BMI Celebrates Creative Arts Emmy Winners And Nominees

By: Sep. 11, 2018
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BMI Celebrates Creative Arts Emmy Winners And Nominees

Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) proudly congratulates composers Carlos Rafael Rivera, Ramin Djawadi and Eil Brueggemann for the prestigious Creative Arts Emmys they were awarded over the weekend: Rivera for Original Main Title Theme Music for Godless, Djawadi for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) for Game of Thrones, and Brueggemann for Outstanding Music and Lyrics for Come Back Barack from Saturday Night Live. Catch the broadcast of this ceremony Saturday, September 15 on FXX (8PM ET/PT).

In all, BMI had an astounding 20 composers who received primetime Emmy nods this year, and 21 who received daytime Emmy nominations, with BMI composers Vivek Maddala, Max Matluck, Lothar Struff and Bradley Bell taking home the daytime trophies. All of our winners and nominees for both Emmy brands were celebrated at a reception given by the Society of Composers and Lyricists on Friday, September 7, at NeueHouse in LA.

ABOUT BMI:

Celebrating over 78 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®) is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in 14 million musical works created and owned by more than 900,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The Company negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are performed in public. In 1939, BMI created a groundbreaking open-door policy becoming the only performing rights organization to welcome and represent the creators of blues, jazz, country, and American roots music. Today, the musical compositions in BMI's repertoire, from chart toppers to perennial favorites, span all genres of music and are consistently among the most-performed hits of the year. For additional information and the latest BMI news, visit bmi.com, follow us on Twitter @BMI or stay connected through Broadcast Music, Inc.'s Facebook page. Sign up for BMI's The Weekly™ and receive our e-newsletter every week to stay up to date on all things music.



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