MUSEWIRE Music News / The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has recently announced the recipients of the 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards, including the highly-anticipated winners of the ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards; honoring the composers whose music enriches the art of visual storytelling. ASCAP is a membership association of more than 975,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers.
Caption: 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards Recognize 93 Prominent Film and TV Composers.
The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, chosen by the ASCAP composer and songwriter community, stand out as a distinctive recognition among US performing rights organizations. The 2024 winners crafted the music for a critically acclaimed animated film, a hit post-apocalyptic drama, a binge-worthy whodunnit series, a poignant musical documentary and a popular Star Wars franchise video game:
● Film Score of the Year: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Daniel Pemberton
● Television Score of the Year: “The Last of Us” – David Fleming
● Television Theme of the Year: “Only Murders in the Building” – Siddhartha Khosla
● Documentary Score of the Year: “American Symphony” – Jon Batiste
● Video Game Score of the Year: “Star Wars Jedi: Survivor” – Gordy Haab
In addition, the ASCAP Screen Music Awards recognize some of the top composers of the past year’s hit streaming series and films. The Top Rated Streaming Series winners include Robert Duncan for his work on one of 2023’s most-watched shows, The Night Agent, Natalie Holt for her musical storytelling in hit show Loki, Bear McCreary for his music in the streaming remake of beloved book series Percy Jackson and the Olympians and dynamic duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for their work on the popular dramedy Unprisoned. Among the Top Rated Streaming Films winners, Germaine Franco is honored for her score in action-thriller The Mother, Marcus Miller receives recognition for his music in the holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane, and Lorne Balfe is celebrated for his work on both historical thriller Tetris and action-romance Ghosted.
In other categories, Daniel Pemberton also takes home Top Box Office Film of the Year for his exhilarating score to the blockbuster animated film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and industry giant David Vanacore is named the top Most Performed Themes and Underscore winner for his work on shows including Survivor, The Kardashians and The Daily Show. Composers Matthew Hawkins, the late Maurice “m.0.” Jackson and the late Neil Martin (collectively known as Numeriklab) win Top Network Television Series for their main theme for NCIS, while John Sereda is recognized with Top Cable Television Series for his music in the historical drama When Calls the Heart.
The complete list of winners is available on the ASCAP website: https://www.ascap.com/screenawards24
2024 ASCAP SCREEN AWARDS WINNERS LIST
2023 Film Score of the Year
WINNER: Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton (PRS)
Moving On – Amanda Jones
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix (PRS)
Society of the Snow – Michael Giacchino
World’s Best – Raashi Kulkarni
2023 Television Score of the Year
WINNER: The Last of Us – David Fleming*
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake – Amanda Jones
Loki – Natalie Holt (PRS)
Only Murders in the Building – Siddhartha Khosla
The Watchful Eye – René G. Boscio
Yellowjackets – Anna Waronker*
2023 Television Theme of the Year
WINNER: Only Murders in the Building – Siddhartha Khosla
Loki – Natalie Holt (PRS)
Somebody Somewhere – Amanda Jones
The Watchful Eye – René G. Boscio
Yellowjackets – Anna Waronker*
2023 Documentary Score of the Year
WINNER: American Symphony – Jon Batiste
The Deepest Breath – Nainita Desai (PRS)
The Last Repair Shop – Katya Richardson*
The Pigeon Tunnel – Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan (PRS)
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – John Powell
2023 Video Game Score of the Year
WINNER: Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Gordy Haab*
Dave the Diver – D’Anthoni Wooten
God of War: Ragnarök – Valhalla – Bear McCreary
Mortal Kombat 1 – Wilbert Roget II
Stray Gods: The Role Playing Musical – Austin Wintory
*Indicates Non-ASCAP co-composer
MOST PERFORMED THEMES & UNDERSCORE
MOST PERFORMED THEMES & UNDERSCORE: David Vanacore
Lorne Balfe
Jeff Cardoni
Robert Duncan
Michael Giacchino
Russell Howard
Didier Lean Rachou
Bear McCreary
Ed Robertson
Hans Zimmer
TOP BOX OFFICE FILMS
TOP BOX OFFICE FILM OF THE YEAR: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton (PRS)
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom – Rupert Gregson-Williams
The Creator – Hans Zimmer
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves – Lorne Balfe
The Equalizer 3 – Marcelo Zarvos
The Flash – Benjamin Wallfisch
Gran Turismo – Lorne Balfe*
Insidious: The Red Door – Joseph Bishara
Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson
The Little Mermaid – Howard Ashman, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and Jeff Morrow*
Migration – John Powell
Mission Impossible – Dead Reckoning: Part One – Lorne Balfe
Napoleon – Martin Phipps (PRS)
The Nun II – Marco Beltrami
PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie – Pinar Toprak
Scream VI – Sven Faulconer*
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem – Trent Reznor*
Wish – Dave Metzger
Wonka – Joby Talbot (PRS)
TOP RATED TELEVISION SERIES
TOP NETWORK TELEVISION SERIES: NCIS – Theme by Matthew Hawkins, Maurice “m.0” Jackson, and Neil Martin (Numeriklab)
TOP CABLE TELEVISION SERIES: When Calls The Heart – John Sereda (SOCAN)
90 Day: The Last Resort – Theme by Russell Howard & David Lasman*
9-1-1 – Todd Haberman*
Alone – Theme by Jeffrey Hayat
American Idol – Theme by Barry Stone (PRS) and Julian Gingell (PRS)*
La Casa de los Famosos – Theme by Juan A. Fernandez de Canete (SGAE) & Oscar Aznar (SGAE)
Below Deck – Jude Christodal and Russell Howard*
Below Deck Mediterranean – Jude Christodal and Russell Howard*
Below Deck Sailing Yacht – Jude Christodal and Russell Howard*; Theme by Jude Christodal & Cooper Rich
Beyond Oak Island – Theme by Jeffrey Hayat*
Blue Bloods – Mark Snow and Jonas Friedman
Chicago PD – Claudio Olachea*
Equalizer – Robert Duncan and James Poyser*
FBI – John Marston*
FBI: International – John Marston*
FBI: Most Wanted – Nathan Whitehead*
Fire Country – Brady Cohan*
Ghosts – Jeff Cardoni
Gold Rush – Didier Lean Rachou
The Good Doctor – Dan Romer
Project Runway – Russell Howard; Theme by Matthew McGaughey*
Real Housewives of Atlanta – Theme by Matthew McGaughey*
Real Housewives of Beverly Hills – Russell Howard*
Real Housewives of Orange County – Russell Howard*
Ride – Ari Posner (SOCAN), Joel Schwartz (SOCAN), and Vanya Drakul (SOCAN)*
The Rookie – Theme by Andy & Thom Mak (APRA)
S.W.A.T. – Robert Duncan
Superman & Lois – Dan Romer
Tierra de Esperanza – Jaime Fabila, Gilberto Novelo (SACM), and Roberto Sanchez
This Old House – Ed Grenga, Charles Lawry, and Douglas Stevens*
Tyler Perry’s Sistas – Theme by Mayila Jones*
Vanderpump Rules – Theme by Dena Deadly, Matthew Remington Garner, and Zed Kelley*
Young Sheldon – Jeff Cardoni
TOP RATED STREAMING FILMS
The Burial – Michael Abels
Boston Strangler – Paul Leonard-Morgan (PRS)
Candy Cane Lane – Marcus Miller
Chang Can Dunk – Nathan Matthew David
Ghosted – Lorne Balfe
Leo – Geoff Zanelli
The Mother – Germaine Franco
Peter Pan & Wendy – Daniel Hart
Tetris – Lorne Balfe
White Men Can’t Jump – Marcelo Zarvos
TOP RATED STREAMING SERIES
Citadel – Henry Jackman*
Gen V – Matt Bowen*
Hijack – Score by Anne Nikitin (PRS); Theme by Josh Davis and Peter Wilson (PRS)*
The Kardashians – David Vanacore
Lessons in Chemistry – Theme by Eddie Durham & Taps Miller
Loki – Natalie Holt (PRS)
The Morning Show – Score by Carter Burwell and Logan Nelson*; Theme by Benjamin Clementine (SACEM)
Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal – Khari Mateen*
The Night Agent – Robert Duncan
Only Murders in the Building – Score by Siddhartha Khosla; Songs by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Percy Jackson and the Olympians – Bear McCreary
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story – Alec Sievern*
The Santa Clauses – Ariel Rechtshaid
Summer I Turned Pretty – Nick Sena*
Unprisoned – Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis
About ASCAP
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 975,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers, and represents some of the world’s most talented music creators. In 2023, ASCAP reported record-high financial results of $1.737 billion in revenues and $1.592 billion available in royalty distribution monies to its members. Over the last eight years, ASCAP has delivered a 7% compound annual growth rate for total revenues, and an 8% compound annual growth rate for total royalty distributions to members. Founded and governed by songwriters, composers and publishers, it is the only performing rights organization in the U.S. that operates on a not-for-profit basis.
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