Rachel Portman Receives Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & TV Music Awards
Terence Blanchard Receives Classic Contribution Award at Ceremony May 19 in Los Angeles
BMI staged its annual Film/TV Music Awards tonight at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles. During the black-tie, invitation-only gala, BMI saluted 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. Hosted by BMI President & CEO Del Bryant and Film/TV Relations Vice President Doreen Ringer Ross, the ceremony also featured the presentation of the Richard Kirk Award to acclaimed composer Rachel Portman. Portman made BMI history as she became the first woman composer to receive the honor.
The Richard Kirk Award is bestowed on composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. As the 2010 honoree, Rachel Portman joins an elite list that includes David Newman, Thomas Newman, Christopher Young, George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, Charles Fox and John Williams.
Rachel Portman composes music propelled by nuanced elegance and quirky wit. The first woman composer to win an Academy Award, she has created rich scores for films including the Oscar-winning Emma, Nicholas Nickleby, Grammy- and Oscar-nominated Cider House Rules, Oscar- and Golden Globe-nominated Chocolat, Roman Polanski’s Oliver Twist, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Hart’s War, Marvin’s Room, Beloved, The Joy Luck Club, The Manchurian Candidate, Infamous, Lake House, The Duchess, Benny and Joon and the recently finished Never Let Me Go, among others. The Oxford University graduate has also contributed acclaimed original music for top-tier television projects, including HBO’s Grey Gardens, Four Days in July, Jim Henson’s Storyteller, Ethan Frome and the BAFTA-winning Oranges are not the Only Fruit.
BMI presented the Classic Contribution Award to Grammy-winning musician and composer Terence Blanchard in recognition of his dedicated work and mentorship with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, which named him Artistic Director in 2000.
BMI also honored Academy Award winners T-Bone Burnett and Ryan Bingham, whose collaboration “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” garnered the Oscar for Best Original Song.
Multiple-award winners included Danny Elfman, Aaron Zigman, Alexandre Desplat (SACEM), Rolfe Kent, Pete Townshend (PRS), Kenneth Berry, Harry Gregson-Williams, Steve Jablonsky, Blake Neely and Theodore Shapiro.
Below is the complete list of 2010 BMI Latin Awards winners:
RICHARD KIRK AWARD
RACHEL PORTMAN (PRS)
CLASSIC CONTRIBUTION AWARD
TERENCE BLANCHARD
FILM MUSIC AWARDS
17 AGAIN
Rolfe Kent
2012
Harald Kloser
Thomas Wander
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Danny Elfman
ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL
David Newman
THE BOOK OF ELI
Atticus Ross
THE BOUNTY HUNTER
George Fenton
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Alan Silvestri
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS
Mark Mothersbaugh
COUPLES RETREAT
A.R. Rahman
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
Theodore Shapiro
DISTRICT 9
Clinton Shorter (SOCAN)
I LOVE YOU, MAN
Theodore Shapiro
JULIE & JULIA
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
THE LAST SONG
Aaron Zigman
THE PROPOSAL
Aaron Zigman
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 1 2 3
Harry Gregson-Williams
TERMINATOR SALVATION
Danny Elfman
THE TIME TRAVELER’S WIFE
Mychael Danna
TOOTH FAIRY
George S. Clinton
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
Steve Jablonsky
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
THE UGLY TRUTH
Aaron Zigman
UP IN THE AIR
Rolfe Kent
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
Karen O.
WHY DID I GET MARRIED TOO?
Aaron Zigman
THE WOLFMAN
Danny Elfman
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
Harry Gregson-Williams
ZOMBIELAND
David Sardy
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
“THE WEARY KIND (THEME FROM CRAZY HEART)”
Ryan Bingham
T-Bone Burnett
TELEVISION MUSIC AWARDS
AMAZING RACE
Christopher Franke
Vaughn Johnson
Lee Sanders
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
Jos Jorgensen
Andy Love
THE BACHELOR
Rob Cairns
THE BIGGEST LOSER
Heather Small (PRS)
BONES
Scott Kirkland
BROTHERS & SISTERS
Blake Neely
CRIMINAL MINDS
Mark Mancina
CSI
Pete Townshend (PRS)
CSI: MIAMI
Pete Townshend (PRS)
Kevin Kiner
CSI: NY
Pete Townshend (PRS)
Bill Brown
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Danny Elfman
Steve Jablonsky
THE GOOD WIFE
David Buckley (PRS)
GREY’S ANATOMY
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Galia Durant (PRS)
HOUSE
Robert Del Naja (PRS)
Grantley Marshall (PRS)
Andrew Vowles (PRS)
LAW & ORDER: SVU
Mike Post
THE MENTALIST
Blake Neely
NCIS
Brian Kirk
PRIVATE PRACTICE
Tim Bright
Chad Fischer
TWO AND A HALF MEN
Chuck Lorre
UNDERCOVER BOSS
Kenneth Berry
SPANISH-LANGUAGE TELEVISION MUSIC AWARDS
MAS SABE EL DIABLO
Iker Gastaminsa
Juan Carlos Rodriguez
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR
Xavier Asali De La Mora
CABLE MUSIC AWARDS
CALIFORNICATION
Tree Adams
Tyler Bates
DEXTER
Rolfe Kent
Daniel Licht
THE HILLS
Danielle Brisebois
iCARLY
Michael Corcoran
LARRY KING LIVE
Adabelle Carson
Bryan Hofheins
Gwen Thornton
MAKE IT OR BREAK IT
Michael Suby
MEN OF A CERTAIN AGE
Mike Love
Brian Wilson
Snuffy Walden
THE O’REILLY FACTOR
Phil Garrod
Reed Hays
Scott Schreer
OUT OF THE WILD: ALASKA EXPERIMENT
Mark Phillips
Kenneth Berry
Doug Bossi
John Nooney
Craig Owens
PROJECT RUNWAY
Biff Sanders
ROYAL PAINS
Søren Oakes Christensen (KODA)
Per Mølgaard Jørgensen (KODA)
Allan Fjeldgaard Villadsen (KODA)
Steffen Westmark (KODA)
SAVING GRACE
Keith Ciancia
SUITE LIFE ON DECK
Steve Hampton
Gary Scott
TRUE BLOOD
Jace Everett
Nathan Barr
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