ASCAP Members Score Seven Trophies at 2023 SCL Awards
February 21, 2023
The 2023 SCL Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, hosted by ASCAP member Darren Criss, honored composers and songwriters working in visual media across all styles and genres.
Michael Abels was the big winner. He earned Outstanding Score for a Studio Film for his most recent collaboration with Jordan Peele, Nope, as well as a Jury Award for Omar, the opera he co-composed with Rhiannon Giddens.
Cristobal Tapia de Veer nabbed the Outstanding Score for Television award for his mysterious musical backdrop for buzzy drama The White Lotus.
Songwriting legend Diane Warren took top song honors for her inspiring “Applause” (also nominated for an Oscar), while famed director Guillermo del Toro was cited for co-writing the charming “Ciao Papa” from his stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio.
A second Jury Award went to the live concert film Women Warriors: The Voices of Change, featuring music from ASCAP Board member Sharon Farber and composer Anne-Kathrin Dern.
Congratulations to all of our SCL Awards winners!
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OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM
Michael Abels – Nope
OUTSTANDING SONG FOR A MUSICAL/COMEDY
Guillermo del Toro – “Ciao Papa” from Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
OUTSTANDING SONG FOR A DRAMA/DOCUMENTARY
Diane Warren – “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman
OUTSTANDING SCORE FOR TELEVISION
Cristobal Tapia de Veer – The White Lotus
JURY AWARDS
Michael Abels – Omar
Sharon Farber & Anne-Kathrin Dern – Women Warriors: The Voices of Change