ASCAP Screen Music Awards Honor Composers for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Pluribus’ and ‘Stranger Things’; David Vanacore Gets Lifetime Honor

Home Music News Apr 29, 2026 7:39am PT ASCAP Screen Music Awards Honor Composers for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Pluribus’ and ‘Stranger Things’; David Vanacore Gets Lifetime Honor By Chris Willman Plus Icon Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic ChrisWillman Latest ASCAP Screen Music Awards Honor Composers for ‘Wicked,’ ‘Palm Royale,’ ‘Pluribus’ and ‘Stranger Things’; David Vanacore Gets Lifetime Honor 3 minutes ago Ringo Starr on Making a Second Album With T Bone Burnett, ‘Long Long Road’: ‘I’d Love to Be Ray Charles, but My Voice Works for Country’ 3 days ago With ‘Mother Mary’ as Hollywood’s Latest Implausible Pop Star, Why Does Every Fictional Music Movie Have to Feel So Phony? 4 days ago See All ASCAP At the annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards Tuesday night, the performing rights organization announced the winners of its Composers Choice Awards, a set of honors voted upon by members, with trophies going to the scorers for “Wicked: For Good,” “Palm Royale,” “Stranger Things,” “Pluribus” and the latest “Star Wars” video game, among other projects. David Vanacore was the most celebrated composer of the evening, picking up the Golden Note Award for his entire career, but also getting the annual kudos that have regularly become his due on top of the lifetime achievement honor. Vanacore (pictured above with Paul Williams and Elizabeth Matthews) picked up his 11th consecutive honor as the top winner in the category of most performed themes & underscore; it was also his 22nd consecutive time being honored in the category overall. Related Stories With 'Mother Mary' as Hollywood's Latest Implausible Pop Star, Why Does Every Fictional Music Movie Have to Feel So Phony?