Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard’s Gladiator named Score of the Year, James Newton Howard honored as Top Composer, for the Year 2000 Recently, the IFMCA decided that it might be a fun exercise to go back and “fill in the gaps” by retrospectively voting for the best scores released ...

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 ...

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 ...