The members of the International Film Music Critics Association have announced the winners of the 4th Annual IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2007. They are:
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FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR – Atonement, music by Dario Marianelli
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FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR – Alexandre Desplat
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BEST NEW COMPOSER OF 2007 – Ilan Eshkeri for Stardust
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM – Atonement, music by Dario Marianelli
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM – Enchanted, music by Alan Menken
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM – The Bourne Ultimatum, music by John Powell
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION FILM – The Golden Compass, music by Alexandre Desplat
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A HORROR/THRILLER FILM – Zodiac, music by David Shire
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM – Ratatouille, music by Michael Giacchino
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY FILM – Earth, music by George Fenton
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION – The Story of the Great King and the Four Gods, music by Joe Hisaishi
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BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA – LAIR, music by John Debney
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BEST NEW RELEASE/RE-RELEASE/RE-RECORDING OF AN EXISTING SCORE – Alien, music by Jerry Goldsmith; produced by Douglass Fake, Michael Matessino and Nick Redman (Intrada Records)
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BEST COMPILATION ALBUM – Amazing Stories: Anthology 3, various composers; produced by Douglass Fake (Intrada Records)
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FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR – “Elegy for Dunkirk” from Atonement, music by Dario Marianelli
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FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR – Intrada Records
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SPECIAL AWARD – to Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman for the outstanding work on the 2007 screen musical Hairspray, based on their own Tony Award-winning stage show