Sound & Screen Presents
The AI Music Video Awards
Season One
Winners announced October 21, 2026
Season Two starts Wednesday, November 4 at 7 PM Eastern, live on TikTok at @samoricoles
Use the arrows below to move through.
How every video was judged
Six Criteria
- StoryIs there a crafted idea, or just a run of nice shots?
- VisionCreativity and originality. Did they go past the obvious version of this song?
- CinematographyFraming, lighting, camera movement, editing. Industry standard within its own style.
- Character & World ConsistencySame face, same wardrobe, same world, first frame to last.
- Technical ExecutionClean shots. No artifacts, no morphing, no transitions that fall apart.
- Song ServiceDoes the video make the track hit harder than it does on its own?
Four judges. Every criterion scored 1 to 10. 160 points in all.
The show
Sound & Screen
The premier AI music video showcase and review, live every Wednesday at 7 PM Eastern on TikTok at @samoricoles.
The submission link goes out at the top of the show and creators submit live while it runs. Host Samori Coles is a Grammy voter and 30-year music industry veteran.
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Season One
The Judges
Four of them. Twenty-four ballots. One hundred and sixty points per video.
Judge
Drake Murphy
A musician and producer with a run of industry song placements, and the founder of the AI Music Money Club.
Judge
Christopher Wieduwilt
Twenty years in music, and he now guides AI creators through his AI Musicpreneur brand.
Judge
Olivia B. Moore
An AI music creator with more than 38 million streams behind her, and a top charting artist at the SIQA AI Music Awards.
Judge
Bruce Chamoff
A musician and podcaster who has become one of the most followed voices in AI music, and the person a lot of creators learn Suno from.
Category 1 of 7 · The idea
Best Storytelling
A crafted narrative with a beginning and an end, not a run of beautiful shots in a row.
Best Storytelling · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Mirage After Eve Best Storytelling · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Drink The Pain Away J. Frequency Best Storytelling · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Send Me Rebel Redeemed Best Storytelling · Nominee 4 of 5
4 The Jokes On You The Room2Breathe Project Best Storytelling · Nominee 5 of 5
5 Daddy Don't Ravyn Mae Best Storytelling
Category 2 of 7 · The look
Best Visual Style
Art direction and aesthetic command. Photoreal, Pixar-adjacent, art deco, hand-drawn, graphic. Judged against what it is trying to be.
Best Visual Style · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Dance Through the Insanity Algorithm Of Chaos Best Visual Style · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Rest Of My Life Melvin Jamison Best Visual Style · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Break in the Sky The Wizave Project Best Visual Style · Nominee 4 of 5
4 Bees and Flowers Temptation Of The Priest Best Visual Style · Nominee 5 of 5
5 Time is a Limited Allowance Dream Relic Best Visual Style
Category 3 of 7 · The craft
Best Technical Achievement
Character consistency, clean execution, lip sync when it is used. The category that could not exist at any other awards show.
Best Technical Achievement · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Blah Blah Blah After Eve Best Technical Achievement · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Love is Crying Will & Bunny Best Technical Achievement · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Into The Ether Fractured Veil Best Technical Achievement · Nominee 4 of 5
4 The Shawnie Show Post Modern Society Best Technical Achievement · Nominee 5 of 5
5 Send Me Rebel Redeemed Best Technical Achievement
Category 4 of 7 · The world
Best Animation
A world built from nothing, not a camera pointed at one. Judged on movement, character design, and whether the animation serves the song.
Best Animation · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Into The Ether Fractured Veil Best Animation · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Awakened Namaste Warriors Best Animation · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Take My Heart Waking Up Christopher Best Animation · Nominee 4 of 5
4 Cosmic Zoo Robyn Nikole Best Animation · Nominee 5 of 5
5 Juggalo Jesus x One Piece Pt. 2 Lord Spit Best Animation
Category 5 of 7 · The message
Best Social Commentary
A video that uses its running time to say something about the world. Judged on whether the point lands, not on whether the judges agree with it.
Best Social Commentary · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Love is Crying Will & Bunny Best Social Commentary · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Cosmic Zoo Robyn Nikole Best Social Commentary · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Would Have Never Imagined J. Frequency Best Social Commentary · Nominee 4 of 5
4 Masquerade Paradigm Best Social Commentary · Nominee 5 of 5
5 Greenwood Stories Rayneedaye Best Social Commentary
Category 6 of 7 · The crowd
Viewers' Choice
137 votes came in between October 14 and 20. No judges. This one belongs to the audience.
Every vote checked against its email address and its IP.
Viewers' Choice · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Masquerade Paradigm Viewers' Choice · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Hand On The Wheel Fraize Viewers' Choice · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Time is a Limited Allowance Dream Relic Viewers' Choice · Nominee 4 of 5
4 Write A Letter Drai Producer Viewers' Choice · Nominee 5 of 5
5 Daddy Don't Ravyn Mae Viewers' Choice
Category 7 of 7 · The headline
Best AI Music Video
Judged on all six criteria. The one video that did everything well and did it with a point of view.
Best AI Music Video · Nominee 1 of 5
1 Hollow After Eve Best AI Music Video · Nominee 2 of 5
2 Love is Crying Will & Bunny Best AI Music Video · Nominee 3 of 5
3 Break in the Sky The Wizave Project Best AI Music Video · Nominee 4 of 5
4 Rest Of My Life Melvin Jamison Best AI Music Video · Nominee 5 of 5
5 The Shawnie Show Post Modern Society Best AI Music Video
Before you go
Watch it, then make one
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Sound & Screen
The AI Music Video Awards
Season One
Congratulations to all the nominees and all the award winners.
Thank you to the judges, the voters, and every creator who entered.
More of Samori's work at samoricoles.com.