Diane Warren, Mitchell Leib Honored at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

Legendary songwriter Diane Warren shall be honored with the Icon Award from the Guild of Music Supervisors. The award was created to have a good time those that have made legendary contributions to the music and movie business. Earlier recipients of the Icon Award embody Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Kenny Loggins and Marc Shaiman.

Mitchell Leib is the recipient of the annual Legacy Award. Leib is a former longtime president of music and soundtracks for Disney’s reside motion movement image division. The Legacy Award is bestowed to a music supervisor who has made an influence throughout the business over the course of their profession. Earlier recipients of the award embody music supervisors Maureen Crowe, Bob Hunka, Joel Sill, Gary Lemel and Chris Montan.

“Thanks, Guild of Music Supervisors, for this superb honor,” stated Warren. “I see that actual icons have acquired this award beforehand, and I’m proud and humbled to be of their firm though I don’t actually really feel like I’m one but. I really feel like I’m simply getting began so perhaps I’ll be an icon once I develop up if I ever develop up that’s! I like writing songs for films, and I’ve labored with numerous you on them. There’s nothing like the proper marriage of the proper track in simply the proper place in simply the proper film. I like being part of it and all the time will.”

Leib commented, “It means so very a lot to me to be honored by my friends and mates on the GMS and to obtain the Legacy Award. For me, it places an exclamation level on the closing of this chapter of my skilled profession as a music supervisor, albeit largely as a studio music govt at Disney, to whom I’ll ceaselessly be grateful. I began this journey as a rookie unbiased music supervisor and end now having achieved each purpose conceivable in my wildest goals. I’ve been lucky sufficient as nicely to have been given the chance to mentor, assist, and work with so many gifted music supervisors, who made me look so good, on so many initiatives. My appreciation for the GMS and its dedication to our craft is immense and it’s actually humbling to be acknowledged by these whom I respect so tremendously.”

The nominees inside 16 classes shall be introduced through a reside streaming occasion on Thursday, Feb. 10. Watch the nominations revealed reside on the Guild of Music Supervisors’ social media channels throughout YouTube and Fb.

The ceremony will happen on March 20 honoring the craft of music supervision amongst the leisure business and movie music neighborhood.

Stated Joel C. Excessive, president of the Guild of Music Supervisors, “We’re so joyful to have the ability to honor two people who’ve been important to the craft of telling tales with music. Mitchell has been such a profound affect, each creatively and professionally on music supervision over his a long time of wonderful work, awarding him our Legacy trophy this 12 months feels completely proper. And Diane, our Icon Award recipient this 12 months is the true definition of the phrase Icon. Her physique of labor, her expertise, her vitality and her friendship with music supervisors and the Guild put her in a category to herself! It is a huge 12 months!”