International Film Music Critics Association

The International Film Music Critics Association, also known by the acronym IFMCA, is an association of editors, journalists, radio hosts and reviewers from online and print publications who specialize in writing about original film and television music.

Currently, their main activitity is the IFMCA Awards, an annual "awards ceremony" which honors the best in film, television and game music in a given year, and is intended to be a more viable alternative to awards such as the Academy Awards and the Golden Globes, which are not chosen by professionals dedicated to the genre.

History

The group was originally formed in the early 2000s as the Film Music Critics Jury by film music journalist and producer Mikael Carlsson, editor and journalist of filmmusicradio.com, filmmusicweekly.com and owner of the Swedish label MovieScore Media. Since 2004, when the group changed to its current name, the IFMCA has grown to comprise 43 members from countries as diverse as Australia, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.

Award Winners

*2007 Score of the Year: Atonement, by Dario Marianelli
*2007 Composer of the Year: Alexandre Desplat

*2006 Score of the Year: Lady in the Water, by James Newton Howard
*2006 Composer of the Year: Alexandre Desplat

*2005 Score of the Year: Memoirs of a Geisha, by John Williams
*2005 Composer of the Year: John Williams

*2004 Score of the Year: The Incredibles, by Michael Giacchino
*2004 Composer of the Year: Michael Giacchino

Current members

*David Doncel Barthe, BSO Spirit (Spain)
*Mike Beek, Music from the Movies (UK)
*Mike Beilfuss, Cinema Musica (Germany)
*Philippe Blumenthal, Cinema Musica (Switzerland)
*Basil Boehni, Outnow (Switzerland)
*Mike Brennan, SoundtrackNet(USA)
*Jonathan Broxton, Movie Music UK (USA)
*Demetris Christodoulides, Score Magacine (Cyprus)
*Mikael Carlsson, Film Music Weekly (Sweden)
*Christian Clemmensen, Filmtracks (USA)
*Christopher Coleman, Tracksounds (USA)
*Paul Cote, Cinemusic (USA)
*Tom Daish, Soundtrack Express (UK)
*Bregt De Lange, Filmscore & Main Titles (Belgium)
*Clark Douglas, Movie Music UK & WHIE Radio (USA)
*Ricardo Borrero Gavilan, Cine y BSO (Spain)
*Dan Goldwasser, SoundtrackNet (USA)
*Roger L. Hall, Film Music Review (USA)
*Mark R. Hasan, KQEK (Canada)
*Sergio Hardasmal, Accion Cine y Video (Spain)
*Andrew Keech, Music from the Movies (USA)
*Thomas Kiefner, Golden Scores (USA)
*Randall Larson, Mania/Cinescape (USA)
*Andreas Lindahl, Score Reviews (Sweden)
*Michael McLennan, independent (Australia)
*Brian McVickar, SoundtrackNet (USA)
*Pablo Nieto, Score Magacine (Spain)
*Miguel Angel Ordonez, Score Magacine (Spain)
*Lukasz Remis, Soundtracks.pl (Poland)
*Mike Rumpf, Filmmusik 2000 (Germany)
*Daniel Schweiger, independent (USA)
*David Serong, Cinema Musica (Germany)
*Jose Maria Serrano, BSO Spirit (Spain)
*Oscar Giminez Serrano, BSO Spirit (Spain)
*Konstantinos Sotiropoulos, Cinemascope (Greece)
*James Southall, Movie Wave (UK)
*Marco Spagnoli, independent (Italy)
*Pawel Stroinski, FilmMusic.pl (Poland)
*Lukasz Waligorski, MuzykaFilmowa (Poland)
*Cary Wong, Film Score Monthly (USA)
*Erik Woods, Cinematic Sound (Canada)
*Lukasz Wudarski, FilmMusic.pl (Poland)
*Conrado Xalabarder, Mundo BSO (Spain)

Links

* [http://www.filmmusiccritics.org International Film Music Critics Association]
* [http://www.filmmusicmag.com/news/Film-Music-Critics-Announce-Award-Nominations-302.html 2007 Awards announcement]

Member Websites

* [http://accioncine.edijardin.com/ Accion Cine y Video]
* [http://www.bsospirit.com/ BSO Spirit]
* [http://www.cineybso.com/ Cine y BSO]
* [http://www.cinemamusica.de/ Cinema Musica]
* [http://www.cinemascope.gr/ Cinemascope]
* [http://www.geocities.com/cinematicsound/ Cinematic Sound]
* [http://www.cinemusic.net/ Cinemusic]
* [http://www.mania.com/ Cinescape (Mania)]
* [http://www.americanmusicpreservation.com/fmr.htm Film Music Review]
* [http://www.filmmusicweekly.com/ Film Music Weekly]
* [http://www.filmscoremonthly.com Film Score Monthly]
* [http://www.filmmusic.pl/ FilmMusic.pl]
* [http://www.filmmusik2000.de/ Filmmusik 2000]
* [http://www.filmscore.be/ Filmscore]
* [http://www.filmtracks.com Filmtracks]
* [http://goldenscores.com/ Golden Scores]
* [http://www.kqek.com KQEK.com]
* [http://www.maintitles.net/ Main Titles]
* [http://www.moviemusicuk.us Movie Music UK]
* [http://www.movie-wave.net/ Movie Wave]
* [http://www.mundobso.com/ Mundo BSO]
* [http://www.musicfromthemovies.com/ Music from the Movies]
* [http://www.muzykafilmowa.pl/ Muzyka Filmowa]
* [http://outnow.ch/ Outnow]
* [http://www.scoremagacine.com/ Score Magacine]
* [http://www.scorereviews.com/ Score Reviews]
* [http://www.soundtrack-express.com/ Soundtrack Express]
* [http://www.soundtrack.net/ Soundtrack Net]
* [http://soundtracks.pl/ Soundtracks.pl]
* [http://www.tracksounds.com/default.htm Tracksounds]
* [http://www.xanga.com/whieradio WHIE Radio]