BMI gives Icon Award to ‘Game of Thrones’ composer Ramin Djawadi

“Game of Thrones” composer Ramin Djawadi was honored with the BMI Icon Award at Broadcast Music Inc.’s 40th annual Film, TV and Visual Media Awards on Wednesday night. in Beverly Hills.

The Emmy-winning, Grammy-nominated composer was recognized for his “memorable scores and themes that inspire future generations of composers,” BMI president-CEO Mike O’Neill said at the award presentation.

Djawadi’s music for “Game of Thrones” became a sensation during the HBO fantasy series’ eight seasons, which ended in 2019. He won two Emmys for his music in the seventh and eighth seasons, and later conducted it with symphony orchestras and choirs on world tours in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

His other television credits include ‘Westworld’, ‘Prison Break’ and the current fantasy and sci-fi series ‘House of the Dragon’, ‘3 Body Problem’ and ‘Fallout’. His film credits include “Iron Man,” “Eternals,” “A Wrinkle in Time,” “Clash of the Titans” and “Pacific Rim,” and he has also contributed music to video game franchises like “Medal of Honor.” and ‘Gears of War’.

Producers DB Weiss and David Benioff (“Game of Thrones”), Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy (“Westworld”), Charles Roven (“Batman Begins”) and Ryan Condal (“House of the Dragon) paid tribute to Djawadi through video clips. ”); director Ava Duvernay (“Wrinkle in Time”); rock guitarist Tom Morello; and “Game of Thrones” author George RR Martin.

The BMI Icon Award is the performing rights association’s highest honor. Previous recipients include John Williams, Thomas Newman, Alexandre Desplat, James Newton Howard, Terence Blanchard, Alan Silvestri and Mychael Danna.

The invitation-only black-tie event also honored composers of the year’s highest-grossing films, top-rated prime time network series and top-rated cable and streaming media programs.

Present to accept the film awards were Andrew Wyatt (“Barbie”), Brian Tyler (“Super Mario Bros. Movie”), John Murphy (“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3”), Harry Gregson-Williams (“Meg 2: The Trench”) and Jongnic Bontemps (“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts”).

Streaming show composers honored included Sherri Chung (“Based on a True Story”), Tom Howe (“Ted Lasso”), Chris Bacon (“Wednesday”), Carlos Rafael Rivera (“Lessons in Chemistry”), Blake Neely (“You”) and Kevin, Deana and Sean Kiner (“Ahsoka”).

Network winners included Sean Callery (“Accused”), Atli Örvarsson (“Chicago Fire,” “FBI”), Mike Post (“Law & Order”), Kurt Farquhar (“The Neighborhood”) and Fil Eisler ( “Fire Country ”).

A new category, music for video games, with honorees Stephen Barton (“Star Wars Jedi: Survivor”), Inon Zur (“Starfield”), Ted Reedy (“Diablo IV”) and the team of Chuck E. Myers “Sea” and J. Scott Rakozy (“Hogwarts Legacy”).

You can find the full list of winners here.