Bernie Taupin will be honored at the 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards

Bernie Taupin is scheduled to receive the Career Achievement Award at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA) on November 20 at The Avalon in Hollywood, California. music supervisors for their contributions to music for film, television, video games and more.

Submissions for all HMMA categories are open until October 31st. The full list of final nominations will be announced on November 4.

Taupin, of course, is best known for his long-running, multi-successful and award-winning collaboration with Elton John. The pair were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1992 and received that organization’s highest honor, the Johnny Mercer Award, in 2013. In 2020, they received both an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best original song to co-write “(I ‘m Gonna) Love Me Again” from the hit biopic Rocketman. Earlier this year, they received the Gershwin Award for Popular Song from the Library of Congress, as well as an Ivor Novello for Outstanding Contribution to British Music. Most recently, Taupin co-wrote (with John, Brandi Carlile and Andrew Watt) the original song “Never Too Late” for the Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never too late. The song is performed by John and Carlile.

Notably, her only songwriting collaboration to receive a Grammy nomination was the soundtrack to the 1971 teen romance film. friends (no relation to the later TV megahit), which won Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Special. Go to the figure.

Taupin has also had some notable successes independently of John. He co-wrote Heart’s “These Dreams” and Starship’s “We Built This City,” both of which topped the Billboard Hot 100. He received a Grammy Award for Best Country Song for co-writing “Mendocino County Line,” which was recorded by Willie Nelson. and Lee Ann Womack. His song “A Love That Will Never Grow Old”, sung by Emmylou Harris for the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, won a Golden Globe for Best Original Song. Taupin was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence Awards category in 2023. John did the honors of inducting him.

Past career HMMA award winners include Marc Shaiman, Kenny Loggins, Smokey Robinson, Diane Warren, Earth Wind & Fire, Glen Campbell, Dave Mason, John Debney and Christopher Young.

Tickets are now available at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/2024hmmawards/1419072. For more information, visit hmmawards.com.