The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced that composer John Powell will be honored at the 33rd Annual Screen Music Awards (previously known as ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards) on May 23, 2018 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Powell will receive the Henry Mancini Award, which is given to composers for outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of music for film, television and visual media. The composer is known for his scores for numerous animated movies, including How to Train Your Dragon (which earned him his first Academy Award nomination), Shrek, Happy Feet, Chicken Run, Bolt, Horton Hears a Who! and most recently, Ferdinand.
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Craig Armstrong to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) announced today that composer Craig Armstrong will be honored at the 31st Annual Screen Music Awards (previously known as ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards) on March 24, 2016 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Armstrong will receive the Henry Mancini Award, which is given to composers for outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of music for film, television and visual media. The composer is known for his numerous collaborations with director Baz Luhrmann, including Romeo & Juliet, The Great Gatsby and Moulin Rouge!, for which he received a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award.
Video Highlights from ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards 2013
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers has published a number of video clips from the organization’s ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards gala, which was held last week at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Check out the acceptance speeches of Patrick Doyle (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Sense and Sensibility) who was honored with the Henry Mancini Award and Ray Charles (Three’s Company) who received the ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award after the jump. Also embedded below are three of the night’s musical performances by Alan Bergman who performed the song The Way We Were in memory of Marvin Hamlisch featuring Brian Byrne on piano, Tom Lowe who performed Empty Chairs and Empty Tables from Les Miserables and Graham Parker who performed the song What Do You Like? from Judd Apatow’s This Is 40.
Patrick Doyle Honored at ASCAP Film & Television Music Awards
Last night, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) held its annual Film & Television Music Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. Patrick Doyle was honored with the Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music. The award was presented to Doyle by ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams and President of Feature Post Production at 20th Century Fox Ted Gagliano following a video tribute featuring clips of many of Doyle’s best known scores including Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Gosford Park, Dead Again, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Thor, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Indochine and A Little Princess. Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson congratulated the composer via a video message.
Patrick Doyle to Receive ASCAP Henry Mancini Award
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has announced that composer Patrick Doyle will be honored at the 28th Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards on June 23, 2013 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Doyle will receive the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, which is awarded to composers in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music. The composer made his major theatrical feature scoring debut on Kenneth Branagh’s Henry V in 1989 and has since collaborated with the filmmaker numerous times on such films as Hamlet, Frankenstein, Thor and the upcoming Jack Ryan. Doyle has also worked together with such directors as Brian De Palma (Carlito’s Way), Alfonso Cuaròn (Great Expectations), Ang Lee (Sense and Sensibility), Mike Newell (Donnie Darko, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire) and Robert Altman (Gosford Park). Has has been honored with two Academy Award nominations for Sense and Sensibility and Hamlet. The composer’s other credits include Pixar’s Brave, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Nanny McPhee and Bridget Jones’s Diary.