La 7ª edición de los SCL Awards rendirá homenaje al 50º aniversario de Rocky – Actuación especial dirigida por Bill Conti

The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) is pleased to announce the 7th Annual SCL Awards®, to be held on February 6, 2026, will honor the 50th Anniversary of Rocky with a special music celebration and performance conducted by the film’s legendary composer Bill Conti. Conti scored five films in the blockbuster Rocky franchise and composed its iconic theme “Gonna Fly Now” (“Theme from Rocky”) with lyrics by two-time Academy Award-nominated songwriters Carol Connors and Ayn Robbins. The anthemic, Oscar-nominated song, which became a 1977 No.1 Billboard hit and earned two Grammy nominations, remains one of the most universally recognized themes worldwide and one of cinema’s most enduring musical legacies.

Award-winning actor/musician Kevin Bacon and Emmy-winning composer Michael Bacon (aka The Bacon Brothers) are hosting the SCL Awards, which are being held at Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, California. The awards show will also feature a special performance by Melissa Manchester.

This year’s SCL Awards nominees, which were announced on December 17, 2025, include Hollywood’s top composers and lyricists, several of whom have since become Oscar and BAFTA-nominated.

All five Oscar and BAFTA nominees for Best Original Score are 2026 SCL Awards nominees in the category of Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film, including LUDWIG GÖRANSSON (Sinners), ALEXANDRE DESPLAT (Frankenstein), JONNY GREENWOOD (One Battle After Another), MAX RICHTER (Hamnet), and JERSKIN FENDRIX (Bugonia).

EJAE and Mark Sonnenblick (“Golden” from KPop Demon Hunters), 2026 SCL Award nominees for Outstanding Original Song for a Comedy or Musical, are Oscar-nominated for Best Original Song. They recently won both a Golden Globe and Critics Choice Award in the same category.

Two of the 2026 SCL Awards Nominees for Outstanding Original Song for a Drama or Documentary are Oscar-nominated for Best Original Song, including DIANE WARREN (“Dear Me” from Diane Warren: Relentless), and RAPHAEL SAADIQ & LUDWIG GÖRANSSON (“I Lied to You” from Sinners).

SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AWARD: Two-time Oscar, BAFTA, Emmy, Golden Globe and GRAMMY Award-winning composer Ludwig Göransson and director Ryan Coogler will receive the SCL’s prestigious Spirit of Collaboration Award, which recognizes a composer/director partnership that has created a significant and enduring body of work. Göransson, who is nominated for three SCL Awards, received a BAFTA nomination for his Sinners score, and two Oscar nominations for the score and the film’s original song “I Lied to You.” The film received 13 BAFTA nominations, and a record number of 16 Oscar nominations, including best director nods for Coogler. Since their first collaboration on Coogler’s Fruitvale Station (2013), Göransson has scored his successful feature films, including Creed (2015), Black Panther (2018), Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022), and Sinners (2025). Göransson won an Academy Award for Best Original Score for Black Panther and received an Oscar nod for Best Original Song for “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Composer Harry Gregson-Williams accepted the 2025 Spirit of Collaboration Award for his work with director Ridley Scott. Other past award recipients also include the late composer Robbie Robertson & Martin Scorsese, Thomas Newman & Sam Mendes, Terence Blanchard & Spike Lee, Carter Burwell & the Coen Brothers, and Justin Hurwitz & Damien Chazelle.

About The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL)

The Society of Composers & Lyricists is a non-profit and primary organization for professional film, television, video game, and musical theater composers and lyricists, and those working in our industry, such as orchestrators, arrangers, music supervisors, music agents, music attorneys, music editors, copyists, recording engineers, and related jobs, with a distinguished, nearly 77-year history in the fine art of creating music for visual media. Current SCL Members include the top creative professionals whose experience and expertise are focused on many of the creative, technological, legal, newsworthy, and pressing issues of the film music, television music, game music, and musical theatre industry today. For more information, visit: www.TheSCL.com