Basil Poledouris: The Music and the Movies

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by Jon Broxton On July 22nd 2022 IFMCA members Jon Broxton, Craig Lysy, and Daniel Schweiger were among the thousands of concert-goers at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles for a special tribute to the life and music of composer Basil Poledouris. The beginnings of this concert were ...

IFMCA Award Winners 2021

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INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2021 IFMCA AWARDS MAURIZIO MALAGNINI WINS SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR THE FANTASY BALLET FILM COPPELIA; JAMES NEWTON HOWARD WINS THREE AWARDS, INCLUDING COMPOSER OF THE YEAR; NICK REDMAN HONORED WITH INAUGURAL ROBERTO ASCHIERI SPECIAL AWARD FOR CONTRIBUTION TO FILM MUSIC; ...

IFMCA Award Nominations 2021

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED JAMES NEWTON HOWARD AND HANS ZIMMER RECEIVE FOUR NOMINATIONS EACH THREE WOMEN NOMINATED FOR BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER AWARD SCORES FROM AUSTRALIA, CHINA, FINLAND, FRANCE, SPAIN, VYING FOR MAJOR AWARDS FEBRUARY 3, 2022. The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list ...

2021 IFMCA Award voting period begins, January 14th

The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is delighted to announce that the voting period for the 18th Annual IFMCA Awards, honoring the best film, television, and interactive media music in 2021, begins on Friday, January 14th, 2022. Scores and composers from 1,225 films, 755 episodic TV shows, and ...

Introducing the Critic: Basil Boehni

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 1985 near Lucerne in Switzerland. At the age of nine, during my time at elementary school, I started learning to play the ...