Nominees Announced for 5th Annual SCL Awards
On behalf of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, it is my great pleasure to announce the nominees for our 5th Annual SCL Awards. Not only do I want to thank everyone who entered, but also the vast number of you who took the time to review the entries and cast your votes.
The Final Voting Round opens on January 8, 2023 and closes on February 5, 2024.
The Awards ceremony will be held on February 13, 2024, at the Skirball Cultural Center, and member invitations will be sent soon.
Good luck to all the nominees.
Ashley Irwin
President
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
Joe Hisaishi
The Boy and the Heron
Ludwig Göransson
Oppenheimer
Laura Karpman
American Fiction
Robbie Robertson
Killers of the Flower Moon
Anthony Willis
Saltburn
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
Jon Batiste
American Symphony
Mica Levi
The Zone of Interest
Fabrizio Mancinelli, Richard M. Sherman
Mushka
Daniel Pemberton
Ferrari
John Powell
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
Nicholas Britell
Succession
Natalie Holt
Loki
Martin Phipps
The Crown
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Lessons in Chemistry
Gustavo Santaolalla
The Last of Us
Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production
Chanda Dancy
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Nainita Desai
The Deepest Breath
Kevin Kiner
Ahsoka
Atli Örvarsson
Silo
Carlos Rafael Rivera
Lessons in Chemistry
Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production
Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson
“It Never Went Away”
American Symphony
Nicholas Britell, Taura Stinson
“Slip Away”
Carmen
Sharon Farber, Noah Benshea
“Better Times”
Jacob the Baker
Lenny Kravitz
“Road to Freedom”
Rustin
Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro
“Can’t Catch Me Now”
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production
Jack Black, John Spiker, Eric Osmond, Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath
“Peaches”
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman, Taura Stinson
“All About Me”
The L Word: Generation Q
Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
“What Was I Made For?”
Barbie
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
“I’m Just Ken”
Barbie
Diane Warren
“The Fire Inside”
Flamin’ Hot
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media
Stephen Barton, Gordy Haab
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Winifred Phillips
Secrets of Skeifa Island
Pinar Toprak
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Austin Wintory
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
The David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
Catherine Joy
Home is a Hotel
Fabrizio Mancinelli
The Land of Dreams
Allyson Newman
Commitment to Life
Hannah Parrott
After Death
Kenny Wood
The Naughty Nine