Billie Eilish and Finneas take home the award for best original song for a comedy at the 2024 Society of Composers and Lyricists Awards on Tuesday. Olivia Rodrigo, Ludwig Göransson, Nicholas Britell and John Powell were among other winners.
Eilish and Finneas won the award for their hit “Barbie” track “What Was I Made For,” less than two weeks after winning a Grammy for the same song, which is also nominated for an Oscar. It beat its fellow ‘Barbie’ song “I’m Just Ken,” ‘Flamin’ Hot’‘s “The Fire Inside,” ‘The L Word: Generation Q’s’ “All About Me” and ‘Super Mario Bros. Movie’‘s “Peaches.”
Rodrigo and music producer Dan Nigro took home the award for best original song for a drama or documentary for her viral “Can’t Catch Me Now” from ‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’. She beat songs from ‘American Symphony’, ‘Rustin’, ‘Carmen’ and ‘Jacob The Baker’ for the win.
Ludwig Göransson took home best original score for a studio film for ‘Oppenheimer’, and Nicholas Britell won best original score for television for his work on ‘Succession’, a category for which many felt he was snubbed at the Emmys last month.
The awards, which honor score and songs in visual media, were presented in a ceremony at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center, hosted by Siedah Garrett.
In addition to the competitive awards, the society also awarded Robbie Robertson and Martin Scorsese with their Spirit of Collaboration award, meant to recognize a composer/director relationship that has created a prodigious body of work. Robertson’s partnership with Scorsese also includes ‘Raging Bull’, ‘Shutter Island’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’, ‘Silence’ and ‘The Irishman’.
Overall, it was a night of recognition and celebration for talented and deserving creators.
