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 Drama or Documentary
  • Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical
  • 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.

7th SCL Awards® Timeline

October 23 - December 1, 2025: Submissions open
December 5 - 15, 2025: Preliminary voting
December 17, 2025: Nominees announced
January 19 - 26, 2026: Final voting
February 6, 2026: SCL Awards ceremony

Awards Information

6th SCL Awards® Highlights

View the Recap of The 6th SCL Awards®

Following a month after the devastating Southern California wildfires, the Awards featured a silent auction presented by Sweet Relief and Media Musicians United, who were represented by 6th SCL Award nominees Dara Taylor and Christopher Lennertz.

Grammy®-winning artist Colin Hay hosted the 6th Annual SCL Awards, treating the audience to several musical numbers.

Andrea Datzman accepts the David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent for Inside Out 2.

SCL President Ashley Irwin addresses attendees at the 2025 6th Annual SCL Awards.

Daniel Blumberg accepts the award for Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film for The Brutalist.

Diane Warren accepts the award for Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production, for her song "The Journey" from The Six Triple Eight.

Jeff Beal accepts the Jury Award for the Carnegie Hall-premiered re-score of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Following a month after the devastating Southern California wildfires, the Awards featured a silent auction presented by Sweet Relief and Media Musicians United, who were represented by composer Jeff Fair.

Jeff Toyne accepts the award for Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production for Palm Royale.

Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba accept the award for Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production for Shōgun.

Eden Kontesz delights the audience singing at The 6th Annual SCL Awards.

Spirit of Collaboration Award winner Harry Gregson-Williams (for his collaboration with director Ridley Scott) performs excerpts from a selection of his scores for The Martian and Kingdom of Heaven.

The SAG-AFTRA Singers and an orchestra featuring LA's finest musicians provided musical entertainment .

Winifred Phillips accepts the award for Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media for Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

Kris Bowers won the Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film award for The Wild Robot.

Grammy®-winning artist Colin Hay leads the audience in a closing performance of Lean On Me by Bill Withers.

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