KPop Demon Hunters and Sinners scored more music-based awards-season wins Friday at the seventh annual SCL Awards presented by the Society of Composers of Lyricists.
The songwriters behind “Golden,” the Grammy-winning global smash hit from Netflix’s juggernaut toon, won Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical, while “I Lied to You” took the Drama or Documentary prize during the ceremony at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. See the full list below.
Already a two-time Oscar winner for the scores for Black Panther and Oppenheimer and a 2026 nominee, Ludwig Göransson won Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for Sinners to go with an SCL Award for the song “I Lied to You,” shared with co-writer Raphael Saddiq. Göransson also won a Grammy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award for his Sinners score and has to be consider the front-runner for an Academy Award next month.
Meanwhile, “Golden” songsmiths EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick followed their Grammy-Globes-CCAs hat trick with the SCL on Friday. Smart money has that chart-topping song dancing with Oscar on March 15. Train Dreams composer Bryce Dessner took home the hardware for Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film.
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TV winners at the SCLs were Severance and The White Lotus
The Society of Composers of Lyricists celebrated the 50th anniversary of Rocky with a musical tribute and performance conducted by Oscar-winning composer Bill Conti, who scored five films in the blockbuster franchise and co-composed its iconic theme “Gonna Fly Now” (Theme from Rocky).” Melissa Manchester performed for the In Memoriam segment, singing “I’ll Never Say Goodbye,” her Oscar-nominated song from the 1979 film The Promise, written by David Shire and the late Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman. Alan Bergman, who died in July, was featured during the segment. Marilyn Bergman died in 2022.
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Here are the winners at the 2026 SCL Awards:
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
Bryce Dessner – Train Dreams
Outstanding Original Song for a Drama or Documentary
Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson – “I Lied to You” from Sinners
Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical
EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick – “Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters
Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production
Cristóbal Tapia de Veer – The White Lotus
Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
Theodore Shapiro – Severance
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media
Austin Wintory – Sword of the Sea
David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent
Ching-Shan Chang – Laws of Man
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