The Society of Composers & Lyricists has cued up the nominees for its seventh annual SCL Awards, which will be handed out in February. Up for the marquee Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film prize are Ludwig Göransson (Sinners), Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein), Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Stephen Schwartz & John Powell (Wicked: For Good), Max Richter (Hamnet) and Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia).
Up for Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film are Dara Taylor (Straw), Bryce Dessner (Train Dreams), David Fleming (Eternity), Fabrizio Mancinelli (Out of the Nest), Jónsi & Alex Sommers (Rental Family) and Sara Barone & Robert Christenson (To Kill a Wolf).
See the full list below.
The Original Song categories are stacked with big names including Diane Warren (“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless), 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), Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin & John Mayer (“Drive” from F1), along with EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick for the smash pop single “Golden” from Kpop Demon Hunters.
The White Lotus‘ Cristobal Tapia De Veer is the lone double nominee this year. Others up for TV prizes include the composers behind such hit shows as Severance, The Studio, Andor, All Her Fault and The Last of Us.
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SCL Awards
Winners will be named during the SCL Awards ceremony on February 6 at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The Bacon Brothers — Kevin Bacon and Michael Bacon — will host the event, which will feature a performance by Grammy-winning singer Melissa Manchester. Göransson and director Ryan Coogler, who’ve worked together on Sinners and the Black Panther and Creed films, will receive the SCL’s Spirit of Collaboration Award.
Here are the nominees for the 2026 SCL Awards:
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 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 DEIMER – 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
SARA TREVINO – The Map That Leads You