ASCAP Honors Top Film and Television Music Composers at 27th Annual Awards Celebration
Trevor Rabin Receives ASCAP's Henry Mancini Award
(firmenpresse) - LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 06/28/12 -- () hosted its tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, CA. The invitation-only dinner and awards ceremony paid special tribute to , and honored composers of the top box office film music, the most performed television music and the top video game music of 2011.
presented to acclaimed composer in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music. A member of the group Yes for over a decade, Rabin, a guitarist, keyboardist, singer, songwriter, producer and recording engineer, is one of the most sought-after film composers today. Director Jon Turteltaub, who worked with Trevor on three of his films, National Treasure, National Treasure: Book of Secrets and The Sorcerer's Apprentice, took to the stage to speak on behalf of Trevor and introduced a video montage highlighting his distinguished film career (including Armageddon, Remember the Titans and Con Air). To close out the evening, Rabin performed his most notable penned hit, Yes's single "Owner of a Lonely Heart," from their best-selling album 90125, with the band , featuring his son Ryan Rabin on drums. GROUPLOVE also performed their hit single "Tongue Tied," currently Number One on Billboard's Alternative Songs Chart. Past recipients of the Henry Mancini Award include Angelo Badalamenti, Bruce Broughton, Carter Burwell, John Debney, Mark Isham, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand, Randy Newman, James Newton Howard, Johnny Mandel, Marc Shaiman, Howard Shore and Hans Zimmer.
Other performances of the evening included , who played the theme song he co-penned for Mike & Molly, and , who performed her Oscar-nominated song "Real in Rio" from Rio.
Those honored in the Top Box Office Films category included past ASCAP Henry Mancini Award honorees (Dolphin Tale); (The Green Hornet, The Green Lantern, Gnomeo & Juliet); (Hugo); (Kung Fu Panda 2, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Rango, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows); (No Strings Attached); and (The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1). In addition, awards were presented to (Cars 2, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Super 8), ASCAP Golden Note recipient (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), and (Gnomeo & Juliet), (Immortals), (Jack and Jill, Just Go With It, Zookeeper), and (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never), (Kung Fu Panda 2), (Limitless), (The Muppets), (Puss in Boots, X-Men: First Class), and (Rio), (Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor), (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows) and (The Smurfs).
ASCAP composers whose combined works earned the highest number of performance credits on network, local and cable television in the category of themes and dramatic underscore for the 2011 survey year were and
The composers who wrote the themes and underscore for the highest rated television series in 2011 were: , and (A.N.T. Farm); and (Adventure Time); and (Alaska: The Last Frontier); (American Horror Story, Glee, Rizzoli & Isles); and (American Idol); and (Apprentice 11); and (Army Wives, Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior); and (The Bachelor and The Bachelorette); (Being Human); and (Beyond Scared Straight, Ghost Hunters); Ed Robertson (Big Bang Theory); and (Big Time Rush); (The Borgias); (Blue Bloods); , and (Bones); (Caprica and The Walking Dead); (Castle); (CSI); (CSI: Miami, The Defenders); and (Dancing with the Stars); (Drop Dead Diva); (The Exes, Modern Family); and (Family Guy); (For Better or Worse); and (The Game); (Game of Thrones); (Gold Rush); (Harry's Law); (Hart of Dixie); (Hawaii 5-0); (Homeland); and (Hot In Cleveland); (Jersey Shore); and (Jessie); (La Casa De Al Lado); and (La Fuerza Del Destino); and (La Reina Del Sur); (Last Man Standing); (Make It or Break It); and (Mike & Molly); and (NCIS); (NCIS: Los Angeles); and (Necessary Roughness); (New Girl); (One Upon A Time); (Pawn Stars); and (Person of Interest); and (Single Ladies); and (Sister Wives); and (Snapped); (Spartacus); and (SpongeBob SquarePants); and (Suits); and (Survivor: Redemption Island and Survivor: South Pacific); (Tosh.0); and (Two and a Half Men); (Unforgettable); and (Victorious); and (The Voice); and (X-Factor).
The went to , who composed the music to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the best-selling video game of 2011.
For a complete list of the night's winners, please visit .
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 435,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its writer and publisher members. For more information, please visit .
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