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8th Annual GMS Awards Winners [Complete List]

The 8th Annual GMS Awards were held on February 8th, 2018 at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, CA recognizing excellence in Film, Television, Trailers, Promos, Advertising, and Video Games. 18 awards were given out, including the annual Legacy Award recognizing music supervisor Becky Mancuso-Winding for her contribution to music in film and excellence in the craft of music supervision, and the first ever Icon Award to the legendary songwriter and performer Kenny Loggins. Kenny Loggins also performed a medley of his classics at the show. Other performances included GMS Spotlight Artist: Yungblud, and Hannah Miller, Siddhartha Khosla, and Chris Pierce performed "We Can Always Come Back To This" from This Is Us, which was nominated for Best Song/Recording Created for Television.

Complete list of winners:

FILM

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED OVER 25 MILLION DOLLARS

Matt Sullivan for Beauty and the Beast

Dave Jordan for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

WINNER: Julianne Jordan and Julia Michels for Pitch Perfect 3

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for The Greatest Showman

Tom MacDougall for Coco

Julia Michels & Julianne Jordan

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED UNDER 25 MILLION DOLLARS

Angela Leus for Girls Trip

Susan Jacobs and Jen Moss for I, Tonya

Howard Paar for How To Be A Latin Lover

WINNER: Brian Ross and Michael Hill for Lady Bird

Spring Aspers & Ron Fair for The Star

Brian Ross and Michael Hill

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED UNDER 10 MILLION DOLLARS

Liz Gallacher for War On Everyone

WINNER: Howard Paar for Before I Fall

Ian Neil for Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool

Howard Paar

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED UNDER 5 MILLION DOLLARS

Maggie Phillips for Ingrid Goes West

Matthew Hearon-Smith for The Florida Project

WINNER: Robin Urdang for Call Me By Your Name

Joe Rudge for Patti Cake$

Howard Paar for Fun Mom Dinner

BEST SONG/RECORDING CREATED FOR A FILM

“Remember Me”

Performed by Miguel ft. Natalia Lafourcade (Coco)

Tom MacDougall (Music Supervisor)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Songwriters)

“This Is Me”

Performed by Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman)

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Music Supervisors)

Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Songwriters)

“Home”

Performed by Nick Jonas (Ferdinand)

Julianne Jordan (Music Supervisor)

Nick Jonas, Nick Monson, and Justin Tranter (Songwriter)

WINNER: “Mystery of Love”

Performed by Sufjan Stevens (Call Me By Your Name)

Robin Urdang (Music Supervisor)

Sufjan Stevens (Songwriter)

“Mighty River”

Performed by Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)

Evyen Klean and Jennifer Reeve (Music Supervisors)

Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, and Taura Stinson (Songwriters)

Robin Urdang

TELEVISION

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA

WINNER: Season Kent for 13 Reasons Why (Season 1)

Thomas Golubić for Better Call Saul (Season 3)

Gabe Hilfer for Good Behavior (Season 1)

Gary Calamar for Good Girls Revolt (Season 1)

Jennifer Pyken for This Is Us (Season 1)

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL

Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, and Jonathan Leahy for Girls (Season 6)

Bruce Gilbert for I Love Dick (Season 1)

WINNER: Kier Lehman for Insecure (Season 2)

Zach Cowie and Kerri Drootin for Master of None (Season 2)

Frankie Pine and Mandi Collier for Nashville (Season 5)

[L-R: James Cartwright, Kier Lehman, Miles Cowan, Season Kent, Whitney Pilzer

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A DOCUSERIES OR REALITY TELEVISION

Sam Carlin for Catfish: The TV Show (Season 6)

Nancy Severinsen for So You Think You Can Dance (Season 14)

WINNER: Deborah Mannis-Gardner for The Defiant Ones (Season 1)

Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers for The Voice (Season 12)

Meryl Ginsberg for World of Dance (Season 1)

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE

WINNER: Susan Jacobs for Big Little Lies

PJ Bloom for Feud: Bette and Joan

Jabari Ali & John Houlihan for Shots Fired

Carter Little & G. Marq Roswell for Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music

Greg Cahn & Jonathan McHugh for Sun Records

Susan Jacobs

BEST SONG/RECORDING CREATED FOR TELEVISION

“How Do We Get Back To Love"

Performed by Julia Michaels (Girls: Episode 609 "Goodbye Tour")

Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, & Jonathan Leahy (Music Supervisors)

Julia Michaels & Jack Antonoff (Songwriters)

WINNER: “Quicksand”

Performed by SZA (Insecure: Episode 208 "Hella Perspective")

Kier Lehman (Music Supervisor)

Solána Rowe, Dacoury Natche, & Mickey De Grand IV (Songwriters)

“Sanctuary”

Performed by Nashville Cast (Feat. Charles Esten, Lennon Stella & Maisy Stella)

(Nashville: Episode 510 "I'll Fly Away")

Franki Pine & Mandi Collier (Music Supervisors)

Jill Andrews, Gary Nicholson, Sarah Siskind (Songwriters)

“Until You Find Me"

Performed by Allison Scagliotti (Stitchers: Episode 3009 "Kill It Forward")

Heather Guibert (Music Supervisor)

Dani Buncher & Scott Simons (Songwriters)

“We Can Always Come Back To This"

Performed by Brian Tyree Henry version & Hannah Miller version (This Is Us: Episode 116 "Memphis")

Jennifer Pyken (Music Supervisor)

Siddhartha Khosla & Chris Pierce (Songwriters)

DOCUMENTARY

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR A DOCUMENTARY

WINNER: Joel C. High for G-Funk

Brooke Wentz for Dolores

Steven Gizicki for FRANCA: Chaos & Creation

Aminé Ramer and Andrea Von Foerster for Charged

Gary Welch for Eric Clapton: Life in12 Bars

Joel C. High

TRAILERS

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR TRAILERS

Heather Kreamer & Craig Thompson (Create) for Black Panther Official Trailer (click to view)

Omar Herrera (Disney) for Black Panther Teaser Trailer (click to view)

Naaman Snell for I, Tonya (click to view)

Marcy Bulkeley (Wild Card) for Alien: Covenant (click to view)

WINNER: Bobby Gumm (Trailer Park) for Baby Driver (click to view)

PROMOS

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN TELEVISION PROMO

WINNER: Bobby Gumm & Michael Paquette (Trailer Park) for Stranger Things Season 2 (click to view)

Chase Casanova (Mark Woollen) for Big Little Lies (click to view)

Jordan Silverberg (Transit) for Narcos Season 3 (click to view)

Michael Paquette & Bobby Gumm

VIDEO GAMES

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A VIDEO GAME

Brandon Young and Katie Byam for Call of Duty: WWII

WINNER: Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus, and Raphaella Lima for FIFA 18

Alex Hackford and Duncan Smith for Gran Turismo Sport

Ben Sumner and Glenn Herweijer for Life is Strange: Before The Storm

Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus, and Raphaella Lima for Madden NFL 18

Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus, Raphaella Lima

ADVERTISING

BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A SINGLE ADVERTISING SPOT

WINNER: Media Arts Lab for Apple "Stroll" (click to view)

JT Griffith for Nike "Skates" (click to view)

Chances With Wolves for Samsung "I Love You" (click to view)

Jonathan Wellbelove for Sonos "From Heartbreak To Healing" (click to view)

Daniel Kuypers for Windex "The Story of Lucy" (click to view)​

Kristen Hosack, Gabe McDonough, with Media Arts Lab (L-R: Peymon Maskan, Josh Marcy, Morgan Thoryk)

BEST USE OF MUSIC BY A BRAND

WINNER: Apple​ (Example 1, Example 2, Example 3)

LEGACY AWARD

Becky Mancuso-Winding (Urban Cowboy, Footloose, The Sure Thing, Rush)

Becky Mancuso-Winding

Becky Mancuso-Winding has held numerous executive positions in the film and music industry, but is best known for her pioneering work as one of the industry’s first credited feature film music supervisors, having crafted award-winning soundtracks for over forty music oriented films, including Urban Cowboy and Footloose. She was a producer on a number of award winning television specials that included Sesame Street’s Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Sesame Street for ABC, Elmo Saves Christmas for PBS, Cinderella featuring Dorothy Hamill and the Ice Capades for ABC.

With a strong conviction to do something more in her career, Mancuso-Winding transitioned from the entertainment industry to healthcare in 2009, making the connection to UCLA Health through her twelve years of serving on the Board of Mattel Children’s Hospital UCLA. As UCLA Health Senior Director of Development, Mancuso-Winding currently oversees a number of priority patient programs that attract national media attention, which include UCLA Operation Mend, Daltrey-Townshend Teen & Young Adult Cancer Program at UCLA, UCLA Alzheimer’s Dementia Care Program, and UCLA People-Animal Program (PAC).

ICON AWARD

Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins

Kenny Loggins has left his musical imprint on “the soundtrack of our lives.” His early soundtrack contributions date back to the film A Star Is Born in 1976. And, through the 1980s and 1990s, he became known as "The Soundtrack King." His contributions to some of the most iconic soundtracks to hit films including Caddyshack’s "I'm Alright," Top Gun’s “Danger Zone,” and Footloose’s self-titled theme “Footloose” are among just a few of his prestigious songwriting and performance catalog. From Barbra Streisand’s "I Believe in Love" to Stevie Nicks’ "Whenever I Call You Friend” to “What a Fool Believes" with Michael McDonald (earning Loggins and McDonald the 1980 Grammy for Song of the Year), Kenny Loggins is a legend.

With 12 platinum albums, a pair of Grammys, and hits on almost all the Billboard charts, Kenny Loggins moves forward in 2018 doing what he loves doing best: being a singer-songwriter and philanthropist. The recent release of his latest children’s project, the book Footloose, inspired by his 1985 Oscar® nominated and Grammy® Award-winning “Song of the Year,” has become the first of a new series of children’s books. Kenny Loggins has a new PBS Soundstage special about to air this year and he is currently developing a children’s entertainment and branding company based on his inspired works.

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