‘Industry Insider’ Panel Offers Tools for Film Composers

2006-08-10T18:00:00-05:00

BMI, along with Gibson Guitar and Billboard magazine, presented the fourth installment of the "Industry Insider" panel series entitled "Getting Your Music Licensed." The panel, held at the Gibson Guitar showroom in Beverly Hills, was moderated by BMI's Ray Yee, Senior Director of Film/TV Relations.

Pictured after the panel are (standing): BMI's Ray Yee and Anne Cecere, Format Entertainment's Dave Jordan, Sony BMG Music's Mack Hill, BMI's Linda Livingston, (seated) composer/songwriter Peter Salett, Music Soup's Julianne Jordan and 20th Century Fox's Danielle Diego.

Panelists included key film music executives Danielle Diego, Vice President, Creative Affairs, 20th Century Fox (Drumline, The Family Stone, In Her Shoes, Brown Sugar, Fever Pitch); Mack Hill, Vice President, Music Licensing, Sony BMG Music; Dave Jordan, Music Supervisor, Format Entertainment (Fantastic Four, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle, Transformers); Julianne Jordan, Music Supervisor, Music Soup (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Italian Job, Swingers); and composer/songwriter Peter Salett (Down in the Valley, Keeping the Faith). The conversations encompassed a variety of topics from getting your music licensed into film and television, negotiating a deal, creating the ideal demo, and getting your music into the right hands.

The BMI "Industry Insider" series was created along with Gibson Guitar to provide BMI songwriters with an educational forum to assist them with their career development. Moderated by a rotating group of professionals from BMI, Gibson and Billboard, the series takes an in-depth look at several core areas of the music business that are integral to career growth and success. Scheduled topics include management, music publishing and songwriting; the inaugural panel focused on A&R. The program provides songwriters with a wealth of information at no charge, offering a direct link to the inner-workings of the music business from the perspective of established music professionals.

BMI Goes ‘Down In the Valley’

2005-08-08T18:00:01-05:00

BMI was on hand at the recent Los Angeles Film Festival to support composer Peter Salett and his original score to Down In the Valley, chosen as this year's opening night film.

Shown at the screening are actor David Morse, "Valley" director David Jacobson, BMI composer Peter Salett and BMI's Ray Yee

Set in present-day in California's San Fernando Valley, the movie (starring Edward Norton, Evan Rachel Wood, David Morse and Rory Culkin) revolves around a delusional man who believes he's a cowboy and the relationship he starts with a rebellious young woman.

Sallet's music, including the songs "Heart of Mine" and "The Way Things Used to Be," can also be heard on the soundtrack to the romantic comedy Keeping the Faith (2000), which also stars Edward Norton.

BMI is proud to be a continuing supporter of the Los Angeles Film Festival, which showcases the best of American and International independent cinema. With an attendance of over 60,000, the festival is held annually for 10 days each June and screens over 200 narrative features, documentaries, shorts and music videos. Now in its 11th year, the LA Film Fest has grown into a world-class event, uniting new filmmakers with critics, scholars, film masters and the movie-loving public.