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BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year’s Top Film, Television, & Cable Music

David Newman Honored for Outstanding Career Achievement; Mike Post Receives Classic Contribution Award BMI honored the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series, and highest ranking cable network programs tonight at its annual Film & Television Awards. Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Film/TV Relations Vice President Doreen Ringer Ross, the black-tie…
Composer David Newman to Receive Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & Television Awards

Prolific composer David Newman will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI’s annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs. BMI’s President & CEO Del…
Guy Moon and Butch Hartman: Sassy Sounds for Quick-Cut Capers

If you have kids -- or perhaps a childlike penchant for animated shows – the zany musicality of composer/musician Guy Moon matched with the maniacal lyrics of wordsmith/animator and director Butch Hartman might already be embedded in your cerebellum. The creator of hit shows for the Nickelodeon network including Danny Phantom and Johnny Bravo, Hartman, producer of The Fairly Oddparents, also creates lyrics as a part of…
American Youth Symphony To Present Jerry Goldsmith Project
The American Youth Symphony, in conjunction with the Film Music Society, will embark on a three-year multi-disciplinary project celebrating the music of Jerry Goldsmith with a symposium and an orchestral performance on December 7, at Royce Hall on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles. Both events are free of charge. The project is supported in part by a gift from BMI. Oscar-nominated composer…
Janet Hay Named BMI/Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship Recipient
Janet Hay has been named the BMI/Jerry Goldsmith Film Scoring Scholarship recipient at UCLA Extension, according to a joint announcement on Oct 13 by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations Doreen Ringer Ross and UCLA Extension Program Director Pascale Halm. Hailing from Australia and now residing in Los Angeles, Hay’s orchestral new-age ambience made her a favorite in the Darwin Symphony Orchestra and led her to win numerous…
Esteemed Composer Alexander Courage Dies at 88

Alexander (Sandy) Courage, composer of the original Star Trek theme and an Emmy-winning, Oscar-nominated arranger for TV and movies, died May 15 at the Sunrise assisted-living facility in Pacific Palisades, Calif. He was 88 and had been in declining health since 2005. Courage’s fanfare for the Starship Enterprise, written in 1965 for the original Star Trek pilot, was heard throughout the three original seasons of the show and has been…
BMI Film & Television Awards Tout Composers of Year’s Top Film and Television Music
Christopher Young Honored for Outstanding Career Achievement; Peter Golub Receives Classic Contribution Award BMI honored the composers of music featured in the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs May 21 at its annual Film & Television Awards. Held at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie gala was hosted by BMI President & CEO…
Composer Christopher Young to Receive Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & Television Awards

Ceremony Slated for May 21 in Los Angeles Prolific composer Christopher Young will receive the Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at BMI's annual Film & Television Awards on Wednesday, May 21 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs.…
George S. Clinton Receives Top BMI Film/TV Honor
Classic Contribution Award Goes to Conductor/Composer Lucas Richman BMI honored the composers and songwriters of the music from the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs at its annual Film & Television Awards. Held May 16 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie gala was hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Film/TV Relations…
George S. Clinton to Receive Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & Television Awards
Composer George S. Clinton will receive the prestigious Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at the BMI Film & Television Awards, to be held Wednesday, May 16 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. The black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series…
