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BMI proudly congratulates our composers and songwriters who have been shortlisted for this year’s Best Original Score and Best Original Song Academy Award nominations. Academy members will vote to determine the final 2021 Oscar nominees from the shortlist. Congratulations to all! Below are the extraordinary BMI songwriters and composers who…
BMI Congratulates its HMMA Visual Media Award Winners
The Hollywood Music In Media Award (HMMA) winners have been announced, with many BMI composers taking top Visual Media honors as well as nominations. The prestigious awards are the first in the year to honor original music (song and score) in all visual media from around the globe, including film,…
BMI Supports Krakow Film Music Festival Online Performances
In place of this year’s prestigious Krakow Film Music Festival, which has been a cornerstone event for visual media composers throughout the world, KFMF is presenting online videos of past performances from their festivals, with the work of several BMI composers front and center. Featured in the videos…
BMI Composers Win Global Success at World Soundtrack Awards
BMI is proud to report that on Wednesday evening in Gent the 17th World Soundtrack Awards honored several BMI composers with prestigious recognition of their outstanding music. BMI composer David Shire received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his impressive and immensely popular work on Francis Ford Coppola’s The Conversation, Alan…
Oscar-Nominated BMI Composers Celebrated at SCL’s Annual Champagne Reception
Again this year, the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) held their Champagne Reception celebrating the 2017 Oscar nominees up for Best Original Score and Best Original Song. Held in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music Branch Governors, the annual event took place Saturday, February…
BMI Composer Dustin O’Halloran Receives BMI Film/TV Award on the Heels of Oscar Nomination
BMI’s Assistant Vice President of Film, TV & Visual Media Relations, Ray Yee, dropped by award-winning composer Dustin O’Halloran’s studio to present his BMI Film/TV award for his work on the Amazon hit series Transparent. In addition to this accolade, O’Halloran was also recently honored with a 2017 Oscar nomination…
BMI Congratulates its 2017 Academy Award Nominees
BMI’s extraordinary composers and songwriters received several nods for this year’s Oscars, taking four out of five nominations for Best Original Score and three out of five for Best Original Song. The highly anticipated and prestigious ceremony will take place February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood,…
BMI Congratulates its 2017 BAFTA Nominees
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has honored several BMI composers with Best Original Music nominations to recognize their excellence in supporting films. In fact, BMI-affiliated composers created or co-created the music for four out of the five films up for the award. The prestigious ceremony will take…
BMI Congratulates its 2017 Golden Globe Nominees
On January 8, the winners of the 2017 Golden Globes will be announced and BMI composers and songwriters are in key positions to win the coveted music trophies. Heavily sought-after composer Justin Hurwitz is up for both Best Original Score and Best Original Song for his magical music in La…
Composer James Newton Howard Honored as BMI Icon at 2016 Film/TV Awards
BMI proudly presented its Icon Award to music creator James Newton Howard at the Company’s annual Film/TV Awards, held last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The ceremony was hosted by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, and BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill, who…