Nominees Announced for 4th SCL Awards
On behalf of the Society of Composers & Lyricists, it is my great pleasure to announce the nominees for our 4th 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 continued support for the Awards have been shown by our community has been all we’d hoped for and more.
The Spirit of Collaboration and Jury Award winners will be announced in early January.
The Final Voting Round opens on January 9, 2023 and closes on February 6 2023.
The Awards ceremony will be held on February 15, 2023.
Good luck to all the nominees.
Ashley Irwin
President
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
Michael Abels
Nope
Carter Burwell
The Banshees of Inisherin
Alexandre Desplat
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Michael Giacchino
The Batman
John Powell
Don’t Worry Darling
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Sharon Farber
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Ryan Lott
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Rob Simonsen
The Whale
Mark Smythe
The Reef: Stalked
Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
Nicholas Britell
Andor
Siddhartha Khosla
Only Murders In The Building
Bear McCreary
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Theodore Shapiro
Severance
Cristobal Tapia de Veer
The White Lotus
Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production
“Applause” from Tell It Like A Woman
Diane Warren
“Carolina” from Where The Crawdads Sing
Taylor Swift
“Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick
Lady Gaga, BloodPop
“Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Tems, Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler
“(You Made It Feel Like) Home” from Bones and All
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production
“Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro
“Good Afternoon” from Spirited
Khiyon Hursey, Sukari Jones, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Mark Sonnenblick
“Light The Match” from Central Park
Danny Elfman
“Love is Not Love” from Bros
Billy Eichner, Marc Shaiman
“Now You Know” from Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird Al Yankovic
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media
Nainita Desai
Immortality
Stephanie Economou
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
Bear McCreary
God of War Ragnarök
Winifred Phillips
Jurassic World Primal Ops
Christopher Wiliis
Cat Burglar
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
DeAndre James Allen-Toole
God’s Country
Esin Aydingoz
Simchas and Sorrows
Anna Drubich
Barbarian
Nami Melumad
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Dara Taylor
The Invitation