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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,…
Zigzagging Through Genres, BMI Composer Aaron Zigman’s Music Transcends Boundaries
As a classically trained pianist, conductor and composer, Aaron Zigman brings to his work a degree of versatility that’s rarely seen. His deep classical roots, combined with his background in writing and producing songs for many of music’s greatest performers, has given him the ability to traverse all genres of…
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…
BMI Composers Share Scoring Insight at Coffee Talk and Attend Screenings of Scored Films During L.A. Film Festival
Broadcast Music, Inc. once again sponsored its annual “Coffee Talk” discussion on June 15, 2014, during the 20th edition of the Los Angeles Film Festival. The event, presented by Film Independent, each year showcases new American and international cinema and provides the movie-loving public with access to some of the most…
BMI and Sundance Institute Film Music Program Host Composers Lab in Los Angeles
It was a full house at the Downtown Independent Theater in Los Angeles this past Saturday, May 18, when the Sundance Institute Film Music Program and Broadcast Music, Inc. co-hosted the annual Composers Lab: LA event. A condensed version of the Sundance Institute Film Music Program’s summer Lab - which…
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…
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…
Rachel Portman Receives Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & TV Music Awards
Terence Blanchard Receives Classic Contribution Award at Ceremony May 19 in Los Angeles BMI staged its annual Film/TV Music Awards tonight at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. During the black-tie, invitation-only gala, BMI saluted the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network…
Blog: Doreen Ringer Ross: Teenage Paparazzo & The Company Men
We hit the ground running to screenings. We always try to see as many of the films in the festival scored by BMI composers before our composer/director roundtable happens—on the 27th this year. First up was Adrian Grenier’s (from HBO’s Entourage) documentary Teenage Paparazzo, brilliantly scored by David Torn and…
Aaron Zigman Finds His Calling
Aaron Zigman is home at last. A classically minded musician who toiled in pop and r&b for many years, he is now where he is most comfortable: applying those considerable skills from both worlds to contemporary films, where he segues regularly from serious dramatic music to the lighter touch demanded…
Aaron Zigman Interview - The 2011 BMI Film/TV Awards
Captured at 2011 BMI Film TV Awards