Richard Bellis re-elected to ASCAP’s Board of Directors

Directors newly elected by the ASCAP Board are film composer Richard Bellis, Sony/ATV Chairman & CEO Martin Bandier and Warner-Chappell Interim CEO David H. Johnson.

Richard Bellis is a film and television composer, a former member of the USC faculty and a past president of the Society of Film Composers and Lyricists. His credits include the Emmy Award-winning score of Stephen King’s IT and the book, The Emerging Film Composer.

Established in 1914, ASCAP is the first and leading U.S. Performing Rights Organization representing the world's largest repertory totaling over 8.5 million copyrighted musical works of every style and genre from more than 285,000 composer, lyricist and music publisher members. ASCAP has representation arrangements with over 90 music rights organizations such that the ASCAP repertory is represented in nearly every country around the world. 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 Performing Rights Organization owned and governed by its writer and publisher members.