BMI Celebrates its 37th Annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Atli Örvarsson, Mark Isham and Mark Mothersbaugh each receive multiple awards
BMI introduces three new award categories: Streaming Documentary, Film Festival and Streaming Film
BMI is proud to celebrate its 37th annual Film, TV & Visual Media Awards, saluting the top-performing composers in film, TV and visual media of the previous year. The honorees were announced today across BMI’s social media and digital platforms, featuring a selection of notable composers and multiple award winners, including Atli Örvarsson, James Newton Howard, Ludwig Göransson, Mark Isham, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nathan Barr and Thomas Newman, among many others. To view the complete list of winners, watch exclusive video content, and listen to some of the scores that helped propel the top-grossing films, top network television series and highest-ranking cable network and streamed media programs, visit our special awards page.
“We’re incredibly proud to honor BMI’s exceptional composers and celebrate their outstanding musical contributions that have elevated the year’s most popular films, series and other streaming media to new creative heights,” said Natalie Baartz, BMI’s Vice President, Creative, Film, TV & Visual Media. “We’re thrilled to honor their unique artistry and vision, which have truly made a meaningful and memorable impact around the world. Congratulations to all of our award winners, and we look forward to celebrating together in person next year.”
BMI introduced three new awards, including the BMI Streaming Documentary Award, BMI Film Festival Award and BMI Streaming Film Award, recognizing the importance of these mediums and the composers whose musical works have contributed to these categories. The new accolades brought in several first-time BMI Award winners, including Jongnic Bontemps, who accepted his first crystal in the BMI Streaming Documentary Award category and Casey Wayne McAllister, Gene Back, Nami Melumad, T. Griffin, and Woody Pak in the BMI Film Festival category. Additionally, Alex Belcher, Clyde Lawrence, Cody Fitzgerald, David Wingo, Duncan Thum, Jay Weigel and Joe Wong were also part of the winners’ freshman class in the BMI Streaming Film Award category.
Icelandic composer Atli Örvarsson adds his 29th BMI Award to his collection, receiving the most awards this year with a total of six crystals for his work on the popular NBC franchises Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and Chicago Fire, as well as the CBS crime dramas FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, and the new Apple TV+ crime series Defending Jacob. Mark Mothersbaugh follows, adding five BMI Awards to his growing list of accolades. His work on the Bravo crime series Dirty John, the FX comedy horror series What We Do in the Shadows, The Willoughbys, The Croods: A New Age, and the popular Netflix docuseries Tiger King were honored. Mark Isham earned four crystals this year for his work on the blockbuster Judas and the Black Messiah, the action-thriller film Honest Thief, the Hulu drama series Little Fires Everywhere, and the Disney+ film Togo.
Esteemed composer, Atticus Ross, had a phenomenal year winning an Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Award for Best Original Score for his work on Pixar’s Soul. Today, he accepts a crystal recognizing his Academy Award win for his touching score to the animated film. In addition, R&B songstress H.E.R., singer/songwriter Tiara Thomas and songwriter/producer D’Mile took home their first BMI Film Award honoring their profoundly moving Academy Award-winning song “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah.
BMI also welcomed an exceptional group of 35 first-time BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards honorees this year. Some of the new inductees include Bobby Krlic (The Alienist), Courtney Taylor-Taylor and Josh Kramon (Veronica Mars), Genevieve Vincent (The Broken Hearts Gallery), Heather Christian (The Shivering Truth), Jabril Ameer Battle (The Last O.G.), Jucee Froot and Matthew Head (P-Valley) and RZA (Wu-Tang: An American Saga), to name a few.
Additional esteemed composers receiving awards include Chris Westlake, Christopher Lennertz, David Buckley, John Williams, Mac Quayle, Sean Callery, Sonya Belousova and Trevor Gureckis, among others.
For more information and a complete list of 2021 BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Award winners visit our special awards page. To join the conversation, use #BMIFilmTVAwards on Twitter and Instagram (@BMI) – and stay connected through Facebook.
Academy Award® Winners
“FIGHT FOR YOU” FROM JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
D’Mile
H.E.R.
Tiara Thomas
SOUL
Atticus Ross
BMI Cable Television Awards
ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE
Jacob Shea
THE ALIENIST
Bobby Krlic
THE CHI
Patrick Warren
DIRTY JOHN
Mark Mothersbaugh
THE LAST O.G.
Jabril Ameer Battle
THE OWL HOUSE
TJ Hill
P-VALLEY
Jucee Froot
Matthew Head
PAW PATROL
James Chapple (SOCAN)
Jeff Cohen
Graeme Cornies (SOCAN)
David Kelly (SOCAN)
Scott Krippayne
Brian Pickett (SOCAN)
Michael “Smidi” Smith
POWER BOOK II: GHOST
Michael White
REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER
Lou “Buster” Brown
Scott “Shavoni” Parker
THE SHIVERING TRUTH
Heather Christian
SIREN
Anton Sanko
WARRIOR
H. Scott Salinas
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS
Norma Kutzer
Mark Mothersbaugh
YELLOWSTONE
Brian Tyler
Breton Vivian
BMI Film Festival Awards
Feature
BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS
& SOCKS ON FIRE
Casey Wayne McAllister
BOYS STATE
& FIVE YEARS NORTH
T. Griffin
COWBOYS
Gene Back
WAIKIKI
Woody Pak
Short
COLETTE
Nami Melumad
BMI Network Television Awards
9-1-1
Mac Quayle
9-1-1: LONE STAR
Mac Quayle
BIG SKY
Trevor Morris
BLUE BLOODS
Rob Simonsen
BULL
Sean Callery
CHICAGO FIRE
Atli Örvarsson
CHICAGO MED
Atli Örvarsson
CHICAGO P.D.
Atli Örvarsson
FBI
Atli Örvarsson
FBI: MOST WANTED
Atli Örvarsson
GREY’S ANATOMY
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Galia Durant (PRS)
NCIS
Brian Kirk
WALKER
Jeff Beal
YOUNG SHELDON
Steve Burns
BMI Streaming Documentary Award
MURDER TO MERCY: THE CYNTOIA BROWN STORY
Jongnic Bontemps
BMI Streaming Film Awards
BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
Duncan Thum
EXTRACTION
Alex Belcher
A FALL FROM GRACE
Jay Weigel
FALLING INN LOVE
Edward Shearmur
NOELLE
Cody Fitzgerald
Clyde Lawrence
THE REPORT
David Wingo
SPENSER CONFIDENTIAL
Steve Jablonsky
TO ALL THE BOYS: P.S. I STILL LOVE YOU
Joe Wong
TOGO
Mark Isham
THE WILLOUGHBYS
Mark Mothersbaugh
BMI Streaming Series Awards
BIG MOUTH
Mark Rivers
THE BOYS
Christopher Lennertz
CARNIVAL ROW
Nathan Barr
CASTLE ROCK
Thomas Newman
Chris Westlake
DEFENDING JACOB
Atli Örvarsson
THE GREAT
Nathan Barr
HUNTERS
Trevor Gureckis
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE
Mark Isham
THE MANDALORIAN
Ludwig Göransson
MINDHUNTER
Jason Hill
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Gwendolyn Sanford
Regina Spektor
OUTER BANKS
Fil Eisler
RAISING DION
Kris Bowers
SERVANT
Trevor Gureckis
SOLAR OPPOSITES
Chris Westlake
STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS
Kevin Kiner
John Williams
TIGER KING
John Enroth
Albert Fox
Mark Mothersbaugh
TOM CLANCY’S JACK RYAN
Ramin Djawadi
THE TRIALS OF GABRIEL FERNANDEZ
John Dragonetti
UNBELIEVABLE
Will Bates
VERONICA MARS
Josh Kramon
Courtney Taylor-Taylor
THE WITCHER
Sonya Belousova
WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA
RZA
YOU
Blake Neely
BMI Theatrical Film Awards
THE BROKEN HEARTS GALLERY
Genevieve Vincent
THE COURIER
Abel Korzeniowsk
THE CROODS: A NEW AGE
Mark Mothersbaugh
HONEST THIEF
Mark Isham
JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
Mark Isham
THE LITTLE THINGS
Thomas Newman
THE MARKSMAN
Sean Callery
MONSTER HUNTER
Paul Haslinger
NEWS OF THE WORLD
James Newton Howard
NOBODY
David Buckley (PRS)
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
Anthony Willis
RAYA AND THE LAST DRAGON
James Newton Howard
TENET
Ludwig Göransson
TOM AND JERRY
Christopher Lennertz
UNHINGED
David Buckley (PRS)
THE WAR WITH GRANDPA
Aaron Zigman
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