Oscar-Winning Composer Alexandre Desplat Honored as BMI Icon at 2015 Film/TV Awards
Ceremony also celebrated top film, TV and cable composers
Broadcast Music, Inc. named Alexandre Desplat a BMI Icon at the Company’s annual Film/TV Awards last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. The award is bestowed upon composers who have made significant contributions to the realm of film and television music. The invitation-only ceremony also saluted the composers of music featured in the past year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs.
As the 2015 recipient, the Golden Globe and Oscar-winning Desplat joins a prestigious list of BMI Icon honorees that includes John Williams, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Thomas Newman, Rolfe Kent,Mychael Danna, George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Cliff Martinez, John Barry and David Arnold. Noted for his collaborations with many top filmmakers, Desplat is one of the most sought-after film composers in the world today, having worked with such luminaries as Wes Anderson, George Clooney, Stephen Daldry, David Fincher, Stephen Frears, Tom Hooper, Ang Lee, Terrence Malick, Roman Polanski and Angelina Jolie. An astounding eight of his scores have been Oscar-nominated: The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King’s Speech, Argo, Philomena, The Imitation Game and The Grand Budapest Hotel, which won the 2014 Oscar for Best Score. Coming up next for Desplat is the period drama Suffragette, starring Helena Bonham Carter and Meryl Streep, and The Light Between Oceans, starring Michael Fassbender.
During the event, BMI also acknowledged Chris Montan with the BMI Classic Contribution Award for his distinguished three decade career at Disney, including his current role as President of Walt Disney Music, a position he’s maintained for twenty years. As the executive music producer for all of the studio’s animated features, he has been nominated for multiple GRAMMY Awards and won Best Original Cast Recording for Aida and Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media for Frozen. Under his guidance, Walt Disney Studios have garnered an unprecedented 42 Musical Academy Award nominations and 16 Academy Awards in the “Best Song,” “Best Score,” and “Best Musical” categories.
The 2015 BMI Film/TV Awards were hosted by BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross, and BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill. Below is a complete list of the night’s winners. Congratulations to all!
BMI Icon
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
BMI Classic Contribution Award
Chris Montan
Academy Award® Winners
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
“GLORY” FROM SELMA
Common
John Legend
BMI Film Music Awards
AMERICAN SNIPER
Joseph S. DeBeasi
THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY - PART 1
James Newton Howard
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Tyler Bates
FURIOUS 7
Brian Tyler
TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION
Steve Jablonsky
MALEFICENT
James Newton Howard
X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST
John Ottman
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
Tom Holkenborg AKA Junkie XL
Andrew Kawczynski
Johnny Marr (PRS)
GODZILLA
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
22 JUMP STREET
Mark Mothersbaugh
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES
Brian Tyler
GONE GIRL
Atticus Ross
FIFTY SHADES OF GREY
Danny Elfman
NEIGHBORS
Michael Andrews
LUCY
Eric Serra (SACEM)
THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
Mike Mogis
UNBROKEN
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB
Alan Silvestri
THE EQUALIZER
Harry Gregson-Williams
THE IMITATION GAME
Alexandre Desplat (SACEM)
TAKEN 3
Nathaniel Mechaly (SACEM)
TAMMY
Michael Andrews
THE OTHER WOMAN
Aaron Zigman
LET’S BE COPS
Jake Monaco
PADDINGTON
Nick Urata
THINK LIKE A MAN TOO
Christopher Lennertz
BMI Streaming Media Awards
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Gwendolyn Sanford
Regina Spektor
BMI Network Television Music Awards
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
John Lee Hooker
Brian Kirk
NCIS
Brian Kirk
MADAM SECRETARY
Mike Fratantuno
Terence Yoshiaki
EMPIRE
Jim Beanz
Fil Eisler
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
Jos Jorgensen
Andy Love
SCORPION
Tony Morales
Brian Tyler
BLUE BLOODS
Rob Simonsen
CSI: CYBER
Ben Decter
THE GOOD WIFE
David Buckley (PRS)
SCANDAL
Chad Fischer
CRIMINAL MINDS
Mark Mancina
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER
Photek
STALKER
John Frizzell
THE MENTALIST
Blake Neely
HAWAII FIVE-0
Keith Power (SOCAN)
Brian Tyler
PERSON OF INTEREST
Ramin Djawadi
TWO AND A HALF MEN
Chuck Lorre
THE BACHELOR
Rob Cairns
GREY’S ANATOMY
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Galia Durant (PRS)
MIKE & MOLLY
Keb’ Mo’
CSI
Pete Townshend (PRS)
UNDERCOVER BOSS
Matt Koskenmaki
AMERICAN CRIME
Mark Isham
CHICAGO FIRE
Atli Örvarsson
UNDER THE DOME
A. Patrick Rose
Snuffy Walden
Will Walden
LAW & ORDER: SVU
Mike Post
THE FLASH
Blake Neely
BMI Spanish-Language Television Music Awards
MI CORAZÓN ES TUYO
Ricardo Larrea
EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS
Marco Flores
BMI Cable Television Music Awards
MURDER IN THE FIRST
Patrick Warren
HENRY DANGER
Michael Corcoran
WWE RAW
Jim Johnston
AMERICAN DAD!
Mike Barker
Joel McNeely
Matt Weitzman
TRUE BLOOD
Nathan Barr
Jace Everett
GAME OF THRONES
Ramin Djawadi
TEEN WOLF
Dino Meneghin
AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Charlie Clouser
César Dávila-Irizarry
Mac Quayle
K.C. UNDERCOVER
Andy Love
Bert Selen
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE
Jacob Shea
REGULAR SHOW
John Enroth
Albert Fox
Mark Mothersbaugh
J. G. Quintel
DEVIOUS MAIDS
Edward Shearmur
MOUNTAIN MEN
Jacob Shea
Ronnie Van Zant
BRANDI AND JARROD: MARRIED TO THE JOB
Andy Kubiszewski
THE FOSTERS
Alec Puro
THE GAME
Kurt Farquhar
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