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2009 BMI FILM/TV Awards EXCLUSIVE David Julyan 2009 BMI FILM/TV Awards EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS FILM COMPOSER DAVID NEWMAN TO RECEIVE RICHARD KIRK AWARD FROM BMI IN LOS ANGELES ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 20 WHAT: BMI's annual Film/TV Awards. An awards dinner presented by U.S. performing rights organization BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) honoring composers of the past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and highest-ranking cable network programs. BMI's President & CEO Del Bryant, and BMI's Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer Ross, will host the event. Academy Award-nominated composer David Newman has helped create and elevate American pop culture for more than 20 years. Both an accomplished violinist and conductor of leading orchestras around the world including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, he is most admired for his ingenious and prolific work as a composer. After composing the original score for Danny DeVito's Throw Mama from the Train in 1987, Newman and DeVito began a rewarding cinematic partnership. Their lauded collaborations include The War of the Roses, Hoffa, Matilda and Death to Smoochy - films which utilized Newman's uniquely deft understanding of razor-sharp dark humor. His noted style also led to work on quirky hit films such as Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Nutty Professor, and its sequel. Newman has scored more than 100 films, including The Brave Little Toaster, Critters, Serenity, Bowfinger, Tommy Boy, Brokedown Palace, Galaxy Quest, Ice Age, Anastasia - for which he received an Academy Award nomination - and, most recently, Frank Miller's The Spirit, based on the classic comic book series. The recipient of 12 BMI Film Music Awards, Newman served as music director for the Sundance Institute for three years. In 2007, he was elected president of the Film Music Society. He currently serves as president of the board of directors of the American Youth Symphony, a pre-professional Los Angeles orchestra that has trained many of today's studio musicians. Newman has also worked tirelessly to promote the performance of film music in the concert hall. He comes from a family of three generations of film music scoring - including his father, Alfred Newman; cousin, Randy Newman; and brother, Thomas Newman, among others. BMI will also present the Classic Contribution Award to past Richard Kirk Award recipient Mike Post in recognition of his dedicated involvement with the BMI Foundation's Pete Carpenter Fellowship. The composer behind classic themes for television series including NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and Law and Order, Post has volunteered his time and invaluable expertise for the past 20 years, mentoring each fellowship recipient in his Los Angeles studios. The annual, four- to five-week long fellowship is bestowed on an aspiring film and television composer in memory of Post's late partner and friend Pete Carpenter, the composer of pioneering television themes including The A-Team, Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files, Hardcastle and McCormick, Hunter and Riptide. Successful alumni of the prestigious fellowship include Christopher Tyng, Chris Beck, and Brian Langsbard. For more information on the BMI Foundation, please visit www.bmifoundation.com. The ceremony will also salute BMI's Oscar, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning composers from the past year. EXPECTED: David Newman, 2009 BMI Richard Kirk Award recipient; Mike Post, 2009 BMI Classic Contribution Award recipient; Aaron Zigman (Sex and the City, Madea Goes To Jail); Theodore Shapiro (Marley & Me, Tropic Thunder); Harry Gregson-Williams (The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian); Trevor Rabin(Get Smart); Alex Wurman (Four Christmases); Tyler Bates (Watchmen); Randy Edelman (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor); Andrew Lockington (Journey to the Center of the Earth); Lyle Workman (Yes Man); Cliff Eidelman (He's Just Not That Into You); John Ottman (Valkyrie); Richard Marvin (Without A Trace); Jan Stevens (Samantha Who?), Charlie Clouser (Numb3rs); Michael Corcoran (iCarly); James S. Levine (The Closer); Anton Sanko (Big Love); Nathan Barr (True Blood); Ferdinand Jay Smith (HBO Main Theme); Michael Picton (I Want To Work For Diddy), and more composers who create music for film, TV and cable productions. WHEN: Wednesday, May 20 - 6 p.m. press check-in; 7 p.m. arrivals. Dinner begins at 8 p.m., Awards at 9:30 p.m. WHERE: Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9500 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, Grand Ballroom. COVERAGE INFORMATION: Limited press seats, this is a seated dinner event, not open to the public and not televised.
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