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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

• JUSTIN HURWITZ and DAMIEN CHAZELLE

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

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• NICHOLAS BRITELL for Andor
• SIDDHARTHA KHOSLA for Only Murders In The Building
• BEAR MCCREARY for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
• THEODORE SHAPIRO for Severance
• CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER for The White Lotus

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

• STEFANI GERMANOTTA (LADY GAGA) and MICHAEL TUCKER (BLOODPOP) for “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
• TEMILADE OPENIYI (TEMS), ROBYN RIHANNA FENTY, RYAN COOGLER, and LUDWIG GÖRANSSON for “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
• TRENT REZNOR and ATTICUS ROSS for “(You Made It Feel Like) Home” from Bones and All
• TAYLOR SWIFT for “Carolina” from Where The Crawdads Sing
• 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
• DANNY ELFMAN for “Light The Match” from Central Park
• BENJ PASEK, JUSTIN PAUL, KHIYON HURSEY, SUKARI JONES, and MARK SONNENBLICK for “Good Afternoon” from Spirited
• MARC SHAIMAN and BILLY EICHNER, for “Love Is Not Love” from Bros
• AL YANKOVIC for “Now You Know” from Weird: The Al Yankovic Story

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• NAINITA DESAI for Immortality
• STEPHANIE ECONOMOU for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
• BEAR MCCREARY for God of War: Ragnarök
• WINIFRED PHILLIPS for Jurassic World: Primal Ops
• CHRISTOPHER WILLIS for Cat Burglar

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

• ESIN AYDINGOZ
• ANNA DRUBICH
• DEANDRE JAMES ALLEN-TOOLE
• NAMI MELUMAD
• DARA TAYLOR

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• To be announced at a later date

The winners of the 4th SCL Awards will be announced on 15 February, 2023.

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

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• CHRISTOPHE BECK for Wandavision
• NICHOLAS BRITELL for Succession
• NATALIE HOLT for Loki
• JAE-IL JUNG for Squid Game
• CRISTOBAL TAPIA DE VEER for The White Lotus

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA – DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

• SHAWN CARTER, SCOTT MESCUDI, and JEYMES SAMUEL for “Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall
• BILLIE EILISH and FINNEAS O’CONNELL for “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die
• RUFUS WAINWRIGHT for “Secret Sister” from Rebel Hearts
• DIANE WARREN for “Never Gonna Tame You” from The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses
• DIANE WARREN for “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA- MUSICAL/COMEDY

• KRIS BOWERS and SIEDAH GARRETT for “Together All the Way” from Dear White People
• NICHOLAS BRITELL, ARIANA GRANDE, SCOTT MESCUDI, and TAURA STINSON for “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up
• AMIE DOHERTY for “Fearless” from Spirit Untamed
• CAROLE KING, JENNIFER HUDSON, and JAMIE HARTMAN for “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home”) from Respect
• LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA for “Home All Summer” from In the Heights

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• GERMAINE FRANCO for Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness
• HILDUR GUĐNADÓTTIR and SAM SLATER for Battlefield 2042
• AUSTIN WINTORY for Alien Fireteam Elite

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

• ANNE-KATHRIN DERN
• STEPH ECONOMOU
• JOY NGIAW

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• ETHAN COEN, JOEL COEN, and CARTER BURWELL

The winners of the 3rd SCL Awards will be announced on 1 February, 2022.

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

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• LUDWIG GÖRANSSON for The Mandalorian
• LAURA KARPMAN and RAPHAEL SAADIQ for Lovecraft Country
• BLAKE NEELY for The Flight Attendant
• MARTIN PHIPPS for The Crown
• CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA for The Queen’s Gambit

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• ERRAN BARON COHEN, SACHA BARON COHEN, and ANTHONY HINES for “Wuhan Flu” from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• LAURA KARPMAN, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, and SONIA SANCHEZ for “Tulsa 1921, Catch the Fire” from Lovecraft Country
• SAVAN KOTECHA, FAT MAX GSUS, and RICKARD GORANSSON for “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
• TRENT REZNOR and ATTICUS ROSS for “(If You Could) Only Save Me” from Mank
• DIANE WARREN for “Free” from The One and Only Ivan

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• ILAN ESHKERI and SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI for Ghost of Tsushima
• GORDY HAAB for Star Wars: Squadrons
• GARRY SCHYMAN and MIKOLAI STROINSKI for Metamorphosis

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• SPIKE LEE and TERENCE BLANCHARD

The winners of the 2nd SCL Awards will be announced on 2 March, 2021.

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

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION OR STREAMING PRODUCTION

• KRIS BOWERS for When They See Us
• NICHOLAS BRITELL for Succession
• KYLE DIXON and MICHAEL STEIN for Stranger Things
• HILDUR GUĐNADÓTTIR for Chernobyl
• TRENT REZNOR and ATTICUS ROSS for Watchmen
• ADAM TAYLOR for The Handmaid’s Tale

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR VISUAL MEDIA

• KRISTIN ANDERSON-LOPEZ and ROBERT LOPEZ for “Into the Unknown” from Frozen 2
• KATHRYN BOSTIC for “High Above the Water” from Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
• JOSHUAH BRIAN CAMPBELL and CYNTHIA ERIVO for “Stand Up” from Harriet
• ALAN MENKEN, BENJ PASEK, and JUSTIN PAUL for “Speechless” from Aladdin
• DIANE WARREN for “I’m Standing With You” from Breakthrough

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• NEAL ACREE for Rend
• GORDY HAAB and STEPHEN BARTON for Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
• AUSTIN WINTORY for Erica

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

• SAM MENDES and THOMAS NEWMAN

The winners of the 1st SCL Awards will be announced on 7 January, 2020.