Society of Composers & Lyricists

The Society of Composers & Lyricists is an organization founded in 1983 to represent composers and lyricists working in visual media, such as television and film. It sought union status in 1984 after the dissolution of the Composers and Lyricists Guild of America, but the National Labor Relations Board denied the bid on the basis that songwriters were independent contractors. Another attempt to become a union in the 1990s was also unsuccessful. Members of the organization also include orchestrators, arrangers, music supervisors, music agents, music attorneys, music editors, copyists, and audio engineers.

Chapters

The Society of Composers & Lyricists operates three chapters outside of Los Angeles.

Since 2020, the Society of Composers & Lyricists has presented annual awards for music in film, television, and other media.

Since 2024, the organization presents awards in eight competitive categories:

Prior to 2022, a single award was given for Original Song in a Visual Media Production, irrespective of genre.

	Year	Song	Production	Song by
1st	2020	"Stand Up"	Harriet	Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo
3rd	2022	"No Time to Die"	No Time to Die	Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell
4th	2023	"Applause"	Tell It Like a Woman	Diane Warren
5th	2024	"Can't Catch Me Now"	The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes	Olivia Rodrigo and Dan Nigro
6th	2025	"The Journey"	The Six Triple Eight	Diane Warren

Prior to 2022, a single award was given for Original Song in a Visual Media Production, irrespective of genre.

	Year	Song	Production	Song by
2nd	2021	"Husavik"	Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga	Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus, and Rickard Göransson
3rd	2022	"Just Look Up"	Don't Look Up	Nicholas Britell, Ariana Grande, Scott Mescudi, and Taura Stinson
4th	2023	"Ciao Papa"	Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio	Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, and Guillermo del Toro
5th	2024	"What Was I Made For?"	Barbie	Billie Eilish O'Connell and Finneas O'Connell
6th	2025	"Compress/Repress"	Challengers	Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Luca Guadagnino

In addition, the group presents the non-competitive Spirit of Collaboration Award to a composer and filmmaker team.