News - 2022 ASCAP Screen Music Awards

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has announced the winners of the 2022 ASCAP Screen Music Awards...

Press Release

Honouring the composers whose music elevates the magic of the moving image, the ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards are the only awards of their kind among US performing rights organizations – winners are voted upon by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community. Selected from an incredibly talented group of nominees, the 2022 winners created scores for an Oscar-winning animated musical comedy film, a cinematic documentary examining the history of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa race massacre, a satirical comedy-drama series and an intergalactic adventure game:

Film Score of the Year: Encanto - Germaine Franco
Documentary Score of the Year: Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street - Amanda Jones
Television Score of the Year: The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Television Theme of the Year: The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Video Game Score of the Year: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - Wataru Hokoyama

The 2022 ASCAP Screen Music Awards reflect the new golden age of streaming television, with composers of many of the past year's hit series among the winners. They include Bear McCreary for his score for mind-bending, sci-fi streamer Foundation, Jung Jae-Il, 23 and Park Min Ju for their work on record-breaking megahit Squid Game and Lorne Balfe for his musical prowess featured in both adventure fantasy show The Wheel of Time and drama mini-series Dopesick. Among the Top Streaming Film winners, Marius de Vries is recognized for his score on Oscar-winning film CODA, and Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell take home their first ASCAP Screen Award wins for their music in the documentary Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry.

In other top categories, Top Box Office Film goes to Michael Giacchino for his epic score in the box office history-maker Spider-Man: No Way Home, and industry giant David Vanacore is named the top winner for Most Performed Themes and Underscore for his work on shows including Survivor, Naked & Afraid and Hell’s Kitchen. Composers Matthew Hawkins, Maurice “m.0.” Jackson and Neil Martin take home Top Network Television Series for their main theme for NCIS, while John Sereda wins Top Cable Television Series for the music featured in the historical drama When Calls the Heart.


The complete list of winners and other nominees is below:

ASCAP COMPOSERS' CHOICE AWARDS:

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Encanto - Germaine Franco

NOMINEES:
Dune - Hans Zimmer
Luca - Dan Romer
The Green Knight - Daniel Hart
The Power Of The Dog - Jonny Greenwood


TELEVISION SCORE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia De Veer

NOMINEES:
Allen V. Farrow - Michael Abels
Cobra Kai - Zach Robinson & Leo Birenberg
Dickinson - Drum & Lace & Ian Hultquist
Loki - Natalie Holt
Wheel Of Time - Lorne Balfe


TELEVISION THEME OF THE YEAR
WINNER: The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia De Veer

NOMINEES:
Allen V. Farrow - Michael Abels
Dickinson - Drum & Lace & Ian Hultquist
Loki - Natalie Holt
Only Murders In The Building - Siddhartha Khosla

DOCUMENTARY SCORE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Dreamland: The Burning Of Black Wall Street - Amanda Jones

NOMINEES:
14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible - Nainita Desai
9To5: The Story Of A Movement - Wendy Blackstone
Allen V. Farrow - Michael Abels
Flee - Uno Helmersson
The Rescue - Daniel Pemberton
Val - Garth Stevenson
Women Warriors: The Voices Of Change - Anne-Kathrin Dern & Sharon Farber


VIDEO GAME SCORE OF THE YEAR
WINNER: Ratchet And Clank: Rift Apart - Wataru Hokoyama

NOMINEES:
Aliens: Fireteam Elite - Austin Wintory
Call Of Duty Mobile - Season 5: In Deep Water - Wilbert Roget II
Chicory: A Colorful Tale - Lena Raine
Deathloop - Tom Salta
Far Cry 6 - Pedro Bromfman


TOP STREAMING SERIES - Honoring ASCAP composers and songwriters for their themes and underscore from the highest rated series original to select streaming services during calendar year 2021

Dopesick - Lorne Balfe
Falcon And The Winter Soldier - Henry Jackman
Foundation - Bear Mccreary
Hawkeye - Michael Paraskevas
Invincible - John Paesano
Loki - Natalie Holt
Lularich - Khari Mateen
Maid - Este Haim, Christopher Stracey
Night Stalker: The Hunt For A Serial Killer - Will Blair, Brooke Blair
Nine Perfect Strangers - Marco Beltrami, Miles Hankins
Only Murders In The Building - Siddhartha Khosla
Schmigadoon - Cinco Paul, Christopher Willis
Squid Game - Jung Jae-Il, 23, Park Min Ju
The Morning Show - Carter Burwell
The Wheel Of Time - Lorne Balfe


TOP STREAMING FILMS - Honoring the ASCAP composers of new films that were original to select streaming services during calendar year 2021

Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry - Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell
Coda - Marius De Vries
False Positive - Yair Elazar Glotman, Lucy Railton
Fatherhood - Rupert Gregson-Williams
Home Sweet Home Alone - John Debney
I Care A Lot - Marc Canham
Luca - Dan Romer
The Tomorrow War - Lorne Balfe
Val - Garth Stevenson
Wework: Or The Making And Breaking Of A $47 Billion Unicorn - Jeremy Turner


TOP BOX OFFICE FILMS - Honoring ASCAP composers and songwriters with music from the top 50 box office films of 2021

Top Box Office Film of the Year: Spider-Man: No Way Home - Michael Giacchino

The Battle At Lake Changjin - Elliot Leung
Black Widow - Lorne Balfe
The Boss Baby: Family Business - Steve Mazzaro, Hans Zimmer
Candyman - Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe
Clifford The Big Red Dog - John Debney
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It - Joseph Bishara
Dune - Hans Zimmer
Encanto - Germaine Franco, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Godzilla Vs. Kong - Tom Holkenborg
Halloween Kills - Cody Carpenter, John Carpenter
The Matrix Resurrections - Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer
Mortal Kombat - Benjamin Wallfisch
My Country, My Parents - Gordy Haab
No Time To Die - Hans Zimmer
Paw Patrol: The Movie - Heitor Pereira
A Quiet Place Part II - Marco Beltrami
Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings - Joel P. West
Sing 2 - Joby Talbot
Venom: Let There Be Carnage - Marco Beltrami
Wrath Of Man - Chris Benstead


TOP RATED SERIES - Honoring ASCAP composers and songwriters for their themes and underscore from the highest rated series during calendar year 2021

Top Network Television Series: Navy NCIS - Matthew Hawkins, M.O Jackson, Neil Martin
Top Cable Television Series: When Calls The Heart - John Sereda911 - Todd Haberman

911: Lone Star - Todd Haberman, Justin Caine Burnett
Alaska: The Last Frontier - Atz Kilcher
Alaskan Bush People - Bleeding Fingers Music, Bleeding Fingers Music
All Creatures Great And Small - Alexandra Harwood
American Idol - Julian Gingell, Barry Stone
Below Deck Mediterranean - Russell Howard, Jude Christodal, Cooper Rich
Below Deck Sailing Yacht - Russell Howard, Jude Christodal, Cooper Rich
Blue Bloods - Mark Snow, Jonas Friedman
Café Con Aroma De Mujer - Josefina Severino, Carmenza Gomez
Chesapeake Shores - Hamish Thomson, Matthew Rogers
Chicago Fire - David Fleming
Chicago Med - John Marston
Chicago Pd - Claudio Olachea
Chrisley Knows Best - Brad Segal
Deadliest Catch - Didier Lean Rachou
Equalizer - Robert Duncan
FBI - John Marston
FBI: Most Wanted - Nathan Whitehead
Genius: Aretha - Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer
Ghosts - Jeff Cardoni
Gold Rush - Didier Lean Rachou
Gold Rush: Dave Turin's Lost Mine - Didier Lean Rachou
Gold Rush: White Water - Didier Lean Rachou
Gold Rush: Winter'S Fortune - Didier Lean Rachou
The Good Doctor - Dan Romer
Good Witch - Jack Lenz
The Haves And The Have Nots - Elvin Ross
Impeachment: American Crime Story - Andrew Skrabutenas
La Brea - James Levine
La Desalmada - Gil Novelo, Jorge Tena Martínez Vara, Jorge Jurado, John Sereda
Mare Of Easttown - Lele Marchitelli
Married At First Sight - Jason Tarver, Louise Dowd
Mountain Men - Bleeding Fingers Music, Bleeding Fingers Music
NCIS: Los Angeles - James Levine
New Amsterdam - Jefferson Friedman
Project Runway - Matthew Mcgaughey
Queen Of The South - Giorgio Moroder
Real Housewives Of Atlanta - Jared Gutstadt, Russell Howard, Matthew Mcgaughey
Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills - Russell Howard, Michael Baiardi
Real Housewives Of New York City - Russell Howard, Ben Davis
Real Housewives Of Orange County - Russell Howard
Real Housewives Of Potomac - Russell Howard, Jared Gutstadt, Jeff Peters
Renovation Island - Peter Chapman
Resident Alien - Brown Bird
Saturday Night Live - Howard Shore, Lenny Pickett
Snowpiercer - Bear Mccreary
Superman & Lois - Dan Romer
Survivor - David Vanacore
This Is Us - Siddhartha Khosla
The Walking Dead - Bear Mccreary
Young Sheldon - Jeff Cardoni


TOP THEMES & UNDERSCORE

David Vanacore
Ed Robertson
Hans Zimmer
Joel Beckerman
Russell Howard
Cat Gray
Michael Giacchino
Bear Mccreary
James Levine
Jared Gutstadt

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