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BMI was excited to participate in Comic-Con, last week, in San Diego, CA, sponsoring two informative panels this year, The Star Wars Musical Universe With Lucasfilm and EA Games and Musical Anatomy of a Superhero. Now in its 9th edition, this year’s panel for Musical Anatomy of…
BMI Joins With Education Through Music-LA to Present ‘Silent Films Live III’
This Friday evening, Education Through Music - Los Angeles will be presenting Silent Film Live III, a series of benefit concerts which will bring together highly acclaimed film, television, and visual media composers under the storied baton of award-winning conductor and Education Through Music-Los Angeles Associate Board member Angel Velez…
BMI Composers Share Their Expertise in NYU TV Scoring Workshop
BMI was proud to partner once again with NYU for this year’s renowned TV Scoring Workshop in which BMI composers give insights, as well as feedback, to NYU scoring students. This year’s BMI mentors included John Kaefer, Ben Decter, Sherri Chung, and Sean Callery. The 12-day workshop, which ran from…
BMI Presents “The Power of Music in Superhero Storytelling” at Variety’s Music For Screens Summit
BMI Senior Vice President, Creative, Alex Flores, will proudly introduce The Power of Music in Superhero Storytelling on Wednesday, December 1, at 11:45 AM (PT), as part of the Variety Music For Screens summit. The virtual panel will feature BMI composers Sherri Chung and Lolita Ritmanis, whose music is collectively…
BMI Congratulates its SCL Award Nominees
The Society of Composers & Lyricists today announced the nominees for their 2nd annual SCL Awards, which salute composers and songwriters in all visual media. Members of the prestigious society include professional film, television, video game and musical theater composers and lyricists, as well as orchestrators, arrangers, music supervisors, music…
Inspiration & Process: A Conversation with Composer Sherri Chung
Renowned for her stirring scores to popular TV series like Riverdale, Blindspot, The Red Line, and, most recently, the gripping DC comics series, Batwoman, composer Sherri Chung is gaining a reputation comparable to the protagonist of the latter show — a fierce and talented champion. Starting out by learning piano,…
BMI Attends SCL Holiday Party Honoring Award-Winning BMI Composer Alan Menken
The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) hosted their annual holiday dinner on December 18, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. During the evening, renowned BMI songwriter and composer Alan Menken was honored with the SCL’s 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award. Menken is a legendary songwriter, film composer, and…
Musical Anatomy of a Superhero: Film/TV Composer Panel
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,…
BMI Completes Annual Workshop With Award-Winning Conductor/Composer Lucas Richman
BMI continued its focus on nurturing the art of conducting at the Company’s annual two-week conducting workshop series taught by BMI Classic Contribution Award winner, conductor and composer Lucas Richman. During the workshop, eight selected participants had the opportunity to hone their conducting skills, from mastering fundamentals and multi-meter scores,…
Sundance Institute Selects Six Fellows for 2010 Film Composers Lab
Composers Tyler Bates, George S. Clinton, Randy Edelman, Blake Neely and Aaron Zigman Among Advisors Six composers have been selected as Fellows to the Sundance Institute Film Composers Lab taking place at the Sundance Resort in Utah from August 11-26, 2010. This year’s Composers Lab Fellows are Sherri Chung, John…