It was a night of art and social awareness for ASCAP members at the 33rd annual ASCAP Screen Music Awards last night, with composers John Powell and Germaine Franco taking center stage. Powell, who created the mind-blowing music for The Bourne Identity and sequels, and Franco — his protege and one of the few women composing music for […]
Tyler Bates is the compositional king of the box office, with Deadpool 2 killin’ it to the tune of a $125.0 million opening weekend — the second biggest R-rated North American debut ever according to Comscore. Bates is on a rockin’ roll, having just received a BMI Film Music Award for his outstanding performance at the […]
Celebrating American songwriting and the “wild ride” of music creators’ rights the ASCAP Foundation and the Library of Congress jointly held the 10th annual “We Write the Songs” Wednesday in Washington, D.C. Hosted by Librarian of Congress Carla D. Hayden and ASCAP Foundation President Paul Williams, ASCAP songwriters donated manuscripts, lead sheets, lyrics sheets, photos […]
Composer John Williams’ acceptance of an inaugural BMI award named in his honor was the high note in an evening of historic proportions as BMI celebrated 79 years of service at the 34th Annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards. The event drew about 500 attendees to the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills Wednesday […]
Continuing the music law reform momentum started in the House last month, Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) introduced the Music Modernization Act in the Senate today. Realizing the hopes of the recording industry, the Senate bill, S.2823, was identical to that passed by a 415-0 vote in the House last month, which should greatly streamline it’s passage. […]
Sony/ATV Music Publishing has today completed the astonishing feat of having published or co-published the No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. each week for an entire year. The company’s uninterrupted run at the top of the chart comes as its songwriter Drake achieves a fourth week at No. 1 […]
American Idol has been renewed by ABC, sending the progenitor of all music competition shows into what will be its 17th season. Judges Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie as well as host Ryan Seacrest have all been re-upped as well. The FremantleMedia-produced show enjoyed 15 high-profile seasons on Fox network, where it finished […]
The National Music Publishers’ Association today announced that Alicia Keys will receive its Songwriter Icon Award will be presented to 15-time Grammy winning, multi-platinum songwriter, producer, arranger and musician Alicia Keys. Keys — pianist currently seen weekly as a coach on NBC’s The Voice — will be honored not only for her credits as a […]
Céline Dion’s new “Ashes” theme song for Deadpool 2 debuted yesterday in a music video that has racked up more than 5 million views on YouTube. The Twentieth Century Fox release hits theaters May 18. Dion and Fox managed a splashy video premiere on ABC’s Good Morning America. The songstress tweeted that the “@deadpoolmovie is […]
Hans Zimmer and Raphael Saadiq topped the list of nominees for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards, with three each. There were six double-noms: Lorne Balfe, Nicholas Britell, Mychael Danna, Laura Karpman, Diane Warren and Rupert Gregson-Williams, who had two. The HMMA’s honor music in film, TV, videogames, commercials and trailers in a total of 19 categories, […]
