Hollywood Music In Media Awards …and The Winners Are!

Nov. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- HOLLYWOOD, CA- Nov 18, 2011: The Hollywood Music in Media Awards presented over 50 awards recognizing the finest musical talent in all forms of visual media to a capacity crowd at The Highlands in Hollywood last night. Co-hosted by Adam Gaynor (matchbox 20) and Suzan Brittan-Gault., One of the evening’s highlights was SMOKEY ROBINSON accepting the HMMA Lifetime Achievement Award in front of a standing ovation chanting “Smokey, Smokey, Smokey!” The show included live performances by many nominees including Sonic Ashtanga, Vital, Ruby Summer, SJ, Queen Caveat and current media darlings, Sledge Grits.



Guest presenters included actor Eric Roberts, showman Greg London, radio/TV host Sam Phillips, guitar hero Gilby Clarke, international star Anand Bhatt, and Oscar nominated and Grammy winning singer/songwriter Stephen Bishop.  



Winners for the night included: Original Score – Film Mark Isham (Warrior)  The Best Soundtrack Album (The Muppets), Best song for a film went to Jason Mraz for “Collapsible Plan”from The Big Fix and Ron Jones won Best Score – TV for Family Guy. The Hollywood Music in Media Awards continues to showcase the brightest talent in the industry.  For complete listings of winners and categories, go to www.hmmawards.com (under “Awards” tab)



Winners for the evening were as follows:



LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Smokey Robinson

ORIGINAL SCORE – FILM - Mark Isham (Warrior)

ORIGINAL SCORE - INDIE/SHORT/DOCUMENTARY - Mark McKenzie (The Greatest Miracle)

ORIGINAL SCORE – TV - Ron Jones  (Family Guy)

ORIGINAL SCORE - VIDEO GAME - Gerard Marino (Spiderman: Edge of Time)

ORIGINAL SCORE – MOBILE VIDEO GAME – Austin Wintory (The Blunder Brothers and the Curse of the Bog Frog)

ORIGINAL SCORE - SPECIAL FEATURE - Steve Dancz / Placement Music

ORIGINAL SONG – FILM  "Collapsible Plans" by Jason Mraz (The Big Fix)

ORIGINAL SONG – TV  "Still Alright" by Adam Merrin (Necessary Roughness)

ORIGINAL SONG - VIDEO GAME "The Coast of Ardashir" by Aubrey Ashburn and the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Age of Conan: The Savage Coast of Turan)

SONG - COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT  "Passed Out" by White Apple Tree (Whistler Blackcomb commercial)

SOUNDTRACK ALBUM - The Muppets (Walt Disney Records)

MUSIC VIDEO - Ceej  ("Perfect Two")

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM - Jason Ruder & George Drakulias (Crazy Stupid Love)

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION – TV  Michelle Silverman & Bob Thiele Jr. (Sons Of Anarchy)

MOVIE TRAILER PRODUCTION - SPECIAL RECOGNITION - Transit

TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Vortex Immersion Media

Adult Contemporary/AAA - Michael Ripoll

Alternative - Vital

Americana/Roots - Cory Joseph Clark

Blues - Trevor Sewell

Christian/Gospel - Eleventh Hour Messengers

Classical/Orchestral - Viktoria Tocca

Country - JD Strait

Dance - Tenaj

Female Vocal - Elisabetta Russo

Folk/Acoustic - SJ

Funk/Groove - Big Ol' Nasty Getdown

Jazz - Alessandro Magnanini

Latin - Nao

Metal - Valor & Vengeance

New Age/Ambient  - Corrado Rossi

Pop - Ruby Summer

R&B/Soul - Crystal Starr

Rap/Hip-Hop - Omega Red

Reggae - Shazman

Rock - Queen Caveat

Techno/Electronica - Fatmagic

World - Sonic Ashtanga