This is a new day – Billboard

2022 SCL . Award, presented by the Association of Composers & Lyricists, has been rescheduled to March 8 and will be held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. The award was originally slated to be presented on February 1 at Skirball, with the Emmy winner Darren Criss hosted, but on 7 January they were postponed due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant.

The postponement comes two days after the 64th Annual Grammy Awards were postponed from January 31 to a still-unspecified date in the spring.

SCL is waiting to see if Criss can hold the rescheduled show.

The rescheduled March 8 will still take place before the final round of voting for the 2022 Academy Awards, which runs from March 17 to 22. The SCL Awards, like the film and music awards. television, in order to influence the voting for the Oscars.

Ashley Irwin, president of SCL, said in a statement: “After much deliberation, we have also decided to extend our final voting period. “This will allow more of our members who have been impacted by the COVID-19 surge more time to review all of the outstanding work of the nominees.”

The final voting period will last from Monday, January 17 to Friday, February 25.

Nicholas Britelli was SCL’s top contender with three nods: best set score for Netflix movies Don’t look up, best song from a musical or comedy for “Just Look Up” from that movie and best TV score for HBO Heir.

Germaine Franco, Jonny Greenwood, Scott Mescudi (better known as Kid Cudi) and Diane Warren each received two nominations.

Oscar-nominated composer Carter Burwell and Oscar-winning filmmakers Joel Coen and Ethan Coen will receive the Spirit of Collaboration award. The award for composers and filmmakers who have worked together harmoniously is the most special honor of the SCL Awards. Burwell and Coen Brothers have collaborated on 17 films including Raise Arizona, The Big Lebowski, Brother, where do you have art?, No country for old men, Fargo and Macbeth’s Tragedy, directed and adapted by Joel Coen.

Seven awards will be given to music in visual media (film, TV, streaming, interactive) in addition to the David Raksin Award for Emerging Talent.

The Composers & Lyricists’ Association is the primary organization for professional composers and lyricists in film, television, video games, and the musical theatre. This organization focuses on educating and addressing creative, technological, legal, and news issues affecting music for the visual media community.

For more information, visit SCL’s website.