Kris Bowers, Atticus Ross and Diane Warren were among the victories at the Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Wednesday evening. Singer-Songwriter Colin Hay (of men at work fame) host.
Bowers won the best original score for a studio film for “The Wild Robot”, which has been cleaning At other awards too late, and Daniel Blumber won original points for an indie for “The brutalist.” (Both are also nominated for the best point of Oscar.) On TV, Ross took home the best original point for a TV series for FX’s “Shōgun” together with collaborators Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba.
Ross picked up another victory in the song categories and won outstanding original songs for a comedy or musical visual media presentation for “Compress/repress” from “Challengers”, which he shared with his long -standing partner Trent Reznor and the film’s director, Luca Guadagnino. Three-time SCL Award winner Warren won in outstanding original song for a dramatic or documentary visual media production (rolls off the tongue!) For her track “The Journey” from “The Six Triple Eight”, which is also nominated for an original song Oscar.
The SCL Awards celebrate composers and songwriters who work in film, television, video games and musical theater and are voted by the members of the organization. As a meter to who can win in the Oscar Award Music categories, the SCL Awards short, six-year history can just say so much. Over the first five years, one of its two point winners Oscar won three times. And during the four previous years that SCL has published the Song Awards, one of its winners has won Oscar only twice. (Both times it was Billie Eilish and Finneas, who won the SCL Awards and Oscars for their Bond theme “No time to die” and “What was I did for” from “Barbie.”)
Other winners at the 2025 SCL Awards included Jeff Toyne (Original Title sequence for the Apple TV+ series “Palme Royale”) and “Inside Out 2” comparison Andrea Datzman (David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent). Other special prices went to Jeff Beal, Harry Gregson-Williams and Ridley Scott.
Below, the complete list of winners.
Outstanding original points for a studio film
Clement Ducol, Camille – ‘Emilia Perez’ (Netflix)
Hans Zimmer – ‘Dune: Part two’ (Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures)
Harry Gregson-Williams-‘Gladiator II’ (Paramount Pictures)
John Powell, Stephen Schwartz – ‘Wicked: Part 1’ (Universal Pictures)
Kris Bowers – ‘The Wild Robot’ (Dreamworks Animation) **WINNER
Volker Bertelmann – ‘Bedroom’ (Focus Functions)
Outstanding original points for an independent film
Chris Bacon – ‘Heretic’ (A24)
Daniel Blumberg – ‘The Brutalist’ (A24) **WINNER
Dara Taylor – ‘Meet Me Next Christmas’ (Roberts Media)
Fabrizio Mancinelli – ‘Here After’ (Artina Films, Claro Productions, Fenix Entertainment, Hopscotch Pictures)
Heather Mcintosh – ‘Winner’ (Big Beach, One Community, Scythia Films, Shivhans Pictures)
Stephanie Economou – ‘The Book of Jobs’ (Bull’s Eye Entertainment, Rebellium Films)
Outstanding original song for a dramatic or documentary visual media production
Andrew Wyatt, Lykke Li, Miley Cyrus – “Beautiful in that way” (from ‘The Last Showgirl’) (Utopia Media, High Frequence Entertainment, Pinky Promise, Detour, Digital Lights Entertainment)
Bear McCreary – “Old Tom Bombadil” (from ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’) (Amazon MGM Studios in conjunction with new line cinema / prime video)
Christopher Lennertz – “Let’s put Christ back in Christmas” (from ‘The Boys’) (Prime Video)
Diane Warren – “The Journey” (from ‘The Six Triple Eight’) (Netflix) **WINNER
Elton John, Brandi Carlley, Bernie Taupin, Andrew Watt -“Never Too Late” (from ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’) (Disney -Tark -Tv, this machine film, Rocket Entertainment)
Nicholas Britell, Steve McQueen, Taura Stinson – “Winter Coat” (from ‘Blitz’) (Apple Original Films)
Outstanding original song for a comedy or musical visual media production
Abigail Barlow, Emily Bear – “Beyond” (from ‘Moana 2’) (Disney)
Clement Ducol, Camille – “Mi Camino” (from ‘Emilia Perez’) (Why not productions, page 114, Pathé, France 2 Cinema, Saint Laurent Productions)
Clement Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard – “El Mal” (from ‘Emilia Perez’) (Why not productions, page 114, Pathé, France 2 Cinema, Saint Laurent Productions)
Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick, Shane Mcanally – “Out of Oklahoma” (from ‘Twists’) (Universal Pictures)
Robbie Williams, Freddy Wexler, Sacha Skarbek – “Forbidden Road” (from ‘Better Man’) (Paramount Pictures)
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Luca Guadagnino – “Compress/Repress” (from ‘Challengers’) (Amazon MGM Studios) **WINNER
Outstanding Original Title Extension for a TV Production
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba – ‘Shōgun’ (FX Network)
Blake Neely – ‘Masters of the Air’ (Apple TV+)
Carlos Rafael Rivera – ‘Griselda’ (Netflix)
Danielle Ponder – ‘Manhunt’ (Apple TV+)
Jeff Toyne – ‘Palm Royale’ (Apple TV+) **WINNER
Nami Melumad – ‘Dream Productions’ (Pixar Animation Studios / Disney+)
Outstanding original score for a TV production
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba – ‘Shōgun’ (FX Network) **WINNER
Bear McCreary – ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ (Amazon MGM Studios in collaboration with New Line Cinema / Prime Video)
Blake Neely – ‘Masters of the Air’ (Apple TV+)
David Fleming – ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ (Amazon MGM Studios)
Finneas O’Connell – ‘Responsibility Remove’ (Apple TV+)
Jeff Toyne – ‘Palm Royale’ (Apple TV+)
Outstanding original points for interactive media
Gordy Haab – ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle’ (Machine Games, Bethesda Studios, Lucasfilm Games)
Nainita Desai – ‘Tales of Kenzera: Zau’ (Surgent Studios, EA)
Wilbert Roget, II – ‘Star Wars: Outlaws’ (Massive Entertainment, Ubisoft)
Winfred Phillips – ‘Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord’ (Digital Eclipse) **WINNER
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
Andrea Datzman – ‘Inside Out 2’ (Disney/Pixar Animation Studios) **WINNER
Emily Rice-‘Broken Bird’ (Catalyst Studios, Mitchell-Brount Films)
Katya Richardson – ‘Motorcycle Mary’ (Breakwater Studios)
Nikhil Koparkar – ‘Dead Whisper’ (Howlin ‘Hounds Pictures, Brothers Gran Productions)
Robin Carolan – ‘Nosferatu’ (focus features)
Wei-San HSU-‘Invisible Nation’ (100 Chapter Productions, Double Hope Films, Seine Pictures)
