Mychael Danna and Top Composers Honored at 2014 BMI Film/TV Awards

Broadcast Music, Inc. was proud to honor renowned composer Mychael Danna with the Company’s Richard Kirk Award at the BMI Film/TV Awards held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on May 14, 2014. The 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.
BMI’s Richard Kirk Award is bestowed upon composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. As the 2014 recipient of the award, Danna joins a prestigious list that includes Cliff Martinez, David Arnold, Rachel Portman (PRS), Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Thomas Newman, Christopher Young, George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Rolfe Kent, Charlie Fox and John Williams.
“I’m so proud and happy that I’ve been able to spend my career the way all of you do in this room associated with the ancient and wonderful world of storytelling … The deepest joy of this life is the many collaborations; these are the things that are really the rewards,” said Danna upon accepting his award, adding, “I’m so honored to be in the company of the Richard Kirk alumni.”
An Academy Award-winning film composer, Danna has been recognized for his evocative blending of non-western traditions with orchestral and electronic music. He composed the 2013 Oscar and Golden Globe-winning score for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi, as well as many award-winning scores for his longtime collaborator, director Atom Egoyan. Danna has composed music for all of Egoyan’s films since 1987’s Family Viewing, winning the Genie for films Exotica, Felicia’s Journey, Ararat and The Sweet Hereafter. Other noted credits include Oscar-winning and Oscar-nominated films such as Moneyball, Capote, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Monsoon Wedding, Shattered Glass, Little Miss Sunshine, (500) Days of Summer, Surf’s Up, Water, Antwone Fisher, Being Julia and Girl, Interrupted.
The invitation-only event also acknowledged two luminaries in the fields of composition and film music journalism: composer Randy Edelman and journalist Jon Burlingame. Edelman, who has composed for films including The Last of the Mohicans, Gods and Generals, While You Were Sleeping and The Mask, received the BMI Spotlight Award in recognition of the use of his theme for The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. in games of the Olympiads spanning nearly two decades. Burlingame, a leading writer on the subject of music for film and the author of four books, was given a Special Citation of Appreciation for his expertise in the discipline.
Additional award winners of the evening included visionary composers James Newton Howard, Junkie XL, Brian Tyler, Danny Elfman and Mark Mothersbaugh, among others.
The 2014 BMI Film/TV Awards were hosted by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, BMI CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI President Del Bryant.
Here is a complete list of 2014 BMI Film/TV Award winners:
BMI Richard Kirk Award
Mychael Danna
BMI Special Citation of Appreciation
Jon Burlingame
BMI Spotlight Award
Randy Edelman
Academy Award® Winners
“LET IT GO” from FROZEN
Kristen Anderson-Lopez
Robert Lopez
BMI Film Music Awards
THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE
James Newton Howard
THE LEGO MOVIE
Mark Mothersbaugh
THOR: THE DARK WORLD
Brian Tyler
THE HEAT
Michael Andrews
WE’RE THE MILLERS
Ludwig Göransson
Theodore Shapiro
AMERICAN HUSTLE
Danny Elfman
DIVERGENT
Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL
RIDE ALONG
Christopher Lennertz
ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES
Andrew Feltenstein
John Nau
LONE SURVIVOR
Chris Hrasky
Michael James
Munaf Rayani
Mark T. Smith
Steve Jablonsky
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS 2
Mark Mothersbaugh
NOW YOU SEE ME
Brian Tyler
MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN
Danny Elfman
EPIC
Danny Elfman
300: RISE OF AN EMPIRE
Tom Holkenborg, a.k.a. Junkie XL
NOAH
Clint Mansell
42
Mark Isham
ELYSIUM
Ryan Amon
NON-STOP
John Ottman
PLANES
Mark Mancina
SAVING MR. BANKS
Thomas Newman
THE MONUMENTS MEN
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
2 GUNS
Clinton Shorter
WHITE HOUSE DOWN
Harald Kloser
Thomas Wander
THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY
Stanley Clarke
PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS
Andrew Lockington (SOCAN)
BMI Network Television Music Awards
NCIS
Brian Kirk
UNDER THE DOME
Snuffy Walden
THE MILLERS
Jonathan Leahy
Manish Raval
Tom Wolfe
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
Jos Jorgensen
Andy Love
RESURRECTION
Blake Neely
BLUE BLOODS
Rob Simonsen
CSI
Pete Townshend (PRS)
HAWAII FIVE-0
Keith Power (SOCAN)
Brian Tyler
CRIMINAL MINDS
Mark Mancina
SCANDAL
Chad Fischer
GREY’S ANATOMY
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Galia Durant (PRS)
THE BACHELOR
Rob Cairns
TWO AND A HALF MEN
Chuck Lorre
THE AMAZING RACE
Christopher Franke
Vaughn Johnson
Lee Sanders
ABOUT A BOY
Brett Dennen
THE GOOD WIFE
David Buckley (PRS)
MIKE & MOLLY
Keb’ Mo’
INTELLIGENCE
Clinton Shorter
THE MENTALIST
Blake Neely
CHICAGO FIRE
Atli Örvarsson
UNDERCOVER BOSS
Matt Koskenmaki
CHICAGO P.D.
Atli Örvarsson
LAW & ORDER: SVU
Mike Post
ARROW
Blake Neely
BMI Spanish-Language Television Music Awards
EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS
Marco Flores
LO QUE LA VIDA ME ROBÓ
Alex Sirvent
BMI Cable Television Music Awards
FALLING SKIES
Noah Sorota
PERCEPTION
Tree Adams
WWE RAW
Jim Johnston
SAM & CAT
Michael Corcoran
Eric Goldman
SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS
Michael Bolger
Sage Guyton
Eban Schletter
Jeremy Wakefield
TEEN WOLF
Dino Meneghin
TRUE BLOOD
Jace Everett
Nathan Barr
SHAKE IT UP
Aris Archontis
Chen Neeman
Michael Corcoran
Eric Goldman
AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Charlie Clouser
César Dávila-Irizarry
BERING SEA GOLD
Brandon Kinder
DEVIOUS MAIDS
Edward Shearmur
REGULAR SHOW
J. G. Quintel
Albert Fox
Mark Mothersbaugh
John Enroth
MASTERS OF SEX
Michael Penn
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