Women Win Big at Inaugural Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards

Icelandic composer Hildur Guðnadóttir continued her winning streak, claiming top honors for both her “Joker” and “Chernobyl” scores at Tuesday night’s inaugural awards of the Society of Composers & Lyricists at Los Angeles’ Skirball Cultural Center.Her music for “Joker” was named outstanding original score for a studio film and her score for HBO’s “Chernobyl” was cited as outstanding original score for a television or streaming production.

They followed her Golden Globe win Sunday night for “Joker” and BAFTA nomination earlier Tuesday.

She won the Emmy in September for her score to the HBO miniseries “Chernobyl.”Aside from the standard thank-yous to her directors and producers, Guðnadóttir found it “most special to be invited so warmly into this tribe,” referring to the L.A.

community of composers and songwriters.

Three hundred of them packed the Skirball ballroom for Tuesday night’s ceremony.Women claimed most of the honors,

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