NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Jun 2, 2011) - Composers Angelo Badalamenti and Alf Clausen will be honored at the 26thAnnual ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards, taking place June 23, 2011 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Badalamenti will be presented with the distinguished ASCAP Henry Mancini Award and Clausen will receive the prestigious ASCAP Golden Note Award. The composers of the most performed film and television music of 2010 will also be honored at the invitation-only event.
"We're very proud to celebrate the achievements of Angelo and Alf at our event this year," said ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams. "Angelo's musical contributions to film and television are of the highest artistic order -- unique, memorable and totally in sync with the vision of the great directors he has worked with. Alf Clausen's decades of scores for 'The Simpsons' and other TV programs and films are as endlessly inventive as the imaginations of the shows' writers and animators -- it takes a lot of serious work and thought to compose, arrange and conduct such wonderfully happy music."
Director David Lynch will present Badalamenti with the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award, which is awarded to composers in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music. Previous recipients include Bruce Broughton, Carter Burwell, John Debney, Mark Isham, Quincy Jones, Michel Legrand, Randy Newman, James Newton Howard, Johnny Mandel, Marc Shaiman, Howard Shore, Alan Silvestri and Hans Zimmer.
The ASCAP Golden Note Award is presented to songwriters, composers and artists who have achieved extraordinary career milestones. Past recipients include Mark Snow, Andre Previn, Garth Brooks, José Feliciano, Dennis McCarthy, Alan Jackson, Jay-Z, Tom Petty, and Stevie Wonder.
Among those being honored in the Top Box Office Films category are John Debney for "Iron Man 2," "Valentine's Day" and "Yogi Bear," James Newton Howard for "The Last Airbender," "Salt" and "The Tourist," Randy Newman for "Toy Story 3," Trent Reznor for "The Social Network," Trevor Rabin for "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," Pharrell Williams for "Despicable Me" and Hans Zimmer for "Inception" and "Megamind."
Some of the honorees in the Top Television Series and Most Performed Themes and Underscore categories include Sean Callery ("24," "Bones" and Most Performed Themes and Underscore), Jeff Cardoni ("Undercover Boss," "CSI: Miami" and "The Defenders"), Michael Giacchino ("Lost," "Undercovers" and Most Performed Themes and Underscore), Ron Jones and Seth MacFarlane ("Family Guy"), Jimmy Levine ("Glee," "Rizzoli & Isles" and "Royal Pains"), Walter Murphy ("Family Guy" and Most Performed Themes and Underscore), and David Vanacore ("Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains," "Survivor: Nicaragua," "Undercover Boss," "Ghost Hunters" and Most Performed Themes and Underscore).
The complete list of winners will be announced on June 23rd.
Members of the press may apply for credentials at http://www.ascap.com/press/pressroom/filmtvawards/
About ASCAP
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 410,000 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. www.ascap.com