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Matthew Chapman and Nathan Barr at BMI Sundance Roundtable
BMI Video: 7 Clips from 2011 You Don’t Want to Miss

Throughout the year, BMI captures exclusive moments on video. From sharing a career high with Lady Gaga to advice from pop master David Foster to a mad dash through SXSW with Welsh phenom Bright Light Bright Light, we’ve picked our seven small-screen favorites from 2011. David Foster’s 10 Tips for Songwriters When David Foster was…
Nathan Barr, Defying Expectations

Nathan Barr’s career as a film-score composer is on a torrid crescendo. In this way, it resembles the background music leading up to those shocking scenes in the very kind of film for which he has recently written. The creator of over twenty-nine film scores in all, Barr has penned (and often played) the soundtracks for such haunting household names as EIi Roth’s Cabin Fever and Hostel…
BMI at Sundance 2011

Film and music aficionados unable to make the trek to Park City this year, as well as attendees already ready to reminisce: BMI’s Sundance coverage includes videos; exclusive diary entries from composers including iZLER, George S. Clinton, Ryan Beveridge, and Nathan Barr; and photos from BMI’s three annual cornerstone events: the Zoom dinner, the composer/director roundtable,…
Sundance 2011 Diary: Nathan Barr

I flew into Sundance this past Friday for a whirlwind 24-hour visit in order to attend the premiere of Matthew Chapman's excellent film “The Ledge.” The film stars Liv Tyler, Terrence Howard, and Patrick Wilson, and might best be described as a psychological thriller, though there are elements of romance as well. This film was a joy to score because Matthew is so respectful of the process, and so I…
13th Annual Composer/Director Roundtable, 9th Annual Snowball Anchor BMI at Sundance

BMI and the Sundance Film Festival will present the thirteenth annual composer/director roundtable and ninth annual Snowball concert at this year’s festival. The roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” will take place on Wednesday, January 26 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sundance House at the Kimball Art Center (638 Park Avenue). This event is open to festival badge holders and tickets will be on sale…
Úbeda Film Music Festival Spotlights Leading Composers

The International Úbeda Film Music Festival celebrated the music of the movies in incomparable style for the sixth consecutive year July 14-18. Staged in Ciudad de Úbeda, Spain, the event revolved around numerous panel discussions, screenings, a three-day film music workshop and four breathtaking film music concerts. Featured guests included BMI composers Dave Grusin (On Golden Pond, The Goonies), Randy Edelman (Dragonheart, The Mummy…
Lineup Announced for BMI Panels during Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Conference

BMI will present two anticipated panel discussions during the Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film/TV Music Conference: the “Conversation With” panel, featuring two key members of The Twilight Saga: New Moon creative hive, and the “Collaborators” panel, featuring the musical team behind HBO’s True Blood. Held October 29-30, the conference will take place at the Beverly Hilton hotel. On Thursday, October 29, BMI’s Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer Ross will moderate a…
12th Annual Conducting Workshop Continues Acclaimed BMI Tradition

BMI continued to celebrate and nurture the art of conducting musical scores through its 12th annual Conducting for the Film Composer Workshop, taught by BMI Classic Contribution Award-winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman. Kicking off July 21 and concluding on August 1, the six-day course developed the conducting skills of eight hand-picked BMI composers during classes at The Musicians Union on Vine in Los Angeles. The exemplary…
Blog: BMI Conducting Workshop Week 1 by iZLER
I’m sitting in my living room at around 11 pm on Saturday night ... out of the corner of my eye, just past the empty Corona bottle and the half eaten plate of take-out food sits a thick envelope. I mean thick. Heavy. And roughly about the size of a football pitch … It’s full of written movie scores I somehow have to get to grips with before Thursday ……
BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year’s Top Film, Television, & Cable Music

David Newman Honored for Outstanding Career Achievement; Mike Post Receives Classic Contribution Award BMI honored the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series, and highest ranking cable network programs tonight at its annual Film & Television Awards. Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and…
Recent Nathan Barr events
| Jan 26 2011 | 13th Annual Composer/Director Roundtable @ Sundance: Park City, UT |
| Oct 30 2009 | “Collaborators” Panel @ Billboard/Hollywood Reporter Film/TV Conference: Los Angeles |
