Oscar nominees KPop Demon Hunters, Sinners, and Train Dreams were among the winners at the 77th annual Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards.
The chart-topping, Grammy-winning track “Golden” from Netflix’s animated hit won the SCL Award for Best Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production for songwriters Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick. KPop Demon Hunters is also Gold Derby’s frontrunner to win the Best Song Oscar on March 15.
The corresponding race for Best Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production went to Ludwig Göransson and Raphael Saadiq for the Sinners tune “I Lied to You.” Göransson, fresh off two Grammy wins for Ryan Coogler’s period vampire blockbuster, also claimed the trophy for Best Original Score for a Studio Film. Sinners is out front to win the Best Score Oscar. Göransson and Coogler also received the SCL’s 2026 Spirit of Collaboration honor.
Ludwig Göransson at the 2026 SCL AwardsTeal Moss Photography
Rounding out the movie categories, Train Dreams composer Bryce Dessner took home the statuette for Best Original Score for an Independent Film. Dessner and cowriter Nick Cave are nominated at the Oscars for Best Original Song for the film’s title tune.
For TV, Cristobal Tapia De Veer, the multiple Emmy winner who quit the series after clashing with creator Mike White, won Best Original Title Sequence for a Television Production for The White Lotus Season 3. Another Emmy winner, Theodore Shapiro, claimed Best Original Score for a Television Production for Severance Season 2.
The society is the leading organization for professional film, television, video game, and musical theater composers and lyricists. The ceremony was held Feb. 6 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and hosted by the Bacon Brothers (Kevin and Michael).
Also on Friday, the gala celebrated the 50th anniversary of Rocky with a musical tribute and performance conducted by Oscar winner Bill Conti, who scored five films in the blockbuster franchise, and Melissa Manchester performed “I’ll Never Say Goodbye” during the “In Memoriam” segment.
Here is the full list of winners at the 2026 SCL Awards:
Best Original Score for a Studio Film
Jerskin Fendrix – Bugonia
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Max Richter – Hamnet
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
[winner] Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Stephen Schwartz and John Powell – Wicked: For Good
Best Original Score for an Independent Film
David Fleming – Eternity
Fabrizio Mancinelli – Out of the Nest
Jónsi & Alex Sommers – Rental Family
Dara Taylor – Straw
Sara Barone and Forest Christenson – To Kill a Wolf
[winner] Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
Best Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production
Diane Warren – “Dear Me” from Relentless
Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin, and John Mayer – “Drive” from F1
[winner] Raphael Saadiq and Ludwig Göransson – “I Lied to You” from Sinners
Alice Smith, Miles Caton, and Ludwig Göransson – “Last Time (I Seen the Sun)” from Sinners
Sara Bareilles, Brandi Carlile, and Andrew Gibson – “Salt Then Sour Then Sweet” from Come See Me in the Good Light
Nikhil Koparkar and Rammy Park – “The Hills of Tanchico” from The Wheel of Time
Best Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production
[winner] Ejae and Mark Sonnenblick – “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, and Jack Black – “I Feel Alive” from A Minecraft Movie
Stephen Schwartz – “No Place Like Home” from Wicked: For Good
Jack Black and Jared Hess – “Steve’s Lava Chicken” from A Minecraft Movie
Stephen Schwartz – “The Girl in the Bubble” from Wicked: For Good
Blake Slatkin, Shakira, and Ed Sheeran – “Zoo” from Zootopia 2
Best Original Title Sequence for a Television Production
Jeff Beal – All Her Fault
Carlos Rafael Rivera and Scott Frank – Dept. Q
Amanda Jones – Murderbot
Dave Porter – Pluribus
Sean Callery – The Beast in Me
[winner] Cristobal Tapia De Veer – The White Lotus
Best Original Score for a Television Production
Brandon Roberts – Andor
Dave Porter – Pluribus
[winner] Theodore Shapiro – Severance
David Fleming and Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us
Antonio Sánchez – The Studio
Cristobal Tapia De Veer – The White Lotus
Best Original Score for Interactive Media
Gordy Haab – Indiana Jones and the Great Circle: The Order of the Giants
Wilbert Roget II, Cody Matthew Johnson, and Jon Everist – Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune
[winner] Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
Maclaine Diemer – Wildgate
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
Raashi Kulkarni – A Nice Indian Boy
Greg Nicolett – Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches
[winner] Chin-Shan Chang – Laws of Man
Freya Berkhout – Ride or Die
Sara Trevino – The Map That Leads You
Cameron Moody – Washington Black