TheInternational Film Music Critics Association(IFMCA) is a professional association foronline, print and radio journalistswho specialize in writing aboutoriginal film and television music.
History and purpose
editThe IFMCA was founded in the late 1990s as theFilm Music Critics Juryby film music journalistMikael Carlsson(now the owner of film music record labelMovieScore Media), and after period of inactivity was re-launched in 2003 under its new title.
Its membership includes 65 journalists from 16 different countries who write for such high-profile film and soundtrack-related publications and websites asFilm Score Monthly,Filmtracks,SoundtrackNet,Music from the Movies,MundoBSOandUnderScores,as well as more mainstream publications such asAin't It Cool News,Variety,The Hollywood Reporterand theIrish Times.Members of the IFMCA have also been involved in writingliner notesfor major film music record labels such asFilm Score Monthly,Varèse Sarabande,Intrada Records,La-La Land Records andMusic Box Records.
The group maintains a website documenting its activities; operates a central online review interface which provides links to articles, reviews and interviews written by its members; organizes an annual awards event, the IFMCA Awards, celebrating music for films written during the preceding year; and is involved in organizing major international film music festivals, such as those inTenerife,[1]Úbedain Spain,[2]Krakówin Poland,[3]and theWorld Soundtrack AwardsinGhent,Belgium.[4]
IFMCA Awards
editThe 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 theAcademy Awardsin the absence of a guild for composers.[5]They have been called the "Oscars of film music",[6]have been featured in major daily newspapers in Spain[7]and Portugal,[8]are recognized by major performing rights organizations such asASCAPin the United States[9]andSGAEin Europe,[10]and most recently have been seen by the video games industry as an important step forward in legitimizing game music as a mainstream creative art form.[11]
Composers as varied asJohn Debney,[12]Alexandre Desplat,[13]Randy Edelman,[14]George Fenton,[15]Michael Giacchino,[16]James Newton Howard[17]Mark Isham,[18]Andrew Lockington,[19]Abel Korzeniowski,[20]Brian Tyler,[21]Fernando Velázquez[22]andDebbie Wiseman[23]highlight their IFMCA Award wins and nominations in their official biographies.
References
edit- ^"Tenerife International Film Music Festival".Fimucite.com. Archived fromthe originalon 11 July 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
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- ^"Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej".Fmp.org.pl.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^Poland."IFMCA: the International Film Music Critics Association » Members".Filmmusiccritics.org.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"International Film Music Critics nominees".Incontention.com.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Araujo, premio IFMCA a la banda sonora de videojuegos por" Lords of Shadow "".ABC.Madrid. 25 February 2011. Archived fromthe originalon 9 August 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^Delclós, Tomàs (8 March 2011)."Sinfonías en el videojuego: Premio internacional para Óscar Araujo por una banda sonora".El País.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Nuno Malo eleito o compositor revelação do ano nos Estados Unidos".Mundoportugues.org. Archived fromthe originalon 5 October 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"ASCAP Composers Score at the IFMCA Awards".Ascap.com. 1 March 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"SGAE: El compositor catalán Óscar Araujo gana el Premio a la Mejor Banda Sonora 2010 para Videojuego de la International Film Music Critics Association".Sgae.es. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^Kietzmann, Ludwig (12 February 2011)."Castlevania: Lords of Shadow soundtrack nominated for 2 IFMCA awards".Joystiq.com. Archived fromthe originalon 4 September 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 June 2011.Retrieved5 March2011.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Alexandre Desplat's biography".Alexandredesplat.net.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Bio".Randy Edelman. Archived fromthe originalon 27 September 2011.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 June 2011.Retrieved5 March2011.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy"(PDF).www.gsamusic.com.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 July 2011.Retrieved13 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy"(PDF).www.gsamusic.com.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 July 2011.Retrieved13 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Mark Isham Music – Bio".Isham.com.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Composer » Biography".Andrew Lockington. 20 September 2010.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Info".Abel Korzeniowski. 23 October 2010.Retrieved11 November2011.
- ^"Archived copy"(PDF).www.gsamusic.com.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 July 2011.Retrieved13 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^"Archived copy"(PDF).www.gsamusic.com.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 June 2011.Retrieved13 January2022.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^[2]Archived17 August 2009 at theWayback Machine