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35th Annual BMI Film, Television & Visual Media Awards

On May 15th, 2019, distinguished members of the music in media community convened for the Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)’s 35th Annual Film, Television & Visual Media Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Hosted by BMI CEO Mike O’Neill and Vice President Creative – Film, TV & Visual Media, Doreen Ringer-Ross, the exclusive black-tie affair honored the artistic achievements of their top performing composers.

Heroic Oscar-nominated film composer, six-time Grammy Award winning recording artist, and master jazz trumpeter, Terence Blanchard was this year’s BMI Icon Award recipient. Widely admired for his long term creative collaboration with director Spike Lee and his imposing original compositions, Blanchard is one of the greatest living music creators whose illuminated work challenges and inspires those in his midst and beyond. He is the visionary musical storyteller behind groundbreaking films including Inside Man, Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Clockers, Crooklyn, Love & Basketball, When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Summer of Sam, 4 Little Girls, Cadillac Records, Barbershop, and Chi-Raq. Most recently, Terence has been lauded for his staggering, palatial score for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman, an exploration into the life of Ron Stallworth, the first African-American detective to work in the Colorado Springs police department and his mission to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. The critically acclaimed film won the Grand Prix prize at the Cannes Film Festival and garnered six Academy Award nominations, taking home the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. The phenomenon surrounding BlacKkKlansman led to Blanchard’s sixth Grammy victory, as well as his first Oscar and BAFTA nominations.

BMI’s Classic Contribution Award was given to the highly decorated jack of all trades, William Ross. In his far-ranging career, Ross has served as a composer, orchestrator, arranger, bandleader, and conductor, trusted by global superstars including Barbra Streisand, Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Seal, and Michael Bublé. He is the musical force behind Destination Wedding, Tuck Everlasting, The Tale of Despereaux, The Little Rascals, My Dog Skip, and Steel Magnolias. His sweeping and ornate arrangements have been performed on the world stage for the opening and closing ceremonies of various Olympic Games and Super Bowls, as well as the 81st Academy Awards.

Multiple BMI Award winners of the celebratory gathering included Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther, Venom, Creed 2), Brian Tyler (Crazy Rich Asians, Hawaii Five-0, Magnum, P.I.), Harry Gregson-Williams (The Equalizer 2, Mark Mothersbaugh (The Lego Movie 2, Hotel Transylvania 3) Nathan Barr (The House With a Clock in Its Walls, Sneaky Pete), Tyler Bates (The Punisher, Deadpool 2), Rob Simonsen (The Upside, Blood Bloods), and Mac Quayle (American Horror Story, 9-1-1). Prolific Icelandic composer, Atli Örvarsson garnered the most awards of the night for his respective work on FBI and the hugely popular Chicago franchise — Chicago Med, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Fire.

AND THE WINNERS ARE …

BMI ICON AWARD
TERENCE BLANCHARD

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BMI CLASSIC CONTRIBUTION AWARD
WILLIAM ROSS

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ACADEMY AWARD® WINNERS

HONORARY ACADEMY AWARD
LALO SCHIFRIN

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: BMI President & Chief Executive Officer Mike O'Neill, Lalo Schifrin and BMI Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media VP Doreen Ringer-Ross attend the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 15, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)

BLACK PANTHER
LUDWIG GÖRANSSON

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: Ludwig Goransson attends the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 15, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)

“SHALLOW” FROM A STAR IS BORN
LADY GAGA
MARK RONSON
ANDREW WYATT

BMI FILM MUSIC AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: BMI Executive Vice President of Creative & Licensing Mike Steinberg, BMI Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media VP Doreen Ringer-Ross, Alan Silvestri and BMI President & Chief Executive Officer Mike O'Neill attend the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 15, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)

AVENGERS: ENDGAME
Alan Silvestri

DEADPOOL 2
Tyler Bates

THE GRINCH
Danny Elfman

VENOM
Ludwig Göransson

CRAZY RICH ASIANS
Brian Tyler

HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 3: SUMMER VACATION
Mark Mothersbaugh

FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD
James Newton Howard

HALLOWEEN
Daniel A. Davies

THE MEG
Harry Gregson-Williams

THE NUN
Abel Korzeniowski

CREED II
Ludwig Göransson

GLASS
West Dylan Thordson

THE UPSIDE
Rob Simonsen

THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART
Mark Mothersbaugh

DUMBO
Danny Elfman

THE EQUALIZER 2
Harry Gregson-Williams

GREEN BOOK
Kris Bowers

NIGHT SCHOOL
David Newman

A MADEA FAMILY FUNERAL
Philip White

BOOK CLUB
Peter Nashel

THE HOUSE WITH A CLOCK IN ITS WALLS
Nathan Barr

SKYSCRAPER
Steve Jablonsky

INSTANT FAMILY
Michael Andrews

BMI STREAMING MEDIA AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: (L-R) BMI President & Chief Executive Officer Mike O'Neill, BMI Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media VP Doreen Ringer-Ross, Tyler Bates, and BMI Executive Vice President of Creative & Licensing Mike Steinberg pose onstage during the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 15, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)

BIG MOUTH
Mark Rivers

THE BOSS BABY: BACK IN BUSINESS
Ben Bromfield
Ryan Elder
Jared Faber

THE PUNISHER
Tyler Bates

FULLER HOUSE
Jeff Franklin
Bennett Salvay

LOST IN SPACE
Christopher Lennertz
John Williams

RUNAWAYS
Siddhartha Khosla

FUTURE MAN
Halli Cauthery

THE LOOMING TOWER
Will Bates

SNEAKY PETE
Nathan Barr
Edward Braillif
Stephen Lukach

BOSCH
Jesse Nolan

BMI NETWORK TELEVISION MUSIC AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: (L-R) Mike Post, BMI Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media VP Doreen Ringer-Ross, Barry De Vorzon, and Steve Dorff attend the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 15, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)

NCIS
Brian Kirk

YOUNG SHELDON
Steve Burns

THIS IS US
Siddhartha Khosla

AMERICA‘S GOT TALENT
Jos Jorgensen
Andy Love

BLUE BLOODS
Rob Simonsen

FBI
Atli Örvarsson

NEW AMSTERDAM
Craig Wedren

CHICAGO FIRE
Atli Örvarsson

BULL
Sean Callery

CHICAGO MED
Atli Örvarsson

CHICAGO P.D.
Atli Örvarsson

NCIS: NEW ORLEANS
Tree Adams
John Lee Hooker

GREY‘S ANATOMY
Carim Clasmann (PRS)
Galia Durant (PRS)

HAWAII FIVE-0
Keith Power (SOCAN)
Brian Tyler

NCIS: LOS ANGELES
Craig Dobbin

9-1-1
Mac Quayle

CODE BLACK
Clinton Shorter

S.W.A.T.
Barry De Vorzon

MURPHY BROWN
Steve Dorff

CRIMINAL MINDS
Mark Mancina

MAGNUM P.I.
Pete Carpenter
Mike Post
Keith Power (SOCAN)
Brian Tyler

MADAM SECRETARY
Mike Fratantuno
Terence Yoshiaki

SEAL TEAM
A. Patrick Rose
Snuffy Walden

THE FLASH
Nathaniel Blume
Blake Neely

MI MARIDO TIENE MÁS FAMILIA
Ricardo Larrea

BMI CABLE TELEVISION AWARDS

BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA - MAY 15: (L-R) BMI President & Chief Executive Officer Mike O'Neill, Mike Shinoda, BMI Creative - Film, TV & Visual Media VP Doreen Ringer-Ross, and BMI Executive Vice President of Creative & Licensing Mike Steinberg pose onstage during the 35th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on May 15, 2019 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)

ANIMAL KINGDOM
Samuel Jones
Alexis Marsh
Atticus Ross
Claudia Sarne

WESTWORLD
Ramin Djawadi

THE LAST O.G.
Joseph Stephens

THE SINNER
Ronit Kirchman

PAW PATROL
James Chapple (SOCAN)
Jeff Cohen
Graeme Cornies (SOCAN)
David Kelly (SOCAN)
Scott Krippayne
Brian Pickett (SOCAN)
Michael “Smidi” Smith

AMERICAN HORROR STORY
Charlie Clouser
César Dávila-Irizarry
Mac Quayle

ANDI MACK
Shridhar Solanki

ALASKAN BUSH PEOPLE
Jacob Shea

ROBOT CHICKEN
Les Claypool
Kevin Manthei

INTO THE BADLANDS
Mike Shinoda

EL SEÑOR DE LOS CIELOS
Marco Flores

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Special thank you to Doreen Ringer-Ross, Teresa Romo, Beatriz Aguilar, and BMI.