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Film composer Christopher Young will receive BMI's highest
honor at their Film and Television Awards which will be
held on May 21 in Los Angeles. Young recently scored
Charlize Theron's "Sleepwalking" and is currently working
on Sam Raimi's "Drag Me To Hell."
COMPOSER CHRISTOPHER
YOUNG TO RECEIVE RICHARD KIRK AWARD AT BMI FILM &
TELEVISION AWARDS
Ceremony Slated for May 21 in Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2008
- Prolific composer Christopher Young will receive the
Richard Kirk Award for outstanding career achievement at
the performing right organization’s annual Film &
Television Awards on Wednesday, May 21 in Los Angeles.
Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the black-tie,
invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the
past year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time
network television series and highest-ranking cable network
programs.
Named in honor of former
BMI Vice President and film & television department founder
Richard Kirk, the Richard Kirk Award is bestowed on
composers who have made significant contributions to the
realm of film and television. As the 2008 honoree,
Christopher Young joins an elite list of peers that
includes George S. Clinton,
Jerry Goldsmith,
Thomas Newman,
Michael Kamen,
Danny Elfman,
Alan Menken
and
John Williams.
Award-winning composer
Christopher Young has carved out his enviable niche in the
upper pantheon of Hollywood composers with unusual speed
and unerring flair. The UCLA Film School alumnus first
turned heads with fiendish scores for horror and science
fiction projects, and he proceeded to garner accolades for
work on macabre and fantastical films including
Hellraiser, its Saturn award-winning sequel and
Species, along with BMI award-winners Ghost Rider,
The Grudge and The Exorcism of Emily Rose.
Young became a master of suspense, composing music for
thrillers including Copycat and BMI honoree
Entrapment, as well as dramatic and critical
tours-de-force including Golden Globe nominee The
Shipping News, Wonder Boys, Rounders and BMI
award-winner Swordfish. He also fleshed out the
haunting nuances and electrifying action sequences of box
office gold Spiderman 3. The New Jersey native has
also excelled in television composition, earning two Emmy
nominations for telefilms Last Flight Out and
Norma Jean & Marilyn. A dedicated mentor, Young has
taught classes at USC, served as an advisor for the
Sundance Institute Film Composers Lab and created an
innovative residential development to house aspiring
composers in Los Angeles. He describes his progressive
two-pronged approach to composition as the exploration of
the contemporary music’s abstract ideas and the infinite
pursuit of “the great American tune.”
Broadcast Music, Inc.®
(BMI) is an American performing right organization that
represents more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and
music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5
million works. BMI’s most recent financial results, $839
million in performing right collections for its fiscal year
ending June 30, 2007, were the highest for any copyright
organization in the world. BMI has represented the most
popular and beloved music from around the world for over 65
years. The non-profit-making U.S. corporation collects
license fees from businesses that use music, which it then
distributes as royalties to the musical creators and
copyright owners it represents.
Thanks To Melissa
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