User:JonBroxton/International Film Music Critics Association

The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is a professional association for online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film and television music.

History
The IFMCA was originally founded in the late 1990s as the Film Music Critics Jury, and after period of inactivity was re-launched in 2003 under its new title. Its membership includes 55 journalists from 16 different countries who write for such high-profile film music-related publications and websites as Film Score Monthly, Filmtracks, SoundtrackNet, Music from the Movies, Ain't It Cool News, and who have been involved in organizing major international film music festivals, such as those in Tenerife, Úbeda in Spain , Krakow in Poland , and the World Soundtrack Awards in Ghent, Belgium.

IFMCA Awards
The organization is responsible for the annual International Film Music Critics Association Awards, the only awards given to composers by active film music journalists, and which are seen by many as a valuable precursor to the Academy Awards in the absence of a guild for composers. They have been called the "Oscars of film music", are recognized by performing rights organizations , and most recently by the video games industry as an important step forward in legitimizing game music as a mainstream creative art form.

Major Award Winners

 * 2010 Score of the Year: How to Train Your Dragon, by John Powell
 * 2010 Composer of the Year: Alexandre Desplat
 * complete list from 2010


 * 2009 Score of the Year: Up, by Michael Giacchino
 * 2009 Composer of the Year: Michael Giacchino
 * complete list from 2009


 * 2008 Score of the Year: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, by Alexandre Desplat
 * 2008 Composer of the Year: Danny Elfman
 * complete list from 2008


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


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


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


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