4th annual Society of Composers and Lyricists will be hosted by Darren Criss. Image Source: Society of Composers and Lyricists
The 4th annual Society of Composers and Lyricists conference will be held on February 15th, 2023, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, and will be hosted by award-winning actor, singer, and songwriter Darren Criss.
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) is the coordinating body for expert composers and songwriters in a motion pictures, tv, computer games, and performing arts. Members include the top creative professionals who work today and have a 77-year history in the art of creating music for visuals. The organization's goal is to inform the music for the visual media community and to address imaginative, technological, legitimate, and worthy of attention issues.
The recipients for composer and director of the SCL Spirit of Collaboration Award will be announced next month. The Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards ceremony will feature a presentation of that award and performance.
Here are the nominees for the 2023 Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards:
Outstanding Score for a Studio Film
Alexandre Desplat – Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio
Carter Burwell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Michael Abels – Nope
Michael Giacchino – The Batman
John Powell – Don’t Worry Darling
Source: SCL's Twitter
Outstanding Score for an Independent Film
Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Sharon Farber – Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power
Ryan Lott – 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
Outstanding Score for Television
Nicholas Britell – Andor
Siddhartha Khosla – Only Murders in the Building
Bear Mccreary – The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
Theodore Shapiro – Severance
Cristobal Tapia De Veer – The White Lotus
Source: SCL's Twitter
Outstanding Score for Interactive Media
Nainita Desai – Immortality
Stephanie Economou – Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök
Bear Mccreary – God of War Ragnarök
Winifred Phillips – Jurassic World Primal Ops
Christopher Wiliis – Cat Burglar
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
Congratulations to the nominees!
