Vote in the 2023 ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards
February 27, 2023
As a valued ASCAP writer member, you get to vote on who we will honor at the 2023 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards - a peer-voted honor celebrating your favorite screen music composers of last year.
Our nominees were hand-picked by a nominating committee of composers and film/TV industry leaders. The winners will be announced during this year's ASCAP Screen Music Awards celebration the week of May 15. Here are the nominees:
ASCAP Film Score of the Year
Films released in the US in 2022, whether theatrically or via another medium. This category has 6 nominees due to a tie in the number of nominations.
- All Quiet on the Western Front - Volker Bertelmann (listen on YouTube)
- Avatar: The Way of Water - Simon Franglen (listen on YouTube)
- The Banshees of Inisherin - Carter Burwell (listen on YouTube)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Nathan Johnson (listen on YouTube)
- The Menu - Colin Stetson (listen on YouTube)
- Nope - Michael Abels (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Documentary Score of the Year
Documentary projects initially airing in the US in 2022
- Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power – Sharon Farber (listen on YouTube)
- Conversion – Paul Leonard-Morgan (listen on YouTube)
- Prehistoric Planet – Hans Zimmer & Anže Rozman (listen on YouTube)
- Super/Natural – Amanda Jones (listen on YouTube)
- Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off – Jeff Cardoni (listen to excerpts)
ASCAP Television Score of the Year
Episodes originally airing in the US in 2022. This category has 6 nominees due to a tie in the number of nominations.
- Cobra Kai season 5 - Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson (listen on YouTube: Volume 1 | Volume 2)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 1 – Bear McCreary (listen on YouTube)
- Only Murders in the Building season 2 – Siddhartha Khosla (listen on YouTube)
- Slow Horses seasons 1 & 2 – Daniel Pemberton & Toydrum (Pablo Clements & James Griffith) (listen on YouTube: season 1 | season 2)
- Station Eleven – Dan Romer (listen on YouTube)
- The White Lotus season 2 - Cristobal Tapia de Veer & Kim Neundorf (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Television Theme of the Year
Episodes originally airing in the US in 2022
- Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities – Holly Amber Church (listen on YouTube)
- Only Murders in the Building season 2 - Siddhartha Khosla (listen on YouTube)
- Somebody Somewhere season 1 – Amanda Jones (listen on Disco)
- Station Eleven – Dan Romer (listen on YouTube)
- The White Lotus season 2 - Cristobal Tapia de Veer (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Video Game Score of the Year
Games originally made available to the public in the US in 2022
- Destiny 2: The Witch Queen – Skye Lewin, Michael Salvatori & Michael Sechrist (listen on YouTube)
- God of War Ragnarök – Bear McCreary (listen on YouTube)
- Immortality – Nainita Desai (listen on YouTube)
- Minecraft: The Wild Update – Lena Raine (listen on YouTube)
- MultiVersus – Gordy Haab (listen on YouTube)
Your votes must be submitted by Friday, March 10 at 11:59 pm Eastern Time. Only ASCAP writer members in good standing are eligible to vote, and you will need to enter your ASCAP member ID number to submit your vote. Your Member ID is available in your ASCAP Member Access account, or on any distribution statement.
You can only vote once and can only vote for one nominee per category. So choose carefully!
Click here for the ASCAP Screen Music Awards Official Rules, which contain additional rules and eligibility requirements.
For questions, DM us at @ASCAPScreen on Instagram or send us an email at filmtv@ascap.com.