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Don Davis: Writing score for “The Matrix” and what’s coming

Captured at BMI Film TV Awards 2003

BMI Celebrates the Creative Process at Sundance

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Composers Terence Blanchard, George S. Clinton, Ed Shearnur Among Panelists BMI will present its annual Composer/Director Roundtable during the 2007 Sundance Film Festival being held Jan. 18-28 in Park City, Utah. Entitled "Music & Film: The Creative Process," the roundtable will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 24 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sundance House at the Kimball Art Center (638 Park Avenue). This event…


From News, posted 1.11.07

BMI Hears ‘Voices’ at Chamber Music Festival

BMI's Doreen Ringer Ross was on hand for a special performance of Bruce Babcock's "imagined/remembered," a sonata for cello and piano, as part of the "Voices of Hollywood" concert at the 3rd Annual Beverly Hills International Chamber Music Festival. The performance, held at the historic Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church on Rodeo Drive, offered a rare opportunity to hear chamber music by film and television composers. Including Babcock,…


From News, posted 9.08.06

‘Río de Sangre’ Premieres at Walt Disney Concert Hall

BMI's Linda Livingston and Ivanne Deneroff were on hand to congratulate composer Don Davis, whose new opera-in-progress Río de Sangre recently premiered at the Walt Disney Concert Hall. Grant Gershon conducted the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Orchestra, with soloists Elissa Johston, Jonathan Mack, Hector Vasquez, Kerry Walsh and Christopher Campbell covering the major roles in oratorio style. …


From News, posted 12.20.05

BMI Hands Out Over 100 Awards at Annual Film/TV Gala

Mark Mothersbaugh Honored for Outstanding Career Achievement BMI honored the composers and songwriters of the music from the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable television shows at its annual Film & Television Awards dinner on May 12. Held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, the black-tie gala was hosted by BMI President and CEO Frances W. Preston.…


From News, posted 5.12.04

Film Noir Composers Get Colorful Reception

BMI co-sponsored the grand opening reception for the exhibit, "Film Noir: The Music That Sets The Tone" at the Hollywood Entertainment Museum. The exhibit displays works from the Film Noir genre and features BMI composers Don Davis and Christopher Young, along with dozens of other classic and contemporary composers.


From News, posted 4.29.04

Q&A With ‘Matrix’ Composer Don Davis

BMI and The Society of Composers and Lyricists recently held a screening of The Matrix Revolutions, followed by a Q&A session with BMI composer Don Davis. The Emmy Award-winning composer and orchestrator, who scored all the movies from the sci-fi trilogy, also wrote the music for the soundtrack to The Animatrix, nine anim� shorts based on the movie, as well as…


From News, posted 1.04.04

Film/TV Music Conference Offers Discount to BMI Songwriters

The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference is now offering a discounted registration fee of $199 to BMI songwriters. Full price, walk-up registration for the 2-day conference, to be held November 19-20 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles, is $450. The second annual conference will feature sessions and panels on music, film, and TV…


From News, posted 10.21.03

Don Davis

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The sci-fi trilogy The Matrix not only revealed a hidden world programmed by evil computers, it also cast a spotlight on Emmy-winning composer and orchestrator (“The Beauty and the Beast,” “Seaquest DSV”) Don Davis. "I knew these guys had quite a bit up their sleeves," says the Anaheim-born, UCLA grad, who majored in music theory and composition. "But, I had no idea it would turn into working…


From MusicWorld, posted 8.28.03

Top Film, TV, Cable Composers Honored at BMI’s Annual Film/TV Awards

BMI honored the composers and songwriters of the music to the top-grossing films, the top-rated prime-time network television shows and the highest ranking cable television shows of the year at its annual Film & Television Awards dinner. Held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills on May 15, the black tie gala was hosted by BMI President and CEO Frances W. Preston. More than…


From News, posted 5.14.02

BMI Scores at Film & TV Music Conference

The Society of Composers & Lyricists and the Hollywood Reporter hosted its annual Film & TV Music Conference in Los Angeles. The day-long conference, co-sponsored by BMI, brought together some of the industry's top talents including BMI composers and executives for panel discussions concerning the business, craft and joys of scoring and songwriting. Shown at "The…


From News, posted 4.10.00

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