BMI Film & Television Awards Salute Composers of Top Movie, TV, Cable Music
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 17 at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie gala was hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Film/TV Relations Vice President Doreen Ringer Ross, who handed out more than 100 BMI Crystals throughout the evening.
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A highlight of the ceremony was the presentation of the BMI Richard Kirk Award for Outstanding Career Achievement to versatile film composer Harry Gregson-Williams. Named after late BMI Vice President Richard Kirk, the prestigious award is given annually to a composer who has made significant contributions to film and television music. Past honorees include Jerry Goldsmith, Mike Post, Thomas Newman, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Lalo Schifrin, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken and John Williams.
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| Harry Gregson-Williams | Earle Hagen |
One of Hollywood's most sought-after composers, Harry Gregson-Williams has infused his unique musical talent into the scores of such diverse films as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, Man on Fire, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Shrek, Shrek 2, Spy Game, Chicken Run, Kingdom of Heaven, Antz and Domino. The British-born Golden Globe nominee, who was named Composer of the Year at the 2005 Hollywood Film Festival, is currently working on the music to Shrek the Third and Déja Vu.
Celebrated BMI composer Earle Hagen received the Classic Contribution Award in recognition of more than 50 years as a BMI affiliate. He was also cited for 10 years of dedication as a mentor and teacher of the BMI workshop he founded in 1986, where he was instrumental in fostering the careers of many young film and television composers. A past Richard Kirk Award recipient, Hagen has written some of the most memorable themes in TV music history, including The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, I Spy, Make Room for Daddy, Gomer Pyle, USMC, That Girl and The Mod Squad, among others. He is also the author of three books, two of which are considered the definitive textbooks in the film scoring field.
BMI's Oscar-, Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning composers were also feted, including Latin rock pioneer Gustavo Santaolalla, whose Brokeback Mountain music earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from the movie's soundtrack. Danny Elfman's Emmy-winning theme to the ABC hit Desperate Housewives gave the composer two of his three wins; his score to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory also earned him a BMI Film/TV Award.
The gala ceremony also honored Rolfe Kent for the comedies Failure to Launch and Wedding Crashers, Trevor Rabin for sports drama Coach Carter, BMI Icon Brian Wilson for the theme to HBO's Big Love, Mark Mothersbaugh for the underscore to Big Love and family film Herbie: Fully Loaded, Charlie Clouser for the sequel Saw II and hit TV show Numb3rs, John Williams for the Golden Globe-winning Memoirs of a Geisha and blockbuster film War of the Worlds, David Newman for the romantic comedy Monster-In-Law, Alex Wurman for the groundbreaking documentary March of the Penguins, and Christopher Young for the horror movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
BMI Television and Cable Awards went to Steve Jablonsky for Desperate Housewives, Larry Groupé for Commander in Chief, Kevin Kiner for CSI: Miami, Peter Manning Robinson for Without a Trace, Charlie Midnight for Daisy Does America, James Levine for The Closer, and Dain Blair and Tony Phillips for the hit series Deal Or No Deal and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Also taking home multiple BMI Crystals were repeat triple winner Pete Townshend (PRS) for CSI, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY, as well as double winners Dominic Messinger for the soaps All My Children and One Life to Live, and Mike Post for the long-running Law & Order and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
Below is the complete list of 2006 BMI Film/TV Awards winners:
BMI RICHARD KIRK AWARD
Harry Gregson-Williams
BMI CLASSIC CONTRIBUTION AWARD
Earle Hagen
BMI FILM MUSIC AWARDS:
Harry Gregson-Williams
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
John Williams
War of the Worlds
Rolfe Kent
Wedding Crashers
Danny Elfman
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Teddy Castellucci
The Longest Yard
John Ottman
Fantastic Four
T-Bone Burnett
Walk the Line
Theodore Shapiro
Fun with Dick and Jane
Charlie Clouser
Saw II
Rolfe Kent
Failure to Launch
Terence Blanchard
Inside Man
Gustavo Santaolalla
Brokeback Mountain
David Newman
Monster-In-Law
Nathan Barr
The Dukes of Hazzard
James Venable
Scary Movie 4
Alex Wurman
March of the Penguins
Henning Lohner (GEMA)
The Ring Two
Martin Tillman
The Ring Two
Christopher Young
The Exorcism of Emily Rose
David Arnold
Four Brothers
George S. Clinton
Big Momma's House 2
Clint Mansell
Sahara
Trevor Rabin
Coach Carter
Mark Mothersbaugh
Herbie: Fully Loaded
BMI TELEVISION AWARDS:
Daniel Powter
American Idol
Pete Townshend (PRS)
CSI
Danny Elfman
Desperate Housewives
Steve Jablonsky
Desperate Housewives
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Grey's Anatomy
Galia Durant (PRS)
Grey's Anatomy
Peter Manning Robinson
Without a Trace
Kevin Kiner
CSI: Miami
Pete Townshend (PRS)
CSI: Miami
Chuck Lorre
Two and a Half Men
Brian Kirk
NCIS
Dain Blair
Deal Or No Deal
Tony Phillips
Deal Or No Deal
Mike Post
Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Chris Wagner
New Adventures of Old Christine
Robert Del Naja (PRS)
House
Grantley Marshall (PRS)
House
Andrew Vowles (PRS)
House
Larry Groupe
Commander In Chief
Bill Brown
CSI: NY
Pete Townshend (PRS)
CSI: NY
Eric Allaman
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Dain Blair
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Tony Phillips
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Jeff Lippencott
Unan1mous
Michael Giacchino
Lost
Mark Mancina
Criminal Minds
Martin Davich
ER
Charlie Clouser
Numb3rs
Mike Post
Law & Order
BMI CABLE AWARDS:
Brian Wilson
Big Love
Tony Asher
Big Love
Mark Mothersbaugh
Big Love
Alyson Palmer
The L Word
Amy Ziff
The L Word
Elizabeth Ziff
The L Word
Jimmy Levine
The Closer
Charlie Midnight
Daisy Does America
Michael Corcoran
Drake & Josh
Chris Lee
Drake & Josh
David Derby
MTV's The 70s House
Michael Kotch
MTV's The 70s House
James Johnston
WWE Raw
Daniel Radlauer
Hogan Knows Best
Adam Zelkind
Hogan Knows Best
Danny Pelfrey
Strong Medicine
Jeff Edwards
American Chopper
Matt Koskenmaki
American Chopper
John Coda
That's So Raven
Phil Garrod
The O'Reilly Factor
Reed Hays
The O'Reilly Factor
Scott Schreer
The O'Reilly Factor
OSCAR AWARD WINNERS:
Gustavo Santaolalla
Brokeback Mountain
Paul Beauregard
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow
Cedric Coleman
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow
Jordan Houston
"It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" from Hustle and Flow
GOLDEN GLOBE AWARD WINNERS:
John Williams
Memoirs of a Geisha
Gustavo Santaolalla
"A Love That Will Never Grow Old" from Brokeback Mountain
EMMY AWARD WINNERS:
Danny Elfman
Desperate Housewives
Jerry Pilato
All My Children
A.J. Gundell
All My Children
Gary Kuo
All My Children
Dominic Messinger
All My Children
Kim Oler
All My Children
Paul S. Glass
One Life to Live
Dominic Messinger
One Life to Live
Bette Sussman
One Life to Live
Chris Biondo
National Geographic Ultimate Explorer - On Thin Ice
Lenny Williams
National Geographic Ultimate Explorer - On Thin Ice
Aaron Zigman
"Sim Shalom" from Crown Heights
Alex Brown
"Sim Shalom" from Crown Heights
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