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Cliff Martinez receives IFMCA Award for Drive

Composer Cliff Martinez has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Score in 2011, for his score for Drive, by IFMCA member Brian Satterwhite. Drive represents Martinez’s first IFMCA nomination and first win. The other nominees in the action/adventure/thriller category were Captain America: The First Avenger by Alan Silvestri, Mission [...]

IFMCA to take part in Kraków Film Music Festival

The International Film Music Critics Association is honored to announce that it will be officially taking part in the 5th Annual Film Music Festival in Kraków, Poland at the end of May. IFMCA members Jon Broxton, Damian Sołtysik, Łukasz Waligórski and Łukasz Wudarski will be leading one of the festival’s six Festival Academies, entitled “Film [...]

Christopher Lennertz accepts IFMCA Special Award for A Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project

The International Film Music Critics Association is honored to present the 2011 IFMCA Special Award to composer Christopher Lennertz on behalf of all those who contributed to the creation of A Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project. The IFMCA strongly felt that this impressive and important charitable effort was worthy of special recognition for the [...]

Pinar Toprak receives IFMCA Award for The Wind Gods

Composer Pinar Toprak has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Score in 2011, for her score for The Wind Gods, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Craig Richard Lysy. This is Toprak’s second award in two years, having been awarded the IFMCA Award for Best Comedy Score in [...]

Christopher Young receives IFMCA Award for The Rum Diary

Composer Christopher Young has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film in 2011, for his work on The Rum Diary, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Oscar Flores. Young’s award came in a strong category that also featured scores by David Arnold (Paul), Spanish [...]

IFMCA Winners 2011

JOHN WILLIAMS WINS FIVE AWARDS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS INCLUDING SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR “WAR HORSE” FEBRUARY 23, 2012 – The International Film Music Critics Association announces the winners of its eighth annual awards for excellence in musical scoring in 2011 with John Williams’ score for Steven Spielberg’s WAR HORSE topping the [...]

IFMCA Award Nominations 2011

JOHN WILLIAMS RECEIVES 7 INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS AWARD NOMINATIONS, INCLUDING TWO FOR FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR The International Film Music Critics Association announces its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2011 with veteran composer John Williams leading the field with 7 nods including WAR HORSE (3 nominations) and THE ADVENTURES [...]

Voting period for 2011 IFMCA Awards begins

The voting period for the 2011 International Film Music Critics Awards has begun with today’s mailing of official ballots to the 56 voting members of the group. Members will be making their choices in 15 categories intended to recognize the best film, television and video game music written in 2011. The nominees for the 2011 [...]

IFMCA welcomes new members for 2011

The IFMCA is proud to welcome eight new members joining the association for 2011 – Erin Veronica Corrado, Justin Craig, Cédric Delelée, Rubén Franco Menéndez, Florent Groult, Steven Kennedy, Craig Richard Lysy and Alan Rogers. Each of the new members have a deep knowledge of the history of film music, casting a sharp light on [...]

Bruno Coulais and Óscar Araujo receive IFMCA Awards

The International Film Music Critics Association presented two of its annual IFMCA Awards to composers Bruno Coulais and Óscar Araujo during a special ceremony at the 7th International Film Music Festival in Úbeda, Spain, last week. IFMCA member Olivier Desbrosses presented the awards; IFMCA member David Doncel Barthe is the Úbeda Festival’s director, and IFMCA [...]