Hagar Ben Ari, Steven Scalfati, Guillermo Brown, and SESAC’s Erin Collins
Photo by Teal Moss
(Los Angeles, Calif. – June 6, 2022) SESAC Performing Rights hosted its annual Film & Television Composer Awards at the Casa del Mar in Santa Monica, California, on Thursday, June 2. The invitation-only event was attended by some of the industry’s top executives, publishers, and composers. The awards dinner honored SESAC’s top composers in the categories of film, network television, local television, cable television, and streaming media.
“This year seems particularly special, as we join together to celebrate the achievements of our writers,” said Erin Collins, SESAC’s Vice President of Film, Television, and Developing Media. “We’re thrilled to have some new faces and honored to represent our legacy composers. We are always humbled by the incredible talent and accomplishments of our composers and grateful we can come together as a community to celebrate their successes.”
Christophe Beck was honored for his film composition of Free Guy, while Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart – The Newton Brothers – were honored for The Forever Purge. In other categories, several television composers including Danny Lux, Gabriel Mann, and Jon Ehrlich, took home awards, recognizing the compositions to some of the industry’s most popular shows to include A Million Little Things, Grey’s Anatomy, Manifest, The Kelly Clarkson Show, The Drew Barrymore Show, and many more.
Below is a full list of honorees:
FILM
Christophe Beck: Free Guy
Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart (The Newton Brothers): The Forever Purge
STREAMING MEDIA
Bruce Miller
Christophe Beck
Christopher Tyng
Danny Lux
Fred Kron
Gabriel Mann
Jason Derlatka
John Swihart
Jon Ehrlich
Matt Mariano
CABLE Television
Ben Zebelman
Bruce Miller
Christophe Beck
Christopher Tyng
Craig Sharmat
Danny Lux
Dennis C. Brown
Devin Powers
Gabriel Mann
Matt Mariano
Michael Egizi
Paul Buckley
Richard Bowers
Watt White
NETWORK Television
Danny Lux: Grey’s Anatomy, Manifest, Rebel, Station 19
David Feldstein: Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer
Evan Frankfort: Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer, Lucky Dog, One Team: The Power of Sports, Hope in the Wild, Pet Vet Dream Team, The Champion Within, The Voyager with Josh Garcia, Mission Unstoppable, Innovation Nation
François Hasden: 48 Hours
Gabriel Mann: A Million Little Things
Guillermo Brown: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Hagar Ben Ari: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Jon Ehrlich: The Resident
Michael Egizi: CBS Promos
Paul Buckley: Odd Squad
Seth Jabour: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Steven Scalfati: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Syd Butler: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Tim Young: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Anthem Colorful Flame Music: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Five Hundred South Songs: Grey’s Anatomy, A Million Little Things, Rebel, Station 19
Melywork Music: 48 Hours
Music Box Street: Card Sharks, To Tell the Truth
Must See Music: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Songfair Inc: CBS Promos, The Late Late Show with James Corden
Twentieth Tunes Music Inc: The Resident
Warner Hollywood Music LLC: Manifest
Zoo to You Music: Wild Child, Earth Odyssey with Dylan Dreyer, Hope in the Wild, Lucky Dog, Mission Unstoppable, One Team: The Power of Sports, Pet Vet Dream Team, Tails of Valor, The Champion Within, Vets Saving Pets, Best Friends Furever with Kel Mitchell, The Voyager with Josh Garcia
LOCAL Television
Bob DeMarco: Extra, The Doctors
David Catalano: Maury, Judge Jerry
Dennis C. Brown: Two and a Half Men
Devin Powers: Couples Court, Paternity Court, Whacked Out Sports
Evan Frankfort: Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin, Hearts of Heroes
Fernando Corona: Suelta la Sopa
Gabriel Mann: Modern Family
Glenn Sherman: Maury
Jason Halbert: The Kelly Clarkson Show
Kenny Lattimore: Divorce Court
Larry Brown: Animal Rescue, Dog Tales, Daily Flash, Missing
Michael Egizi: DailyMailTV, Dr. Phil, The Doctors, Entertainment Tonight, Extra, Hot Bench, Inside Edition, Rachael Ray, The Drew Barrymore Show
Paul Buckley: 2 Broke Girls
29 New Tunes Publishing: The Doctors
AND Syndicated Productions Inc: Extra
Anthem Test Vision: The King of Queens
Beginning to Roar: Couples Court with the Cutlers, Paternity Court
Jillian DVG Music: Maury
Must See Music: Judge Jerry, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Musica Telemundo: Suelta la Sopa
Songfair Inc: DailyMailTV, Dr. Phil, The Doctors, Entertainment Tonight, Hot Bench, The Drew Barrymore Show
Twentieth Tunes Music Inc: Modern Family
Warner Hollywood Music LLC: 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men
Whack Two Publishing: Whacked Out Sports
Zoo to You Music: Ocean Treks with Jeff Corwin, Hearts of Heroes, Oh Baby!
About SESAC Performing Rights:
SESAC Performing Rights is the second oldest PRO in the U.S. It drives efficiency in licensing for music users and enhances value for its affiliated writers, publishers, and composers by providing timely, efficient royalty collection and distribution. SESAC represents thousands of top-tier songwriters and film composers from a broad range of genres including artists such as Adele, Christophe Beck, Rosanne Cash, David Crosby, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Lalah Hathaway, Kesha, Gabriel Mann and many more. SESAC Music Group is a leader and innovator in music licensing that administers public performance, mechanical, and other rights through SESAC Performing Rights and its affiliates including The Harry Fox Agency, Rumblefish, and Mint Digital Services. SESAC Music Group has offices in New York, Nashville, Los Angeles, London and Munich.
