BMI has completed its second annual Composer Lab, providing eight emerging film and television composers with mentorship and an orchestral recording and mixing session.
Composer Peter Golub, former director of the Sundance Film Music Program, led the program alongside Tracy McKnight, BMI’s vice president of film, television and visual media. Mentors included James Newton Howard, Thomas Newman, Harry Gregson-Williams and Mark Isham.
The 2026 class comprised:
- Wesley Amorim
- Andreu Diport
- Christa Duggan
- Yaron Eigenstein
- Danahyah Evans
- Jason Fujita
- Geneviève Gros-Louis
- Ana Krstajić
Industry advisors included Paul Broucek, president of music at Warner Bros. Pictures; John Houlihan, senior vice president of music at Searchlight Pictures and 20th Century Studios; and Bradley Rainey, WME’s head of music for visual media.
To conclude the lab, participants worked with the Hollywood Cinematic Orchestra on an orchestral recording and mixing session at Nathan Barr’s Bandrika Studios in Tarzana, California.
