Composer Theodore Shapiro has been presented with the 2013 International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty by IFMCA member Jon Broxton. This is Shapiro’s first IFMCA Award win, having previously been nominated in this category in 2008 for his score for […]
Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I was born in Oslo in 1977, then (mostly) brought up in Grimstad in the South of Norway before I moved back to Oslo in 1996 at the age of 18. I’ve […]
The International Film Music Critics Association is proud to announce the second in its annual IFMCA Radio broadcasts, celebrating the music nominated for the 2013 IFMCA Awards, and featuring selections by several members which represent, in their opinion, some of the best individual film, TV and video game cues from the preceding 12 months. The […]
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS; COMPOSERS FROM POLAND, SPAIN, DOMINATE FEBRUARY 20, 2014 — The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of winners for excellence in musical scoring in 2013. This year’s awards have a real international flavor, with the top awards going to composers primarily from Poland and Spain, […]
INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED; POLISH COMPOSER ABEL KORZENIOWSKI LEADS FIELD The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2013. In this 10th Anniversary year of the IFMCA’s creation, the most nominated composer is Abel Korzeniowski, who received six nominations: Score of the […]
Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I was born in 1955 in Brighton on the south coast of England, which is where I still live. I discovered film music via my mother, I suppose. She worked at a […]
By Joep de Bruijn Wojciech Kilar was born on 17 July1932 in Lwów, Poland (nowadays Lviv, Ukraine). He comes from a generation of composers who learned the craft of composing through traditional music studies. In these early days of his career he wrote experimental music, joined by Penderecki and Gorecki. Together they became part of […]
IMFCA member Conrado Xalabarder has released his newest book, The Music Script in Film, both in Spanish and English (translated by Australian author and novelist Gloria Montero). The book deals with the use of music in films, its effects on the audience (both emotionally and rationally) and emphasizes how to write a comprehensible musical discourse […]
The timetable for the 2013 International Film Music Critics Association Awards has been set. The critical dates are as follows: Thursday, January 16, 2014 – Nominations ballots sent out to members Sunday, February 2, 2014 – Deadline for members to send in nominations Thursday, February 6, 2014 – 2013 IFMCA Award nominations announced Friday, February 7, […]
This year’s Ghent Film Festival celebrated its 40th anniversary. With a focus on American independent movies, and in particular the movies of Martin Scorsese, a lot of screenings of the director’s most famous movies were shown. Also a large exhibition has been inaugurated at the Caermersklooster. However, the festival shines with its endless support for […]
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