BMI has been a proud sponsor and supporter of the Sundance Film Festival for more than 15 years. During that time BMI has hosted parties, dinners, press seminars, roundtables and panels promoting it’s composers and music in film.

From bringing composers like Danny Elfman, Thomas Newman, Graeme Revell, George S. Clinton, Cliff Martinez, and Stewart Copeland to Sundance, to hosting directors Gus Van Sant and John Waters at the festival, BMI has continued to promote the director/composer relationship and the art of the score. In addition to composers, BMI has had a long history of presenting live music at Sundance, with such bands as DEVO to The Neville Brothers, Los Lobos, Beck, Cracker, Joan Osborne, Adam Duritz (Counting Crows) and Cheap Trick, playing at BMI sponsored events.

Through it’s ongoing support of the Sundance Composers Lab held at the Sundance Institute during the summer, BMI continues to look for new and innovative ways to help enhance the composer and director relationship. This year BMI is expanding it’s focus to include a workshop on the new avenues for music on cable television, a showcase of four diverse and talented songwriters as well as supporting it’s many composers who have scored films at the festival.