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