Oscar-Winning Composer Alexandre Desplat Honored as BMI Icon at 2015 Film/TV Awards

Ceremony also celebrated top film, TV and cable composers

Posted in News on May 14, 2015
(L-R) BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill, honoree Alexandre Desplat, BMI Vice President of Film and Television Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross and Assistant Vice President of Film and Television Relations at BMI Ray Yee pose with the BMI Icon Award during the 2015 BMI Film & Television Awards.
(L-R) BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill, honoree Alexandre Desplat, BMI Vice President of Film and Television Relations Doreen Ringer-Ross and Assistant Vice President of Film and Television Relations at BMI Ray Yee pose with the BMI Icon Award during the 2015 BMI Film & Television Awards. Photo: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI

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 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.

As the 2015 recipient, the Golden Globe and Oscar-winning Desplat joins a prestigious list of BMI Icon honorees that includes John Williams, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Thomas Newman, Rolfe Kent,Mychael Danna, George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Cliff Martinez, John Barry and David Arnold. Noted for his collaborations with many top filmmakers, Desplat is one of the most sought-after film composers in the world today, having worked with such luminaries as Wes Anderson, George Clooney, Stephen Daldry, David Fincher, Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee, Terrence Malick, Roman Polanski and Angelina Jolie. An astounding eight of his scores have been Oscar-nominated: The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King’s Speech, Argo, Philomena, The Imitation Game and The Grand Budapest Hotel, which won the 2014 Oscar for Best Score. Coming up next for Desplat is the period drama Suffragette, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep, and The Light Between Oceans, starring Michael Fassbender.

During the event, BMI also acknowledged Chris Montan with the BMI Classic Contribution Award for his distinguished three decade career at Disney, including his current role as President of Walt Disney Music, a position he’s maintained for twenty years. As the executive music producer for all of the studio’s animated features, he has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY Awards and won Best Original Cast Recording for Aida and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Frozen. Under his guidance, Walt Disney Studios have garnered an unprecedented 42 Musical Academy Award nominations and 16 Academy Awards in the “Best Song,” “Best Score,” and “Best Musical” categories.

The 2015 BMI Film/TV Awards were hosted by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, and BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill. Below is a complete list of the night’s winners. Congratulations to all!

BMI Icon

Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)

 

BMI Classic Contribution Award

Chris Montan

 

Academy Award® Winners

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)

“GLORY” FROM SELMA
Common
John Legend

 

BMI Film Music Awards

AMERICAN SNIPER
Joseph S. DeBeasi

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1
James Newton Howard

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Tyler Bates

FURIOUS 7
Brian Tyler

TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
Steve Jablonsky

MALEFICENT
James Newton Howard

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
John Ottman

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
Tom Holkenborg AKA Junkie XL
Andrew Kawczynski
Johnny Marr (PRS)

GODZILLA
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)

22 JUMP STREET
Mark Mothersbaugh

TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
Brian Tyler

GONE GIRL
Atticus Ross

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
Danny Elfman

NEIGHBORS
Michael Andrews

LUCY
Eric Serra (SACEM)

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Mike Mogis

UNBROKEN
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB
Alan Silvestri

THE EQUALIZER
Harry Gregson-Williams

THE IMITATION GAME
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)

TAKEN 3
Nathaniel Mechaly (SACEM)

TAMMY
Michael Andrews

THE OTHER WOMAN
Aaron Zigman

LET’S BE COPS
Jake Monaco

PADDINGTON
Nick Urata

THINK LIKE A MAN TOO
Christopher Lennertz

 

BMI Streaming Media Awards

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Gwendolyn Sanford
Regina Spektor

 

BMI Network Television Music Awards

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
John Lee Hooker
Brian Kirk

NCIS
Brian Kirk

MADAM SECRETARY
Mike Fratantuno
Terence Yoshiaki

EMPIRE
Jim Beanz
Fil Eisler

AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
Jos Jorgensen
Andy Love

SCORPION
Tony Morales
Brian Tyler

BLUE BLOODS
Rob Simonsen
CSI: CYBER
Ben Decter

THE GOOD WIFE
David Buckley (PRS)

SCANDAL
Chad Fischer

CRIMINAL MINDS
Mark Mancina

HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Photek

STALKER
John Frizzell

THE MENTALIST
Blake Neely

HAWAII FIVE-0
Keith Power (SOCAN)
Brian Tyler

PERSON OF INTEREST
Ramin Djawadi

TWO AND A HALF MEN
Chuck Lorre

THE BACHELOR
Rob Cairns

GREY’S ANATOMY
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Galia Durant (PRS)

MIKE & MOLLY
Keb’ Mo’

CSI
Pete Townshend (PRS)

UNDERCOVER BOSS
Matt Koskenmaki

AMERICAN CRIME
Mark Isham

CHICAGO FIRE
Atli Örvarsson

UNDER THE DOME
A. Patrick Rose
Snuffy Walden
Will Walden

LAW & ORDER: SVU
Mike Post

THE FLASH
Blake Neely

 

BMI Spanish-Language Television Music Awards

MI CORAZÓN ES TUYO
Ricardo Larrea

EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS
Marco Flores

 

BMI Cable Television Music Awards

MURDER IN THE FIRST
Patrick Warren

HENRY DANGER
Michael Corcoran

WWE RAW
Jim Johnston

AMERICAN DAD!
Mike Barker
Joel McNeely
Matt Weitzman

TRUE BLOOD
Nathan Barr
Jace Everett

GAME OF THRONES
Ramin Djawadi

TEEN WOLF
Dino Meneghin

AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Charlie Clouser
César Dávila-Irizarry
Mac Quayle

K.C. UNDERCOVER
Andy Love
Bert Selen

ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE
Jacob Shea

REGULAR SHOW
John Enroth
Albert Fox
Mark Mothersbaugh
J. G. Quintel

DEVIOUS MAIDS
Edward Shearmur

MOUNTAIN MEN
Jacob Shea
Ronnie Van Zant

BRANDI AND JARROD: MARRIED TO THE JOB
Andy Kubiszewski

THE FOSTERS
Alec Puro

THE GAME
Kurt Farquhar

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