John Powell wins IFMC 2010 Score Of The Year Award
24-Feb-2011 -
The International Film Music Critics Association announces the winners of its seventh
annual awards for excellence in musical scoring in 2010 with John Powell’s score for the
animated film HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON topping the list, winning both
Film Score of the Year and Best Score for an Animated Film.
Alexandre Desplat receives three awards: Best Score for a Drama Film (THE KING’S
SPEECH), Best Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film (THE GHOST WRITER) and
Composer of the Year.
Continuing their tradition to highlight lesser known but vital world talents, the
Association awards the Breakout Composer of the Year to Portuguese composer
Nuno Malo for AMÁLIA.
Turkish composer Pinar Toprak wins Best Score for a Comedy Film for her score
to the THE LIGHTKEEPERS. Rounding out the film categories are Best Score to a
Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film which goes to TRON: LEGACY by the French
duo Daft Punk,
Best Score for a Documentary Film winner is French composer Bruno Coulais
for OCÉANS and American Danny Elfman’s “Alice Theme” from ALICE IN
WONDERLAND wins Best Individual Composition.
In the non-film category, Bear McCreary wins his second award in a row in
the Best Score for a Television Series, this year for Fox’s drama HUMAN
TARGET (McCreary won last year for BATTLESTAR: GALACTICA).
Kojima Productions’ CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW, with music by
Óscar Araujo, wins Best Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media.
The Best Archival Release goes to the six-disc box set release of Alex North’s
score to Stanley Kubrick’s SPARTACUS, which was Varèse Sarabande’s
executive producer Robert Townson’s 1000th release for the label.
Best Record Label of the Year goes to La-La Land Records, their first win
in this category, for such notable 2010 expanded release soundtracks
as BATMAN RETURNS, DRAGONSLAYER, PANIC IN THE YEAR ZERO
and HOME ALONE.
2010 Film Categories
FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, music by John Powell
FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
• ALEXANDRE DESPLAT
BREAKOUT COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
• NUNO MALO
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM
• THE KING'S SPEECH, music by Alexandre Desplat
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM
• THE LIGHTKEEPERS, music by Pinar Toprak
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM
• THE GHOST WRITER, music by Alexandre Desplat
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM
• TRON: LEGACY, music by Daft Punk
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, music by John Powell
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
• OCÉANS, music by Bruno Coulais
FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
• ALICE IN WONDERLAND – “Alice’s Theme” (Danny Elfman)
2010 Non-Film Categories
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION
• HUMAN TARGET, music by Bear McCreary
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
• CASTLEVANIA: LORDS OF SHADOW, music by Óscar Araujo
BEST ARCHIVAL RELEASE OF AN EXISTING SCORE
• SPARTACUS, music by Alex North (Varèse Sarabande) –
Album Producer: Robert Townson; Liner Notes: Robert Townson;
Album Art Direction: Robert Townson, Matthew Joseph Peak, Bill Pitzonka
FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
• LA-LA LAND RECORDS
The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) is an
association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize
in writing about original film and television music.
For more information about its members and the list of past awards,
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