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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
On Saturday, March 26th, IFMCA members Mike Brennan, Jon Broxton, Oscar Flores and Dan Goldwasser attended the recording sessions for “A Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project” at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. The brainchild of composer Christopher Lennertz, the Symphony is musical fundraising project designed to help the people of [...]
Composer Nuno Maló has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakout Composer of 2010, for his work on the Portuguese biopic Amália, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Oscar Flores. In an international affair, Portuguese composer Maló beat Spanish composers Óscar Araujo (who was nominated for the video game score [...]
Composer John Powell has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Score of the Year and Best Score for an Animated Feature in 2010, for his Oscar-nominated work on How to Train Your Dragon, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Oscar Flores. Powell overcame strong opposition from Hans Zimmer (Inception), Daft [...]
Composer Pinar Toprak has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Comedy Score in 2010, for her score for The Lightkeepers, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Oscar Flores. Toprak beat out established composers such as Scott Glasgow (Lo), James Newton Howard (Nanny McPhee Returns), Philippe Rombi (Potiche) and Christopher [...]
The IFMCA is delighted to announce the induction of four new members into the group: John Bender is a freelance film music journalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His earliest memories of pleasures from life on Earth involve television and film, and the music for both. As a student he pursued education in the visual Fine Arts [...]
The IFMCA is pleased to announce the publication of the third IFMCA Legend tribute, “Miklós Rózsa: The Midas Touch”, by Greek film music journalist and IFMCA member Konstantinos Sotiropoulos, the founder and editor of “Soundtrackbeat.com”, the first Greek site about film music. The Rózsa tribute examines his life and work, from his early days working for producer [...]
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is proud to announce the formation of the IFMCA Legends archive, celebrating the life and work of some of film music’s greatest historical artists. Although the primary focus of the IFMCA is the celebration of the best in modern contemporary film music, it is also fully aware of [...]
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