Overview
- ASCAP, which announced winners Tuesday night at its Screen Celebrates event in Los Angeles, recognized top composers across film, television and video games.
- The peer-voted Film Score of the Year honored Wicked: For Good by John Powell and Stephen Schwartz.
- Jeff Toyne won Television Score of the Year for Palm Royale, and the Television Theme prize ended in a tie for Dave Porter's Pluribus and Stranger Things by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein.
- Documentary winners included Blair Mowat for The Age of Disclosure and Amanda Jones for Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time, and Star Wars Outlaws: A Pirate’s Fortune took Video Game Score of the Year for Wilbert Roget II, Jon Everist and Cody Matthew Johnson.
- Data-based awards recognized Michael Giacchino for Zootopia 2, Jake Staley for High Potential, and John Sereda for When Calls the Heart, and David Vanacore received the Golden Note Award and extended his run as the top winner in Most Performed Themes & Underscore to 11 straight years and 22 consecutive honors.