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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 [...]

2011 nominations to be announced February 9, 2012

We will announce the nominations for the 2011 IFMCA Awards on Thursday, February 9 at noon ET. Please check this website for the official announcement and press release.

IFMCA Weekly Round-Up (Jan 28-Feb 3, 2012)

SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS ASTURSCORE (asturscore.com) J. EDGAR (Clint Eastwood)  BSO SPIRIT (bsospirit.com)  MAN TO MAN (Patrick Doyle) FILM MUSIC: THE NEGLECTED ART (sdtom.wordpress.com) FILM MUSIC 2011 (Various Artists) FILMTRACKS (filmtracks.com) BACK TO GAYA (Michael Kamen) BIG MIRACLE (Cliff Eidelman) THE GREY (Marc Streitenfeld) UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING (Paul Haslinger) MAINTITLES (maintitles.net) MINECRAFT – VOLUME ALPHA (C418)  MOVIE WAVE [...]

IFMCA Weekly Round-Up (Jan 23-27, 2012)

SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS BSO SPIRIT (bsospirit.com) CONTAGION (Cliff Martinez) SHERLOCK HOMES: A GAME OF SHADOWS (Hans Zimmer) DOLPHIN TALE (Mark Isham) GAME OF THRONES (Ramin Djawadi) HUGO (Howard Shore) LA LIGNE DROITE (Patrick Doyle) MARS NEEDS MOMS (John Powell) THE TEMPEST (Elliot Goldenthal) FILM MUSIC: THE NEGLECTED ART (sdtom.wordpress.com) BACK TO GAYA (Michael Kamen) FILMTRACKS (filmtracks.com) [...]