BMI Film & TV Awards 1991
The presentation of the BMI Film & TV Awards in 1991 was the sixth of its kind. Work from the previous year is always recognized at the presentation. 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
- Back to the Future III by Alan Silvestri
- Dances with Wolves by John Barry ( Oscar for best film music 1991)
- Days of Thunder by Hans Zimmer
- Dick Tracy by Danny Elfman
- Die Hard 2 by Michael Kamen
- Kevin - Home Alone by John Williams (1991 Oscar nomination for best film music)
- The Hunt for Red October by Basil Poledouris
- For lack of evidence from John Williams
- Pretty Woman by James Newton Howard
- Turtles by John Du Prez
- Total Recall by Jerry Goldsmith
Most Performed Song from a Film
- Pretty Woman by Per Gessle (for the song It Must Have Been Love )
BMI TV Music Award
- 20/20 by Robert Israel
- America's Funniest Home Videos by Stewart Harris and Dan Slider
- America's Funniest People by Dan Slider
- The Bill Cosby Show by Bill Cosby , Stu Gardner and Arthur Lisi
- Designing Women by Bruce Miller
- A Different World by Bill Cosby , Stu Gardner , Arthur Lisi and Dawnn Lewis
- Family Matters by Bennett Salvay
- Full house from Jeff Franklin and Bennett Salvay
- Golden Girls by Andrew Gold
- MacGyver by Randy Edelman
- Matlock by Bruce Babcock and Artie Kane
- Murphy Brown by Steve Dorff
News Special Tribute Award
- ABC Evening News by Robert Israel
- CBS Evening News with Dan Rather by Elizabeth Myers , Alan Pasqua and John Trivers
- CNN Headline News from Robert Israel
- NBC Nightly News by John Williams
- Herb Avery (for CNN: War in the Gulf )