Another set of awards from US royalty people BMI. And this time over 80 musicians have been honoured for music featured on film and television soundtracks, at the BMI Film & Television Awards, which was held last night at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in LA.
Composer Christopher Young received the Richard Kirk Award for "significant contributions to film and television music". Recognising his soundtrack work on films such as 'Ghost Rider', 'The Grudge' and 'The Exorcism Of Emily Rose'. The Who's Pete Townshend took home three awards from his work on 'CSI', 'CSI:Miami' and 'CSI:NY'. The head of the Sundance Institute's Film Composers Lab, Peter Golub received the Classic Contribution Award for his role in enhancing music in independent film. Other winners included Steve Jablonsky, Rupert Gregson-Williams, George Fenton, Mychael Danna, Aaron Zigman, Kevin Kiner, Mike Post and Matt Koskenmaki.