The Society of Composers & Lyricists has unveiled the full slate of SCL Awards nominees. Vying for the Studio Film honor are composers Nicholas Britell for Don’t Look Up, Hans Zimmer for Dune, Germaine Franco for Encanto, Alexandre Desplat for The French Dispatch, and Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog.

Indie Film nominees are composers Kubilay Uner for American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally, Daniel Hart for The Green Knight, Rachel Portman for Julia, Alberto Iglesias for Parallel Mothers, and Jonny Greenwood for Spencer.

SCL will present the 3rd Annual SCL AWARDS for score and songs in visual media on February 1st at the Skirball Cultural Center (COVID permitting) in Los Angeles. The evening hosted by Darren Criss will include musical performances from Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear who are the Grammy-nominated singers/songwriters of Bridgerton: The Unofficial Musical, Grammy winner Judith Hill, and more. A musical tribute will accompany the spirit of collaboration award.

Seven awards will be presented for music in visual media (film, TV, streaming, interactive) as well as the David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent. And the Spirit of Collaboration Award will go to Oscar-nominated composer Carter Burwell and Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen; the three have collaborated on 17 films including Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, No Country for Old Men and Fargo. Burwell also scored the recently released The Tragedy of Macbeth adapted by Joel Coen and marking his solo feature directorial debut. 

Past SCL winners who have gone on to win Oscars include Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste for Soul as well as Hildur Guđnadóttir for Joker. 

Here’s a category-by-category rundown of this year’s SCL Award nominees:
 
3rd SCL AWARDS 2022 – Nominees

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”   DON’T LOOK UP    Netflix
Jamie Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carol King    “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)”      RESPECT   MGM/United Artists
Amie Doherty          “Fearless”        SPIRIT UNTAMED           DreamWorks Animation
Kris Bowers, Siedah Garrett    “Together All the Way”     DEAR WHITE PEOPLE    Netflix
Lin-Manuel Miranda           “Home All Summer”     IN THE HEIGHTS           Warner Bros.
 

SONG DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY

Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell    “No Time To Die”   NO TIME TO DIE   MGM/United Artists
Diane Warren      “Somehow You Do”      FOUR GOOD DAYS       Vertical Entertainment
Rufus Wainwright      “Secret Sister”      REBEL HEARTS     Discovery+
Diane Warren    “(Never Gonna) Tame You”   THE MUSTANGS: AMERICA’S WILD HORSES   Virgil Films
Shawn Carter, Scott Mescudi, Jeymes Samuel   “Guns Go Bang”  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

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