BMI is pleased to congratulate Mike Curb, GRAMMY-winning producer, songwriter, composer, philanthropist and founder of Curb Records, who will be honored at this year’s Hot Buttered Soul Awards. Beyond being a celebrated and prolific singer/songwriter (some of Curb’s hits include “Burning Bridges,” “Sweet Gingerbread Man,” “The Candy Man,” and “See You… Read more...
While other kids were out doing what kids do, multi-instrumentalist composer/songwriter Joseph Stephens began experimenting and creating music with 4-track-tape machines, delay pedals, guitars, radios, and anything else he could get his hands on. Then in college, he wrote songs and scored student films, and the payoff came, because since then… Read more...
BMI is thrilled to congratulate our Academy Award winners Ludwig Göransson, Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, who each took home their first Oscar last night in Hollywood: Göransson for his score to Black Panther, and Gaga, Ronson and Wyatt for their original song, “Shallow,” from A Star is Born,… Read more...
The Society of Composers & Lyricists honored notable composers Terence Blanchard and Harry Gregson-Williams with the organization’s prestigious Ambassador Award during two annual holiday parties given in NY on December 11, and in Los Angeles on December 19. In New York, five-time GRAMMY-winner Blanchard received the award with renowned director Spike… Read more...
The BMI composer behind the brilliant (and very memorable) scores to Mission: Impossible, Dirty Harry, Voyage of the Damned and Cool Hand Luke, in addition to many other popular films and TV series, was celebrated with an honorary Oscar Sunday night by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The… Read more...
The Society of Composers & Lyricists awarded prolific composer Randy Edelman with the SCL Ambassador honor at the organization’s 2017 annual holiday dinner Tuesday, December 5. The dinner, which took place at the Skirball Cultural Center in LA, included a performance by Edelman, who treated the audience to several of his… Read more...
The 85th birthday of venerated composer, conductor, pianist, and jazz musician Lalo Schifrin will be celebrated with a not-to-be-missed concert at the historic Alex Theatre in Glendale, CA, on Saturday, October 7, and BMI affiliates are invited to purchase tickets at a special discounted rate. Schifrin has written classic television themes… Read more...
BMI Vice President, Film, TV & Visual Media Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, was a special guest representing BMI’s partnership in this year’s renowned Kraków Film Music Festival, held May 17-23 in Poland. The Festival, which is now revered as one of the largest and most prestigious film music festivals in the world,… Read more...
The Society of Composers & Lyricists provided yet another milestone for renowned BMI composer Thomas Newman, who was inducted as an SCL Ambassador at the organization’s 28th annual holiday dinner Wednesday, December 14. The dinner, which took place at the Skirball Cultural Center in LA, was filled with tributes and performances… Read more...
BMI is proud to congratulate BMI composer, conductor and pianist Lalo Schifrin, who will be honored as Commandeur of Arts and Letters by France’s Ordre des Arts et des Lettres on November 8, 2016. Schifrin, who has written more than 100 film and TV scores including the iconic Mission Impossible theme,… Read more...
