Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat to get BMI Icon Award next month

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FILE - In a Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015 file photo, Alexandre Desplat accepts the award for original score in a feature film for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” at the Oscars, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Broadcast Music, Inc. announced Wednesday, April 15, 2015, that the French composer will be honored at its 2015 Film & Television Awards on May 13. Desplat won the Academy Award for best original score for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” in February. (Photo by John Shearer/Invision/AP, File)

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Alexandre Desplat, who won his first Oscar this year, will receive the BMI Icon Award next month.

The French composer will be honoured at the 2015 Film & Television Awards on May 13 in Beverly Hills, California, Broadcast Music Inc. announced Wednesday. Desplat won the Academy Award for best original score for “The Grand Budapest Hotel” in February.

Desplat, a Golden Globe winner and Grammy nominee, has also scored movies like “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” ”The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” ”The King’s Speech” and “Argo.”

The BMI event will also honour Walt Disney Music President Chris Montan with the classic contribution award for his three-decade career at Disney.

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