Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards: Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo, Ludwig Göransson Among Winners

Billie Eilish and her brother and songwriting partner Finneas took home best original song for a comedy at the 2024 Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards on Tuesday. Olivia Rodrigo, Ludwig Göransson, Nicholas Britell and John Powell were among other winners.

Eilish and Finneas won the award for their hit Barbie track “What Was I Made For,” less than two weeks after winning a Grammy for the same song, which is also nominated for an Oscar. It beat its fellow Barbie song “I’m Just Ken” Flamin’ Hot‘s “The Fire Inside,” The L Word: Generation Q’s “All About Me” and Super Mario Bros. Movie‘s “Peaches.”

Rodrigo and music producer Dan Nigro took home the award for best original song for a drama or documentary for her viral “Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes. She beat songs from American Symphony, Rustin, Carmen and Jacob The Baker for the win.

Oppenheimer composer Ludwig Göransson took home best original score for a studio film, which comes on the heels of wins at the Golden Globes and Grammys. He is also nominated for an Oscar next month.

Nicholas Britell won best original score for television for his work on Succession, a category for which many felt he was snubbed at the Emmys last month.

The awards, which honor score and songs in visual media, were presented in a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center, hosted by Siedah Garrett.

In addition to the competitive awards, the society also awarded Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese with their Spirit of Collaboration award, meant to recognize a composer/director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work. Robertson’s partnership with Scorsese also includes Raging Bull, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, Silence and The Irishman.

A complete list of the winners from the fifth annual Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards follows.

Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film
Anthony Willis – Saltburn
Joe Hisaishi  – The Boy and the Heron
Luwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Laura Karpman – American Fiction
Robbie Robertson – Killers of a Flower Moon

Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
John Powell – Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (WINNER)
Daniel Pemberton – Ferrari
Mica Levi – The Zone of Interest
Fabrizio Mancinelli & Richard M. Sherman – Mushka

Outstanding Original Song for a Drama or Documentary
Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson – “It Never Went Away,” American Symphony
Olivia Rodrigo & Dan Nigro – “Can’t Catch Me Now,” The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (WINNER)
Lenny Kravitz – “Road to Freedom,” Rustin
Nicholas Britell & Taura Stinson – “Slip Away,” Carmen
Sharon Farber & Noah Benshea – “Better Times,” Jacob The Baker

Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical
Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie
Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell – “What Was I Made For?,” Barbie (WINNER)
Diane Warren, “The Fire Inside,” Flamin’ Hot
Hether McIntosh, Allyson Newman & Taura Stinson – “All About Me,” The L Word: Generation Q
Jack Black, John Spiker, Eric Osmond, Michael Jelenic & Aaron Horvath – “Peaches,” Super Mario Bros. Movie

Outstanding Original Score for a Television Production
Natalie Holt – Loki
Nicholas Britell – Succession (WINNER)
Martin Phipps – The Crown
Carolos Rafael Rivera – Lessons in Chemistry
Gustavo Santaolalla – The Last of Us

Outstanding Original Title Sequence for a Television Production
Chanda Dancy – Lawmen: Bass Reeves
Nainita Desai – The Deepest Breath
Atli Örvarsson – Silo
Carlos Rafael Rivera – Lessons in Chemistry (WINNER)

Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media
Winifred Phillips  – Secrets of Skeifa Island
Stephen Barton & Gordy Haab – Star Wars Jedi: Survivor (WINNER)
Pinar Toprak – Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Austin Wintory – Stray God: The Roleplaying Musical

The David Raskin Award for Emerging Talent
Fabrizio Mancinelli  – The Land of Dreams
Catherine Joy – Home is a Hotel (WINNER)
Allyson Newman – Commitment to Life
Hannah Parrott – After Death
Kenny Wood – The Naughty Nine

The Spirit of Collaboration Award
Robbit Robertson and Director Martin Scorsese