TheInternational Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is a professional association foronline, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing aboutoriginal film and television music.
The IFMCA was founded in the late 1990s as theFilm Music Critics Jury by 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,MundoBSO andUnderScores, as well as more mainstream publications such asAin't It Cool News,Variety,The Hollywood Reporter and theIrish Times. Members of the IFMCA have also been involved in writingliner notes for 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]Úbeda in Spain,[2]Kraków in Poland,[3] and theWorld Soundtrack Awards inGhent, Belgium.[4]
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 theAcademy Awards in 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 asASCAP in the United States[9] andSGAE in 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.
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