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The Guild of Music Supervisors Awards revealed its 2025 winners Sunday night (Feb. 23). The 15th annual ceremony was held at The Wiltern in L.A.’s Koreatown and honors the year’s best work in songs and scores for screen.

Sunday’s ceremony began with a video about January’s deadly wildfires, in which guild president Lindsay Wolfington lost her home. She thanked the community for rallying behind her during opening remarks with vp Heather Guibert.

The opening remarks didn’t shy away from addressing the Academy’s decision to “move away” from best original song live performances at the 2025 Oscars. “We are proud that our awards for best song written and or recorded for film and for television, acknowledges the collaborative efforts of the songwriters, the performers, and of course the music,” Guibert told the crowd.

“This year in particular, unlike other awards bodies, we are especially proud to be...

The 30th annual Critics Choice Awards took place on Friday, February 7, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California. Three films—Wicked, Emilia Pérez, and The Substance—each won three awards. However, none of them claimed the top honor of Best Picture, which went to Anora. Interestingly, Anora didn’t win in any other category that night.

Jon M. Chu, director of Wicked, won Best Director, making him only the third filmmaker to win the award for a musical. The others were Baz Luhrmann for Moulin Rouge! and Damien Chazelle for La La Land. Chazelle later won an Oscar for directing La La Land, but Luhrmann and Chu didn’t even receive Oscar nominations for their films. Wicked also took home awards for Best Production Design and Best Costume Design.

Emilia Pérez won Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Song for “El Mal”, and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña.

Twisters and The Idea of You are the most nominated films for the 2025 Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, the nominees for which were unveiled Friday.

Twisters’ Rachel Levy earned a nod for best music supervision among major budget films, while Frankie Pine with the romantic comedy The Idea of You received a nomination for best music supervision in a mid-budget film. And in the best film song competition, the Twisters action thriller got a nod for “Out of Oklahoma,” while The Idea of You will contend in the category with the title song “The Idea of You”.

Music supervisors Steve Schnur, Raphaella Lima, Codie Childs, Mike Ladman and Mara Tacham received the most individual nominations with three each, and Netflix earned the most nominations among major studios with 13 in all.

Other film contenders in the music supervision and songwriting competitions include Wicked, Deadpool & Wolverine, Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist. And on the TV side,...

Though their first collaboration resulted in one of the most memorable pop crossovers of the 2010s, it had been years since singer Maren Morris had worked with “The Middle” producers Jordan and Stefan Johnson of The Monsters & Strangerz. Not until after the latter party had been brought in by fellow hitmaker Ali Tamposi (co-writer of hits like “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson and “Señorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello) to work on original music for DreamWorks Animation’s “The Wild Robot” did the Johnson brothers pitch a reunion between them and the Nashville superstar, resulting in the emotional rollercoaster ride that is “Kiss the Sky.”

“When we saw the scene for the first time, it was outside. It was in the wilderness. So the idea of it being organic and a bit fingerpicking guitar just came from what we felt like the mood was, just kind of that outdoor feel,...

The 82nd Golden Globe Awards have wrapped and the complete 2025 Golden Globes winners list has been revealed. We now know just how much momentum the leading films have going into the rest of Oscar season, what to keep an eye on over the summer in the lead-up to the Emmys, and that host Nikki Glaser may well become one of Hollywood’s go-to emcees.

“Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard’s Mexico-set Netflix musical, won the most prizes of any film with four: Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy, Best Non-English Language Film, Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña, and Best Original Song “El Mal.” There’s still a full two months of awards season left, but the stage sure seems set for “Emilia Pérez” to be going head to head with “The Brutalist” for Best Picture at the Oscars. Brady Corbet’s multi-hour immigrant drama won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture — Drama,...

There were so many shocking surprise wins at the 2025 Golden Globe Awards and we have the full winners list right here!

The awards show honored the best in film and television on Sunday (January 5) at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Shogun was the big winner in the television categories, taking home all four awards it was nominated for this year.

The Brutalist and Emilia Perez were among the big winners in the movie categories!

Make sure to check out our Best Dressed list and see a roundup of every single celebrity who stepped out on the red carpet.

Head inside to check out the full winners list from the Golden Globes…

Keep scrolling to see the full winners list from the Golden Globes…

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Anora

Challengers

Emilia Pérez – Winner

A Real Pain

The Substance

Wicked

Best Motion Picture, Drama

The Brutalist – Winner...

Awards season has officially begun! Tonight, the biggest names in Hollywood gathered for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. Comedian Nikki Glaser was tapped to serve as host.

Shows and movies, including Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Bear, and Shōgun, are among the major titles competing for multiple awards. This year also proved to be a big one for women in pop, with Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Miley Cyrus all receiving nods for acting and music, respectively. Both Grande and Gomez earned their first Golden Globes nominations for film appearances. The two...

We’re days away from the 2025 Golden Globe Awards and the show will mark the official beginning of awards season this year!

The annual event honors the best in film and television, so you can expect your favorite stars from both mediums to be in attendance.

This year, Emilia Perez received the most film award nominations with 10 total, while The Bear leads the TV nominations with 5.

Nikki Glaser is hosting the show, which airs live on CBS and streams on Paramount+ in the U.S. as well. Make sure to tune in on Sunday (January 5) at 8/7c!

So, who do we think will win?

Keep reading to find out more…

Keep scrolling to see our winner predictions in every category…

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Anora

Challengers

Emilia Pérez

A Real Pain

The Substance

Wicked – Predicted Winner

Best Motion Picture, Drama

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave – Predicted Winner...

Songs by Pharrell, Elton John, and Lainey Wilson, as well as multiple selections from Emelia Pérez, have made the Oscars’ shortlist for Best Original Song.

Pharrell’s “Piece by Piece,” the title track from his animated Lego biopic, made the cut, as did John’s “Never Too Late,” co-written with Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt for his recent documentary. And Wilson secured a shortlist nod for her contribution to Twisters, “Out of Oklahoma,” co-written with Luke Dick and Shane McAnally.

The two songs from Emilia Pérez to make the shortlist...

The shortlists for the music categories have been revealed for the 97th Academy Awards, with 15 contenders for Best Original Song and 20 semifinalists for Best Original Score now one step closer to potentially earning Oscar nominations when they’re announced on Friday, Jan. 17, 2025.

The two frontrunners from “Emilia Pérez” — “El Mal” and “El Camino” — are both among the 15 shortlisted songs. Expectedly, the song category includes several high-profile singers, musicians and songwriters, such as Pharrell Williams, Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Lainey Wilson, Maren Morris, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Robbie Williams, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Surprising Oscar contender Kristen Wiig, who co-wrote “Harper and Will Go West” from Will Ferrell’s “Will & Harper” documentary, also keeps her hopes alive for her first Academy Award nomination.

Diane Warren’s inclusion for her latest song “The Journey,” which is featured in Netflix’s “The Six Triple Eight,” brings the potential for her eighth consecutive Oscar...

Fresh off of its record-breaking four Golden Globes nominations – the most ever for an animated film – “The Wild Robot” has officially taken the lead in the Best Song race at the Oscars. An impressive 100% of our editors and 96% of experts think the standout track “Kiss The Sky” will be nominated come the official announcement on Jan. 17, according to our current combined odds.

At the beginning of the month, “Emilia Pérez” led the category with “El Mal,” but the acclaimed track from the animated movie has been gaining momentum just as awards season kicks into full gear. “Kiss The Sky” is performed by Maren Morris and written by the team of Delacey, Jordan K. Johnson, Stefan Johnson, Morris, Michael Pollack, and Ali Tamposi.

The song is not only a beautiful anthem of self-empowerment and facing fears, but it also serves as one of the emotional high points in a pivotal scene in the film.

The Golden Globe nominations were announced on Monday, Dec. 9, and as is often the case, Best Original Song is an all-star contest featuring pop stars and songwriters from around the world, including British, French, American, and Swedish composers. Scroll down to listen to all six contenders for the prize.

“Emilia Pérez” may have an advantage with two nominations in this race, for the tunes “El Mal” and “Mi Camino.” The film has 10 nominations overall, setting a new record for musicals and comedies and indicating abundant support for the film. An additional nomination for the film’s original score is further evidence of its strength. That said, with two tunes in this race, there is always the possibility of vote-splitting, which might open the door for another song to upset.

There are two other films in this race with dual noms for song and score: “Challengers” and “The Wild Robot.” The “Challengers” composition,...

As music plays a crucial role in film and television, it is no surprise that many projects already in the conversation have received Golden Globe nominations for their scores and original songs. Nominations for Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez in acting marks a rare occurrence this year of musicians crossing over into acting.

Grande celebrates her first-ever Golden Globe nom for her supporting role as Glinda in Wicked: Part One while Gomez has been double-nominated for her acting in Only Murders in the Building and Emilia Pérez. Gomez will compete with Grande in the supporting actress category, which is a rare moment for music stars. In 2015, Lady Gaga and Queen Latifah both were nominated for Best Performance in a Miniseries or Television Film.

The Wild Robot, directed by Chris Sanders, has nominations in the Best Original Score category for Kris Bowers’ work as well as a Best Original Song nom...

The 2025 Golden Globe nominations have been announced, and all eyes are on this major milestone in the evolving awards season. Jon M. Chu’s musical blockbuster “Wicked” seemed to be the kind of juggernaut the Globes have historically liked to honor — but remember, in 2023 the Hollywood Foreign Press Association disbanded, following Penske Media Eldridge’s purchase of the Globes, and an increase in voting membership improved the diversity of the body selecting the awards. (Penske Media Corporation also owns IndieWire.)

And indeed, “Wicked” only got four nominations when all was said and done. The most noms received by a film were 10 for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy nominee “Emilia Pérez,” Jacques Audiard’s musical starring Karla Sofia Gascon, Selena Gomez, and Zoe Saldana. “The Brutalist” also scored big with seven nominations, including for Best Motion Picture Drama, and actors Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, and Adrien Brody.

“The Bear” led the TV nominations with five,...

Composing legend Hans Zimmer was the top individual winner at the 15th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards ceremony held Wednesday night, with three wins. The film “Emilia Pérez” also picked up three wins, followed by “The Wild Robot” and “Deadpool & Wolverine” with two apiece.

The HMMAs gave out honors for songs and scores in 39 categories at the event, held at Hollywood’s Avalon. The list of winners for 2024 was an eclectic one that included such well-known names as Elton John, A.R. Rahman, Kris Bowers, Miley Cyrus, Diane Warren, Alberto Iglesias, Maren Morris, Zoe Saldana, Clément Ducol, Robin Carolan, Pinar Toprak, Lainey Wilson, Brandi Carlile, Ilan Eshkeri, Olivia Rodrigo, Camille and dozens more. (Scroll down for the complete list of winners.)

Bernie Taupin was the most celebrated honoree of the night, being presented the Outstanding Career Achievement Award for a lifetime of work, on top of sharing in the...

The 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards were handed out on Wednesday night, Nov. 20, during a ceremony that took place at The Avalon in Hollywood. Winners were decided by the Hollywood Music in Media Academy, which consists of journalists, filmmakers, performing artists, publicists, and other industry professionals.

The big winner was Jacques Audiard‘s Netflix musical “Emilia Pérez,” which claimed Best Music-Themed Film, Biopic, or Musical, where it beat other formidable awards contenders like “A Complete Unknown” and “Wicked.” The film’s star Zoe Saldaña also won Best Song (Onscreen Performance) for “El Mal,” defeating Timothee Chalamet playing Bob Dylan‘s “Blowin’ in the Wind” in “A Complete Unknown” and Cynthia Erivo belting out “Defying Gravity” in “Wicked.” Lastly, the film won Best Score (Feature Film) for Clément Ducol and Camille, bringing its total to three, making it the most awarded film of the year.

“The Wild Robot” won two awards,...

Hans Zimmer and Emilia Pérez took home three trophies each to lead the winners at the 2024 Hollywood Music in Media awards, which honor the year’s most memorable film and TV music moments. The Wild Robot was the only other multiple winner, taking a pair of prizes during Wednesday night’s ceremony at The Avalon in Hollywood.

Double Oscar winner and 12-time nominee Zimmer won for three different projects: Score – Sci-Fi/Fantasy for Dune: Part Two, Score – Documentary Series for Planet Earth III and Song – TV Show Limited Series for “Love Will Survive” from The Tattooist of Auschwitz.

Zoe Saldaña took Song – Onscreen Performance (Film) for “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez, which also scooped the marquee Score – Feature Film award for composers-songwriters Clément Ducol & Camille along with Music Themed Film.

Other songwriter winners included Diane Warren (“The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight); Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and...

Emilia Pérez leads the 2024 nominees for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, which honor scores and songs in film and other visual media categories. Blitz is next with three, followed by The Wild Robot, Moana 2, and Wicked with two each. See the full list below.

Among the nominees are such hitmakers and composers as Elton John and Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Diane Warren, Pharrell Williams, A.R. Rahman and Linda Perry, among others.

The hardware will be handed out at the 15th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards on November 20 at The Avalon in Hollywood. Several of the nominated songs will be performed live during the ceremony.

The HMMAs will present this year’s Outstanding Career Achievement Award to legendary lyricist Bernie Taupin, who collaborations with Elton John produced some of the greatest pop songs and albums on the 1970s. The duo scored 10 No. 1 singles in the UK and seven in the U.

More than a hundred songwriters, composers, perfomers and films are represented in the nominees’ list for the 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards — from pop luminaries like Elton John & Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson and Pharrell Williams to celebrated scorers like Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kris Bowers and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross.

The list of nominees was unveiled Wednesday, in advance of a ceremony due to take place Nov. 20 at the Avalon in Hollywood.

“Emilia Pérez” led all films with five Hmma nominations. “Blitz” and “A Complete Unknown” have three nominations apiece. Other films picking up multiple noms include “Wicked,” “The Wild Robot,” “Moana 2,” “The Idea of You,” “Challengers” and “Elton John: Never Too Late.” (Scroll down to see the full lineup of 2024 nominees.)

The Hmma lineup of categories is the most expansive of any awards program recognizing musical achievements in the movies, between breaking down different genre categories for feature films,...

Predicting Best Original Song at the Oscars is made more difficult by the three-stage process. In years past, many seemingly sure-fire contenders were deemed to be ineligible. Even those ditties that clear this hurdle then have to pass muster with the 400 plus members of the music branch of the academy. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Original Song.)

To be eligible for consideration, a tune must meet these criteria:

It must be an original song with words and music, both of which were original and written specifically for the film;

It must be the result of a creative interaction between the filmmaker(s) and the songwriter(s) who have been engaged to work directly on the film; and

There must be a clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition (not necessarily visually presented) of both lyric and melody used in the body of the movie or as the...

Range Media Partners on Tuesday announced its formation of a music publishing division headed up by industry vet Casey Robison.

Robison is just the latest to come aboard at the ever-expanding management and production company, which recently tapped William Lowery and Shawn McSpadden to help broaden the reach of label Range Music from Nashville.

He comes to Range from Hipgnosis Songs Group, where he served as Executive Vice President, A&r. Robison’s time there followed his work to cement 2020 Hipgnosis’ acquisition of Big Deal Music Group, the indie music publisher where he served as Co-President and Partner, building and overseeing the pop division, while solidifying joint ventures with Ricky Reed’s Nice Life Music and Julian Bunetta & John Ryan’s Big Family Music.

In a statement shared with Deadline on Monday, Range Media Partners co-founder and Range Music founding partner Matt Graham noted that “Casey and the team believe...

David Byrne, “This Is a Life”

Everything Everywhere All at Once

The former Talking Heads frontman, who won the best original score Oscar 35 years ago for The Last Emperor, teamed with Son Lux’s Ryan Lott (who curated Everything’s soundtrack) and the Grammy-nominated Japanese artist Mitski for this end-credits tune.

Drake,”Time”

Amsterdam

Drizzy penned the closing number of David O. Russell’s film, on which he was a producer, in collaboration with rising star Giveon Evans (who sings it), 2020 song Oscar nominee Daniel Pemberton (who also scored the film) and Grammy-winning producer Jahaan Akil Sweet.

Lady Gaga, “Hold My Hand”

Top Gun: Maverick

This Oscar’s winner for A Star Is Born’s “Shallow” is back with another power ballad — written with Michael ‘BloodPop’ Tucker — for the year’s biggest blockbuster. Already up for Critics Choice, Golden Globe and Grammy awards, Tom Cruise has called it “the heartbeat of our film.

Weeks after losing Keenan Cahill and Ken Block, the online video community has suffered another loss. Taylor LeJeune, the TikTok gourmand who was known as Wafffler69, has passed away.

LeJeune’s brother, Clayton Claydorm, announced the death on his own TikTok account. Taylor died on January 11 at a hospital in Louisana from a “presumed heart attack.” He was 33.

“Please keep his legacy alive. Watch his content that he does put out,” Clayton said in his video. “Keep him alive. He loved making people happy.”

@claydorm Rest in piece Bubba I love you @wafffler69 ♬ original sound – Claydorm

In his Wafffler69 videos, LeJeune tried all sorts of weird foods, ranging from Dollar Tree snacks to military rations to Shaq-themed candy bars. His gastronomic adventures proved popular on TikTok, where he earned 1.8 million followers and more than 33 million likes across all of his videos.

LeJeune’s fans and creative colleagues have used his...

Selena Gomez opens up about her mental health struggles on her autobiographical new single “My Mind & Me,” the title track to the singer’s upcoming Apple TV+ documentary.

“Wanna hear a part to my story / I tried to hide in the glory and sweep it under the table so you would never know,” Gomez sings at the onset.

“My Mind & Me / We don’t get along sometimes and it gets hard to breathe / But I wouldn’t change my life / And all of the crashing and burning and breaking I...

Who will win the Grammy Award for Song of the Year when it’s handed out in 2022? It’s the recording academy’s biggest prize for songwriting and often diverges from Record of the Year, which goes to the performing artist, producers, engineers, and mixers of a particular single or track. So which compositions should we look out for in this year’s race?

Updated: August 31, 2021

Leading Contenders

“Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran

Label: Asylum

Release Date: June 25, 2021

Songwriters: Ed Sheeran, Johnny McDaid, Fred Gibson

“Damage” by H.E.R.

Album: “Back of My Mind”

Label: RCA

Release Date: October 21, 2020

Songwriters: Anthony Clemens Jr., Carl McCormick, H.E.R., James Harris, Terry Lewis, Tiara Thomas

“Drivers License” by Olivia Rodrigo

Album: “Sour”

Label: Geffen/Interscope

Release Date: January 8, 2021

Songwriters: Olivia Rodrigo, Daniel Nigro

“Forever After All” by Luke Combs

Album: “What You See Ain’t Always What You Get”

Label: River House,...

Ben Platt is back with a new single, “Imagine.” The mid-tempo pop track, which is both tender and confident, serves as a tribute to everyday saviors — the people who lift others up in times of darkness. Its just-released music video, on the other hand, is quite literally uplifting.

The Broadway-star-turned-solo-singer co-wrote the song with Jon Bellion, Michael Pollack, Alexander Izquierdo, Jordan K. Johnson, and Stefan Johnson. It was produced by Bellion and the Monsters and Strangerz, who’ve previously collaborated on hits like Maroon 5’s “Memories,” Justin Bieber’s “Holy,...