BMI’s Film, TV & Visual Media executives Tracy McKnight and Reema Iqbal spoke to Jon Burlingame’s class on February 22, 2023, at USC’s Songwriters Theater. The panel featured composers Christopher Lennertz and Dara Taylor, who discussed their career paths and share advice for students, as well as anecdotes about the… Read more...
Nominations for the 73rd Creative Arts Emmy Awards are officially out with many BMI composers and songwriters poised to take the coveted trophies. The Creative Arts ceremony date has not yet been announced, but will be broadcast on Saturday, September 18, at 8:00 PM ET/PT on FXX. Here are the… Read more...
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...
BMI composer Christopher Lennertz again this year mentored students in the University of Southern California’s Scoring for Motion Picture and Television program, giving first-hand insights on composing for visual media. BMI Vice President, Creative Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross, who spoke to the students about career development, signed Lennertz to BMI after… Read more...
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… Read more...
Music has always been an important supporting character in movies; it goes to another level in the superhero film genre where the music sets a tone that helps define a character, an impending battle, or a triumphant moment. The annual Musical Anatomy of a Superhero, which was sponsored by BMI,… Read more...
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… Read more...
The vocal credits on the songs written by award-winning BMI composer Christopher Lennertz, along with Glenn Slater, for the new animated musical UglyDolls reads like a who’s who in music today. From Kelly Clarkson, Nick Jonas and Janelle Monáe, to Bebe Rexha, Blake Shelton, Pitbull, and more, the… Read more...
BMI’s Doreen Ringer-Ross recently attended a scoring session for the reboot of the 1970’s action film, Shaft, with music by BMI composer Christopher Lennertz. Directed by Tim Story, the highly-anticipated film, which includes an expanded reworking of Isaac Hayes’ classic “Theme from Shaft,” is slated for a June 2019 release.… Read more...
BMI completed its 21st annual two-week conducting workshop series led by BMI Classic Contribution Award winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman. For the final session that took place on July 21st, the eight hand-selected composers conducted a 32-piece orchestra live to picture at BMI composer Nathan Barr’s newly built Bandrika… Read more...
Captured at 2011 BMI Film TV Awards
