Daniel Pemberton receives IFMCA Award for Composer of the Year

Composer Daniel Pemberton has been presented with the 2020 International Film Music Critics Association Award for Composer of the Year by IFMCA member Tim Burden. Pemberton’s varied projects over the year included the literary adventure Enola Holmes, based on the popular young adult novels by Nancy Springer about the ...

Introducing the Critic: Blake Fichera

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I’m not sure there was an actual moment of discovery. My parents were not specifically “film music fans,” but they were fans of both movies and ...

IFMCA introduces more new members for 2021

We are very pleased to announce that three more film music journalists have joined the IFMCA in 2021. We are delighted to have the expertise and experience of Simon Elchlepp from Australia, Anne Kahnwald from Germany, and Oliver Pöllendorfer, also from Germany. After spending too much of his youth ...

Introducing the Critic: Erik Heine

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally (in terms of film music). How did you first discover film music? I’ve been around film music my entire life. The earliest music I can remember latching onto was a cassette of Zubin Mehta and the Los Angeles ...

IFMCA introduces new members for 2021

We are very pleased to announce that two film music journalists have joined the IFMCA in 2021. We are delighted to have the expertise and experience of Ignacio Marqués Cuadra and Mario Pons Sansegundo. Ignacio is an architect from Spain who has been writing soundtrack reviews and articles for ...

IFMCA Award Winners 2020

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2020 IFMCA AWARDS CHRISTOPHER WILLIS WINS SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR THE DICKENSIAN COMEDY “THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD,” CARLOS RAFAEL RIVERA WINS TWO AWARDS FOR HIT TV SERIES “THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT” FEBRUARY 18, 2021 — The International Film Music ...