Film/TV Conference Features Composer Terence Blanchard, Discount for BMI Writers

2006-10-17T05:00:00-05:00

BMI is proud to once again sponsor the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference, being held Nov.14-15 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. The two-day event will feature sessions and panels on music for film, TV, Internet, gaming, commercials and other industry-related topics. As a return sponsor of the event, BMI writers can take advantage of a discounted registration rate of $300, a significant savings over the regular rate. Click here to register online and enter promotional code "BMIft" (case sensitive).

The BMI-sponsored Billboard Q&A Session, featuring Film/TV Relations VP Doreen Ringer Ross and BMI Grammy-winning composer Terence Blanchard, will take place Nov. 14 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Beverly Hills Ballroom. Topics include Blanchard's work with Spike Lee on such films as Inside Man, Malcolm X, 25th Hour and Clockers, as well as his scores for such projects as Waist Deep, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Barbershop and Eve's Bayou. Blanchard will also discuss how he balances scoring with his career as one of jazz music's leading trumpeters.

Other BMI composers announced to participate at the conference include film/TV/gaming composer Jesper Kyd ("Hitman: Blood Money," "Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory"), who will speak on the "Music & Gaming" panel, and musician Jeff Koz, Founder & Creative Director of HUM, who will be on the "Shoot Presents Music for Commercials" panel.

Now in its fifth year, the Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & TV Music Conference attracts over 500 attendees, including many of the industry's most influential executive and creative talents, award-winning composers and directors, top-name music supervisors, and key studio, network, record label and publishing professionals, plus VIPs from the advertising, gaming and commercial fields.

This Kyd’s Got Game

2005-12-11T17:00:00-05:00

BMI composer Jesper Kyd stopped by the BMI LA office recently to show off his 2005 BAFTA Games Award and meet with executives in the Film/TV department.

BMI composer Jesper Kyd (center) is greeted by BMI's Linda Livingston and Doreen Ringer Ross in the LA office.

Presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Kyd's evocative soundtrack to the video game "Hitman: Contracts" took home the trophy for Best Original Music at the ceremony held earlier this year. The award honors the best original music score within an interactive videogame, recognizing excellence in composition, production and integration.

Kyd's other gaming soundtracks include Microsoft's new Xbox 360 title "Gears of War" and the next Hitman release, "Blood Money."