Diane Warren, Mitchell Leib will obtain lifetime achievement honours at Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

By ANI

WASHINGTON: Songwriter Diane Warren and Disney soundtrack veteran Mitchell Leib are set to be honoured on the Guild of Music Supervisors annual awards ceremony.

As per Variety, Warren will choose up the Icon Award, created to have a good time those that have made vital contributions to the music and movie business. Previous recipients embody Quincy Jones, Burt Bacharach, Kenny Loggins and Marc Shaiman.

Leib is being given the annual Legacy Award, bestowed to music supervisors who’ve made a serious affect. Leib is a former longtime president of music and soundtracks for Disney’s live-action movement image division. Previous recipients embody music supervisors Maureen Crowe, Bob Hunka, Joel Sill, Gary Lemel and Chris Montan.

“Thank you, Guild of Music Supervisors, for this amazing honour,” mentioned Warren in an announcement. “I see that real icons have received this award previously, and I am proud and humbled to be in their company although I don’t really feel like I am one yet. I feel like I’m just getting started so maybe I’ll be an icon when I grow up if I ever grow up that is! I love writing songs for movies, and I’ve worked with a lot of you on them. There’s nothing like the perfect marriage of the right song in just the right place in just the right movie. I love being a part of it and always will.”

Leib commented, “It means so very much to me to be honoured by my peers and friends at the GMS and to receive the Legacy Award. For me, it puts an exclamation point on the closing of this chapter of my professional career as a music supervisor, albeit mostly as a studio music executive at Disney, to whom I will forever be grateful. I started this journey as a rookie independent music supervisor and finish now having achieved every goal imaginable in my wildest dreams.”

Leib additional thanked everybody who has been instrumental in his journey.

“I’ve been fortunate enough as well to have been given the opportunity to mentor, support, and work with so many talented music supervisors, who made me look so good, on so many projects. My appreciation for the GMS and its commitment to our craft is immense and it is truly humbling to be acknowledged by those whom I respect so greatly,” Leib added.

The nominees in 16 classes for the annual aggressive awards will probably be introduced by way of a reside streaming occasion on February 10, set to be seen reside on the Guild of Music Supervisors’ social media channels throughout YouTube and Facebook.

The ceremony honouring this 12 months’s winners together with Leib and Warren will happen on March 20.