Film Music Reporter

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) has announced the 15th annual Composer/Director Roundtable and 11th annual Snowball during the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, slated for January 23 in Park City, Utah. BMI’s roundtable entitled Music & Film: The Creative Process will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sundance House. The conversation will be moderated by Doreen Ringer Ross, Vice President, Film/TV Relations and focus on the relationship between composer and director. The participants will discuss what goes into creating a successful film score, the ingredients of an effective composer/director relationship, the Sundance film experience and more. Panelists include composer Abel Korzeniowski and director Randy Moore of Escape From Tomorrow; composer Miriam Cutler and director Michele Stephenson of American Promise; composer Ilan Eshkeri and director Jerusha Hess of Austenlans; composer Ludwig Goransson and director Ryan Coogier of Fruitvale; composer Mark Di Gli Antoni and director Roger Ross Williams of God Loves Uganda; composer Gary Lionelli and director Robert Stone of Pandora’s Promise; composer Marco D’Ambrosio and director Jacob Kornbluth of Inequity for All; composer Craig Wedren and director Jill Soloway of Afternoon Delight; composer Lili Haydn and director Freida Lee Moch of Anita; composer Dustin O’Halloran and director Drake Doremus of Breathe In; composer Craig Richey and director R.J. Cutler of The World According to Dick Cheney; composer Rob Simonsen and director James Ponsoldt of The Spectacular Now; composer Mark Isham and director George Tillman, Jr. of The Inevitable Defeat Of Mister And Pete; composer and Sundance lab advisor Blake Neely; and composer and Sundance Institute Film Music Program Director Peter Golub. The Snowball will also take place at the Sundance House and will feature a line-up of singer song writers. The event will begin at 8 p.m. on January 23 and will be open to festival badge holders.