The nominations are in and two multi-award-winning BMI composers are poised to take the crown for Outstanding Music Composition at the 42nd Annual News and Documentary Emmy® Awards: Gary Lionelli for his score to HBO’s The Soul of America and Alan Menken for his work on the Disney+ Howard documentary.… Read more...
BMI is exceptionally proud of its many talented composers who have their music featured in projects at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Celebrating its twentieth anniversary starting Wednesday, June 9, and running until Sunday, June 20, the 2021 festival mixes both live events and an immersive virtual experience. We are… Read more...
BMI’s Chris Dampier recently attended the Society of Composers & Lyricists presentation, Scoring Documentaries, in support of BMI composers Jeff Beal, Gary Lionelli and Miriam Cutler, who were part of a panel discussion on the nuances unique to creating music for this art form. The event, which took place in… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. hosted its annual Composer/Director Roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival on Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at the Sundance House Presented by HP. Focusing on the relationship between composer and director, the panel is a cornerstone event at the festival… Read more...
Most film composers I know will pull out all the stops trying to get jobs, so when I was approached about scoring Rory Kennedy’s film Last Days in Vietnam, I thought, do I stack the deck in my favor and tell them my wife and I adopted a baby girl… Read more...
Two-time Emmy-winning composer Gary Lionelli returns to Sundance this year as the composer on Rory Kennedy’s documentary Last Days in Vietnam. His recent work includes HBO’s dramatic series Luck, helmed by Michael Mann and David Milch and starring Dustin Hoffman. Among the films and feature-length documentaries Lionelli… Read more...
Broadcast Music, Inc. and the Sundance Film Festival will present the 16th annual Composer/Director Roundtable and 12th annual Snowball during the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, on January 22, in Park City, Utah. Entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” BMI’s roundtable will take place on Wednesday, January 22, from 11… Read more...
BMI hosted its 15th annual Sundance Film Festival composer/director roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” on Wednesday, January 23 at the Sundance House presented by HP. Focusing on the relationship between composer and director, the panel is a cornerstone discussion at the festival on the role of music… Read more...
Composer: Pandora’s Promise. Two-time Emmy winning composer Gary Lionelli received a 2008 Emmy Award for his score for HBO’s The Ghosts of Flatbush and most recently for his score for the HBO documentary entitled Ted Williams. He also recently finished scoring HBO’s new dramatic television series Luck, helmed by… Read more...
