Black Panther scored three honors and A Star Is Born garnered two at the 9th annual Hollywood Music In Media Awards held on Wednesday (11/14) at The Avalon, Hollywood.
Black Panther won for Original Score–Sci-Fi/Fantasy horror Film, Original Song–Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Film for “All the Stars” and Soundtrack Album.
A Star Is Born topped the Original Song–Feature Film (for “Shallow”) and Outstanding Music Supervision–Film categories.
Here’s a full rundown of the evening’s winners:
ORIGINAL SCORE – FEATURE FILM
Max Richter – MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS (Focus Features)
ORIGINAL SCORE – SCI-FI/FANTASY/HORROR FILM
Ludwig Goransson – BLACK PANTHER (Walt Disney)
ORIGINAL SCORE – ANIMATED FILM
Alexandre Desplat – ISLE OF DOGS (Fox Searchlight)
ORIGINAL SCORE – DOCUMENTARY
Cyrille Aufort – MARCH OF THE PENGUINS: THE NEXT STEP (Hulu)
ORIGINAL SONG – FEATURE FILM
“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
ORIGINAL SONG – DOCUMENTARY
“I’ll Fight” from RBG (CNN) Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Jennifer Hudson.
ORIGINAL SONG – ANIMATED FILM
“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
MUSIC DOCUMENTARY/SPECIAL PROGRAM
QUINCY (Netflix) Written & Directed by Alan Hicks and Rashida Jones
ORIGINAL SCORE – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
Nicholas Britell – SUCCESSION (HBO)
ORIGINAL SONG – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
“The Innocents” from THE INNOCENTS (Netflix) Music and lyrics by Carly Paradis. Performed by EERA (Anna Lena Bruland)
MAIN TITLE THEME – TV SHOW/LIMITED SERIES
Carlos Rafael Rivera – GODLESS (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM
Julianne Jordan & Julia Michaels – A STAR IS BORN (Warner Bros.)
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION
Jen Ross – POWER (Starz)
SOUNDTRACK ALBUM
BLACK PANTHER (Interscope Records)
ORIGINAL SCORE – INDEPENDENT FILM
Thomas Adès – COLETTE (Bleecker Street / 30 West)
ORIGINAL SONG – INDEPENDENT FILM
“Requiem For a Private War” from A PRIVATE WAR (Aviron Pictures) Written and performed by Annie Lennox
The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) advisory board and a special selection committee in the different genres and mediums chose the final nominees. The winners were selected by votes from music media industry professionals comprised of HMMA advisory board, select members of the Society of Composer and Lyricists, members in the Music Branch of the Television Academy, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, performing rights organization, film music journalists and music executives.
Jennifer Kent On Why Her Feature Directing Debut, “The Babadook,” Continues To Haunt Us
"The Babadook," when it was released 10 years ago, didn't seem to portend a cultural sensation.
It was the first film by a little-known Australian filmmaker, Jennifer Kent. It had that strange name. On opening weekend, it played in two theaters.
But with time, the long shadows of "The Babadook" continued to envelop moviegoers. Its rerelease this weekend in theaters, a decade later, is less of a reminder of a sleeper 2014 indie hit than it is a chance to revisit a horror milestone that continues to cast a dark spell.
Not many small-budget, first-feature films can be fairly said to have shifted cinema but Kent's directorial debut may be one of them. It was at the nexus of that much-debated term "elevated horror." But regardless of that label, it helped kicked off a wave of challenging, filmmaker-driven genre movies like "It Follows," "Get Out" and "Hereditary."
Kent, 55, has watched all of this — and those many "Babadook" memes — unfold over the years with a mix of elation and confusion. Her film was inspired in part by the death of her father, and its horror elements likewise arise out of the suppression of emotions. A single mother (Essie Davis) is struggling with raising her young son (Noah Wiseman) years after the tragic death of her husband. A figure from a pop-up children's book begins to appear. As things grow more intense, his name is drawn out in three chilling syllables — "Bah-Bah-Doooook" — an incantation of unprocessed grief.
Kent recently spoke from her native Australia to reflect on the origins and continuing life of "The Babadook."
Q: Given that you didn't set out to in any way "change" horror, how have you regarded the unique afterlife of "The... Read More