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Based on the book by Adam Makos, director J.D. Dillard’s new movie, Devotion, depicts the experience, based on true events, of two elite U.S. Navy fighter pilots who go above and beyond the call of duty during the Korean War to become two of the Navy’s most celebrated wingmen. But…
BMI Celebrates its Top Composers at 36th Annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
BMI announced its 36th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards celebrating the top-performing composers in film, TV and visual media of the previous year. The honorees were revealed across BMI’s social media and digital platforms, which features a selection of notable composers including multiple award winners Tyler Bates, Hildur…
BMI Continues its Support of Acclaimed Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab
BMI is proud to continue its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music & Sound Design Lab for more than two decades. The Lab returns to the Skywalker Sound legendary facilities for the seventh year from July 9-22. This year’s international group of fellows include Ho-Ling Tang, Jorge Aragón Brito,…
BMI Honors Legendary Composer Mike Post at 70th Annual NAB Dinner in Las Vegas
BMI proudly celebrated preeminent television composer Mike Post at the 70th annual BMI/NAB Dinner held earlier this week at the Wynn Encore in Las Vegas. Post was honored with the BMI Board of Directors Award for his incomparable contributions to the world of television music as a composer, musician, arranger…
American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers Honors Mike Post
One of the most successful composers in television history, Mike Post was honored recently by the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers at a luncheon held at CATALINA’s jazz club in LA. The discussion that followed, which was moderated by noted BMI composer, guitarist, arranger, record producer and long-time…
From Iceland to LA, BMI Composer Atli Örvarsson’s Music Soars
The breadth of Atli Örvarsson’s music is as vast and captivating as the Northern Lights are over his home country of Iceland. As a composer, he provides the edge-of-your-seat scores to the immensely popular NBC TV series Chicago Fire, Chicago PD and Chicago Med. He also wrote the 2016 HARPA…
Christopher Lennertz is an Agent of Change When it Comes to Scoring ABC’s ‘Agent Carter’
Having scored nearly 50 feature films, numerous network television series, many of the world’s biggest interactive titles, and spending weeks on the Billboard charts, BMI composer Christopher Lennertz is fast becoming one of the industry’s hottest composers. Add to this his new score for ABC’s Agent Carter, which stars Hayley…
BMI Foundation Reinstates Pete Carpenter Fellowship With Sonic Fuel Studios
The BMI Foundation, a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 to encourage the creation, performance, and study of American music, proudly announced the reinstatement of the annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship, a competitive residency for aspiring film, television, and video game composers. The newly enhanced program will award a $3,000 stipend for…
BMI Foundation Names Three Winners of 21st Annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship
The BMI Foundation has named Gerrit Wunder, Elizabeth Luttinger and Peter Bateman the winners of the 21st annual Pete Carpenter Fellowship for aspiring film composers under the age of 35. The Fellowship was established by the BMI Foundation and Mr. Carpenter’s family, colleagues, and friends to honor the late co-composer…
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…