BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Brian Tyler will be honored with the BMI Icon at the 38th Annual BMI Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on May 11, 2022 in Beverly Hills, CA. Tyler will be receiving the highest honor of the evening for his exceptional body of work and phenomenal success as a composer, orchestral conductor and music producer. Tyler whose best known film and TV scoring credits include Avengers: Age of Ultron, six movies in the Fast & Furious series, Iron Man 3, Crazy Rich Asians, Thor: The Dark World, Now You See Me, Rambo, Scream, Yellowstone and 1883 has amassed numerous accolades including 34 BMI Awards and three Emmy Award nominations over the last couple of decades. He also wrote and produced the certified RIAA platinum hit and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theme song, Shell Shocked and recently debuted his immersive audio-visual project Are We Dreaming, which explores the universe and our place in it through music and powerful imagery, on the main stage at Lost Lands Music Festival in front of a crowd of 30,000 fans. The composer follows previous BMI Icon Award recipients including John Williams, Alan Silvestri, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton Howard, Terence Blanchard, among others.
In addition, the BMI Impact Award will be presented to the ensemble of BMI’s female composers (Amy Andersson, Isolde Fair, Lolita Ritmanis, Miriam Cutler, Penka Kouneva & Starr Parodi) who scored the Grammy Award-winning ground-breaking Women Warriors: The Voices of Change project, celebrating the female activists who have fought for human rights and equality over the years. The private ceremony will be hosted by BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill and BMI Senior Vice President, Creative, Alex Flores. During the evening, composers of the previous year’s top-grossing films, top-rated primetime network television series and highest-ranking cable and streamed media programs will also be recognized.
