BMI’s Tracy McKnight, Reema Iqbal, Michael Crepezzi, and Barbie Quinn were on hand to help celebrate BMI’s nominated affiliates for the 2023 Academy Awards at SCL’s pre-Oscar reception. Ludwig Göransson was recognized by the SCL for his Oscar nomination for best original song for “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther:… Read more...
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...
In this issue: Jason Blume on How to Make Sure Your Songs Are Hitting the Right Target BMI Presents “Music & Film: The Creative Process” Composer Roundtable at the 2023 Sundance Film Fest BMI Names Tracy McKnight Vice President, Creative, Film, TV & Visual… Read more...
BMI held a private cocktail party for composers and leading film and music industry tastemakers during the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on Monday, January 23, at The Blind Dog in Park City, Utah. The private event hosted notable composers, filmmakers, artists, talent agents and music supervisors who gathered to celebrate… 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...
BMI’s Doreen Ringer-Ross provided the opening remarks to the Sundance Institute’s “Business of Film Music” event, which was hosted by the Institute’s film music program on Wednesday, September 13, at the Sundance offices in Los Angeles. Welcoming nine composers who were fellows at this summer’s Sundance Music and Sound Design… Read more...
BMI is proud to continue its support of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program, which is collaborating for the fourth year with Skywalker Sound to host the Sundance Institute Music and Sound Design Labs at Skywalker Sound. The first 2016 session of the Lab, which begins July 7 at Skywalker… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. and Women In Film collaborated on an evening celebrating the Alliance of Women Film Composers on April 23 at BMI’s Los Angeles office. The event, which served to raise awareness and publicly celebrate female composers in the film industry, was co-hosted by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations,… Read more...
The Broadcast Music, Inc.-sponsored Don’t Knock the Rock Film and Music Festival roundtable discussion was held on August 31 at the Silent Movie Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Some of the topics included the changing landscape of music rights; song placement in film, television and new media and the art… Read more...
Fabian Almazan, Kristen Baum, Michael Cudahy, Philip Klein, Luke Rothschild and Jacob Shea are now officially alumni of the Sundance Institute’s prestigious Composers Lab at the Sundance Resort in Utah. In mid-through-late July, the six composers were immersed in the two-week Lab as Fellows and were mentored by established BMI… Read more...
