Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its annual Film, TV & Visual Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. Ramin Djawadi was named BMI Icon in recognition of his outstanding body of work across film, television and video games. The composer whose scoring credits include such films as Iron Man, Pacific Rim, Eternals, The Man from Toronto, Blade: Trinity & Clash of the Titans, TV shows including Game of Thrones, Westworld, Fallout & Prison Break, as well as the video games Medal of Honor, Gears of War 4 & Gears 5, was presented the award by BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill who hosted the evening with BMI Vice President, Creative, Film, TV & Visual Media, Tracy McKnight.
2024 BMI Icon Award recipient Ramin Djawadi with BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill (Photo credit: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)
George R.R. Martin and Game of Thrones & 3 Body Problem showrunners David Benioff & Dan Weiss, Westworld creators Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy, director Ava DuVernay who collaborated with the composer on Disney’s A Wrinkle in Time, Charles Roven who produced the Djawadi-scored Warcraft, The Great Wall & Uncharted, House of the Dragon showrunner Ryan Condal, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, System of a Down’s Serj Tankian, music supervisor Evyen Klean, agents Michael Gorfaine & Sam Schwartz, among others, congratulated Djawadi via a tribute video. The composer thanked his team, mentors Hans Zimmer & Klaus Badelt and then his son and daughter to the stage and thanked his wife for being a driving force in his family’s life. Check out his acceptance speech below.
Composer Blake Neely with BMI Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue & Creative Officer Mike Steinberg and BMI Vice President, Creative, Film, TV & Visual Media Tracy McKnight (Photo credit: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)
Throughout the evening, composers of music featured in the past year’s most successful films, highest rated series on TV, cable and streaming services were also celebrated. In addition to Djawadi who also picked up an award for Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, among the composers who accepted their awards in person were Brian Tyler (The Super Mario Bros, Movie, Fast X, 1923), Harry Gregson-Williams (Meg 2: The Trench), Andrew Wyatt (Barbie), John Murphy (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special), Dominic Lewis (Spirited), Jongnic Bontemps (Transformers: Rise of the Beasts), Tom Howe (The People We Hate at the Wedding, Ted Lasso, Shrinking), Michael Andrews (Totally Killer), Mike Post (Law & Order, Law & Order SVU), Blake Neely (You, All American), Mark Isham (Justified: City Primeval), Atli Orvarsson (Chicago Fire, Chicago PD, Chicago Med, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, FBI: International), Sean Callery (Accused, Walker: Independence), Bobby Krlic (Beef), Chris Bacon (Wednesday), Kevin Kiner, Sean Kiner & Deana Kiner (Ahsoka, Dark Winds), Fil Eisler (Outer Banks, Fire Country), Sherri Chung (Based on a True Story, Found), Tony Morales (Reacher), David Wingo (Barry, Mayans M.C.), Leopold Ross (Monarch: Legacy of Monsters), David Sardy (The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon), Alex Belcher (Citadel), Ben Bromfield (Ginny & Georgia), Michael Wandmacher (The Goldbergs), Will Bates (Mayfair Witches), Joe Wong (Will Trent), Pierre Charles (East New York), Kurt Farquhar & Nkenge Kamau Cameron (The Neighborhood), Morgan Kibby & David Klotz (The Watcher), Genevieve Vincent (Fantasy Island), Jeff Garber (The Company You Keep), Bekon (You People), Oak Felder (Good Burger 2), Sola Akingbola (Bob Hearts Abishola), Kevin Matley (The Family Plan), Jordan Dykstra (20 Days in Mariupol), West Dylan Thordson (Kelce), Gil Talmi (Harry & Meghan), Gregory Tripi (Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets) and Danielle Furst (Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal).
Composer Mike Post with BMI Executive Vice President, Chief Revenue & Creative Officer Mike Steinberg and BMI Vice President, Creative, Film, TV & Visual Media Tracy McKnight (Photo credit: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for BMI)
For the first time in the ceremony’s 40-year history, the most popular video games of the previous year were announced. Five first-time award winners including Ted Reedy (Diablo IV), chuck e. myers “sea & J. Scott Rakozy (Hogwart’s Legacy), Stephen Barton (Star Wars Jedi: Survivor) and Inon Zur (Starfield) accepted their awards in the new category. Click here for the full list of BMI Award winners. Also in attendance at the event were previous BMI honorees Christopher Young, Mychael Danna, Christopher Lennertz, Mark Mothersbaugh and W.G. Snuffy Walden.
