IFMCA awards Honorary Membership to Mikael Carlsson

On May 22 the members of the IFMCA, by official vote,  bestowed Honorary Membership on Mikael Carlsson, in recognition of his initiative to unite film music journalists from many countries, establishing the worldwide organisation that has ultimately become the International Film Music Critics Association. In addition, the graphic design of ...

IFMCA supports A Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project

On Saturday, March 26th, IFMCA members Mike Brennan, Jon Broxton, Oscar Flores and Dan Goldwasser attended the recording sessions for “A Symphony of Hope: The Haiti Project” at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. The brainchild of composer Christopher Lennertz, the Symphony is musical fundraising project ...

First Special IFMCA Jury Prize Awarded

At the Unheard Film Festival in Amsterdam a special IFMCA prize was handed out for the first time. For The Battle, the soundtrack competition of the Unheard Film Festival, 66 students of European art and music academies participated by composing a new sound score for (existing) short films. IFMCA-members ...

Nuno Maló receives IFMCA Award for Amália

Composer Nuno Maló has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakout Composer of 2010, for his work on the Portuguese biopic Amália, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Oscar Flores. In an international affair, Portuguese composer Maló beat Spanish composers Óscar Araujo (who was ...

John Powell receives IFMCA Awards for How to Train Your Dragon

Composer John Powell has been presented with the International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Score of the Year and Best Score for an Animated Feature in 2010, for his Oscar-nominated work on How to Train Your Dragon, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Oscar Flores. Powell overcame strong ...