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Jon Burlingame Christophe Beck, Nathalie Bonin, Danny Lux and Gabriel Mann were among the composers honored by SESAC at its annual Film and Television Composer Awards Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. SESAC, one of three leading performing-rights organizations in the U.S., cited dozens of composers and publishers for their music in high-rated shows on network, cable, streaming and local TV, as well as widely seen theatrical features, at the invitation-only event. Beck (“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” “Shazam! Fury of the Gods”) was on hand to pick up awards in the cable and streaming categories, while Bonin accepted for co-composing the Grammy-winning soundtrack for “Women Warriors: The Voices of Change.” Ego Plum was cited for his Annie-winning music for “The Cuphead Show.”

Jon Burlingame editorComposers Christophe Beck and the Newton Brothers were among top honorees at Thursday night’s SESAC Film and Television Composer Awards in Santa Monica, California.Beck (pictured above, right) was cited for his music for last year’s action comedy “Free Guy,” while the Newton Brothers (Andy Grush and Taylor Stewart) earned their award for scoring the action-horror film “The Forever Purge.”Television composers honored for popular series included Danny Lux (above, left, “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Manifest,” “Rebel,” “Station 19”), Jon Ehrlich (above, center, “The Resident”), Gabriel Mann (“A Million Little Things”) and Paul Buckley (“Odd Squad”).Scott Jungmichel, recently named president and COO of SESAC Performing Rights, greeted the crowd, while Erin Collins, VP of film, television and developing media, announced that SESAC’s Reel Change: The Fund for Diversity in Film Scoring program (designed to support traditionally underrepresented groups) had recently funded projects for 12 composers, amounting to nearly $200,000.