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SCL and BMI Celebrate Awards Season with Film Screenings

To toast hard work and engage the industry during the current awards season, the Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) and BMI recently hosted numerous screenings of critically acclaimed films. The events featured Q&A sessions with each project’s composer, along with the director and industry executives. The screenings are open to SCL members, many of whom are also voting members of the Academy’s music branches, as well as Emmy and…


From News, posted 1.24.09

BMI Sundance Events Include ‘Creative Process’ Roundtable, Snowball

BMI and the Sundance Film Festival will present two events at this year’s festival on Wednesday, January 21. The 11th annual composer/director roundtable, entitled “Music & Film: The Creative Process,” will be held on January 21 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., while the sixth annual Sundance Snowball will be held from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Both events will take place at the Sundance House at the Kimball Art Center…


From News, posted 1.07.09

‘The Wrestler’ Takes the Stage at Film & TV Music Conference

The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard magazine held their “Film and TV Music Conference” November 13-14 in Los Angeles, where BMI, a returning sponsor, presented a panel entitled “Director/Composer Line – Fox Searchlight’s The Wrestler.” Moderated by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer Ross, panelists included The Wrestler’s director Darren Aronofsky and composer Clint Mansell. The panel focused on the role music played in the film, and…


From News, posted 11.17.08

Clint Mansell Wins Two World Soundtrack Honors

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The 34th edition of the Ghent Film Festival held October 9 -20 in Belgium and themed "The Impact of Music on Film," included the 7th edition of the World Soundtrack Awards, which honored BMI composer Clint Mansell with its Best Original Score and the Public Choice Award for The Fountain. Composer David Arnold  won Best Original Song for “You Know My Name” from Casino…


From News, posted 10.28.07

BMI Movie Music Tops Golden Globe Nominees List

Movie music from celebrated BMI film composers and pop songwriters made the list of nominees for the 64th Annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Dec. 14 in Los Angeles. Winners will be announced during the live NBC broadcast Jan. 15, 2007, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.


From News, posted 12.15.06

For Clint Mansell, Diversity Is the Key to Success

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Talk about reinventing yourself. In just seven years, Clint Mansell has gone from success in a popular British rock band to sought-after status as one of Hollywood’s fastest-rising composers of cutting-edge musical scores. Perhaps best known for his music for Requiem for a Dream, in recent months he has also composed the large-scale orchestral-and-choral music for the Matthew McConaughey adventure Sahara and the rock/electronic…


From MusicWorld, posted 3.09.06

BMI and Sundance Announce 2003 Composers Lab Fellows

BMI and the Sundance Institute have announced the six participants selected for the 6th Annual Sundance Institute Composers Lab held at Sundance in Utah. This year's Composers Lab Fellows are Christopher Anderson-Bazzoli, Billy Childs, Courtney Von Drehle, Mark De Gli Antoni, Ronit Kirchman and Christopher Tin. The lab kicked off on July 22 and will run through August 6. During the two-week lab, Fellows participate in workshops and creative…


From News, posted 8.04.03

Composers Dish Over ‘Coffee Talk’ at LA Film Festival

BMI once again sponsored and presented the "Coffee Talk" panel on film music during the recent Los Angeles Film Festival. The panel, moderated by BMI's Vice President of Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer Ross, featured talks by BMI composers George S. Clinton (Austin Powers trilogy, Wild Thing), Graeme Revell (Daredevil, Blow), Clint Mansell (Requiem For A Dream, Abandoned)…


From News, posted 7.15.03

Clint Mansell

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Moving from a cutting-edge rock band to scoring film music might not seem like artistic liberation, but Clint Mansell would beg to differ. "I find it a better process," says Mansell. "If you can be involved with the right people, you've got enough time, then there's lots of chance to experiment, and try different things. It can bring things out of you that you didn't…


From MusicWorld, posted 1.31.01

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