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 ...

IFMCA announces new members for 2022

We are very pleased to announce that a new film music journalist has joined the IFMCA in 2022. We are delighted to have the expertise and experience of Anton Smit. Anton is a film music enthusiast from the Netherlands and has been active with film music since the early ...

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 ...