On February 23, 2008, The Society of Composers & Lyricists in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music Branch Governors, along with ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC, presented a Champagne Reception honoring the Music Nominees for this year’s Academy Awards. The SCL wishes to congratulate and thank our nominated colleagues for their extraordinary efforts in maintaining a high standard of quality in film music and lyrics.

Score nominees pictured above: (L-R) Dario Marianelli, Michael Giacchino, ASCAP's Nancy Knutsen, Marco Beltrami, James Newton Howard, Alberto Iglesias, and SCL President Dan Foliart.

Song nominees pictured below: Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova give an impromptu performance; Alan Menken; Stephen Schwartz and SCL President Dan Foliart; Charles Mack, SCL Executive Director Laura Dunn, Tevin Thomas, Academy music branch Governor Charles Bernstein, and Jamal Joseph.

See more event photos in the Recent Events section.

Watch a special video welcome from SCL Advisory Board Member, Alan Silvestri (Quicktime format)

THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS (SCL) is the non-profit and primary organization for professional composers and lyricists, with a distinguished 60-year history in the fine art of creating music for motion pictures and television. The predecessor organization, the Screen Composers Association, began in 1945 with such legendary icons as Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dimitri Tiomkin and David Raksin among others. Current SCL Members include the top creative professionals whose experience and expertise is focused on many of the creative, technological, legal, newsworthy and pressing issues of the film/television/game music industry today.

The SCL gratefully acknowledges the continuing support of our members along with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC.