New York Holiday Social

The Society of Composers & Lyricists warmly invites all New York-based members to join us in an evening of drinks and socializing to wrap up the year with cheer! After nearly two years of virtual events and social distancing, this winter's informal gathering will be a chance to celebrate our community and unite in one room once again.  *** RESERVATION INFORMATION…

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Composer TREVOR GUREKIS Songwriter SALEKA SHYAMALAN Director M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN MODERATED BY MARK SMYTHE (Composer) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Tuesday, December 7, 12:00PM (PT) A vacationing family discovers that the secluded beach where they're relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly, reducing their entire lives…

Stillwater

Composer MYCHAEL DANNA MODERATED BY ASHLEY IRWIN (SCL President) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Tuesday, December 7, 6:30PM (PT) Unemployed roughneck Bill Baker (Academy Award®-winner Matt Damon) travels from Oklahoma to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter Allison (Academy Award®-nominee Abigail Breslin). Imprisoned for a murder she claims she did not…

The Lost Daughter

Composer DICKON HINCHLIFFE MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (VARIETY) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Wednesday, December 8, 1:00PM (PT) Alone on a seaside vacation, Leda (Olivia Colman) becomes consumed with a young mother and daughter as she watches them on the beach. Unnerved by their compelling relationship, (and their raucous and menacing…

Rebel Hearts

Songwriter RUFUS WAINWRIGHT MODERATED BY TRACY MCKNIGHT (Music Supervisor) Wednesday, December 8, 7:30PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. In 1960s Los Angeles, The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary fought for equality, their livelihoods, and their own freedom against an all-powerful Cardinal who sought to keep them in their…

Encanto

Composer GERMAINE FRANCO Songwriter LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA Director BYRON HOWARD JARED BUSH MODERATED BY JAZZ TANGCAY (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Thursday, December 9, 2:00PM (PT) Welcome to the family Madrigal where every member is blessed with a magic gift unique to them. Everyone, that is, except Mirabel. When the family’s home…

Coda

Composer & Co-Songwriter MARIUS DE VRIES Co-Songwriter & Music Producer NICHOLAI BAXTER MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Thursday, December 9, 6:30PM (PT) Seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, child of deaf adults. Her life revolves around…

The Mitchells Vs The Machines

Composer MARK MOTHERSBAUGH MODERATED BY JENELLE RILEY (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Friday, December 10, 1:00PM (PT) The Mitchells vs. The Machines is an animated action-comedy about an ordinary family who finds themselves in the middle of their biggest family challenge yet…saving the world from the robot apocalypse. No big…

Flee

Composer UNO HELMERSSON MODERATED BY CHANDLER POLING (White Bear PR, Dublab Radio) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Friday, December 10, 5:00PM (PT) Flee tells the story of Amin Nawabi as he grapples with a painful secret he has kept hidden for 20 years, one that threatens to derail the life he…

Swan Song

Composer JAY WADLEY MODERATED BY JON BURLINGAME (Variety) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A Monday, December 13, 1:00PM (PT) Set in the near future, Swan Song is a powerful, emotional journey told through the eyes of Cameron (Mahershala Ali), a loving husband and father who is expecting his second child with his…

The Harder They Fall

Writer, Director, Producer, Composer, and Songwriter JEYMES SAMUEL MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Monday, December 13, 6:30PM PT Please be mindful of the SCL's Code of Conduct. When outlaw Nat Love discovers that his enemy Rufus Buck is being released from prison he rounds up his gang to track Rufus down and seek…

Vivo

Composer & Executive Producer ALEX LACAMOIRE MODERATED BY TIM GREIVING (Film Music Journalist) Screening Link available upon Registration YouTube Live Stream Q&A  Tuesday, December 14, 1:00PM (PT) From Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation comes Vivo, an animated musical adventure featuring all-new songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda. Vivo follows a one-of-kind kinkajou (aka a rainforest “honey bear,”…