BMI is proud to celebrate its 37th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards, saluting the top-performing composers in film, TV and visual media of the previous year. The honorees were announced today across BMI’s social media and digital platforms, featuring a selection of notable composers and multiple award winners,… Read more...
Every year, BMI composers add an incredible audio dimension to films screening at the Sundance Film Festival, and this year is no exception. Although the 2021 festival is virtual, they are still adding the magic that only the right music can provide. From Kathyrn Bostic’s dazzling work in two biopics… Read more...
BMI continued its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab, which worked in collaboration with Skywalker Sound to present an online version of the Lab that this year brought together Fellows Aaron Parks, Ariel Marx, Jeff “Gitty” Gitelman, Cora (Yi-Huan) Chung, DeAndre Allen-Toole and Sultana Isham.… Read more...
BMI proudly continues its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music and Sound Design Lab in collaboration with Skywalker Sound. The prestigious program returns this year with a new reimagined digital format on Sundance Co//ab from July 27–August 14, 2020. BMI composers Aaron Parks, Ariel Marx and Jeff… Read more...
This Sunday, July 26, at 4PM (PT), composers Lorne Balfe (@lornebalfe – credits include Mission: Impossible - Fallout), Ryan Elder (@ryaneldermusic – credits include Rick & Morty), Chris Lennertz (@clennertz – credits include The Boys), Jongnic Bontemps (@jongnic - credits include Call of Duty WWII), and Sonya Belousova (@sonyabelousova) &… Read more...
As any artist knows, there is no set path to a career in music. While a rewarding artistic career can take many shapes and forms, Jongnic “JB” Bontemps learned that patience is a key component, no matter what musical path you choose. Bontemps was drawn to writing and playing music… Read more...
BMI held its annual dinner for leading film and music industry tastemakers during the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, January 27, at The Blind Dog in Park City, Utah. The private event, which was curated and hosted by Doreen Ringer-Ross, BMI’s Vice President, Creative Relations, included a diverse group… Read more...
BMI celebrated the 22nd annual Conducting Workshop for Visual Media Composers with a final session at Nathan Barr’s Bandrika Studios in Tarzana, California on August 24. The workshop gave eight rising composers the chance to hone their conducting skills under the direction of award-winning conductor and composer Lucas Richman. Over… Read more...
K17, in collaboration with Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program, presented a uniquely intimate concert on March 30 that included world premieres and original works by BMI composers Harry Gregson-Williams (Gone, Baby Gone), George S. Clinton (Osmosis), Peter Golub (The 8 Miniatures – world premiere), Anna Drubich (LUV – world premiere),… Read more...
Captured at 2021 BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards
