Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) nominations: ‘Don’t Look Up,’ Nicolas Britell, Diane Warren, Germaine Franco lead

The Society of Composers and Lyricists have revealed their nominations for original scores and songs from 2021 films and leading the way is Nicolas Britell with three nominations, and Diane Warren, Germaine Franco and Jonny Greenwood, each earning two nominations today.

For Don’t Look Up, composer Nicholas Britell is nominated for the film’s score in the studio film category as well as the song “Just Look Up” from the film, which he shares with Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi and Taura Stinson. He is also nominated in the television section for HBO’s Succession. Songwriter Diane Warren is nominated for two of her songs, “Somehow You Do” from the feature film Four Good Days and “(Never Gonna) Tame You” from the documentary The Mustangs: America’s Wild Horses. Encanto composer Germaine Franco is nominated for the film’s score as well as Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness in the Interactive category.

Other top score nominees include: Hans Zimmer for Dune, Germaine Franco for Encanto, Alexandre Desplat for The French Dispatch, Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog and Spencer, Daniel Hart for The Green Knight and Alberto Iglesias for Parallel Mothers.

Major song nominees include “Guns Go Bang” from The Harder They Fall, “No Time to Die” from No Time to Die, “Home All Summer” from In the Heights and “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from Respect.

Television score nominations alongside Succession include Loki, Squid Game, WandaVision and The White Lotus.

Composer Carter Burwell and filmmakers Joel Coen & Ethan Coen will receive the Spirit of Collaboration Award for their 17-film team-up along with a musical tribute performance that’s set to feature Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear and Judith Hill.

Here is the full list of nominations from the Society of Composers and Lyricists. Winners will be announced on March 8 at a live, in-person ceremony to be hosted by Darren Criss at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles.

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

TELEVISION

Natalie Holt
LOKI
Disney+

Jung Jae-il
SQUID GAME
Netflix

Nicholas Britell
SUCCESSION
HBO

Christophe Beck
WANDAVISION
Disney+

Cristobel Tapia de Veer
THE WHITE LOTUS
Apple TV+

INTERACTIVE

Austin Wintory
ALIEN FIRETEAM ELITE
Cold Iron

Hildur Guđnadóttir & Sam Slater
BATTLEFIELD 2042
Digital Illusions CE & Electronic Arts

Germaine Franco
KUNG FU PANDA: LAND OF AWESOMENESS
Universal Beijing Resort & Dreamworks Animation

DAVID RAKSIN AWARD

Joy Ngiaw
BLUSH
Apple TV+

Anne-Kathrin Dern
THE CLAUS FAMILY
Netflix

Stephanie Economou
JUPITER’S LEGACY
Netflix

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