BMI to Honor Mark Mothersbaugh at Film/TV Awards May 12
Composer and artist Mark Mothersbaugh will receive the 2004 Richard Kirk
Award for Outstanding Career Achievement at the BMI Film & TV Awards to be held May 12 at the Regent Beverly
Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The black-tie event will be hosted by
BMI President & CEO Frances W. Preston and will honor the composers of
the past year's top-grossing films and the top-rated prime-time network
television series and cable programs.
The BMI award for Outstanding Career Achievement is named after past BMI Vice President Richard Kirk and is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions in the field of film and TV music. Former recipients include John Barry, Randy Edelman, Danny Elfman, Charlie Fox, Jerry Goldsmith, Earle Hagen, Michael Kamen, Alan Menken, Thomas Newman, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Alan Silvestri, Richard and Robert Sherman, W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, John Williams, Patrick Williams and Hans Zimmer.
One of the most unique and prolific contemporary composers in film,
television, interactive media and commercials, Mothersbaugh was a
founding member of influential rock group DEVO, parlaying his
avant-garde musical background into the world of scoring for filmed and
animated entertainment. An artist both musically and in the literal
definition, Mothersbaugh has created an aural framework with his scores
for the forthcoming films "Lords of Dogtown" and "The Life Aquatic;" as
well as having scored the hugely successful "Rugrats" television, stage
and film franchise. He has also scored a diverse array of films and
television shows, including "Thirteen," "The Royal Tenenbaums,"
"Rushmore," "200 Cigarettes," "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle,"
"Happy Gilmore," "The Mind of the Married Man," "Power Puff Girls," "Pee
Wee's Playhouse," "Beakman's World" and more. With over 100 credits in
the medium including over 400 commercial credits, Mothersbaugh is also
co-owner of Mutato Muzika, an umbrella company that is home to a
full-time staff of composers and music editors.
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