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On April 28, ASCAP screen music royalty gathered in the hills above LA to celebrate the musical storytellers whose scores elevated the most popular films, TV series, documentaries and video games of the past year. David Vanacore won the Golden Note Award for his 25+ years as a television music innovator. And we revealed the winners of the 2026 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, chosen by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community.
🏆 WINNER: Wicked: For Good - John Powell & Stephen Schwartz 🏆
NOMINEES
Avatar: Fire and Ash - Simon Franglen
A Nice Indian Boy - Raashi Kulkarni
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
Rental Family - Alex Somers & Jónsi
🏆 TIE: Pluribus - Dave Porter & Stranger Things - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein🏆
NOMINEES
Murderbot - Amanda Jones
Only Murders in the Building - Siddhartha Khosla
Washington Black - Cameron Moody
🏆 WINNER: Palm Royale - Jeff Toyne 🏆
NOMINEES
Andor - Brandon Roberts
IT: Welcome to Derry - Benjamin Wallfisch
Murderbot - Amanda Jones
Pluribus - Dave Porter
The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
🏆 WINNER: The Age of Disclosure - Blair Mowat 🏆
NOMINEES:
2000 Meters to Andriivka - Sam Slater
Chaos: The Manson Murders - Paul Leonard-Morgan
Last Breath - Paul Leonard-Morgan
Prime Minister - Sofia Degli Alessandri
🏆 WINNER: Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time - Amanda Jones 🏆
NOMINEES:
100 Foot Wave - Philip Glass
Octopus! - Siddhartha Khosla
Pee-Wee as Himself - Jon Brion
Secrets of the Penguins - Nainita Desai
🏆 WINNER: Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune - Wilbert Roget II, Jon Everist & Cody Matthew Johnson 🏆
NOMINEES
Battlefield 6 - Henry Jackman
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Ludvig Forssell & Woodkid
Ghost of Yōtei - Toma Otowa
Sword of the Sea - Austin Wintory