MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment explained

MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment
Awarded For:Quality songs
Presenter:MTV
Country:United States
Year:1992

The MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Moment is an award presented to singers/groups for quality songs in films at the MTV Movie Awards, a ceremony established in 1992. Honors in several categories are awarded by MTV at the annual ceremonies, and are chosen by public votes.[1]

The MTV Movie Award for Best Song From a Movie was first given out in 1992 for Bryan Adams' "Everything I Do I Do It For You" from . The award was last given out in 1999, and was replaced with Best Musical Sequence in 2000, but made a return in 2009 and retired again.[2] It returned in 2012 renamed as Best Music and retired again before reappearing as Best Musical Sequence before changing in 2017 to its current name.

Bryan Adams, Bush and Whitney Houston have each won the Best Song honor from two nominations. Eric Clapton had received three nominations, and Boyz II Men, Céline Dion, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Sting have each been nominated twice.

Best Song from a Movie

YearFilm SongArtist(s)
1992
[3]
"Everything I Do I Do It For You" Bryan Adams
The Addams Family"Addams Groove"MC Hammer
New Jack City"I Wanna Sex You Up"Color Me Badd
Rush"Tears in Heaven" Eric Clapton
"You Could Be Mine"Guns N' Roses
1993
[4]
The Bodyguard "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston
Boomerang"End of the Road"Boyz II Men
Lethal Weapon 3"It's Probably Me"Sting and Eric Clapton
Aladdin"A Whole New World"Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
Singles"Would?"Alice in Chains
1994
[5]
Free Willy "Will You Be There" Michael Jackson
The Three Musketeers"All for Love"Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart and Sting
Sliver"Can't Help Falling in Love"UB40
Benny & Joon"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)"The Proclaimers
Philadelphia"Streets of Philadelphia"Bruce Springsteen
Sleepless in Seattle"When I Fall in Love"Céline Dion and Clive Griffin
1995
[6]
The Crow "Big Empty" Stone Temple Pilots
The Lion King"Can You Feel the Love Tonight?"Elton John
Pulp Fiction"Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon"Urge Overkill
With Honors"I'll Remember"Madonna
Above the Rim"Regulate"Warren G and Nate Dogg
1996
[7]
Waiting to Exhale"Sittin' Up In My Room"Brandy
Batman Forever"Kiss From a Rose"Seal
"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
Dangerous Minds"Gangsta's Paradise"Coolio
Waiting to Exhale"Exhale (Shoop Shoop)"Whitney Houston
1997
[8]
Fear "Machinehead"Bush
Evita"Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"Madonna
Phenomenon"Change the World"Eric Clapton and Babyface
Romeo + Juliet"
  1. 1 Crush
"
Garbage
1998
[9]
Men in Black "Men In Black" Will Smith
An American Werewolf in Paris"Mouth"Bush
A Life Less Ordinary"Deadweight"Beck
Soul Food"A Song for Mama" Boyz II Men
Titanic"My Heart Will Go On"Céline Dion
1999
[10]
Armageddon "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing"Aerosmith
City of Angels"Iris"Goo Goo Dolls
Dr. Dolittle"Are You That Somebody?"Aaliyah
Rush Hour"Can I Get A..."Jay-Z, Ja Rule and Amil
Varsity Blues"Nice Guys Finish Last"Green Day
2009
[11]
"The Climb"Miley Cyrus
Slumdog Millionaire"Jai Ho"A. R. Rahman
Twilight"Decode"Paramore
The Wrestler"The Wrestler"Bruce Springsteen

Best Musical Sequence

YearFilm SongArtist(s)
2000
[12]
"Uncle F**ka"Terrence and Philip
10 Things I Hate About You"Can't Take My Eyes Off You"Heath Ledger
"Just the Two of Us"Mike Myers and Verne Troyer
The Talented Mr. Ripley"Tu Vuo' Fa L'Americano"Matt Damon, Jude Law and Rosario Fiorello
2001
[13]
Coyote Ugly"One Way or Another"Piper Perabo
Almost Famous"Tiny Dancer"Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Jason Lee and Anna Paquin
High Fidelity"Let's Get It On"Jack Black
O Brother, Where Art Thou?"Man of Constant Sorrow"George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson and John Turturro
Road Trip"I Wanna Rock"Breckin Meyer, Seann William Scott, Paulo Costanzo and DJ Qualls
2002
[14]
Moulin Rouge!"Elephant Love Medley"Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor
A Knight's Tale"Golden Years"Heath Ledger and Shannyn Sossamon
Moulin Rouge!"Sparkling Diamonds"Nicole Kidman
Rush Hour 2"Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"Chris Tucker
2005
[15]
Napoleon Dynamite"Canned Heat"Jon Heder
13 Going on 30"Thriller"Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo
"Afternoon Delight"Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, and David Koechner
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"Hold On"John Cho and Kal Penn

Best Music

YearFilmSongArtist(s)
2012
[16]
21 Jump Street"Party Rock Anthem"LMFAO
Drive"A Real Hero"College and Electric Youth
Hanna"The Devil Is in the Details"Chemical Brothers
Like Crazy"IMpossible"Figurine
Project X"Pursuit of Happiness (Steven Aoki remix)"Kid Cudi

Best Musical Moment

YearFilm / SeriesSongArtist(s)
2013
[17]
Pitch Perfect"No Diggity"Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, and Hana Mae Lee
Les Misérables"I Dreamed a Dream"Anne Hathaway
Magic Mike"It's Raining Men"Channing Tatum, Matt Bomer, Joe Manganiello, Kevin Nash, and Adam Rodríguez
The Perks of Being a Wallflower"Come On Eileen"Emma Watson, Logan Lerman, and Ezra Miller
Silver Linings Playbook"Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing / Fell in Love with a Girl"Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper
2014
[18]
This Is the End"Everybody (Backstreet's Back)"Backstreet Boys, Jay Baruchel, Seth Rogen and Craig Robinson
American Hustle"Live and Let Die"Jennifer Lawrence
Identity Thief"I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)", "Milkshake" and "Barracuda"Melissa McCarthy
We're the Millers"Waterfalls"Will Poulter
The Wolf of Wall Street"Pretty Thing"Leonardo DiCaprio
2017
[19]
"You're the One That I Want"Ensemble
Beauty and the Beast"Beauty and the Beast"Ariana Grande and John Legend
The Get Down"Be That As It May"Herizen F. Guardiola
La La Land"City of Stars"Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone
Moana"How Far I'll Go"Auliʻi Cravalho
Trolls"Can't Stop the Feeling!"Justin Timberlake
Hairspray Live!"You Can't Stop the Beat"Ensemble
2018
[20]
Stranger Things"Every Breath You Take"Mike (Finn Wolfhard) and Eleven (Millie Bobby Brown) dance
Black-ish"Freedom"Cast
Call Me By Your NameElio crying through the end credits
Girls TripDance Battle
The Greatest Showman"Rewrite the Stars"Phillip (Zac Efron) and Anne (Zendaya)
Love, Simon"I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)"Dream sequence
Riverdale"A Night We’ll Never Forget"Cast
This Is Us"Landslide"Kate (Chrissy Metz)
2019
[21]
A Star Is Born"Shallow"Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Bohemian Rhapsody"Live Aid" Concert
Captain Marvel"Just a Girl"No Doubt
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina"Masquerade" Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis, Jaz Sinclair, Tati Gabrielle, Gavin Leatherwood and Miranda Otto
On My Block"Look at That Butt"Dillon Francis
Riverdale"Seventeen"Lili Reinhart, Cole Sprouse, Vanessa Morgan and Madelaine Petsch
"Sunflower"Post Malone and Swae Lee
The Umbrella Academy"I Think We're Alone Now"Tiffany
2021
[22]
Julie and the Phantoms"Edge of Great"Madison Reyes, Charlie Gillespie, Owen Joyner and Jeremy Shada
Black is King"Brown Skin Girl"Beyoncé, Saint Jhn and Wizkid featuring Blue Ivy Carter
Bridgerton"Wildest Dreams"Duomo
Cobra Kai"I Wanna Rock"Twisted Sister
Love and Monsters"Stand by Me"Ben E. King
The Kissing Booth 2"Lost in the Wild"Walk the Moon
"Beginning, Middle, End"Leah
WandaVision"Agatha All Along"Kathryn Hahn, Robert Lopez, Eric Bradley, Greg Whipple, Jasper Randall and Gerald White
2022
[23]
Heartstopper"Dance with Me"Beabadoobee
Bridgerton"Wrecking Ball"Midnight String Quartet
Cinderella"Million To One"Camila Cabello
Cobra Kai"The Moment of Truth"Carrie Underwood
Emily in Paris"Dynamite"
Encanto"We Don't Talk About Bruno"Carolina Gaitán, Mauro Castillo, Adassa, Rhenzy Feliz, Diane Guerrero, Stephanie Beatriz and the Encanto Cast
Euphoria"Holding Out for a Hero"Bonnie Tyler
Halo"Original Score"Sean Callery
"The Rose Song"Olivia Rodrigo
House of Gucci"Disco Fever"
Last Night in Soho"Downtown"Anya Taylor-Joy
Peacemaker"Do Ya Wanna Taste It"Wig Wam
Tick, Tick... Boom!"Therapy"Andrew Garfield and Vanessa Hudgens
Turning Red"Nobody Like U"4*TOWN
West Side Story"America" Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Ana Isabelle, the Sharks and Shark Girls
Yellowjackets"This Is How We Do It"Montell Jordan
2023
[24]
Purple Hearts"Come Back Home"Sofia Carson
Daisy Jones & The Six"Look at Us Now (Honeycomb)"Sam Claflin
Don't Worry DarlingJack’s Tap Dance
Elvis"Trouble"Austin Butler
Ginny & Georgia"I Will Survive" (Bachelorette Party)Gloria Gaynor
M3GAN"Titanium"Jenna Davis
Matilda the Musical"Revolting Children"Charlie Hodson-Prior, Meesha Garbett and Children cast
RRR"Naatu Naatu"Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava
"Body"Megan Thee Stallion
Saturday Night Live"Big Boys"SZA, Keke Palmer, Cecily Strong, Ego Nwodim, and Punkie Johnson
Stranger Things"Running Up That Hill"Kate Bush
The Last of Us"Long Long Time" (Bill & Frank Play Piano)Linda Ronstadt
The School for Good and Evil"You Should See Me in a Crown"Billie Eilish
The Summer I Turned Pretty"This Love (Taylor’s Version)"Taylor Swift
Wednesday"Goo Goo Muck"The Cramps
Young Royals"Simon’s Song"Omar Rudberg
2024
[25]
"The Old Therebefore / Singing At Snakes"Rachel Zegler
Anyone But You"Got Me Started"Troye Sivan
"Unwritten"Natasha Bedingfield
Barbie"I'm Just Ken"Ryan Gosling
"Love You Forever"Cast of High School Musical: The Musical: The Series
"Can I Have This Dance?"Joshua Bassett and Sofia Wylie
Mean Girls"Sexy"Avantika
"World Burn"Reneé Rapp
No Hard Feelings"Maneater"Andrew Barth Feldman
Only Murders in the Building"Which of the Pickwett Triplets Did It?"Steve Martin
Oppenheimer"Can You Hear the Music?"Ludwig Göransson
"Energy" (Mute Challenge)Beyoncé
"Cruel Summer"Taylor Swift
Saltburn"Murder on the Dancefloor"Sophie Ellis Bextor
The Bear"Love Story (Taylor's Version)"Taylor Swift
The Idol"I'm a Freak/World Class Sinner"Lily Rose Depp
The Little Mermaid"Part of Your World"Halle
The Summer I Turned Pretty"XO"Beyoncé
Wonka"You Never Had Chocolate Like This"Timothée Chalamet
Young Royals"As Long As You're There"Moyka

Notes and References

  1. News: 2011 MTV Movie Awards Voting Begins Today! . https://web.archive.org/web/20110323123627/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1660408/mtv-movie-awards-2011.jhtml . dead . March 23, 2011 . Eric . Ditzian . . MTV Networks . March 22, 2011 . August 8, 2011.
  2. Web site: MTV Movie Awards - Winners By Category. https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094952/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/winners_by_category.jhtml. dead. April 23, 2008. MTV. January 24, 2010.
  3. Web site: 1992 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094751/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1992/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  4. Web site: 1993 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094756/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1993/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  5. Web site: 1994 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094814/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1994/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  6. Web site: 1995 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094818/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1995/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  7. Web site: 1996 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094823/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1996/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  8. Web site: 1997 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094834/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1997/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  9. Web site: 1998 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094843/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1998/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  10. Web site: 1999 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094847/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/1999/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  11. Web site: 2009 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20090415045101/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2009/ . dead . April 15, 2009 . MTV (MTV Networks) . July 25, 2011. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  12. Web site: 2000 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094855/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2000/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 6, 2014. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  13. Web site: 2001 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094859/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2001/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 6, 2014. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  14. Web site: 2002 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094908/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2002/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 6, 2014. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  15. Web site: 2005 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20080423094931/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2005/ . dead . April 23, 2008 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 6, 2014. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  16. Web site: 2012 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20120329053105/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2012/ . dead . March 29, 2012 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 6, 2014. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  17. Web site: Django and Ted lead MTV Movie Awards nominations as Twilight nearly shut out. HitFix. March 5, 2013. March 21, 2015. Tapley. Kristopher.
  18. Web site: 2014 MTV Movie Awards . https://web.archive.org/web/20141214015409/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2014/ . dead . December 14, 2014 . MTV (MTV Networks) . March 5, 2015. Note: Click on the 'Winners' tab.
  19. Web site: Here Are Your 2017 MTV Movie & TV Awards Nominations: See The Full List . https://web.archive.org/web/20170407052512/http://www.mtv.com/news/3000426/2017-mtv-movie-tv-awards-nominations/ . dead . April 7, 2017 . Bell . Crystal . MTV News . MTV (MTV Networks) . April 6, 2017 . August 7, 2018.
  20. Web site: MTV Movie & TV Awards: 'Black Panther', 'Stranger Things' Top Nominations . . Nordyke . Kimberly . May 3, 2018 . August 7, 2018.
  21. News: MTV Movie & TV Awards 2019: See the full list of winners. Melas. Chloe. June 18, 2019. June 20, 2019. CNN.
  22. Web site: 2021-05-08. Bridgerton, BTS, Taylor Swift, WandaVision, and more are nominated at the 2021 MTV Movie & TV Awards. 2021-05-16. Bandwagon. en.
  23. Grein . Paul . Snoop Dogg (a.k.a DJ Snoopadelic) to DJ on 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards . Billboard . May 31, 2022 . May 26, 2022.
  24. Grein. Paul. MTV Announces Nominees for Best Musical Moment, to Be Presented at 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards (Full List). April 27, 2023. May 1, 2023. Billboard.
  25. Grein. Paul. MTV Announces Nominees for Best Musical Moment, to Be Presented at 2023 MTV Movie & TV Awards (Full List). April 27, 2023. May 1, 2023. Billboard.