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) [...]

IFMCA Weekly Round-Up (Jan 16-23, 2012)

SOUNDTRACK REVIEWS FILM MUSIC MAGAZINE (filmmusicmag.com) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Michael Giacchino) FILM MUSIC: THE NEGLECTED ART (sdtom.wordpress.com) THE NAKED AND THE DEAD (Bernard Herrmann) THE BATTLE OF NERETVA (Bernard Herrmann) FILMTRACKS (filmtracks.com) IN TIME (Craig Armstrong) MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE – GHOST PROTOCOL (Michael Giacchino) MAN TO MAN (Patrick Doyle) STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE [...]

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 [...]

Cinemagic Patrick Doyle Workshop | IFMCA

Cinemagic has been operating for 21 years. Inaugurated in Belfast as a dynamic cross-community initiative to educate young people with each aspect of film. Over the years Cinemagic have expanded to other parts of the UK and Europe and more recently to the USA. I’ve worked with Cinemagic since 2001, helping in various guises and [...]

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 [...]