Scott IV – CASTLE ROCK (Hulu)
Chris Swanson – WILD WILD COUNTRY (Netflix)
Jen Ross – POWER (Starz)
Morgan Rhodes – DEAR WHITE PEOPLE (Netflix)
Season Kent – 13 REASONS WHY (Netflix)

SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
A STAR IS BORN (Interscope Records)
BLACK PANTHER (Interscope Records)
DEADPOOL 2 (Columbia Records)
FIFTY SHADES FREED (Republic Records)
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO AGAIN (Polydor Records)

ORIGINAL SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM
Austin Wintory – THE LAST MOVIE STAR (A24)
Christopher Willis – THE DEATH OF STALIN (IFC Films)
Harry Gregson-Williams – BREATH (Film Rise)
Jóhann Jóhannsson – MANDY (Spectrevison, Legion M)
Nami Melumad – MISS ARIZONA (Side Gig Productions)
Thomas Adès – COLETTE (Bleecker Street / 30 West)

ORIGINAL SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM
“Hearts Beat Loud” from HEARTS BEAT LOUD (Stage 6 Films) Written by Keegan DeWitt. Performed by Kiersey Clemons
“Home Free” from LITTLE PINK HOUSE (Film Mode Entertainment) Written and performed by David Crosby
“Requiem For a Private War” from A PRIVATE WAR (Aviron Pictures) Written and performed by Annie Lennox
“To Get Here” from THE LAST MOVIE STAR (A24) Written by Diane Warren, performed by Willie Nelson
“Sway Lake” from SONG OF SWAY LAKE (The Orchard) Written by Ethan Gold. Performed by John Grant

ORIGINAL SCORE – SHORT FILM
Billy Mallery – BABY STEPS
Ivan Ruiz Serrano – CHERRY
Joseph Stephens – THE TAKE OFF
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein – SPHERES
Nami Melumad – PASSAGE
Ramesh Kumar Kannan – DISSONANCE

ORIGINAL SCORE – VIDEO GAME
Austin Wintory – PODE (Henchman & Goon)
Bear McCreary – GOD OF WAR (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Glenn Stafford, Neal Acree, David Arkenstone, Clint Bajakian – WORLD OF WARCRAFT: BATTLE FOR AZEROTH (Blizzard Entertainment)
Jeff Broadbent and Tina Guo – EXTINCTION (Maximum Games)
John Paesano – MARVEL’S SPIDER-MAN (Sony Interactive Entertainment)
Matthew Carl Earl – THE LEGEND OF XUAN YUAN (Tencent)

ORIGINAL SONG – VIDEO GAME
“Only We Few Remember it Now” – THE BANNER SEGA 3 (Versus Evil) Written by by Austin Wintory. Featuring Faroese singer Eivør
“All Star” – SUPER NBA (Tencent) Music by Jason Walsh, lyrics and vocals by Satta
“A Fire In Your Mind” – ASTRO BOT RESCUE MISSION (Sony Interactive Entertainment) Written and performed by Kenneth C M Young
“Warbringers: Jaina” – WORLD OF WARCRAFT: BATTLE FOR AZEROTH (Blizzard Entertainment) Written by Logan Laflotte, & Neal Acree. Performed by Laura Bailey
“Forgotten Anne” – FORGOTTEN ANNE (Square Enix Co., Ltd., Chorus Worldwide) Written and performed by Randi Laubek.

SONG/SCORE – TRAILER
Danny Cocke – LOST IN SPACE (Reveal Trailer)
Jochem Weierink – BUMBLEBEE (Trailer, Jupiter composition, additional music by Cavalry-Music, Chroma-Music and Nicolas Felix)
Kurt Oldman – PERFECT (Official Trailer)
Pawel Gorniak – CROSSFIRE 2 (Official Trailer)
Steven Vitali – THE JEWELS OF THE SALTON SEA (Trailer)

ORIGINAL SCORE – SHORT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Anne-Kathrin Dern – VRIEND VAN GOUD (Belgium)
Carlos Rodriguez Rodriguez – MADRID NOIR A VR MYSTERY (Spain)
Jesica Yap – SIGEK COKELAT – A CHOCOLATE BAR (Indonesia)
Roger Subirana – THE T-SHIRT (Spain)
Xilan Wen – MOST BEAUTIFUL MOMENT (China)

ORIGINAL SONG/SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAME
Ariel Contreras-Esquivel – MUSHROOM GUARDIAN (Mariano Larronde)
Gerard Marino – RIVAL: CRIMSON X CHAOS (Section Studios)
Igor Nemirovsky – ZOOTOPIA: DREAMING PEOPLE (Tencent)
Matthew Carl Earl – ARENA OF VALOR: FLIP THE WORLD (Garena, Tencent Games)
Ryan Richko – RUPERT AND RILEY (MadFrog Studios)
Sound of Games – JUNE’S JOURNEY (Wooga)
Thomas Parisch & Edwin Wendler – HONOR OF KINGS (Tencent Games)

ORIGINAL SONG/SCORE – COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT
Ivan Capillas – CICLES (“Cicles”)
Jesica Yap – ALEXANDRE CHRISTIE WATCH (“My Confidence”)
Juliet Roberts – NBA FINALS (“Finally Mine”)
Karsten Laser – MAN LIONS CITY 2018 (“City in Motion”)
Nuno Malo – THE SECRET OF CHRISTMAS (“November Glow”)
That Kid CG – OCULUS RIFT (“Change the Game”)

ORIGINAL SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Anne-Kathrin Dern – THE JADE PENDANT (Hong Kong)
Elik Alvarez & Sandro Morales-Santoro – PAPITA 2DA BASE (Venezuela)
Joan Vilà – QUIEN ERES (Spain)
Neal Acree and Michael Tuller – ANIMAL WORLD (China)
Ralf Wengenmayr – JIM BUTTON AND LUKE THE ENGINE DRIVER (Germany)
Ricardo Curto – HALCON CIEGO (BLIND HAWK) (Spain)

INDEPENDENT MUSIC VIDEO
Adam’s Attic – SORRY
Alex Boyé – BEND NOT BREAK
Jamie Meyer – NOTHIN’ ON YOU
Kassidy Lynne – BABY JUST CRUISE
Loud Luxury ft. Nikki’s Wives – SHOW ME
Luc and the Lovingtons – WELCOME TO MY HOUSE
MASA – DEEP DOWN
Riston Diggs ft. Sly Beats – CAN’T REMEMBER
The Veer Union – LIVING NOT ALIVE
Tiana – JUST MY TYPE

Special Recognition / Pre-Selected Winners:

LIVE CONCERT FOR VISUAL MEDIA
Landmarks Live in Concert – FOO FIGHTERS, LIVE FROM THE ACROPOLIS

ORIGINAL SONG – TV SHOW / MINI SERIES
“The Innocents” from THE INNOCENTS (Netflix) Music and lyrics by Carly Paradis. Performed by EERA (Anna Lena Bruland)

MAIN TITLE – TV SHOW (FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
Layal Watfeh – TEN SINS (United Arab Emirates)

ORIGINAL SCORE – SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)
Mariano Saulino – VERY LOVING CATERPILLAR