The Nine Inch Nails frontman and his longtime collaborator Atticus Ross are vying for Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for 'Mank' and 'Soul' among others.
- Feb 2, 2021
AceShowbiz - Nine Inch Nails star Trent Reznor and his longtime collaborator Atticus Ross and Ludwig Goransson lead the nominations for the 2021 Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards.
Reznor and Ross have picked up five nods including Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film for "Mank" and "Soul" and Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media for "(If Only You Could) Save Me" from "Mank", while Goransson is a double nominee thanks to his work on "Tenet" and "Star Wars: The Mandalorian".
Meanwhile, composer Terence Blanchard and director Spike Lee will receive the SCL's Spirit of Collaboration Award for their work on films like "Da 5 Bloods", "Malcolm X", and "BlacKkKlansman".
This year's awards will be presented virtually on March 2.
The full list of nominees is:
Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film:
- James Newton Howard - "News of the World"
- Ludwig Goransson - "Tenet"
- Terence Blanchard - "Da 5 Bloods"
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - "Mank"
- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste - "Soul"
Outstanding Original Score for an Independent Film:
- Emile Mosseri - "Minari"
- Lolita Ritmanis - "Blizzard of Souls (Dveselu Putenis)"
- Sherry Chung - "The Lost Husband"
- Steven Price - "David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet"
- Tamar-Kali Brown - "Shirley"
Outstanding Original Score for Television or Streaming Production:
- Blake Neely - "The Flight Attendant"
- Carlos Rafael Rivera" - "The Queen's Gambit"
- Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq - "Lovecraft Country"
- "Ludwig Goransson" - "Star Wars: The Mandalorian"
- Martin Phipps - "The Crown"
Outstanding Original Score for Interactive Media:
- Gordy Haab - "Star Wars: Squadrons"
- Garry Schyman, Mikolai Stroinski - "Metamorphosis"
- Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi - "Ghost of Tsushima"
Outstanding Original Song for Visual Media:
- Diane Warren - "Free" ("The One and Only Ivan")
- Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, Rickard Goransson - "Husavik" ("Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga")
- Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross - "(If Only You Could) Save Me" ("Mank")
- Laura Karpman, Raphael Saadiq, Sonia Sanchez - "Tulsa, 1921: Don't Catch the Fire" ("Lovecraft Country")
- Erran Baron Cohen, Sasha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines - "Wuhan Flu" ("Borat Subsequent Moviefilm")
Spirit of collaboration award:
- Terence Blanchard and Spike Lee