Giorgio Moroder, who has won three Oscars and two Grammys for film music (out of a total of four Grammys won) will receive a lifetime achievement award from The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) during its 35th annual holiday dinner, to be held at the Sheraton Universal ballroom in Los Angeles on Dec. 11.
At that same event, composers Hoyt Curtin and Carl Stalling will posthumously be inducted into the SCL Hall of Fame. Curtin composed themes for such Hanna-Barbera series as The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Josie and the Pussycats, Scooby-Doo, Jonny Quest and The Smurfs. He served as music director at Hanna-Barbera from 1957 to 1965 and again from 1972 until his retirement in 1989.
Stalling created music for more than 600 animated films, including Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940) and Fantasia (1940), and Warner Bros. cartoon series Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. He served as music director at Warner Bros.
Film and TV composer Brian D. Siewert has been named the recipient of the SCL’s 2024 Trailblazer Award. Siewert won four Daytime Emmys for his work on Guiding Light.
EGOT-winning songwriters Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and Jeff Beal, the winner of five Primetime Emmys, will be presented with 2024 SCL Ambassador Awards. Pasek and Paul clinched EGOT status in September when they won a Primetime Emmy for a song they wrote for Only Murders in the Building. Beal has won Emmys for his work on Monk, Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King, The Company and House of Cards.
The awards presentations and inductions will take place at SCL holiday events in New York, Los Angeles and Nashville.
In making the announcements, Ashley Irwin, president of the SCL, said, “The SCL Lifetime Achievement Award and these other special honors were created to recognize and acknowledge a select group of music creators with significant contributions to our profession and music community. Their achievements will be used as the ultimate standard for future generations of media composers and songwriters.”
Here are details on when and where these awards will be presented.
Dec. 4 – New York City: Benj Pasek & Justin Paul, and Jeff Beal will be presented with the 2024 SCL Ambassador Awards during the SCL holiday party to be held at The Cutting Room (44 E 32nd St), beginning at 7 p.m.
Dec. 7 – Nashville: Film and TV composer Brian D. Siewert will be honored with the SCL’s 2024 Trailblazer Award during the SCL Nashville holiday party to be held at Oceanway Studios Nashville (1200 17th Ave S), from 4 to 7 p.m.
Dec. 11 – Los Angeles: SCL will present the Lifetime Achieve Award to Giorgio Moroder and posthumously induct Hoyt Curtin and Carl Stalling during its holiday dinner to be held at the Sheraton Universal Ballroom from 6 to 10 p.m.
