The Society Of Composers And Lyricists has announced the winners of the 3rd SCL Awards with Germaine Franco taking out the top prize for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for Encanto, trumping the likes of her fellow Oscar nominees Hans Zimmer (Dune), Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog), and Nicholas Britell (Don’t Look Up).
Elsewhere, Daniel Hart walked away with Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film for The Green Knight, while “Just Look Up” from Don’t Look Up and the titular track from “No Time to Die” won the Outstanding Original Song categories.
Carter Burwell and filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen received the Spirit of Collaboration Award for the 17 films they have collaborated on over the last 37 years.
Winners in bold below.
STUDIO FILM
Nicholas Britell
DON’T LOOK UP
Netflix
Hans Zimmer
DUNE
Warner Bros.
Germaine Franco
ENCANTO
Walt Disney Pictures
Alexandre Desplat
THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Searchlight Pictures
Jonny Greenwood
THE POWER OF THE DOG
Netflix
INDEPENDENT FILM
Kubilay Uner
AMERICAN TRAITOR: THE TRIAL OF AXIS SALLY
Vertical Entertainment
Daniel Hart
THE GREEN KNIGHT
A24
Rachel Portman
JULIA
Storyville Films/CNN
Alberto Iglesias
PARALLEL MOTHERS
Sony Pictures Classics
Jonny Greenwood
SPENCER
Neon/Topic Studios
SONG MUSICAL/COMEDY
Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, Taura Stinson
“Just Look Up” from DON’T LOOK UP
Netflix
Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King
“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from RESPECT
MGM/United Artists
Amie Doherty
“Fearless” from SPIRIT UNTAMED
DreamWorks Animation
Kris Bowers, Siedah Garrett
“Together All the Way” from DEAR WHITE PEOPLE
Netflix
Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Home All Summer” from IN THE HEIGHTS
Warner Bros.
SONG DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY
Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell
“No Time To Die” from NO TIME TO DIE
MGM/United Artists
Diane Warren
“Somehow You Do” from FOUR GOOD DAYS
Vertical Entertainment
Rufus Wainwright
“Secret Sister” from REBEL HEARTS
Discovery+
Diane Warren
“(Never Gonna) Tame You” from THE MUSTANGS: AMERICA’S WILD HORSES
Virgil Films
Shawn Carter, Scott Mescudi, Jeymes Samuel
“Guns Go Bang” from THE HARDER THEY FALL
Netflix
