Composer David Newman to Receive Richard Kirk Award at BMI Film & Television Awards

Mike Post to Receive Classic Contribution Award at Ceremony Slated for May 20 in
Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES--(Business Wire)--
Prolific composer David Newman will receive the Richard Kirk Award for
outstanding career achievement at BMI`s annual Film & Television Awards on
Wednesday, May 20 in Los Angeles. Staged at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, the
black-tie, invitation-only dinner will also honor the composers of the past
year's top-grossing films, top-rated prime-time network television series and
highest-ranking cable network programs. BMI`s President & CEO Del Bryant, and
BMI`s Vice President, Film/TV Relations, Doreen Ringer Ross, will host the
event.

Named in honor of former BMI Vice President and film & television department
founder Richard Kirk, the Richard Kirk Award is bestowed on composers who have
made significant contributions to the realm of film and television. As the 2009
honoree, David Newman joins an elite list of peers that includes his brother
Thomas Newman, Christopher Young, George S. Clinton, Harry Gregson-Williams,
Jerry Goldsmith, Michael Kamen, Mark Mothersbaugh, Danny Elfman, Alan Menken,
Mike Post, Lalo Schifrin, John Barry and John Williams.

Academy Award-nominated composer David Newman has helped create and elevate
American pop culture for more than 20 years. Both an accomplished violinist and
conductor of leading orchestras around the world including the Los Angeles
Philharmonic, Newman has scored over 100 films, including Hoffa, Throw Mama From
the Train, Brave Little Toaster, Critters, Serenity, Bowfinger, Tommy Boy,
Brokedown Palace, Galaxy Quest, Ice Age, The Spirit, and Anastasia -- for which
he received an Academy Award nomination. He is the recipient of 12 BMI Film
Music Awards.

BMI will also present the Classic Contribution Award to Mike Post in recognition
of his dedicated involvement with the BMI Foundation`s Pete Carpenter
Fellowship. The annual, four- to five-week long fellowship is bestowed on an
aspiring film and television composer in memory of Post`s late musical partner
and friend Pete Carpenter, the composer of pioneering television themes
including The A-Team, Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files, Hardcastle and McCormick,
Hunter and Riptide.

For full press release and more information, please go to www.bmi.com/press.

Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) is an American performing right organization that
represents more than 375,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all
genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI`s latest financial results,
$901 million for its 2008 fiscal year, are the highest performing right
collections for any copyright organization in the world. BMI has represented the
most popular and beloved music from around the world for over 65 years. The U.S.
corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then
distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it
represents.

BMI
Hanna Pantle, 310-289-6328
hpantle@bmi.com
Marlene Meraz, 310-289-6325
mmeraz@bmi.com

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