Celebrating the music creators behind the past year’s top films, television series and video games, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) have announced the nominees for the 2022 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. Chosen by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community, winners will be announced as part of the 2022 ASCAP Screen Music Awards during the week of May 2.
This year’s set of nominees will compete in the following categories: Film Score of the Year, Documentary Score of the Year, Television Score of the Year, Television Theme of the Year and Video Game Score of the Year. The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards enable composers to recognize the artistic accomplishments of their peers and were introduced in 2014 as a first-of-its-kind program among US performing rights organizations. The nominations committee includes composers and film, television and video game industry leaders. Voting is open to eligible ASCAP writer members until March 11.
Following are the nominated ASCAP composers and their works: 2022 ASCAP COMPOSERS’ CHOICE NOMINEES* Categories with 6 or more nominees reflect a tie in the number of nominations
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR(
Films released in the US in 2021, whether theatrically or via another medium) Dune – Hans ZimmerEncanto – Germaine FrancoThe Green Knight – Daniel HartLuca – Dan RomerThe Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood
DOCUMENTARY SCORE OF THE YEAR
(Documentary films initially airing in the US in 2021) 9to5: The Story of a Movement – Wendy Blackstone14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible – Nainita DesaiAllen v. Farrow – Michael AbelsDreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street – Amanda JonesFlee – Uno HelmerssonThe Rescue – Daniel PembertonVal – Garth StevensonWomen Warriors: The Voices of Change – Anne-Kathrin Dern and Sharon Farber
TELEVISION SCORE OF THE YEAR
Episodes originally airing in the US in 2021) Allen v. Farrow – Michael AbelsCobra Kaiseason 3 – Leo Birenberg and Zach RobinsonDickinsonseasons 2 & 3 – Drum & Lace and Ian HultquistLoki – Natalie HoltWheel of Time – Lorne BalfeThe White Lotus – Cristobal Tapia de Veer
TELEVISION THEME OF THE YEAR
(Episodes originally airing in the US in 2021) Allen v. Farrow – Michael AbelsDickinson – Drum & Lace and Ian HultquistLoki – Natalie HoltOnly Murders in the Building – Siddhartha KhoslaThe White Lotus – Cristobal Tapia de Veer
VIDEO GAME SCORE OF THE YEAR (Games originally released in the US in 2021) Aliens: Fireteam Elite – Austin WintoryCall of Duty: Mobile Season 5: In Deep Water – Wilbert Roget IIChicory: A Colorful Tale – Lena RaineDeathloop – Tom SaltaFar Cry 6 – Pedro BromfmanRatchet and Clank: Rift Apart – Wataru Hokoyama
For more information about the 2022 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, including excerpts of the nominated music, is available at www.ascap.com/composerschoice.
