Plenty of players and listeners have talked about music as a kind of interior cinema, but for 26-year-old guitarist and composer Alex Sill this extraordinary symbiosis between music and the mind has led to answers in his new debut album, Experiences: Real and Imaginary. As a masterful panoramic nine-track collection… Read more...
BMI is incredibly pleased to announce that multiple award-winning superstar and Top Dawg Entertainment/Interscope Records recording artist Kendrick Lamar has signed a long-term deal with the performing rights organization to represent his critically-acclaimed catalog of music worldwide. Lamar joins BMI’s growing roster of more than 900,000 songwriters, composers and music… Read more...
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) held its annual champagne reception for this year’s Oscar nominees on Saturday, February 23, 2019, at E.P. & L.P. in West Hollywood, with several BMI team members also there to celebrate the nominated scribes. Among those honored were songwriters Mark Ronson and Andrew… Read more...
BMI is thrilled to congratulate our Academy Award winners Ludwig Göransson, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, who each took home their first Oscar last night in Hollywood: Göransson for his score to Black Panther, and Gaga, Ronson and Wyatt for their original song, “Shallow,” from A Star is… Read more...
BMI’s Doreen Ringer-Ross joined Guild of Music Supervisors founder Maureen Crowe, as well as several other industry notables at the GMS annual awards on February 13, at the Theatre at The Ace Hotel in Los Angeles. The awards are presented with the purpose of highlighting and celebrating the highest achievement… Read more...
On Sunday, February 24, 2019, the 91st Academy Awards will decide the winners of this year’s Oscars, and several talented BMI composers are positioned to take home the coveted statues. In addition to those receiving their first Oscar recognition, veteran nominees include Alexandre Desplat (10 nods with 2 wins for… Read more...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has named the 2019 nominees for their prestigious awards, with several BMI composers and songwriters leading the pack for Original Music. They are: Terence Blanchard for BlacKkKlansman, Alexandre Desplat for Isle of Dogs, and Bradley Cooper, Lady Gaga and Lukas Nelson for… Read more...
BMI is proud to congratulate Justin Hurwitz, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt on their prestigious wins last night at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards held at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California. The star-studded evening celebrated Hurwitz’s third Globe win, this time for Best Original Score for… Read more...
BMI is exceptionally proud to congratulate its many affiliates nominated for awards by the Recording Academy at the 61st GRAMMY Awards, scheduled to be held on February 10, 2019 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Nominations for the music industry’s most prestigious accolades were announced on December 7. In… Read more...
The Golden Globe nods are in and the compelling music of several BMI songwriters and composers was recognized in films spanning sci-fi, action, drama, animation and more. The 76th annual ceremony, which will take place at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA, will air live on NBC on Sunday,… Read more...
Captured at 2011 BMI Pop Awards
