2024 Oscar nominees Jon Batiste and Jerskin Fendrix are among the finalists for the 2024 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards. Batiste, an Oscar nominee for best original song for “It Never Went Away” from American Symphony, is nominated here for documentary score of the year for that same film. Fendrix, an Oscar nominee for best original score for Poor Things, is nominated here for film score of the year for that same film.
The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards gives the ASCAP composer community a forum to recognize the artistic accomplishments of their peers. The nominations committee includes composers and film, television and video game industry leaders. Voting is open to eligible ASCAP writer members through March 8 on the ASCAP website.
Winners will be revealed on May 9 at a party celebrating the winners of the 2024 ASCAP Screen Music Awards in Los Angeles.
More information about the 2024 ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards, including excerpts of the nominated music, is also available on the ASCAP website.
Following are the nominated ASCAP composers and their works:
Film score of the year
Moving On – Amanda Jones
Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix
Society of the Snow – Michael Giacchino
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton
World’s Best – Raashi Kulkarni
Documentary score of the year
American Symphony – Jon Batiste
The Deepest Breath – Nainita Desai
The Last Repair Shop – Katya Richardson
The Pigeon Tunnel – Philip Glass & Paul Leonard-Morgan
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie – John Powell
Television score of the year
Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake – Amanda Jones
The Last of Us – David Fleming
Loki – Natalie Holt
Only Murders in the Building – Siddhartha Khosla
The Watchful Eye – René G. Boscio
Yellowjackets – Anna Waronker
Television theme of the year
Loki – Natalie Holt
Only Murders in the Building – Siddhartha Khosla
Somebody Somewhere – Amanda Jones
The Watchful Eye – René G. Boscio
Yellowjackets – Anna Waronker
Video game score of the year
Dave the Diver – D’Anthoni Wooten
God of War: Ragnarök – Valhalla – Bear McCreary
Mortal Kombat 1 – Wilbert Roget II
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – Gordy Haab
Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical – Austin Wintory
