SCL Award Winners 2025
The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the seventh annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2025. The SCL is the premier professional trade group for composers, lyricists, and songwriters working in the motion picture, television, and game music industry, and is headquartered in Los Angeles. The winners are:
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM
- LUDWIG GÖRANSSON for Sinners
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM
- BRYCE DESSNER for Train Dreams
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
- THEODORE SHAPIRO for Severance
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TITLE SEQUENCE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
- CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER for The White Lotus
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY
- RAPHAEL SAADIQ and LUDWIG GÖRANSSON for “I Lied to You” from Sinners
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – MUSICAL/COMEDY
- EUN-JAE ‘EJAE’ KIM and MARK SONNENBLICK for “Golden” from K-Pop Demon Hunters*
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
- AUSTIN WINTORY for Sword of the Sea
DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
- CHIN-SHAN CHANG
SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD
- LUDWIG GÖRANSSON and RYAN COOGLER
In addition, American composers Stephen Schwartz and Charles Fox were presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award; Italian composer Ennio Morricone and American singer Peggy Lee were inducted into society’s Hall of Fame; American songwriters Sara Bareilles and Steve Dorff were honored with the Ambassador Award and the Trailblazer Award, respectively; and American politician Marsha Blackburn received a special recognition for Excellence in Advocacy.
*Joong-Gyu Kwak, Yu-Han Lee, Hee-Dong Nam (Ido), Jung-Hoon Seo (24), and Teddy Park are also credited songwriters on “Golden” but they are not listed as nominees for some reason.
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