ASCAP Members Dominate 25th Sammy Awards



		The 25th Annual Sammy Film Music Awards ASCAP Members Dominate 25th Annual Sammys While the entire film music community gears up for the Oscars, we're thrilled to report that ASCAP members had a terrific showing in another long-running film award: the Sammys. The Sammy Film Music Awards were named in honor of Sammy Cahn, the legendary ASCAP lyricist who was nominated for more Oscars than any other songwriter - a total of 26 times between 1942 and 1973. The ASCAP Foundation also gives out an unrelated award named after Cahn. The Sammys are based on the quality of film scores and songs on CDs. They are the longest-running awards chosen exclusively for film music recordings, and are chosen annually by Roger Hall, an ASCAP composer, film music historian, author of the popular book, A Guide to Film Music and Managing Editor of Film Music Review. Without further ado, the ASCAP winners of the 25th annual Sammy Film Music Awards, along with Roger Hall's comments about them: BEST NEW FILM SCORE FOR VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA Austin Wintory Journey "A powerful and highly memorable score by this most promising young film composer." BEST NEW FILM SONG David Lindsay-Abaire, lyrics "Still Dream" featured in Rise of the Guardians "A stunningly beautiful song…superbly sung by Renée Fleming. It has the best elements (beautiful melody and lyrics) to make it a classic movie song." BEST GOLDEN AGE CD RELEASE (1930s - 1950s) Max Steiner Adventures of Don Juan and Arsenic and Old Lace BEST SILVER AGE CD RELEASE (1960S - 1970S) Ernest Gold Ship of Fools BEST NEWLY RECORDED VINTAGE FILM SCORE CD RELEASE Miklós Rózsa (PRS) Quo Vadis SPECIAL PRESERVATION AWARD: BEST ALBUM PRODUCERS Kathleen Mayne David Schecter "...who have been producing high quality CDs of vintage music for years." LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR A PAST FILM COMPOSER Jerome Moross These awards are named in honor of lyricist, Sammy Cahn (1913-1993), who received 4 Oscars and 1 Emmy, and was Oscar nominated 26 times, more than any other past songwriter. These awards have been chosen each year by Roger Hall, a member of the International Film Music Critics Association, author of the popular book, A GUIDE TO FILM MUSIC, and Managing Editor of the long-running e-zine, Film Music Review "What really makes the Sammy Awards worth checking out is the irregular addition of irreverent and praiseworthy categories." --Timothy Sexton (read the full story - click here) Songs By Sammy Cahn A Gala 100th birthday CD of Sammy Cahn's songs, recorded live in concert by an outstanding ensemble of singers with jazz combo accompaniment Click here Words By Sammy Cahn Many of Sammy's popular movie songs are included in this excellent collection -- The New Sammy Cahn Songbook Read Sammy's frank and witty autobiography -- I Should Care: The Sammy Cahn Story Please Help Support The Sammy Film Music Awards! Now available is a enjoyable non-commercial CD with over an hour of music and commentary featuring Oscar and Sammy Award-winning film music only available here for a donation to help support the annual film music awards. This CD features film music critic, Roger Hall, as guest on several radio programs in the Boston, Massachusetts area. Among the music heard on this CD are by composers -- Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Franz Waxman, John Barry, and John Williams. There is also a lively radio interview with Oscar-winning lyricist, Sammy Cahn, and all his Oscar-winning songs To order your copy of this specially produced CD which helps support the Sammy Film Music Awards -- go here Thank you! Sammy Cahn and His Four Oscars Sammy Cahn was Oscar nominated more than any other songwriter – 26 times in all between 1942 and 1973. He has also won 4 Oscars and 1 Emmy, more than any other songwriter of his generation. The first Sammy Awards were chosen for best score and song of 1988 – the year of Sammy Cahn’s 75^th birthday. When he was notified, Sammy said he was “flattered and honored" to have them named after him. He certainly deserved the honor. Sammy received 4 Oscars for his lyrics: "Three Coins in the Fountain" (1954) from THREE COINS IN THE FOUNTAIN -- music by Jule Styne "All The Way" from THE JOKER IS WILD (1957) -- music by James Van Heusen "High Hopes" from A HOLE IN THE HEAD (1959) -- music by James Van Heusen "Call Me Irresponsible" from PAPA'S DELICATE CONDITION (1963) -- music by James Van Heusen Sammy also received an Emmy for the song, "Love and Marriage" from the TV production of OUR TOWN. All five of these songs were recorded by Frank Sinatra, a longtime friend and admirer of Sammy's lyrics. Previous Sammy Film Music Awards 24th Annual Sammy Awards for 2011 23rd Annual Sammys For 2010 22nd Annual Sammy Awards For 2009 21st Annual Sammy Awards For 2008 20th Annual Sammys For 2007 19th Annual Sammy Awards For 2006 18th Annual Sammys For 2005 The Sammy Film Music Awards See the complete list click here Best Album Producers Anna Bonn, William Stromberg, John Morgan (Special Preservation Award) 5 Sammy Awards = 2007, 2008, 2010 (2 awards), 2012 Douglass Fake (Special Preservation Award) 5 Sammy Awards = 2008, 2009, 2011, 2014 (2 awards) James Fitzpatrick (Special Preservation Award) 5 Sammy Awards = 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 Lukas Kendall 4 Sammy Awards = 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 Robert Townson 3 Sammy Awards = 2008, 2011, 2012 Nick Redman 2 Sammy Awards = 2012 See also Sammy Cahn Centennial Tibute If you have a website and would like to list the Sammy Film Music Awards, write to: SFMA Please help support The Sammy Film Music Awards Order your Books, CDs, or other items from the Store Film Music Review (Home Page) Return to top of page


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