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When approaching scoring a film or television project, Venezuelan born composer Sandro Morales-Santoro believes that the story comes first. Building upon the folk and popular music of his homeland — and his studies at the Berklee College of Music — he’ll introduce unexpected instruments and percussion to enhance that story,…
BMI Celebrates its 37th Annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
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,…
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…
Tips From the ‘Empire’ Builder: BMI Composer Fil Eisler on the Challenges of Change
Fil Eisler has forged an enviable career scoring films. Having cut his teeth, musically, as a rock guitarist, writing, playing and producing with names like Robbie Williams, Ryan Adams and Dave Stewart, Eisler embraced the challenge of switching to film composing in the early 2000’s, scoring short indie films, documentaries…
BMI Celebrates Music in Film at Sundance 2020
BMI proudly presented its 22nd annual Composer/Director Roundtable, “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, January 26, at the Kimball Arts Center in Park City, Utah. A curated group of highly esteemed directors and composers spoke on the process of developing film scores…
BMI’s Doreen Ringer-Ross Elevated to New Role of Vice President, Creative Relations
BMI is pleased to announce that Doreen Ringer-Ross, BMI’s longtime Vice President of Creative for Film, TV & Visual Media, has been elevated to the new role of Vice President, Creative Relations for BMI. In this new position, Ringer-Ross will continue to focus on her work with BMI’s industry-leading roster…
BMI Helps Sundance Lab Fellows Explore Music’s Crucial Role in Storytelling
BMI proudly supported this year’s fellows of the Sundance Institute Film Music & Sound Design Lab at Skywalker Sound: Ho-Ling Tang, Jorge Aragón Brito, Gene Back, Ghiya Rushidat, Aska Matsumiya, Ozie Cargile, Sara Broshofske and Emily Rice, who represent a variety of countries from Cuba, Hong Kong, Japan, Saudi Arabia,…
BMI Announces Participants of 2019 Conducting Workshop for Visual Media Composers
BMI has announced the selected participants for its 22nd annual Conducting Workshop for Visual Media Composers, led by BMI Classic Contribution Award winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman. Beginning August 13, the elite group will spend two weeks sharpening their conducting skills to music written by BMI film composing legends…
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,…
Nathan Barr Reveals His Part in Composers Reimagining Classic Silent Films
On May 3 and 4, BMI will sponsor three unique events for movie-goers when several film, TV and visual media composers will unveil their new scores to classic silent films in “Silent Films Live 2.” The live-to-picture events will take place at Bandrika Studios in Los Angeles, a space custom-built…
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Captured at 2012 BMI Film & TV Awards