Film Music Reporter

BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that Harry Gregson-Williams will be named a BMI Icon at this year’s BMI London Awards in recognition of his unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers. The event will be held at the Dorchester Hotel on October 1, 2018 and will be hosted by BMI President and CEO Mike O’Neill. Gregson-Williams previously received the Richard Kirk Award at the 2006 BMI Film & Television Awards for his outstanding career achievements in film music including for films such as Shrek, Man on Fire, Kingdom of Heaven, Spy Game, Chicken Run, as well as The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe (for which he also received his first Golden Globe nomination). Since then, the  composer scored movies including The Martian, The Equalizer series, The Meg, The Town and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This year, he also received his first Emmy Award nomination for his music for the episode The Commuter from Amazon’s sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. His upcoming projects include Disney’s live-action feature film Mulan scheduled for release in 2020.