The 5th Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Awards were held tonight where Ludwig Göransson won Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for Oppenheimer and “What Was I Made For?” from Barbie by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell won the award for Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production.
Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro won Outstanding Original Song for a Drama or Documentary for “Can’t Catch Me Now” from Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. Nicholas Britell won Outstanding Original Score for a Television Productionfor Succession, his first win in the category after nominations.John Powell won OutstandingOriginal Score for an Independent Filmfor Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.
The Spirit of Collaboration Award, which recognizes a composer/director relationship, was presented to Martin Scorsese, who accepted the 2024 Spirit of Collaboration Award for his work with the late Composer Robbie Robertson. Jason Isbell performed the song “Between Trains” in honor of Scorsese and Robertson.
The event was hosted by Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated songwriter Siedah Garrett at the Skirball Cultural Center.
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film: Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Other nominees:
Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
Laura Karpman, American Fiction
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Anthony Willis, Saltburn
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film: John Powell, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Other nominees:
Jon Batiste, American Symphony
Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
Fabrizio Mancinelli, Richard M. Sherman, Mushka
Daniel Pemberton, Ferrari
Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production: Olivia Rodrigo, Dan Nigro, “Can’t Catch Me Now” – The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Other nominees:
Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson, “It Never Went Away” – American Symphony
Nicholas Britell, Taura Stinson, “Slip Away” – Carmen
Sharon Farber, Noah Benshea, “Better Times” – Jacob the Baker
Lenny Kravitz, “Road to Freedom” – Rustin
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell, “What Was I Made For?” – Barbie
Other nominees:
Jack Black, John Spiker, Eric Osmond, Michael Jelenic, Aaron Horvath, “Peaches” – The Super Mario Bros Movie
Heather McIntosh, Allyson Newman, Taura Stinson, “All About Me” – The L Word: Generation Q
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, “I’m Just Ken” – Barbie
Diane Warren, “The Fire Inside” – Flamin’ Hot
Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production: Nicholas Britell, Succession
Other nominees:
Natalie Holt, Loki
Martin Phipps, The Crown
Carlos Rafael Rivera, Lessons in Chemistry
Gustavo Santaolalla, The Last of Us
Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Lessons in Chemistry
Other nominees:
Chanda Dancy, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Nainita Desai, The Deepest Breath
Kevin Kiner, Ahsoka
Atli Örvarsson, Silo
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media: Stephan Barton, Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Other nominees:
Winifred Phillips, Secrets of Skeifa Island
Pinar Toprak, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Austin Wintory, Stray Gods
The David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent: Catherine Joy, Home is a Hotel
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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