The Society of Composers & Lyricists has charted the nominees for its 2025 SCL Awards, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media. Emilia Pérez composers Clément Ducol and Camille and Challengers and Shōgun composer Atticus Ross lead the field with three noms each. See the full list below.
The hardware will be handed out during the sixth annual SCL Awards on February 12 in Los Angeles. Men at Work’s Colin Hay will host the ceremony.
The group also said today that Gladiator II composer Harry Gregson-Williams and filmmaker Ridley Scott will receive its 2025 Spirit of Collaboration Award, which recognizes a composer-director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work. Gregson-Williams also has penned the original scores for Scott’s The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Duel and House of Gucci and themes for Prometheus and Exodus: Gods and Kings.
“Ridley is an open book when it comes to music, and working with him on his films has been a great privilege,” Gregson-Williams said in a statement. “He doesn’t point me to a path and expect me to follow it. He allows me the freedom to experiment. He understands the power of music in a movie like few others do but never speaks to me in musical terms. He’ll talk to me about light and darkness, shade and texture. He might say, could there be a more abrasive texture in this scene? And I’ll interpret that in a musical way.”
Martin Scorsese accepted the 2024 Spirit of Collaboration Award for his late friend and collaborator Robbie Robertson.
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Five-time Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal will be presented with the SCL Jury Award for his score for the 1920 Weimar Cinema masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, which is considered one of the most influential silent films in history.
Back in February, music from eventual Best Picture and Best Original Score winner Oppenheimer and Barbie were among the winners at the fifth annual SCL Awards.
Here are the 2025 SCL Awards nominees:
Outstanding Original Score 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)
Volker Bertelmann – ‘Conclave’ (Focus Features)
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
Chris Bacon – ‘Heretic’ (A24)
Daniel Blumberg – ‘The Brutalist’ (A24)
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 That Way” (From ‘The Last Showgirl’) (Utopia Media, High Frequency Entertainment, Pinky Promise, Detour, Digital Ignition Entertainment)
Bear Mccreary – “Old Tom Bombadil” (From ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’) (Amazon Mgm Studios In Association With New Line Cinema / Prime Video)
Christopher Lennertz – “Let’s Put The Christ Back In Christmas” (From ‘The Boys’) (Prime Video)
Diane Warren – “The Journey” (From ‘The Six Triple Eight’) (Netflix)
Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin, Andrew Watt – “Never Too Late” (From ‘Elton John: Never Too Late’) (Disney Branded Television, This Machine Filmworks, 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 Cinéma, Saint Laurent Productions)
Clement Ducol, Camille, Jacques Audiard – “El Mal” (From ‘Emilia Perez’) (Why Not Productions, Page 114, Pathé, France 2 Cinéma, Saint Laurent Productions)
Lainey Wilson, Luke Dick, Shane Mcanally – “Out Of Oklahoma” (From ‘Twisters’) (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)
Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television 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+)
Nami Melumad – ‘Dream Productions’ (Pixar Animation Studios / Disney+)
Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba – ‘Shōgun’ (Fx Network)
Bear Mccreary – ‘The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power’ (Amazon Mgm Studios In Association 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 – ‘Disclaimer’ (Apple Tv+)
Jeff Toyne – ‘Palm Royale’ (Apple Tv+)
Outstanding Original Score 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)
Winifred Phillips – ‘Wizardry: Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord’ (Digital Eclipse)
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
Andrea Datzman – ‘Inside Out 2’ (Disney/Pixar Animation Studios)
Emily Rice – ‘Broken Bird’ (Catalyst Studios, Mitchell-Brunt 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 Chapters Productions, Double Hope Films, Seine Pictures)
