AR Rahman Wins Hollywood Music Award for “The Goat Life” Score

Oscar and Grammy-winning composer AR Rahman has shared a celebratory post after he won a trophy for giving the background score to Malayalam movie ‘The Goat Life’ at the 2024 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).

Rahman won the award for score in the independent film (foreign language) category. The event was held at the Avalon Theatre in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The film’s director Blessy received the honour on Rahman’s behalf at the ceremony.

‘The Goat Life’ is based on the 2008 bestselling novel “Aadujeevitham”. It follows an Indian migrant worker named Najeeb Muhammed, who goes to Saudi Arabia to earn money to send back home, but he finds himself living a slave-like existence herding goats in the middle of the desert.

At the event, “Emilia Pérez” and composer Hans Zimmer each received three awards at the 15th annual Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA). The HMMA honours composers, songwriters and music supervisors for their contributions over the previous year in music for film, TV, video games and more.

Along with Rahman, other nominees also included names such as Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Miley Cyrus, Lainey Wilson, and Pharrell Williams, alongside acclaimed composers like Hans Zimmer, Harry Gregson-Williams, Kris Bowers, and the duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.