BMI Film & TV Awards 1988
The presentation of the BMI Film & TV Awards in 1988 was the third of its kind. The award ceremony always honors works from the previous year. The respective song composers are awarded in the category Most Performed Song from a Film , so there may be deviations from the soundtrack composers.
Award winners
BMI Film Music Award
- La Bamba by Miles Goodman and Carlos Santana
- Lethal Weapon - Two tough professionals from Eric Clapton and Michael Kamen
- The Living Daylights by John Barry
- Nothing but trouble with the guy from Alan Silvestri
- Predator by Alan Silvestri
- RoboCop from Basil Poledouris
- The secret of my success from David Foster
- The night has many eyes by Arthur B. Rubinstein
- Throw mom off the train! by David Newman
- The Witches of Eastwick by John Williams ( Oscar nomination for best film music in 1988)
Most Performed Song from a Film
- Feivel, the mouse wanderer by James Horner , Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil (for the song Somewhere Out There )
- Mona Lisa by Tony Banks , Phil Collins and Michael Rutherford (for the song In Too Deep )
- Stand by Me by Ben E. King , Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (for the song Stand by Me )
BMI TV Music Award
- The Bill Cosby Show by Bill Cosby and Stu Gardner
- A Different World by Bill Cosby and Stu Gardner
- Family ties by Jeff Barry and Tom Scott
- Golden Girls by Andrew Gold
- Growing Pains by Steve Dorff
- LA Law - Star Lawyers, Tricks, Trials from Mike Post
- Matlock by Bruce Babcock and Artie Kane
- The model and the sniffer from Al Jarreau
- Harry's Miraculous Judgment of Jack Elliott
- Who is the boss? by Martin Cohan , Blake Hunter and Robert Kraft
- Wonderful years of John Lennon , Paul McCartney and WG Snuffy Walden