Shining a spotlight on the musical talent behind the past year’s top film, television series and video game scores, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today the nominees for the 2025 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. Chosen by the ASCAP composer community, winners will be revealed on April 30 during an exclusive party celebrating the 2025 ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles.
Composers’ Choice nominees are announced in the following categories: Film Score of the Year, Television Score of the Year, Television Theme of the Year, Documentary Score of the Year and Video Game Score of the Year.
A first-of-its-kind program among US performing rights organizations, the ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards gives the ASCAP composer community a forum to recognize the artistic accomplishments of their peers. The nominations committee includes composers and film, television and video game industry leaders. Voting is open to eligible ASCAP writer members through March 7 at 11:59 PM ET at www.ascap.com/composerschoice.
Following are the nominated ASCAP composers and their works:
2025 ASCAP COMPOSERS’ CHOICE NOMINEES
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR*
(Films released in the US in 2024, whether theatrically or via another medium)
Challengers - Trent Reznor
Dune: Part Two - Hans Zimmer
Inside Out 2 - Andrea Datzman
Nosferatu - Robin Carolan
Wicked - John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
Young Woman and the Sea - Amelia Warner
TELEVISION SCORE OF THE YEAR
(Episodes originally airing in the US in 2024)
Agatha All Along - Michael Paraskevas
Mr. & Mrs. Smith - David Fleming
Only Murders in the Building - Siddhartha Khosla
Palm Royale - Jeff Toyne
Slow Horses - Daniel Pemberton & Toydrum
TELEVISION THEME OF THE YEAR
(Episodes originally airing in the US in 2024)
Bad Monkey - Jamie Jackson & Waz
Franklin - Jay Wadley
Nautilus - Nainita Desai
Only Murders in the Building - Siddhartha Khosla
Palm Royale - Jeff Toyne
DOCUMENTARY SCORE OF THE YEAR*
(Documentary films or series released in the US in 2024)
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life - Marc Shaiman
Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes - Logan Nelson
Jim Henson Idea Man - David Fleming
Planet Earth III - Sara Barone & Hans Zimmer
The Real Red Tails - Stanley A. Smith
Will & Harper - Nathan Halpern
VIDEO GAME SCORE OF THE YEAR
(Games originally released in the US in 2024)
Call off Duty: Black Ops 6 - Jack Wall
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle - Gordy Haab
Helldivers 2 - Wilbert Roget, II
Star Wars Outlaws - Wilbert Roget, II, Cody Matthew Johnson, Jon Everist, Kazuma Jinnouchi
Tales of Kenzera: Zau - Nainita Desai
*Categories with 6 or more nominees reflect a tie in the number of nominations
More information about the 2025 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, including excerpts of the nominated music, is available at www.ascap.com/composerschoice.
