Introducing the Critic: Mike Rumpf

Tell us a little about your background, both personally and professionally. How did you first discover film music? I grew up in northern Germany in a small city on the North Sea coast. In the eighties, I used to be a big fan of the synth pop of that ...

Philip Klein in concert: The Last Full Measure

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by John Boles On April 11, 2025, IFMCA member John Boles had the wonderful opportunity to attend the world premiere of a suite of music from Philip Klein’s THE LAST FULL MEASURE, originally released in 2020. The suite was performed by the Greater Rochester Women’s Philharmonic at Nazareth University ...

New Book from IFMCA Member John Mansell

I am pleased to announce that my first book has been published by Bear Manor Media in the United States and is available directly from them or on Amazon. Italian Western: Violent Image, Savage Soundtrack is a culmination of interviews and biographies of Italian composers who were heavily involved ...

IFMCA Award Winners 2024

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FEBRUARY 27, 2025 — The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its annual list of winners for excellence in musical scoring, in the 2024 IFMCA Awards. The award for Score of the Year goes to American composer Bear McCreary, for his score for the second season of the ...

IFMCA Award Nominations 2024

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED FEBRUARY 13, 2025. The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of nominees for excellence in musical scoring in 2024, for the 21st annual IFMCA Awards. Composer Bear McCreary leads the list of composer nominees with six nominations, followed ...

IFMCA announces new members for 2025

We are very pleased to announce the following individuals as new members of the IFMCA for 2025 Erica Acuña is a psychologist, cultural promoter, cinephile, and music lover from Colombia. She fell in love with film music as a young girl when she first watched Ben Hur with an ...
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