The Society Of Composers And Lyricists have announced the winners of the 7th Annual SCL Awards where the top winners were Ludwig Göransson for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for Sinners and Bryce Dessner for Outstanding Score for an Independent Film for Train Dreams.
Göransson and Raphael Saadiq also won Outstanding Original Song for a Drama or Documentary for “I Lied to You” from Sinners, and, alongside director Ryan Coogler, received the 2026 Spirit of Collaboration Award. The SCL recognised Göransson and Coogler for their longstanding creative partnership on Coogler’s films, including Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and Sinners.
Winners in bold below.
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON – Sinners
ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – Frankenstein
JONNY GREENWOOD – One Battle After Another
STEPHEN SCHWARTZ & JOHN POWELL – 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 SOMMERS – Rental Family
SARA BARONE & ROBERT 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
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
SARA TREVINO – The Map That Leads You