Jon Burlingame Some of today’s most talked-about film and TV composers walked off with Composers Choice Awards at Tuesday night’s annual Screen Music Awards of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in West Hollywood.

Michael Abels won Film Score of the Year for Jordan Peele’s sci-fi horror movie “Nope.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer and Kim Neundorf won Television Score of the Year for HBO’s black comedy “The White Lotus” And Bear McCreary won Video Game Score of the Year for Sony Interactive’s acclaimed “God of War: Ragnarok.” In a tie, Documentary Score of the Year went to both Amanda Jones for the National Geographic nature series “Super/Natural” and Jeff Cardoni for HBO Max’s skateboarding doc “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off.” Cristobal Tapia de Veer also won a second award for Television Theme of the Year for “The White Lotus.” Composers Choice Awards are voted by fellow ASCAP composers and songwriters from nominations chosen by film, TV and game industry leaders.

All nominees were based on 2022 releases in their various fields. Winners were announced during the invitation-only party, along with numerous other ASCAP Screen Music Awards, given annually in several different categories.

Composers honored for top streaming series included Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein for “Stranger Things,” Natalie Holt for “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and Siddhartha Khosla for “Only Murders in the Building.” Among top streaming films, John Debney was honored for his music for “Hocus Pocus 2,” while Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Khiyon Hursey, Mark Sonnenblick and Sukari Jones were cited for their work on the songs and score of “Spirited.” Simon Franglen won as composer of top box-office film of the year for “Avatar: The Way

Scores for ‘Nope,’ ‘White Lotus,’ ‘God of War: Ragnarok’ Win Top Honors at ASCAP Screen Music Awards

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