IFMCA member Kevin Koltz recounts his experiences working on the upcoming Michael Giacchino documentary Director By Night I was fortunate to have been part of the crew that made the documentary “Director by Night.” In fact, I was the last of the crew added, but you’ll get no complaints ...
Composer Oscar Martín Leanizbarrutia has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year by IFMCA member Juan Carlos Jiménez. Leanizbarrutia was honored for his enormously impressive mainstream work scoring the Spanish-language Claret, a historical drama based on the life of the ...
Following a great deal of discussion, the International Film Music Critics Association is implementing four rule changes that affect the IFMCA Awards, effective immediately. 1. Scores for television series and video games are now eligible for Score of the Year Historically, the Score of the Year category has been ...
IFMCA member Blake Fichera is currently raising funds for his latest project, a documentary film about horror movie music entitled Scored to Death: The Dark Art of Scary Movie Music. Details of this outstanding project can be found at: For the first time, a feature-length documentary explores the ...
Earlier this year IFMCA member Kees Hogenbirk was knighted to the Order of Oranje-Nassau in the Netherlands for ‘spreading the awareness, understanding and love for film music as an art form in The Netherlands,’ in recognition of his 40-year career in journalism, radio making, festivals, juries, conferences, and guest ...
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 ...
