The SCL Awards®

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The Society of Composers & Lyricists, the premier organization for composers and songwriters working in visual media, hosts the annual SCL Awards®, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media.

Awards are presented in eight competitive categories:

  • Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
  • Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
  • Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
  • Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production
  • Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production
  • Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production
  • Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media
  • David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent.

Nominees and winners are judged and determined solely by member composers and songwriters.

2025 Awards Timeline

2024-10-17

Submissions open
2024-10-17

2024-12-02

Submissions close
2024-12-02

2024-12-06

Preliminary Voting opens
2024-12-06

2024-12-16

Preliminary Voting closes
2024-12-16

2024-12-18

Nominees are announced
2024-12-18

2025-01-27

Final Voting opens
2025-01-27

2025-02-03

Final Voting closes
2025-02-03

2025-02-12

Awards Ceremony
2025-02-12

SCL Awards® Nominees Announced

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Nominees for The 6th SCL Awards® have been announced here.

Final voting opens on Monday, January 27, 2025 and closes one week later on Monday, February 3, 2025.

Awards Information

VIEW THE RECAP OF THE 5TH SCL AWARDS®

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5th SCL Awards® Highlights

Host Siedah Garrett opens the show singing "Shug Avery" from The Color Purple.

John Powell wins Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film for Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.

Gordy Haab (left) and Stephen Barton (right) accept the award for Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media for Star Wars Jedi: Survivor.

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT

Catherine Joy
Home Is A Hotel

Danny Duran III performs "Somewhere Out There" during the In Memoriam of the 5th SCL Awards.

Zola Odessa performs "Somewhere Out There" during the In Memoriam of the 5th SCL Awards.

Martin Scorcese accepts the Spirit of Collaboration Award and speaks about working with the late Robbie Robertson.

Late composer Robbie Robertson's daughter Alexandra and granddaughter Delphine accept the Spirit of Collaboration Award on Robbie's behalf.

Jason Isbell performs "Between Trains" by Robbie Robertson, from the Martin Scorcese film The King of Comedy.

SCL President Ashley Irwin addresses the audience at the Skirball Cultural Center at the 5th SCL Awards on February 13, 2024.

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TITLE SEQUENCE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION

Carlos Rafael Rivera
Lessons in Chemistry

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A COMEDY OR MUSICAL VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION

Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A DRAMATIC OR DOCUMENTARY VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION

Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro
“Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM

Ludwig Göransson
Oppenheimer