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Follow on Google News | Hollywood Music In Media Awards Names Zain Effendi Best New ComposerOn Thursday, November 19th, in front of some of Hollywood’s most famous Music Industry professionals, Zain Effendi accepted his award for Best New Composer at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.
By: Francine Marseille “It is such an honor to be recognized by the professionals of the HMMA’s.” says Effendi. “Working with Zimmer early in my career were the toughest and most influential years of my life. It is because of this remarkable, world class team, that I have been honored here today. Thank you to everyone for believing in me!” Effendi is an amazing young composer who entered the music world by the age of 5 and has continued to hone his talent throughout his life. While working at Remote Control Productions, he was involved in the production of such scores as The Pirates of The Caribbean and The Dark Knight." After several years and almost a dozen films (The Holiday, Pirates of The Caribbean 3: A Dead Man's Chest, The Simpson's Movie, Bee Movie, Transformers, Casi Divas, Kung Fu Panda, Madagascar 2: Escape From Africa, Frost/Nixon, The Dark Knight) with Zimmer. Zain left the studio to venture onto his solo career and currently works in his studios both in New York City and in Venice Beach. His award winning work was for his efforts on the film Gagetown. Category winners for the evening were as follows: OUTSTANDING CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD-John Debney BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - FILM-Clinton Shorter - "District 9" (Tristar Pictures) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - TV-Nathan Barr - "True Blood" (HBO) BEST ORIGINAL SCORE - VIDEO GAME-Jesper Kyd - "Assassins Creed 2" (Ubisoft) BEST ORIGINAL SONG - FILM-"When You Find Me" (Adam)-Written by Kevin Griffin and Joshua Radin / performed by Joshua Radin BEST ORIGINAL SONG – TV-"Lie to Me" (Lie to Me)-Written by Stacy Wilde & David Bellochio / Performed by Stacy Wilde BEST ORIGINAL SONG - VIDEO GAME-"I Am the One" (Dragon Age: Origins) Written by Inon Zur and Aubrey Ashburn / Performed by Aubrey Ashburn BEST ORIGINAL SONG - COMMERCIAL ADVERTISEMENT-" BEST MUSIC VIDEO-Steve Rushton - "Ready to Rock" OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION - FILM-Alex Patsavas - "Twilight" OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION - TV-PJ Bloom - "Glee" / "Nip/Tuck" / "United States of Tara" / "CSI Miami" / "Lincoln Heights" OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION - VIDEO GAME-Simon Pressey - Dragon Age: Origins (BioWare EA) OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION - MOVIE TRAILER-Heather Kreamer / Mocean - "Zombieland" SPECIAL RECOGNITION - VANGARD AWARD-Immediate Music Best Adult Contemporary/ Best Alternative- Best Americana/Roots- Best New Composer-Zain Effendi Best Blues-Gregg Young & the 2nd Street Band Best Classical/Orchestral- Best Contemporary Christian-Janyse Best Country-Chaffee Kid Best Dance-Pepper MaShay Best Female Vocal-Hilary Weaver Best Folk/Acoustic- Best Instrumental- Best Jazz-Crane & Fabian Project Best Metal-Fellguard Best New Age/Ambient- Best Pop-Jonathan Posey Best Production/Producer- Best R&B/Soul-Bobby Tinsley Best Rap/Hip-Hop- Best Reggae-International Farmers Best Rock-Avery Watts Best Techno/Electronica- Best World-Paul Myer Hopkins BEST MUSIC VIDEO-MYSTUDIO COMPETITION- End
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