Sherman Oaks, CA (Top40 Charts/ Chatterbox PR Ink) - Composer John Dickson received his second ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) Top Television Series award for his work on the USA Network's hit series, Burn Notice last night. The Top Television Series Award honors ASCAP composers who have written the themes and underscore for the highest rated series during the period of January 1 - December 31, 2008.
Burn Notice will kick off its third season June 4, 2009 at 8:00 pm. "It's great to be back at work with Matt Nix and the Burn Notice team," Dickson says. "The show just gets better and better."
Burn Notice is a really fun show to write for. From the initial viewing of each episode to the final mix of the score it's always entertaining. Each character is so unique, so well fleshed out, that they inspire me to keep coming up with cool music for them. Dickson, a Texas native, brings a unique blend of musical artistry and cutting edge technology to the craft of composition. He has an exceptional background in composing music for film, television, and the recording industry as well as performing with such artists as Barbra Streisand, Elton John, and Ray Charles.
His filmography as a composer includes Burn Notice, Miss Nobody, Killer Per Caso, A Galaxy Far Far Away and over a dozen SciFi/horror films for SciFi including Mammoth, Alien Lockdown, Larva, and Mark Lester's Pterodactyl. His compositions and arrangements have also appeared in Sony's Who Killed the Electric Car, XXX, Cool World, The Oprah Winfrey Show, General Hospital and many other television and film projects.
For Burn Notice, Dickson has created a score that is a fusion of styles ranging from 60's funk to contemporary techno to salsa. His fresh approach to the score is one factor that makes the USA Network show a hit. Dickson noted, "Burn Notice is a really fun show to write for. From the initial viewing of each episode to the final mix of the score it's always entertaining. Each character is so unique, so well fleshed out, that they inspire me to keep coming up with cool music for them."
Dickson received his first ASCAP in May of 2008. In addition to working on his third season of Burn Notice, Dickson is wrapping work on Miss Nobody, a feature film directed by Tim Cox. Cox and Dickson have collaborated on many projects including the telefilms Larva and Mammoth. For more information, visit https://www.johndicksonmusic.com.
About ASCAP:
Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization (PRO) representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 350,000 songwriter, composer and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with similar foreign organizations so that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world where copyright law exists. ASCAP protects the rights of its members and foreign affiliates by licensing the public performances of their copyrighted works and distributing royalties based upon surveyed performances. ASCAP is the only American PRO owned and governed by its writer and publisher members. www.ascap.com
