The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) is pleased to announce the nominations for the 2025 Annual SCL Awards®, which celebrate excellence and innovation in music for visual media. The 6th annual awards ceremony will be held in Los Angeles on February 12, 2025 and hosted by singer-songwriter Colin Hay (Men at Work, Ringo Starr).
Clément Ducol and Camille, composers and songwriters of Netflix’s EMILIA PÉREZ, received three nominations, including one for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film, and two nominations in the same category of 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. Atticus Ross also received a total of 3 nods, including for Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical Visual Media Production for "Compress/Repress" from the Amazon MGM Studios film CHALLENGERS, which he composed with Trent Reznor and Luca Guadagnino.
Diane Warren is nominated for Outstanding Original Song for a Dramatic or Documentary Visual Media Production for her song “The Journey” (from Netflix’s THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT). Warren has been nominated every year, and in 2023, she won the SCL Award in this same category for her song "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.
Composers Atticus Ross, his brother Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba together received two nominations for the original title sequence and original score for the acclaimed FX limited series SHŌGUN. Bear McCreary received two nominations for composing both the original score for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER and the original song “Old Tom Bombadil” from the Amazon Prime series. Blake Neely, composer of the Apple TV+ series MASTERS OF THE AIR, and Jeff Toyne, composer of Apple TV+ series PALM ROYALE, both received two nominations for their original title sequence and original score.
SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD: The SCL Awards® today also announced composer Harry Gregson-Williams and director Ridley Scott with the prestigious Spirit of Collaboration Award, which recognizes a composer/director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work. This year’s film, 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. The Spirit of Collaboration award presentation will also feature musical performances highlighting their collaboration.
“Ridley is an open book when it comes to music, and working with him on his films has been a great privilege,” Gregson-Williams says. “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.” Scott says that for him, music is language. “When you score a film, you’re writing a new language that gives the film an added dynamic,” the director explains. “It’s like the final dialogue. Music can make a movie or ruin it, the way an editor can make a mediocre film better or a possibly great film bad.”
Last year, Martin Scorsese accepted the 2024 Spirit of Collaboration Award for his work with the late composer Robbie Robertson. Past award recipients include Thomas Newman & Sam Mendes, Terence Blanchard & Spike Lee, Carter Burwell& the Coen Brothers, and Justin Hurwitz & Damien Chazelle.
SCL JURY AWARD: Five-time Emmy-winning composer Jeff Beal will also be awarded the SCL Jury Award for his score for the Weimar Cinema masterpiece THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI, which is considered one of the most influential silent films in history.
