Rick Baitz (The Education of Shelby Knox, Until the Violence Stops) will will release a soundtrack album for the documentary What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael. The album features the composer’s original score from the film and will be released digitally on December 11, 2020. Visit Amazon to pre-order the album. What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is directed by Rob Garver and tells the story of New Yorker film critic and best-selling author Pauline Kael who battled to make her mark – fueled by brilliance, unshakable self-confidence, a complicated past, and a deep love of the arts. The movie is narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker and features over 40 new interviews and never-before seen archival material.
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John Williams Honored at BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
Last night, Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) held its annual Film, TV & Visual Awards at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills. John Williams was honored with the John Williams Award for his incomparable status as one of the greatest film and television composers of our time. The composer who was previously honored with BMI’s Kirk Award in 1999 and who also received two more BMI Awards this year for his scores for Star Wars: The Last Jedi and The Post was presented the award by the evening’s host, BMI Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer-Ross and BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill.
John Williams to Be Honored at BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards
BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) announced today that it will present legendary film composer John Williams with a special award bearing his name in recognition of his incomparable status as one of the greatest film and television composers of our time. The John Williams Award will be presented for the first time at the 34th annual BMI Film, TV & Visual Media Awards on Wednesday, May 9 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA. Williams previously received the organization’s The Kirk Award in 1999, which later became the BMI Icon Award, for composing some of the most popular and recognizable scores in cinematic history such as the Star Wars series, Jaws, Schindler’s List, the Indiana Jones series, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, among many others.