Two-time Oscar winner Ludwig Göransson (“Black Panther,” “Oppenheimer”) was honored with two massive awards on the seventh annual Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Awards, held Friday night on the Skirball Cultural Heart in Los Angeles.
Göransson earned SCL Awards for his work on Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners,” profitable Excellent Unique Rating for a Studio Movie and Excellent Unique Music for a Drama or Documentary for “I Lied to You,” co-written with Raphael Saadiq.
The Swedish composer, a present Oscar nominee within the rating and music classesadditionally obtained the 2026 Spirit of Collaboration Award alongside Coogler, honoring their longstanding partnership on all 5 of Coogler’s movies: “Fruitvale Station,” “Creed,” “Black Panther,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Ceaselessly” and “Sinners.”
In different classes, Bryce Dessner gained Excellent Unique Rating for an Impartial Movie for “Prepare Desires,” whereas EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick gained Excellent Unique Music for a Comedy or Musical for the Oscar-nominated “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters,” persevering with the music’s awards streak following wins on the Grammy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and Critics Alternative Awards.
For tv music, the SCL awarded Cristóbal Tapia de Veer for the opening title theme of the third season of “The White Lotus” and Theodore Shapiro for the rating of “Severance.”
The ceremony was hosted by actor and musician Kevin Bacon alongside Emmy-winning composer Michael Bacon of The Bacon Brothers. The night featured a tribute celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of “Rocky,” performed by composer Invoice Conti, and an In Memoriam efficiency by Melissa Manchester honoring the late Alan Bergman.
Winners are listed under:
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A STUDIO FILM
Alexandre Desplat, “Frankenstein”
Ludwig Göransson, “Sinners” *WINNER
Jonny Greenwood, “One Battle After One other”
Stephen Schwartz & John Powell, “Depraved: For Good”
Max Richter, “Hamnet”
Jerskin Fendrix, “Bugonia”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN INDEPENDENT FILM
Dara Taylor, “Straw”
Bryce Dessner, “Prepare Desires” *WINNER
David Fleming, “Eternity”
Fabrizio Mancinelli, “Out of the Nest”
Jónsi & Alex Somers, “Rental Household”
Sara Barone & Forest Christenson, “To Kill a Wolf”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A DRAMATIC OR DOCUMENTARY VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION
Diane Warren, “Pricey Me” from “Relentless”
Alice Smith, Miles Caton & Ludwig Göransson, “Final Time (I Seen the Solar)” from “Sinners”
Raphael Saadiq & Ludwig Göransson, “I Lied to You” from “Sinners” *WINNER
Sara Bareilles, “Salt Then Bitter Then Candy” from “Come See Me within the Good Mild”
Nikhil Koparkar & Rammy Park, “The Hills of Tanchico” from “The Wheel of Time”
Ed Sheeran, Blake Slatkin & John Mayer, “Drive” from “F1”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG FOR A COMEDY OR MUSICAL VISUAL MEDIA PRODUCTION
Stephen Schwartz, “No Place Like House” from “Depraved: For Good”
Stephen Schwartz, “The Lady within the Bubble” from “Depraved: For Good”
Jack Black & Jared Hess, “Steve’s Lava Hen” from “A Minecraft Film”
EJAE & Mark Sonnenblick, “Golden” from “KPop Demon Hunters” *WINNER
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt & Jack Black, “I Really feel Alive” from “A Minecraft Film”
Blake Slatkin, Shakira & Ed Sheeran, “Zoo” from “Zootopia 2”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL TITLE SEQUENCE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Carlos Rafael Rivera, “Dept. Q”
Dave Porter, “Extra”
Sean Callery, “The Beast in Me”
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, “The White Lotus” *WINNER
Amanda Jones, “Murderbot”
Jeff Beal, “All Her Fault”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Antonio Sánchez, “The Studio”
Brandon Roberts, “Andor”
Dave Porter, “Extra”
Theodore Shapiro, “Severance” *WINNER
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer, “The White Lotus”
David Fleming & Gustavo Santaolalla, “The Final of Us”
OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SCORE FOR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
Austin Wintory, “Sword of the Sea” *WINNER
Gordy Haab, “Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle: The Order of the Giants”
Wilbert Roget II, Cody Matthew Johnson & Jon Everist, “Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune”
Maclaine Diemer, “Wildgate”
DAVID RAKSIN AWARD FOR EMERGING TALENT
Cameron Moody, “Washington Black”
Ching-Shan Chang, “Legal guidelines of Man” *WINNER
Raashi Kulkarni, “A Good Indian Boy”
Greg Nicolett, “Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches”
Freya Berkhout, “Journey or Die”
Sara Trevino, “The Map That Leads You”
SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD
Ludwig Göransson and Ryan Coogler
