Vote in the 2026 ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards
February 18, 2026
As a valued ASCAP writer member, you get to vote on who we will honor at the 2026 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 panel of composers and film, TV and video game industry leaders. The winners will be announced during this year's ASCAP Screen Music Awards celebration. Here are the nominees:
ASCAP Film Score of the Year
Films released in the US in 2025, whether theatrically or via another medium
- Avatar: Fire & Ash - Simon Franglen (listen on YouTube)
- A Nice Indian Boy - Raashi Kulkarni (listen on YouTube)
- One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood (listen on YouTube)
- Rental Family - Alex Somers and Jónsi (listen on YouTube)
- Wicked: For Good - John Powell & Stephen Schwartz (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Television Score of the Year*
Episodes originally airing in the US in 2025
- Andor - Brandon Roberts (listen on YouTube)
- It: Welcome to Derry - Benjamin Wallfisch (listen on YouTube)
- Murderbot - Amanda Jones (listen on YouTube)
- Palm Royale - Jeff Toyne (listen on YouTube)
- Pluribus - Dave Porter (listen on YouTube)
- The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia De Veer (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Television Theme of the Year
Episodes originally airing in the US in 2025
- Only Murders in the Building - Siddhartha Khosla (listen on YouTube)
- Pluribus - Dave Porter (listen on YouTube)
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Murderbot - Amanda Jones (listen on YouTube)
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Stranger Things - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein (listen on YouTube)
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Washington Black - Cameron Moody (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Documentary Film Score of the Year
Documentary films initially airing in the US in 2025
- 2000 Meters to Andriivka - Sam Slater (listen on YouTube)
- The Age of Disclosure - Blair Mowat (listen on YouTube)
- Chaos: The Manson Murders - Paul Leonard-Morgan (listen on YouTube)
- Prime Minister - Sofia Degli Alessandri (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Documentary Series Score of the Year
Documentary series or miniseries initially airing in the US in 2025
- 100 Foot Wave - Philip Glass (watch the trailer on YouTube)
- Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time - Amanda Jones (listen on Disco)
- Octopus! - Siddhartha Khosla (listen on Disco)
- Pee-Wee As Himself - Jon Brion (hear an excerpt on YouTube)
- Secrets of the Penguins - Nainita Desai (listen on YouTube)
ASCAP Video Game Score of the Year
Games originally made available to the public in the US in 2025
- Battlefield 6 - Henry Jackman (listen on YouTube)
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Ludvig Forssell and Woodkid (listen on YouTube)
- Ghost of Yōtei - Toma Otowa (listen on YouTube)
- Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune - Wilbert Roget, II, Cody Matthew Johnson and Jon Everist (listen on YouTube)
- Sword of the Sea - Austin Wintory (listen on YouTube)
Your votes must be submitted by Friday, March 6 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, in the ASCAP mobile app 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.
*Category with 6 nominees reflects a tie in the number of nominations