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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