The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 4th Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 15th at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The final round of voting will commence on January 9, 2023. The Spirit of Collaboration and Jury Award winners will be announced in early January.
Here are the nominees:
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 (Son Lux) – 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:
Diane Warren – “Applause” – Tell It Like A Woman
Taylor Swift – “Carolina” – Where The Crawdads Sing
Lady Gaga & BloodPop® – “Hold My Hand” – Top Gun: Maverick
Ludwig Göransson, Tems, Rihanna, & Ryan Coogler – “Lift Me Up” – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross – “(You Made It Feel Like) Home” – Bones and All
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production:
Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro – “Ciao Papa” – Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Khiyon Hursey, Sukari Jones, & Mark Sonnenblick – “Good Afternoon” – Spirited
Danny Elfman – “Light The Match” – Central Park
Billy Eichner & Marc Shaiman – “Love Is Not Love” – Bros
Weird Al Yankovic – “Now You Know” – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
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 Willis – Cat Burglar
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talet:
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
