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On May 9th, 2018, elite members of the film and television music community were treated to an evening of honor and inspiration at Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)’s 34th Annual Film, TV, & Visual Media Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. A palpable magic filled the room as esteemed composers, high-powered executives, and industry tastemakers gathered to pay tribute to the iconic John Williams. As one of the most influential composers in the history of film music, Williams’ legacy is self-evident. Over six decades, Williams’ has scored a broad diversity of blockbuster franchises and cinematic treasures, such as Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones, E.T., Schindler’s List, Harry Potter, Lincoln, Saving Private Ryan, and Jurassic Park. In Williams’ acceptance speech, he stated “Music, in the end, it's a gift to us, even in the fetal state, and goes with us all through our lives, and it is idealistic, of course, to think what we do is not about our career, but it's about our service to music, in the sense, that we arrive here.
Music is here. We've been given a tremendous literature, that a lifetime is not long enough to study and read. So our gratitude, we all feel it in this room right now, this kind of celebration tonight marks all that.” The ceremony also honored Laura Karpman, Lolita Ritmanis, and Miriam Cutler with the coveted BMI Champion Award, recognizing their advocacy through The Alliance of Women Film Composers. Since 2014, the three musical wonder women have dedicated themselves to championing female composers within a field notoriously devoid of gender equity. Lolita Ritmanis explained, “We’re women with super powers. We are going to conquer the male-dominated film music industry.” When asked about their next steps to expand the reach of their organization and create more opportunities for women in film music, Laura Karpman replied, “We’re taking them all the time.
As a Governor at the Recording Academy, we have an initiative where we are increasing our membership. All of us are constantly taking meetings now, with studios, with all the networks. One of the most significant things we’ve done at the Alliance is create a wonderful community.” Miriam Cutler chimed in, “We are doing the same thing with the TV Academy. It’s been important to really get information out there to women about how to join, how to qualify.
We have also created a directory.” We learned that The AWFC is 300 members strong today. Taking home BMI’s Classic Contribution Award was Rick Baitz, who has led an initiative called Composing For The Screen Workshop in New York for ten years. Through the program, Baitz offers his expertise and guidance to the next generation of composers. ' John Williams is the entire reason I do this. Like a lot of people, my first big soundtrack love was Star Wars. It moved me emotionally. I would listen to Leia's Theme and The Force Theme and they would move me to tears.
I didn't fully understand because I was little, but I got inspired to re-live movies by listening to their soundtracks. John Williams really, more than anybody, influenced me to sit down at a piano and start learning to write music. This honor is well deserved. He is the most famous and most respected composer of the last century. I’ve said it before but I still think he’s underrated. We will be going through and deconstructing his music for centuries. ' John Williams is my hero.
There is no one who writes themes better than that man. He’s literally inhuman. His talent is quite honestly otherworldly. I know this dates me a little bit, but on my first date in 4th grade, I had my parents drive me and my friend to the movie theater to see E.T. By the end of the movie, I had tears streaming down my face. I remember leaning over and saying “No, no! We have to stay through the credits because I want to hear the music.” It was partially because I didn’t want her to see how much I was crying, but I couldn’t help it because I was inspired by this amazing music.
The end of E.T. Is spectacular. There’s also an amazing score he did for a John Singleton film called Rosewood. Most people don’t know of it, but it’s stunning.
Gospel and amazing guitar work. Those are two of my all-time favorites.' 'Most people in this room are here because they’ve been inspired by him. He was a massive part of my life as a kid. My dad’s a cellist back in London, doing sessions and he was fortunate enough to play on Harry Potter 3. John Williams is genuinely a genius.
I know that word gets used a lot, but what he does with notes and melodyHe’s a true composer. His music is a massive reason why these franchises become so huge and so memorable. He gives it a sound. His work is on a different level.
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We’re all hacks compared to him. I adore the man’s music.'
The Wintergarden ballroom was filled with dozens of composers, ranging from those on their first assignments, like Jim Beanz, composer of the Empire TV series, to honored veterans such as Richard Sherman, Danny Elfman, Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, Randy Edelman, Charles Fox and James Newton Howard. In his acceptance speech, Silvestri told the assemblage about the serendipity of his first film score. He was 22 in 1972 when he was asked to compose the music for The Doberman Gang. He got the job when someone misread his credits and thought he had experience composing music for movies. He took the job anyway and went directly to the Pickwick Book shop on Hollywood Blvd. And asked if they had a book that would show him how to score films. He was told there was only one book, and it was titled How to Score Films.
He bought it, stayed up all night reading it, and went to work the next morning. “I finished the score in nine days and now I’m a film composer,” he said to much laughter. The evening was hosted by Mike O’Neill, BMI President and CEO, and Doreen Ringer-Ross, BMI Vice President, Film, TV & Visual Media Relations. Awards to composers of the year’s top-grossing films, top-rated prime time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs were presented to over 70 productions.
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The top winner of the night, with five awards, was composer Brian Tyler, who accepted crystal statuettes for scoring the films The Fate of the Furious, Power Rangers, Now You See Me 2 and TV series Hawaii Five-O and Scorpion.