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The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the sixth annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2024. 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

• KRIS BOWERS for The Wild Robot

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• DANIEL BLUMBERG for The Brutalist

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• ATTICUS ROSS, LEOPOLD ROSS, and NICK CHUBA for Shōgun

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TITLE SEQUENCE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• JEFF TOYNE for Palm Royale

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

• DIANE WARREN for “The Journey” from The Six Triple Eight

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – MUSICAL/COMEDY

• TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS, and LUCA GUADAGNINO for “Compress/Repress” from Challengers

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• WINIFRED PHILLIPS for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

• ANDREA DATZMAN

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS and RIDLEY SCOTT

SCL JURY AWARD

• JEFF BEAL for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the sixth annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2024. 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 nominees are:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

• VOLKER BERTELMANN for Conclave
• KRIS BOWERS for The Wild Robot
• CLÉMENT DUCOL and CAMILLE DALMAIS for Emilia Pérez
• HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS for Gladiator II
• JOHN POWELL and STEPHEN SCHWARTZ for Wicked: Part 1
• HANS ZIMMER for Dune: Part Two

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• CHRIS BACON for Heretic
• DANIEL BLUMBERG for The Brutalist
• STEPHANIE ECONOMOU for The Book of Jobs
• FABRIZIO MANCINELLI for Here After
• HEATHER MCINTOSH for Winner
• DARA TAYLOR for Meet Me Next Christmas

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The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the fifth annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2023. 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 Oppenheimer

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• JOHN POWELL for Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• NICHOLAS BRITELL for Succession

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TITLE SEQUENCE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION

• CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA for Lessons in Chemistry

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

• OLIVIA RODRIGO and DAN NIGRO for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA- MUSICAL/COMEDY

• BILLIE EILISH and FINNEAS O’CONNELL for “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• STEPHEN BARTON and GORDY HAAB for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

• CATHERINE JOY

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• MARTIN SCORSESE and ROBBIE ROBERTSON

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the fifth annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2023. 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 nominees are:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

• LUDWIG GÖRANSSON for Oppenheimer
• JOE HISAISHI for The Boy and the Heron
• LAURA KARPMAN for American Fiction
• ROBBIE ROBERTSON for Killers of the Flower Moon
• ANTHONY WILLIS for Saltburn

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• JON BATISTE for American Symphony
• MICA LEVI for The Zone of Interest
• FABRIZIO MANCINELLI and RICHARD M. SHERMAN for Mushka
• DANIEL PEMBERTON for Ferrari
• JOHN POWELL for Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
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The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the fourth annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2022. 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

• MICHAEL ABELS for Nope

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• SON LUX for Everything Everywhere All At Once

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER for The White Lotus

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

• DIANE WARREN for “Applause” from Tell It Like A Woman

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA- MUSICAL/COMEDY

• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, ROEBAN KATZ, and GUILLERMO DEL TORO for “Ciao Papa” from Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• STEPHANIE ECONOMOU for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

• NAMI MELUMAD

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• DAMIEN CHAZELLE and JUSTIN HURWITZ

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the fourth annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2022. 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 nominees are:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

• MICHAEL ABELS for Nope
• CARTER BURWELL for The Banshees of Inisherin
• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT for Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
• MICHAEL GIACCHINO for The Batman
• JOHN POWELL for Don’t Worry Darling

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• LEO BIRENBERG and ZACH ROBINSON for Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
• SHARON FARBER for Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
• SON LUX for Everything Everywhere All At Once
• ROB SIMONSEN for The Whale
• MARK SMYTHE for The Reef: Stalked

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The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the third annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2021. 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

• GERMAINE FRANCO for Encanto

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• DANIEL HART for The Green Knight

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER for The White Lotus

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

• BILLIE EILISH and FINNEAS O’CONNELL for “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA- MUSICAL/COMEDY

• NICHOLAS BRITELL, ARIANA GRANDE, SCOTT MESCUDI, and TAURA STINSON for “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• HILDUR GUÐNADÓTTIR and SAM SLATER for Battlefield 2012

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

• STEPH ECONOMOU

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• ETHAN COEN, JOEL COEN, and CARTER BURWELL

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the third annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2021. 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 nominees are:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

• NICHOLAS BRITELL for Don’t Look Up
• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT for The French Dispatch
• GERMAINE FRANCO for Encanto
• JONNY GREENWOOD for The Power of the Dog
• HANS ZIMMER for Dune

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• JONNY GREENWOOD for Spencer
• DANIEL HART for The Green Knight
• ALBERTO IGLESIAS for Parallel Mothers
• RACHEL PORTMAN for Julia
• KUBILAY UNER for American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally

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The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the second annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2020. 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

• TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS, and JON BATISTE for Soul

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• LOLITA RITMANIS for Blizzard of Souls

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA for The Queen’s Gambit

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• SAVAN KOTECHA, MAX “FAT MAX GSUS” GRAHN, and RICKARD GÖRANSSON for “Húsavík” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• GARRY SCHYMAN and MIKOLAI STROINSKI for Metamorphosos

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• SPIKE LEE and TERENCE BLANCHARD

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the second annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2020. 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 nominees are:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

• TERENCE BLANCHARD for Da 5 Bloods
• LUDWIG GÖRANSSON for Tenet
• JAMES NEWTON HOWARD for News of the World
• TRENT REZNOR and ATTICUS ROSS for Mank
• TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS, and JON BATISTE for Soul

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• SHERRI CHUNG for The Lost Husband
• EMILE MOSSERI for Minari
• STEVEN PRICE for David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
• LOLITA RITMANIS for Blizzard of Souls
• TAMAR-KALI for Shirley

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The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the winners of the first annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2019. 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

• HILDUR GUĐNADÓTTIR for Joker

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• KATHRYN BOSTIC for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• HILDUR GUĐNADÓTTIR for Chernobyl

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• JOSHUAH BRIAN CAMPBELL and CYNTHIA ERIVO for “Stand Up” from Harriet

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• GORDY HAAB and STEPHEN BARTON for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• SAM MENDES and THOMAS NEWMAN

The Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominations for the first annual SCL Awards, honoring the best in film and television music in 2019. 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 nominees are:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

• MICHAEL ABELS for Us
• MICHAEL GIACCHINO for Jojo Rabbit
• HILDUR GUĐNADÓTTIR for Joker
• JOHN POWELL for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
• ALAN SILVESTRI for Avengers: Endgame

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

• JEFF BEAL for Biggest Little Farm
• KATHRYN BOSTIC for Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
• ALBERTO IGLESIAS for Pain & Glory
• HOWARD SHORE for The Song of Names
• GABRIEL YARED for Judy

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