📣 Announcing your 2026 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Nominees! 📣
The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards give the ASCAP composer community a forum to recognize the artistic accomplishments of their peers. Voting is open to all eligible ASCAP writer members until 11:59pm ET on Friday, March 6 at the 🔗 in bio. The winners will be announced at the ASCAP Screen Music celebration.
🎥 FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
Avatar: Fire & Ash - Simon Franglen
A Nice Indian Boy - Raashi Kulkarni
One Battle After Another - Jonny Greenwood
Rental Family - Alex Somers & Jónsi
Wicked: For Good - John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
📺 TELEVISION SCORE OF THE YEAR*
Andor - Brandon Roberts
It: Welcome to Derry - Benjamin Wallfisch
Murderbot - Amanda Jones
Palm Royale - Jeff Toyne
Pluribus - Dave Porter
The White Lotus - Cristobal Tapia de Veer
🎼 TELEVISION THEME OF THE YEAR
Only Murders in the Building - Siddhartha Khosla
Pluribus - Dave Porter
Murderbot - Amanda Jones
Stranger Things - Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein
Washington Black - Cameron Moody
🎞️ DOCUMENTARY FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
2000 Meters to Andriivka - Sam Slater
The Age of Disclosure - Blair Mowat
Chaos: The Manson Murders - Paul Leonard-Morgan
Prime Minister - Sofia degli Alessandri
🎞️ DOCUMENTARY SERIES SCORE OF THE YEAR
100 Foot Wave - Philip Glass
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time - Amanda Jones
Octopus! - Siddhartha Khosla
Pee-Wee As Himself - Jon Brion
Secrets of the Penguins - Nainita Desai
🕹️ VIDEO GAME SCORE OF THE YEAR
Battlefield 6 - Henry Jackman
Death Stranding 2: On the Beach - Ludvig Forssell & Woodkid
Ghost of Yōtei - Toma Otowa
Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune - Wilbert Roget II, Cody Matthew Johnson, and Jon Everist
Sword of the Sea - Austin Wintory
Congratulations @cheeyangmusic for such a successful and moving show! We'd also like to thank panelists @maestrobray@jaydyerwriter@cheristeinkellner for driving such inspiring conversations. These have been three unforgettable nights! Stay tuned for the next Musical Theatre Workshop, coming soon 🎭
Night 2 of the ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop featured a staged reading of “The Waiting” by ASCAP composers @emmaleekidwell@mariaisabellamusic . We’re thankful for the support of our panelists, this incredible cast, and the LA theatre community that gathered to support new works in musical theatre.
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Congrats to ASCAP composer duo @emmaleekidwell@mariaisabellamusic and the cast of The Waiting! Our gratitude also extends to industry panelists Irene Mecchi, Winnie Holzman and Robert L. Freedman, who lent their feedback and creative wisdom to help grow this incredible show.
Join us tonight @thewallisbh for our final evening of the ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, where new musicals blossom and grow. Tickets are available at the link in bio!
Congrats to @antoniusnazareth and the entire cast of LILLYVILLE! There is more helpful advice coming, so join us for Nights 2 and 3 of the Musical Theatre Workshop at @thewallisbh . Join the standby line if tickets are sold out online, there's always an open seat!
Tix are available through the 🔗 in bio!
“Michael” has made history with a $97M opening weekend in the U.S. and Canada, the biggest debut ever for a music biopic. The film features ASCAP member Jaafar Jackson as Michael and an original underscore composed by ASCAP member Lior Rosner.
🎭 Experience the talent of musical theatre's brightest minds at The ASCAP Foundation Musical Theatre Workshop! Get your FREE tickets 🎟️ now at the 🔗 in bio.
Featured musicals include:
⭐️Lillyville by Antonius Nazareth
⭐️The Waiting by Maria Isabella Andreoli and EmmaLee Kidwell
⭐️Legendary by Cheeyang Ng
RSVP today!
Oh, what a night! We were honored to celebrate the incredibly talented composers at our ASCAP Screen Awards on Tuesday. Movies, television and video games simply wouldn’t be the same without their music. 🍿 #ASCAPScreenAwards
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Legendary Survivor host Jeff Probst sent a special message to Golden Note Award winner and composer David Vanacore, honoring his years of hard work and dedication. Vanacore, whose credits include Survivor, Big Brother, Hell’s Kitchen and The Floor, has rightfully earned the nickname “The King of Reality.” 🎉
Lights💡,camera🎥, action🎬!
What an incredible night in Los Angeles at our ASCAP Screen Awards! Congratulations to all of our ASCAP family for joining us to celebrate the remarkable achievements of our composers and songwriters!
ASCAP composer David Vanacore received the Golden Note Award in recognition of his extraordinary career at our ASCAP Screen Awards last night in Los Angeles. 🎶 With a body of work spanning over 25 years, from Survivor to Hell’s Kitchen and beyond, David’s signature approach blends cultural immersion, inventive composition and musical storytelling. 🎊
These achievements have earned him ASCAP’s Most Performed Themes & Underscore award for 22 consecutive years, cementing his place as one of television’s most influential composers. Congratulations, David!
