On Tuesday night at the annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards, the performing rights organization announced the winners of its Composers’ Choice Awards, a series of honors voted on by its members, with trophies going to scorers of projects such as “Wicked: For Good,” “Palm Royale,” “Stranger Things,” “Pluribus” and the latest “Star Wars” video game.
David Vanacore was the most famous composer of the night, winning the Golden Note Award throughout his career, but in addition to lifetime achievement honors, he also received the annual accolades that are regularly bestowed upon him. Vanacore (pictured above with Paul Williams and Elizabeth Matthews) took top honors in the Most Performed Theme and Underscore categories for the 11th consecutive year. It also marks the 22nd consecutive time the team has earned overall honors in the category.
John Powell and Stephen Schwartz won the award for best film score of the year for the final part of the “Wicked” two-parter. Jeff Toyne won TV Music of the Year for “Palm Royale.” Dave Porter’s “Pluribus” theme tied for this year’s TV theme with Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein’s “Stranger Things.”
This year’s documentary film music award went to Blair Mowat’s “The Age of Disclosure.” Amanda Jones won Documentary Series Score of the Year for “Hurricane Katrina: Rage Against Time.”
Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune was the winner of this year’s video game score, with the trio of Wilbert Roger II, John Everist and Cody Matthew Johnson taking home the honor.
Other ASCAP Screen Music Awards were based on data rather than member votes. Director Michael Giacchino won the top domestic box office award for “Zootopia 2.” Jake Staley won Top Network Television Series for “High Potential.” John Sereda won the award for best cable television series for “When Calls the Heart.”
A complete list of ASCAP award winners can be found here.
