Nominees Announced for 2nd Annual SCL Awards

On behalf of the SCL, it gives me great pleasure to announce this year’s nominees, along with our Spirit of Collaboration Award recipients, for the 2nd Annual SCL Awards. 

I extend my sincere thanks to all who entered, and also the vast number of members who took the time to review the entries and cast their votes. 

The Final Voting Round opens on February 8, 2021 and closes on February 26, 2021.

The Awards will be presented on March 2, 2021, during an online event. Member invitations will be included in the Final Voting Round announcement.

Good luck to all the nominees.
Ashley Irwin
President

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE
FOR A STUDIO FILM

James Newton Howard
News of the World

Ludwig Göransson
Tenet

Terence Blanchard
Da 5 Bloods

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Mank

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste
Soul

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE
FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM

Emile Mosseri
Minari

Lolita Ritmanis
Blizzard of Souls (Dvēseļu Putenis)

Sherri Chung
The Lost Husband

Steven Price
David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

Tamar-kali
Shirley

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE
FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Blake Neely
The Flight Attendant

Carlos Rafael Rivera
The Queen’s Gambit

Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq
Lovecraft Country

Ludwig Göransson
Star Wars: The Mandalorian

Martin Phipps
The Crown

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
FOR VISUAL MEDIA

Diane Warren
“Free”
The One and Only Ivan

Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Goransson
“Husavik”
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
“(If Only You Could) Save Me”
Mank

Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq, Sonia Sanchez
“Tulsa 1921, Catch the Fire”
Lovecraft Country

Erran Baron Cohen, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines
“Wuhan Flu”
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE
FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

Gordy Haab
Star Wars: Squadrons

Garry Schyman, Mikolai Stroinski
Metamorphosis

Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi
Ghost of Tsushima

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD

Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee