Composer Bear McCreary has been presented with the 2022 International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Score of the Year, Composer of the Year, Best Original Score for Television, and Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media, by IFMCA member Jon Broxton. McCreary’s wins were for his enormous score for the Amazon ..read more

Composer Simon Franglen has been presented with the 2022 International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Composition of the Year and Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Craig Lysy. Both Franglen’s wins were for his score for the epic science fiction adventure Avatar: The Way of Water ..read more

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF 2022 IFMCA AWARDS BEAR MCCREARY WINS SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR EPIC TV SERIES THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RINGS OF POWER; ALSO NAMED COMPOSER OF THE YEAR, WINS TWO OTHER AWARDS SIMON FRANGLEN WINS TWO AWARDS FOR WORK ON AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER DOCUMENTARY ..read more

INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED TELEVISON AND GAME SCORES ELIGIBLE FOR SCORE OF THE YEAR FOR FIRST TIME BEAR MCCREARY, MICHAEL GIACCHINO, DANIEL PEMBERTON LEAD LIST OF NOMINATED COMPOSERS COMPOSERS FROM EGYPT, FINLAND, JAPAN, POLAND, TURKEY, AMONG MANY OTHERS, ALL VYING FOR PRIZES FEBRUARY 9, 2023. The International Film Music Critics Association ..read more

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 from me there.  Having not worked ..read more

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 Antonio Maria Claret, who founded the ..read more

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 reserved for scores written for feature ..read more

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: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/scoredtodeathmovie/scored-to-death-the-dark-art-of-scary-movie-music For the first time, a feature-length documentary explores the fascinating relationship between music and horror ..read more

Earlier this year IFMCA member Kees Hogenbirk was knighted to the Order of Oranje-Nassau in the Netherlands for ‘spreading the awareness, understanding and love for film music as an art form in The Netherlands,’ in recognition of his 40-year career in journalism, radio making, festivals, juries, conferences, and guest lecturing, as well as the current ..read more

by Jon Broxton On July 22nd 2022 IFMCA members Jon Broxton, Craig Lysy, and Daniel Schweiger were among the thousands of concert-goers at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles for a special tribute to the life and music of composer Basil Poledouris. The beginnings of this concert were originally conceived almost sixteen years ago ..read more