The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) has announced the nominees for the 7th Annual SCL Awards, which will take place on February 6, 2026 at the Skirball Cultural Center, hosted by Kevin Bacon & Michael Bacon, in Los Angeles. Composer Ludwig Göransson and director Ryan Coogler will receive the Spirit of Collaboration Award at the event. The final round of voting will commence on January 19.
Here’s are the nominations (numerous misspelled names from press release have been fixed):
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
John Powell & Stephen Schwartz – Wicked: For Good
Max Richter – Hamnet
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film:
Dara Taylor – Straw
Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
David Fleming – Eternity
Fabrizio Mancinelli – Out of the Nest
Jónsi & Alex Somers – Rental Family
Sara Barone & Forest Christenson – To Kill a Wolf
Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production:
Diane Warren – “Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless
Alice Smith, Miles Caton & Ludwig Göransson – “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Sinners
Raphael Saadiq & Ludwig Göransson – “I Lied to You” from Sinners
Sara Bareilles – “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light
Nikhil Koparkar & Rammy Park – “The Hills of Tanchico” from The Wheel of Time
Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin & John Mayer – “Drive” from F1
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production:
Ejae & Mark Sonnenblick – “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
Stephen Schwartz – “No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good
Stephen Schwartz – “The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good
Jack Black & Jared Hess – “Steve’s Lava Chicken” from A Minecraft Movie
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt & Jack Black – “I Feel Alive” from A Minecraft Movie
Blake Slatkin, Shakira & Ed Sheeran – “Zoo” from Zootopia 2
Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production:
Cristobal Tapia de Veer – The White Lotus
Carlos Rafael Rivera – Dept. Q
Dave Porter – Pluribus
Sean Callery – The Beast in Me
Amanda Jones – Murderbot
Jeff Beal – All Her Fault
Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production:
Theodore Shapiro – Severance
Antonio Sánchez – The Studio
Brandon Roberts – Andor
Dave Porter – Pluribus
Cristobal Tapia de Veer – The White Lotus
David Fleming & Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media:
Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of the Giants
Wilbert Roget II, Cody Matthew Johnson & Jon Everist – Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune
Maclaine Diemer – Wildgate
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent:
Cameron Moody – Washington Black
Chin-Shan Chang – Laws of Man
Raashi Kulkarni – A Nice Indian Boy
Greg Nicolett – Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches
Freya Berkhout – Ride or Die
Sarah Trevino – The Map That Leads You
