Nominees for 2022 ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards announced
The nominees for this year’s ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards have been announced today.
For films, Hans Zimmer (Dune), Daniel Hart (The Green Knight), and Germaine Franco (Encanto) are among those in the running for Film Score of the Year. Wendy Blackstone (9to5: The Story of a Movement), Anne-Kathrin Dern and Sharon Farber (Women Warriors: The Voices of Change), and Uno Helmersson (Flee) are some of the folks nominated for Documentary Score of the Year.
In the TV categories, Natalie Holt, Michael Abels, Cristobal Tapia de Veer, and Drum & Lace and Ian Hultquist have been nominated in both Television Score of the Year and Television Theme of the Year categories. In the video game category, Austin Wintory (Aliens: Fireteam Elite), Lena Raine (Chicory: A Colorful Tale), and Wataru Hokoyama (Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart) are among those nominated for their work. The full list of nominees can be seen below.
Winners for this year’s ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards will be announced during the week of May 2. Eligible ASCAP writer members can vote until March 11.
2022 ASCAP Composers' Choice Awards nominees
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
(Films released in the US in 2021, whether theatrically or via another medium)
Dune - Hans Zimmer
Encanto - Germaine Franco
The Green Knight - Daniel Hart
Luca - Dan Romer
The 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 Blackstone
14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible - Nainita Desai
Allen v. Farrow - Michael Abels
Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street - Amanda Jones
Flee - Uno Helmersson
The Rescue - Daniel Pemberton
Val - Garth Stevenson
Women 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 Abels
Cobra Kai season 3 - Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson
Dickinson seasons 2 & 3 - Drum & Lace and Ian Hultquist
Loki - Natalie Holt
Wheel of Time - Lorne Balfe
The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
TELEVISION THEME OF THE YEAR
(Episodes originally airing in the US in 2021)
Allen v. Farrow - Michael Abels
Dickinson - Drum & Lace and Ian Hultquist
Loki - Natalie Holt
Only Murders in the Building - Siddhartha Khosla
The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
VIDEO GAME SCORE OF THE YEAR
(Games originally released in the US in 2021)
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
Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart - Wataru Hokoyama