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BMI proudly held its 34th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The private ceremony was hosted by Vice President Creative – Film, TV & Visual Media, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill, who honored prolific…
BMI and Composer Thomas Newman Present Film Scoring Scholarship During BMI Day at Berklee
BMI Vice President of Film, TV & Visual Media Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, and award-winning BMI composer Thomas Newman proudly presented this year’s film scoring scholarship to Berklee College of Music student Kara Talve on November 13. The BMI-sponsored scholarship is presented each year to a film scoring student selected by…
Alan Silvestri Receives BMI Icon Award at 2017 BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards
BMI proudly held its 2017 Film, TV & Visual Media Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. The ceremony was hosted by BMI Vice President, Film, TV & Visual Media Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill, who honored celebrated composer Alan…
BMI Day at Berklee Features Women Composers Lolita Ritmanis and Miriam Cutler
BMI composers Lolita Ritmanis and Miriam Cutler completed a full day of giving expert first-hand advice to Berklee College of Music students during BMI Day at Berklee on November 14. The curriculum for the highly anticipated day included a master class taught by the award-winning composers, as well as a…
Behind the Screen With Disney’s “Moana” Composer/Songwriter Mark Mancina
The Society of Composers & Lyricists welcomed in the music creators behind Disney’s new film Moana with an exclusive screening and Q&A at the Silver Screen Theatre in West Hollywood on November 13. BMI composer Mark Mancina, along with songwriters Opetaia Foa’i, Lin-Manuel Miranda and EVP, Music – Disney &…
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…
BMI Awards Film Scoring Scholarship to Berklee College of Music Student for 17th Consecutive Year
BMI is pleased to announce that Nathan Drube, a Berklee College of Music film scoring and composition dual major, has been awarded the 2015 BMI Film Scoring Scholarship, which was presented to him by BMI composer Christopher Lennertz and BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross. Drube, whose principle instrument…
Oscar-Winning Composer Alexandre Desplat Honored as BMI Icon at 2015 Film/TV Awards
Broadcast Music, Inc. named Alexandre Desplat a BMI Icon at the Company’s annual Film/TV Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The award is bestowed upon composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The invitation-only ceremony also saluted…
Film/TV Blog: More from the Úbeda Film Music Festival
Andalusia is word that pleases the tongue. Especially when you realize that it’s meant to be pronounced like the name of a woman and not like a form of nervous disorder. Anda-lucia. al-Andalus, the name given by the Muslim caliphate to the Iberian peninsula, and now retained only by its…
Rolfe Kent Receives Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & TV Awards
Global music rights leader Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its annual Film/TV Awards tonight at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The ceremony saluted the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series, and highest-ranking cable network programs. Rolfe Kent…