Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards

Emilia Pérez composers Clément Ducol and Camille, and composer Atticus Ross (Challengers and Shōgun) are the top nominees for the 2025 SCL Awards, which are presented by the Society of Composers & Lyricists.
The sixth annual awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on Feb. 12 and will be hosted by singer-songwriter Colin Hay, best known as the leader of 1980s band Men at Work.

Ducol and Camille, composers and songwriters of Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, received three nominations – one for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film, and two for Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production for “Mi Camino” and “El Mal,” the latter of which they co-wrote with the film’s writer/director Jacques Audiard.

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Ross also received three nods – Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production for “Compress/Repress” from Challengers, which he composed with Trent Reznor and Luca Guadagnino, and two nods for the original title sequence and original score for Shōgun, which he composed with his brother Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba.

Diane Warren is nominated for Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production for “The Journey” (from Netflix’s The Six Triple Eight). Warren has been nominated for an SCL Award every year. In 2023, she won in this same category for “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman.

Elton John, Brandi Carlile, Bernie Taupin and Andrew Watt also received a nomination for “Never Too Late” from the Disney+ documentary Elton John: Never Too Late.

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams and director Ridley Scott will receive the Spirit of Collaboration Award, which recognizes a composer/director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work. This year’s Gladiator II marks their seventh collaboration. In his previous collaborations with Scott, Gregson-Williams has written the original scores for The Martian, Kingdom of Heaven, The Last Duel, and House of Gucci, as well as themes for Prometheus and Exodus: Gods and Kings.

Last year, Martin Scorsese accepted the 2024 Spirit of Collaboration Award for his work with the late composer Robbie Robertson. Other past award recipients include Thomas Newman & Sam Mendes, Terence Blanchard & Spike Lee, Carter Burwell & the Coen Brothers, and Justin Hurwitz & Damien Chazelle.

Composer Jeff Beal, who has won five Primetime Emmys, will be awarded the SCL Jury Award for his new score for the 1920 Weimar Cinema silent film classic, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

Final voting for the 2025 SCL Awards will open on Jan. 27 and close on Feb. 3.

Here’s the complete list of nominees for the 2025 SCL Awards. 

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)