ASCAP honors top film and Television Music at 21st Annual Awards Celebration; Laurence Rosenthal Receives The ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award
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Pictured (l-r) in Los Angeles are ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman, Henry Mancini Award recipient Mark Isham, US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Recipient Laurence Rosenthal and ASCAP Senior VP Nancy Knutsen |
The Society presented its Henry Mancini Award to Mark Isham and The ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award to Laurence Rosenthal at the 21st Annual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards gala held on April 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. In addition to honoring Isham and Rosenthal, ASCAP also honored the composers of the biggest box office film music and the most performed television music of 2005. Over 750 members of the music industry elite attended the event, which was hosted by ASCAP President and Chairman Marilyn Bergman.
One of the many highlights of the evening was the presentation of the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award to Grammy, Emmy and Clio award winner, and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Mark Isham in recognition of his outstanding achievements and contributions to the music of film and television.
Some of Isham's collaborators joined Bergman on stage to co-present the award, including Academy Award winner Paul Haggis, who wrote and directed the recent hit Crash, Frank Marshall, who directed the Antarctic adventure Eight Below, and Anne Archer who starred in Rules of Engagement, Love At Large and Short Cuts, which Isham scored.
Isham's musical versatility is evident in his memorable scores for such notable films as Eight Below, Running Scared, Crash, The Cooler, A River Runs Through It, Blade, Nell, Men of Honor, and Miracle. He has composed over 70 film scores, exploring a wide range of musical styles - in addition to the "traditional" orchestral approach, he has incorporated modern minimalism, big band swing, avant-garde jazz, Americana, world music, ambient electronica and other elements that defy such categorization.
Another highlight of the evening was the presentation of The ASCAP Foundation Life in Music Award to Laurence Rosenthal for his outstanding accomplishments as a composer in the field of film and television music. ASCAP Board member and composer Bruce Broughton, director Irvin Kershner (Return of a Man Called Horse, The Empire Strikes Back) and director William A. "Billy" Graham (Mussolini) joined Bergman on stage to copresent the award to Rosenthal.
Rosenthal's career as a film and television music composer spans six decades. Among his best-known film scores are A Raisin in the Sun, The Miracle Worker, Becket, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Return of a Man Called Horse, and Peter Brook's Meetings with Remarkable Men. He has been nominated for two Oscars, two Golden Globes and 12 Emmy Awards, winning seven Emmys for miniseries including Peter the Great and Anastasia, as well as for episodes of George Lucas' The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Several veteran film and television music composers as well as some of the best and brightest of a new generation of writers were in attendance to collect their awards, which were presented in four categories — Most Performed Themes, Most Performed Underscore, Top Television Series, and Top Box Office Films - including, Klaus Badelt and Brian Tyler (Constantine), Jeff Cardoni (CSI: Miami), Sean Callery (24, Medium), Grant Geissman (Two and a Half Men), Michael Giacchino (Lost), John Keane (CSI), Johnny Klimek (Without a Trace), Russ Landau (Survivor: Guatemala and Palau), Michael Levine (Cold Case), Rick Marotta (Everybody Loves Raymond), David Vanacore (The Apprentice 3, Survivor: Guatemala and Palau) and Lyle Workman (The 40 Year-Old Virgin).
Also in attendance were US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and her husband Stewart Boxer, executive producer Mark Gordon (Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy), producer Rick McCallum (Star Wars, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles), producer Kathleen Kennedy (War of the Worlds, Munich), and from the hit TV series, 24, the head of post-production, Paul Gadd.
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