Society Of Composers And Lyricists Winners Announced

The Society Of Composers And Lyricists have announced the winners of the 4th Annual SCL Awards where top winners were Michael Abels for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for Nope and Son Lux for Outstanding Score for an Independent Film for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

Winners in bold below.

OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM:

  • ALEXANDRE DESPLAT – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
  • CARTER BURWELL – BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
  • MICHAEL ABELS – NOPE
  • MICHAEL GIACCHINO – THE BATMAN
  • JOHN POWELL – DON’T WORRY DARLING

OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM:

  • LEO BIRENBERG, ZACH ROBINSON – WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY
  • SHARON FARBER – BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
  • SON LUX – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
  • ROB SIMONSEN – THE WHALE
  • MARK SMYTHE – THE REEF: STALKED

OUTSTANDING SONG FOR A MUSICAL/COMEDY:

  • ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, ROEBAN KATZ, GUILLERMO DEL TORO – “CIAO PAPA” FROM GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO
  • KHIYON HURSEY, SUKARI JONES, BENJ PASEK, JUSTIN PAUL, MARK SONNENBLICK – “GOOD AFTERNOON” FROM SPIRITED
  • DANNY ELFMAN – “LIGHT THE MATCH” FROM CENTRAL PARK
  • BILLY EICHNER, MARC SHAIMAN – “LOVE IS NOT LOVE” FROM BROS
  • WEIRD AL YANKOVIC - “NOW YOU KNOW” FROM WEIRD: THE AL YANKOVIC STORY

OUTSTANDING SONG FOR A DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

  • DIANE WARREN – “APPLAUSE” FROM TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN
  • TAYLOR SWIFT – “CAROLINA” FROM WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
  • LADY GAGA, BLOODPOP – “HOLD MY HAND” FROM TOP GUN: MAVERICK
  • TEMS, RIHANNA, LUDWIG GÖRANSSON, RYAN COOGLER – “LIFT ME UP” FROM BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER
  • TRENT REZNOR, ATTICUS ROSS – “(YOU MADE IT FEEL LIKE) HOME” FROM BONES AND ALL

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT:

  • DARA TAYLOR – THE INVITATION
  • ANNA DRUBICH – BARBARIAN
  • DEANDRE JAMES ALLEN-TOOLE – GOD’S COUNTRY
  • ESIN AYDINGOZ – SIMCHAS AND SORROWS
  • NAMI MELUMAD – STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.