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 ...

Carlos Rafael Rivera receives IFMCA Awards for The Queen’s Gambit

Composer Carlos Rafael Rivera has been presented with the 2020 International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Best Original Score for Television and Film Music Composition of the Year by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Craig Lysy. Both Rivera’s wins were for his spellbinding score for the chess-themed Netflix ...