The Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) will honor composer and songwriter Marc Shaiman with the Outstanding Career Achievement Award at the 14th annual awards ceremony on the evening of Wednesday, November 15, at The Avalon in Hollywood. Submissions for all categories are open now until October 15.
The HMMA honors composers, songwriters, and music supervisors for their contributions in music for film, television, and video games. The HMMA is the bellwether of nominees and winners at the Golden Globes, Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys that occur months later. The HMMA event features music performances, celebrity presenters, tributes to music industry icons, and awards for composers, songwriters, and artists.
Tony, Grammy, Emmy winner, and five-time Oscar-nominated songwriter/composer Marc Shaiman (ASCAP) has written music for film, television, stage, and concerts. Shaiman most recently composed the score and co-wrote the songs for the 13-time Tony nominated musical, Some Like It Hot. As a film composer, his credits include Mary Poppins Returns, for which he received two Oscar nominations (song and score), Sleepless In Seattle, Patch Adams, The First Wives Club, The American President, South Park-Bigger, Longer & Uncut, Beaches, When Harry Met Sally, City Slicker, The Addams Family, A Few Good Men and Sister Act. As a songwriter, he and co-lyricist Scott Wittman also wrote all new songs for Rob Marshall’s Mary Poppins Returns, their on-tour musical Charlie & The Chocolate Factory and Hairspray. Shaiman’s television credits include Only Murders in the Building, SNL’s The Sweeney Sisters, Smash, appearances with Billy Crystal, Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Lane, Jenifer Lewis, Jennifer Hudson, Jack Black, Will Ferrell and Bette Midler on Johnny Carson’s penultimate Tonight Show, and many featured Oscar performances. Other performers Shaiman has collaborated with include Kristen Chenoweth, Eric Clapton, Christine Ebersole, Diane Keaton, Patti LuPone, Steve Martin, Barbra Streisand, and Robin Williams. Additionally, Shaiman has co-produced/arranged recordings and was the musical director for Bette Midler (“The Wind Beneath My Wings” and “From A Distance”). He has also collaborated with Harry Connick Jr. (“It Had to Be You”), and Mariah Carey (title song for the animated film The Star, for which he and Carey received a Golden Globe nomination).
Past HMMA Career Achievement Award recipients include Kenny Loggins, Smokey Robinson, Diane Warren, Earth Wind & Fire, Glen Campbell, Dave Mason, John Debney, and Christopher Young. Past HMMA winners who went on to win Oscars include Billie Eilish and FINNEAS for No Time To Die, Hans Zimmer for Dune, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste for Soul, Hildur Guðnadóttir for Joker, Ludwig Goransson for Black Panther, Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water, songs from Judas & The Black Messiah, Justin Hurwitz for La La Land, A Star Is Born and more. The HMMA voting academy consists of select journalists and Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and Emmy voters.
“Heretic” and “Maria” Set As Red Carpet Premieres At AFI Fest
The American Film Institute (AFI) has announced that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest. The Heretic Gala Screening will take place on Thursday, October 24, and the Maria Gala Screening will be held on Saturday, October 26. The complete Red Carpet Premieres section includes the world premieres of Music By John Williams, Robert Zemeckis’ Here, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. All Red Carpet Premieres will take place at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre. The full lineup for AFI Fest 2024 will be unveiled on October 1.
“At the heart of AFI Fest is an unwavering dedication to celebrating the best in global cinema--together,” said Bob Gazzale, AFI president and CEO. “We look forward to uniting artists and audiences once again to be inspired by the art form in a powerful sense of community.”
Heretic follows two young missionaries (Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) who are forced to prove their faith when they knock on the wrong door and are greeted by a diabolical Mr. Reed (portrayed by Grant), becoming ensnared in his deadly game of cat-and-mouse. The film is directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods and produced by Stacey Sher, Beck, Woods, Julia Glausi and Jeanette Volturno. The film will be released nationwide by A24 on November 8.
Directed by Pablo Larraín, Maria presents a tumultuous and beautiful depiction of one of the world’s most renowned artists and reimagines the legendary soprano in her final days in Paris, as Callas (Jolie)... Read More