TOMB RAIDER MUSIC
SCORES BMI GONG
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[ May 13th 2004 ]
BMI,
the U.S. performing rights organization, last
night (5/12) 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 television shows
at its annual Film & Television Awards dinner.
Held at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly
Hills, the black tie gala was hosted by BMI President
and CEO Frances W. Preston. Preston and Doreen
Ringer Ross, BMI's Vice President of Film/TV Relations,
gave out more than 100 awards during the ceremonies.
One of
the highlights of the evening was the presentation
of the BMI Richard Kirk Award for Outstanding
Career Achievement to composer/artist Mark Mothersbaugh.
Named after late BMI Vice President Richard Kirk,
the prestigious award is given annually to the
composer who has made significant contributions
to film and TV music. Former recipients of the
award include John Barry, Randy Edelman, Danny
Elfman, Charlie Fox, Jerry Goldsmith, Earle Hagen,
Michael Kamen, Alan Menken, Thomas Newman, Mike
Post, Lalo Schifrin, Richard and Robert Sherman,
W.G. "Snuffy" Walden, John Williams and Patrick
Williams.
BMI also
honored the composers of the highest-ranking cable
television shows of the year, including Butch
Hartman and Guy Moon for Fairly Oddparents and
Danny Phantom, Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh for All
Grown Up, Stewart Copeland for The Amanda Show,
Douglas Cuomo for Sex and The City, and Brian
S. Friedman and Rick A. Friedman II for Punk'd.
The Most Performed Song from a Motion Picture
was awarded to the band Korn for their song "Did
My Time" from Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle
of Life. "Did My Time" was written by Jonathan
Davis, David Silveria, Munky, Fieldy and Head,
and published by Evileria Music, Fieldysnuttz
Music, Gintoe Music, Musik Munk Publishing and
Stratosphericyoness Music.
BMI's
Emmy Award winning composers were also honored,
including Jeff Beal for Monk, Christopher Cerf
and Glen Daum for Sesame Street, Lenny Williams
and Chris Biondo for National Geographic Explorer
- "Hornets From Hell," A.J. Gundell, Jerry Pilato,
Dominic Messinger, Gary Kuo and Kim Oler for All
My Children, John Henry Kreitler for "Forever
Near" from Passions, and David Foster and Linda
Thompson for "Aren't They All Our Children" from
The Concert For World Children's Day.
Founded
in 1939, BMI is an American performing rights
organization that represents approximately 300,000
songwriters, composer and music publishers in
all genres of music. Through its music performance
and reciprocal agreements with sister organizations
around the world, it grants businesses and media
access to its repertoire of approximately 4.5
million songs and compositions.
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