Carla Morrison Wins Hollywood Music in Media Award

Carla Morrison is celebrating a special Hollywood honor…

The 37-year-old Mexican Grammy– and Latin Grammy-winning indie-pop guitarist and singer won the award for Song – Documentary Film at the 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards, which were presented on Wednesday, November 15 at The Avalon in Los Angeles.

Carla MorrisonMorrison won the award for “Todo Fue Por Amor” from the film From With This Light. In addition to performing the song, she co-wrote the track with Juan Alejandro Jimenez Perez and Mario Demian Jimenez Perez.

Meanwhile, Juan Carlos Enriquez picked up the award for Score – Short Film (Live Action).

The 33-year-old Mexican musical composer won for his work on the action-packed film Huracan Ramirez vs. La Piñata Enchilada.

Here’s the complete list of winners:

Song – Feature Film: “What Was I Made For?” From Barbie – Written By Billie Eilish O’connell And Finneas O’connell. Performed By Billie Eilish.
Song – Scifi/Fantasy Film: “Can’t Catch Me Now” From The Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds And Snakes – Written By Dan Nigro And Olivia Rodrigo. Performed By Olivia Rodrigo.
Song – Independent Film: “I Got You” From Holiday Twist – Written By Michael Jay And Alan Demoss. Performed By Jake Miller
Song – Documentary Film: “Todo Fue Por Amor” From With This Light – Written By Carla Morrison, Carla Patricia Morrison Flores, Juan Alejandro Jimenez Perez, Mario Demian Jimenez Perez. Performed By Carla Morrison.
Song – Animated Film: “Better Place” From Trolls Band Together – Written By Shellback, Justin Timberlake, Amy Allen. Performed By Nsync.
Song – Onscreen Performance (Film): Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor – “High Life” From Flora And Son
Score – Animated Film: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton
Score – Feature Film: Killers Of The Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Score – Scifi/Fantasy Film: The Marvels – Laura Karpman
Score – Horror/Thiller Film: A Haunting In Venice – Hildur Guđnadóttir
Score – Independent Film: The Zone Of Interest – Mica Levi
Score – Documentary: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – John Powell
Music Themed Film Or Musical: Trolls Band Together – Produced By Gina Shay. Directed By Walt Dohrn And Tim Heitz.
Music Documentary – Special Program: Immediate Family – Directed By Denny Tedesco. Produced By Greg Richling, Jack Piatt, Jonathan Sheldon.
Song – TV Show/Limited Series: “Fought & Lost” From Ted Lasso – Written By Jamie Hartman, Sam Ryder, Tom Howe. Performed By Sam Ryder.
Score – TV Show/Limited Series: Succession – Nicholas Britell
Song – Onscreen Performance – TV Show/Limited Series: “Which Of The Pickwick Triplets Did It?” From Only Murders In The Building – Written By Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman. Performed By Steve Martin
Main Title – TV Show/Limited Series: Shrinking – Benjamin Gibbard And Tom Howe
Score – Short Film (Live Action): Huracan Ramirez Vs La Piñata Enchilada – Juan Carlos Enriquez
Score – Short Film (Animated): Overwatch 2 – Adam Burgess
Score – Short Film (Documentary): Bubjan – Katy Jarzebowski
Score – Independent Film (Foreign Language): Society Of The Snow – Michael Giacchino
Score – Documentary Series -TV/Digital: Ed Sheeran: The Sum Of It All – Ian Arber
Score – TV Show/Limited Series (Foreign Language): Liaison (French) – Walter Mair
Score – Video Game (Console & PC): New World: Rise Of The Angry Earth – Edouard Brenneisen
Song – Video Game (Console & PC): “Swing” From Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Written By Dernst “D’mile” Emile Ii, Eian Parker, Ian Welch, Olu Fann. Performed By Benji, Earthgang.
Song/Score – Mobile Video Game: Peacekeeper Elite (Game For Peace) – Written By Inon Zur, Jeff Broadbent, C.May Xiao, Kin Lee, Mason Lieberman, Zen Wu, Memme, Alec Justice, Luki Knoebl, Qiu Liang, G.G.Music, Ysy Audio, Lightspeed Studios Audio
Music Supervision – TV Show/Limited Series: The Last Of Us (Season 1) – Ian Broucek, Eyven Klean
Music Supervision – Film: Trolls Band Together – Angela Leus
Music Supervision – Video Game: Honor Of Kings – Jing Zhang
Song/Score – Commercial Advertisement: Final Fantasy Xvi – Composed By Masayoshi Soken, Arranged By Masayoshi Soken, Yoshitaka Suzuki
Soundtrack Album: Barbie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) – Atlantic Records
Song – Short Film: “Mushka’s Lullaby” From Mushka – Written By: Richard M. Sherman. Vocals By Holly Sedillos. Arranged And Produced By Fabrizio Mancinelli.
Score – TV/Streamed Movie: Shooting Stars – Mark Isham
Music Design – Trailer: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor Trailer – Blake Robinson
Main Title – TV Show (Foreign Language): London Class (Saudi Arabia) – Ashraf Elziftawi
Music Video (Independent): “Gunjale” – Music Written And Performed By Matt B (Feat. Ugaboys) Video Directed By Angela V. Benson.
Live Concert For Visual Media: Arknights: Ambience Synesthesia 2023 Wanted – Composers: Sterling Maffe, Obadiah Brown-Beach, David Lin, Robert Wolf, Steven Grove, Erik Castro, Matthew Carl Earl & Others Performers: Various Artists
Exhibitions, Theme Parks, Special Projects: Sea World Abu Dhabi: Antarctica – Justin Schornstein 

Special Recognition Winners:

Song – Documentary Series –  TV/Limited Series: “Just A Closer Walk With Thee” From Algiers, America: The Relentless Pursuit. Written By Shvkiel And Chad Cannon (Lyricist Unknown / Traditional). Performed By Shvkiel
Song/Score – New Media: The Walking Dead – Last Mile – Jeff Rona

 

Lin-Manuel Miranda Earns Three Hollywood Music in Media Awards Nominations for “The Little Mermaid” Music

Lin-Manuel Miranda is this year’s Hollywood Music in Media Awards darling. 

The 43-year-old Puerto Rican songwriter, actor, filmmaker and playwright has earned three HMMA award nominations in the film categories.

Lin-Manuel MirandaMiranda earned two nods in the Song – sci-fi / fantasy category for writing the lyrics for two tracks from The Little Mermaid: “For The First Time,” performed by Halle Bailey, and “Wild Uncharted Waters,” performed by Jonah Hauer-King.

In addition, Miranda is up for the Music themed film, biopic or musical award for being a producer on The Little Mermaid soundtrack. He’ll compete against Mimi Valdez, who is nominated for producing Carmen.

Gaby Moreno is nominated in the Song – independent film category for writing and performing the single “El Saber” for the film Radical.

Carla Morrison is nominated in the Song – documentary film category for co-writing and performing “Todo Fue Por Amor,” for the film With This Light.

In the Score – independent film (foreign language) category, Carla F. Benedicto is nominated for Last Wishes, while Arturo Cardelús is up for Los Reyes Magos: La Verdad. 

Ariana DeBose’s “This Wish” from Wish is up for Song – animated film, while Becky G’s “The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot is up for Song – feature film.

The HMMAs are often seen as a bellwether for the Oscars. Past HMMA winners who’ve gone 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 Göransson for Black Panther and Alexandre Desplat for The Shape of Water.

Unlike the Oscars, which have just one category each for songs and scores, the HMMAs have six categories for songs and seven for scores.

Not all of the nominated films have been released yet. The HMMAs allow films to compete if the composers “submit up to 15 minutes of score to picture as it appears in the visual media project.” The HMMAs note that “several films were only available to see in the context of the scenes provided.”

The HMMA presents awards for a wide range of visual media, including film, television series and video games.

The awards will be presented on Wednesday, November 15, at 8:00 pm PT at The Avalon in Hollywood, Calif.

Here are the nominees in the film categories. For a complete list of nominees in all categories, visit the HMMA site.

Score – feature film
American Fiction – Laura Karpman
Chevalier – Kris Bowers
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
Nyad – Alexandre Desplat
Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson
Rustin – Branford Marsalis
Saltburn – Anthony Willis, Music By
The Killer – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross 

Score – animated film
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget – Harry Gregson-Williams
Elemental – Thomas Newman
Migration – John Powell
Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken – Stephanie Economou
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton
The Super Mario Bros. Movie – Brian Tyler 

Score – sci-fi / fantasy film
Asteroid City – Alexandre Desplat
Barbie – Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt
The Creator – Hans Zimmer
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – James Newton Howard
The Marvels – Laura Karpman
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts – Jongnic Bontemps

Score – horror/thriller film
A Haunting in Venice – Hildur Guđnadóttir
Deliver Us – Tóti Guðnason
Knock at the Cabin – Herdís Stefánsdóttir
M3gan – Anthony Willis
The Boogeyman – Patrick Jonsson
The Exorcist: Believer – David Wingo, Amman Abbasi

Score – documentary
Kangaroo Valley – H. Scott Salinas and Logan Stahley
Split at the Root – Lili Haydn
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – John Powell
The Deepest Breath – Nainita Desai
The Pigeon Tunnel – Philip Glass and Paul Leonard-Morgan 

Score – independent film
Dalíland – Edmund Butt
Dream Scenario – Owen Pallett
Jules – Volker Bertelmann
Miranda’s Victim – Holly Amber Church
She Came to Me – Bryce Dessner
The Zone of Interest – Mica Levi 

Score – independent film (foreign language)
Society of the Snow – Michael Giacchino
Control – Taisuke Kimura
Last Wishes – Carla F. Benedicto
Los Reyes Magos: La Verdad – Arturo Cardelús
Paradice – Sandrine Rudaz
The Promised Land – Dan Romer

Song – feature film
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie. Written by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt. Performed by Ryan Gosling (featuring Slash and Wolfgang Van Halen)
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie. Written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell. Performed by Billie Eilish.
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot. Written by Diane Warren. Performed by Becky G.
“High Life” From Flora and Son. Written by Gary Clark, John Carney, Eve Hewson. Performed by Eve Hewson, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor, Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
“I Am” From Origin. Written by Stan Walker, Michael Fatkin, Vince Harder, Te Kanapu Anasta. Performed by Stan Walker.
“Road to Freedom” from Rustin. Written and performed by Lenny Kravitz.
“This” From The Beanie Bubble. Written by Damian Kulash, Jr. and Timothy Nordwind. Performed by OK Go.
“Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple. Written by Halle Bailey, Denisia Andrews, Brittany Coney, and Morten Ristorp. Performed by Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mpasi.

Song – animated film
“Steal the Show” from Elemental. Written by Ari Leff, Michael Matosic, Thomas Newman. Performed by Lauv.
“Down Like That” from Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie. Written by Bryson Tiller, Chantry Johnson, Michelle Zarlenga, and Charlie Heath. Performed by Bryson Tiller.
“Am I Dreaming” from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Written by Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, Rakim Mayers, Roisee, Landon Wayne and Leland Wayne. Performed by A$AP Rocky, Metro Boomin and Roisee.
“Better Place” from Trolls Band Together. Written by Shellback, Justin Timberlake, Amy Allen. Performed by NSYNC.
“Peaches” from The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Written by Jack Black, John Spiker, Eric Osmond, Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath. Performed by Jack Black.
“This Wish” from Wish. Written by Julia Michaels, Benjamin Rice, and JP Saxe. Performed by Ariana DeBose.

Song – sci-fi / fantasy
“A World of Your Own” from Wonka. Music written by Neil Hannon, Lyrics by Neil Hannon, Simon Farnaby, Paul King. Performed by Timothée Chalamet
“Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Written by Dan Nigro and Olivia Rodrigo. Performed by Olivia Rodrigo.
“For The First Time” from The Little Mermaid. Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Performed by Halle Bailey
“Wild Uncharted Waters” from The Little Mermaid. Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Performed by Jonah Hauer-King
“You’ve Never Had Chocolate Like This” from Wonka. Written by Neil Hannon, Simon Farnaby, Paul King. Performed by Timothée Chalamet & Cast. 

Song – independent film
“Stardust” from A Good Person. Written by Cary Brothers & Scott Effman. Performed By Cary Brothers.
“I Got You” from Holiday Twist. Written by Michael Jay and Alan Demoss. Performed by Jake Miller
“Space and Time” from Master Gardener. Written by S.G. Goodman, Performed by Mereba
“Quiet Eyes” from Past Lives. Written by Sharon Van Etten and Zachary Dawes. Performed by Sharon Van Etten.
“El Saber” from Radical. Written and performed by Gaby Moreno.
“Don’t Forget Me When I’m Gone” from Sons 2 The Grave. Written by Sean Jones, Michael Shand, Miku Graham. Performed by Sean Jones.

Song – onscreen performance
Eve Hewson, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Orén Kinlan, Jack Reynor – “High Life” from Flora and Son
Halle Bailey – “For the First Time” from The Little Mermaid
Halle Bailey and Phylicia Pearl Mapsi – “Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple
Megan Thee Stallion – “Out Alpha The Alpha” from Dicks: The Musical
NSYNC – “Better Place” from Trolls Band Together
Oil Factory feat. Chlöe, Jekalyn Carr, Loren Lott – “Praise Nationals Finale” from Praise This
Ryan Gosling – “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie
Timothée Chalamet – “A World of Your Own” from Wonka 

Song – documentary film
“Everything Is Gonna Be Alright” from Bobi Wine: The People’s President. Written and performed by Bobi Wine
“Forty Foot Man” from Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming With Dave Letterman. Written and performed by Bono and The Edge.
“Speechless” from Louder Than Rock. Written by Israel Houghton and Adam Ranney. Performed by Caleb Quaye and Judith Hill.
“Dream Your Little Dream” from The Jewel Thief. Written by Dan Braun and Josh Braun. Performed by The Braun Brothers.
“Todo Fue Por Amor” from With This Light. Written by Carla Morrison, Carla Patricia Morrison Flores, Juan Alejandro Jimenez Perez, Mario Demian Jimenez Perez. Performed by Carla Morrison.

Music themed film, biopic or musical
Carmen – Produced by Rosemary Blight, Dimitri Rassam and Mimi Valdes. Directed by Benjamin Millepied.
The Little Mermaid – Produced by John Deluca, Rob Marshall, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Marc Platt. Directed by Rob Marshall.
Theater Camp – Produced by Jessica Elbaum, Erik Feig, Will Ferrell and Noah Galvin. Directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
Trolls Band Together – Produced by Gina Shay. Directed by Walt Dohrn and Tim Heitz.
Wonka – Produced by Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman and Luke Kelly. Directed by Paul King.

Music documentary – special program
Dear Mama: “Panther Power” – Directed by Allen Hughes. Produced by Joshua Garcia, Loren Gomez, Quincy Jones III, Stef Smith.
Immediate Family – Directed by Denny Tedesco. Produced by Greg Richling, Jack Piatt, Jonathan Sheldon.
Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop – Directed by Hannah Beachler, Dream Hampton, Raeshem Nijhon. Produced by Shawna Carroll, Syreeta Gates, Cherice Hunt, Janice James, Princess A. Hairston.
Little Richard: I Am Everything – Directed by Lisa Cortés. Produced by Robert Friedman, Lisa Cortés, Liz Yale Marsh, Caryn Capotosto.
San Francisco Sounds: A Place in Time – Directed by Alison Ellwood & Anoosh Tertzakian. Produced by Michael Wright, Jill Burkhart, Mark Pinkus, Charlie Cohen, Tom Mackay, Richard Story, Jeff Jampol, Aly Parker, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Stacey Offman, Richard Perello, Jeff Pollack, Frank Marshall, Alison Ellwood.
Wynonna Judd: Between Hell and Hallelujah – Directed by Patty Ivins Specht. Produced by Reese Witherspoon, Sara Rea, Wynonna Judd, Cactus Moser, Jason Owen, Bruce Gillmer, Margaret Comeaux, Leslie Fram, Patty Ivins Specht; Producer: Cassie Lambert Scalettar.

Carla Morrison Releases Emotional Ballad “Todo Fue Por Amor”

Carla Morrison is doin’ it all for love…

The 36-year-old Mexican Latin Grammy-winning indie-pop guitarist and singer has released the emotional ballad “Todo Fue Por Amor,” which is about the power of love.

Carla MorrisonThe single’s release comes on the heels of Morrison’s preparations to launch the next leg of her The Renaissance Tour in the U.S.

Inspired by her life, the single will be the title track for the film Con Esta Luz, which honors the life of the late Sister María Rosa Leggol — a remarkable Honduran community leader who, throughout her life, helped more than 87,000 children escape poverty by providing them housing, education and security.

“It was very exciting and inspiring for me when I received the call to work on the song for this film because it is about a woman who made a big difference to thousands of people, thousands of orphaned children to whom she gave all her love and support! She changed so many lives!” Morrison shared on social media.

The lyrics take on special meaning knowing this context — and the video, which shows glimpses of the film, builds on this celebration of the healing power of love and how impactful it is to dedicate one’s life to the service of others.