IFMCA Awards 2020 (17th edition) – Nominees

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR

• THE CALL OF THE WILD, music by John Powell
• ENOLA HOLMES, music by Daniel Pemberton
• FUKUSHIMA 50, music by Tarō Iwashiro
• THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, music by Christopher Willis
• WONDER WOMAN 1984, music by Hans Zimmer

 

FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• FEDERICO JUSID
• BEAR MCCREARY
• DANIEL PEMBERTON
• CHRISTOPHER WILLIS
• HANS ZIMMER

 

BREAKTHROUGH COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

• ALEX BARANOWSKI
• THOMAS CLAY
• PHILIP KLEIN
• NAMI MELUMAD
• ISOBEL WALLER-BRIDGE AND DAVID SCHWEITZER

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM

• DA 5 BLOODS, music by Terence Blanchard
• FANNY LYE DELIVER’D, music by Thomas Clay
• FUKUSHIMA 50, music by Tarō Iwashiro
• NEWS OF THE WORLD, music by James Newton Howard
• THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, music by Daniel Pemberton

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM

• AN AMERICAN PICKLE, music by Michael Giacchino and Nami Melumad
• EMMA, music by Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer
• GODMOTHERED, music by Rachel Portman
• THE PERSONAL HISTORY OF DAVID COPPERFIELD, music by Christopher Willis
• WILD MOUNTAIN THYME, music by Amelia Warner

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE/THRILLER FILM

• THE CALL OF THE WILD, music by John Powell
• ENOLA HOLMES, music by Daniel Pemberton
• MULAN, music by Harry Gregson-Williams
• ORÍGENES SECRETOS [UNKNOWN ORIGINS], music by Federico Jusid
• TENET, music by Ludwig Göransson

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM

• THE INVISIBLE MAN, music by Benjamin Wallfisch
• THE MIDNIGHT SKY, music by Alexandre Desplat
• WENDY, music by Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin
• THE WITCHES, music by Alan Silvestri
• WONDER WOMAN 1984, music by Hans Zimmer

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE

• ANIMAL CRACKERS, music by Bear McCreary
• FEARLESS, music by Anne-Kathrin Dern
• ONWARD, music by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna
• SOUL, music by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon Batiste
• WOLFWALKERS, music by Bruno Coulais

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY

• DAVID ATTENBOROUGH: A LIFE ON OUR PLANET, music by Steven Price
• ELEPHANT, music by Ramin Djawadi
• HARBOR FROM THE HOLOCAUST, music by Chad Cannon
• RISING PHOENIX, music by Daniel Pemberton
• SADAN HANIM, music by George Kallis

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION

• DRACULA, music by David Arnold and Michael Price
• HIS DARK MATERIALS, music by Lorne Balfe
• LOVECRAFT COUNTRY, music by Laura Karpman and Raphael Saadiq
• THE MANDALORIAN, music by Ludwig Göransson
• THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, music by Carlos Rafael Rivera

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA

• GHOST OF TSUSHIMA, music by Ilan Eshkeri and Shigeru Umebayashi
• MEDAL OF HONOR: ABOVE AND BEYOND, music by Michael Giacchino and Nami Melumad
• ORI AND THE WILL OF THE WISPS, music by Gareth Coker
• THE PATHLESS, music by Austin Wintory
• STAR WARS: SQUADRONS, music by Gordy Haab

 

BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – RE-RELEASE OR RE-RECORDING

• ENDLESS NIGHT, music by Bernard Herrmann; the Basque National Orchestra, conducted by Fernando Velázquez; album produced by Edouard Dubois and José M. Benitez; liner notes by Frank K. DeWald; album art direction by Nacho B. Govantes (Quartet)
• THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY, music by Ennio Morricone; album produced by Chris Malone and José M. Benitez; liner notes by Chris Malone and Tim Greiving; album art direction by Nacho B. Govantes (Quartet)
• HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON, music by John Powell; album produced by John Powell, Batu Sener, Bryon Davis, and Cary E. Mansfield; liner notes by Tim Greiving; album art direction by Bill Pitzonka (Varèse Sarabande/5 Cat Studios)
• KING OF KINGS, music by Miklós Rózsa; the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Nic Raine; album produced by James Fitzpatick; liner notes by Frank K. DeWald and James Fitzpatrick; album art direction by Nic Finch and Gareth Bevan (Tadlow Music)
• ROBIN HOOD: PRINCE OF THIEVES, music by Michael Kamen; album produced by Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson; liner notes by Frank K. DeWald; album art direction by Kay Marshall (Intrada)

 

BEST NEW ARCHIVAL RELEASE – COMPILATION

• FRANZ WAXMAN: THE DOCUMENTARIES, music by Franz Waxman; album produced by Ford A. Thaxton and James Nelson; liner notes by Jon Burlingame; album art direction by Mark Banning (Dragon’s Domain)
• JOHN WILLIAMS IN VIENNA, music by John Williams; the Wiener Philharmoniker and Anne-Sophie Mutter, conducted by John Williams; album produced by Bernhard Güttler; liner notes by Otta Biba; album art direction by Büro Dirk Rudolph (Deutsche Grammophon)
• MORRICONE SEGRETO, music by Ennio Morricone; album produced by Pierpaolo De Sanctis; album art direction by Leonardo Pellegrino (Decca)
• VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, music by Alexander Courage, Robert Drasnin, Jerry Goldsmith, Lennie Hayton, Joseph Mullendore, Nelson Riddle, Paul Sawtell, Herman Stein, and Leith Stevens; album produced by Jeff Bond and Neil S. Bulk; liner notes by Jeff Bond; album art direction by Mark Banning (La-La Land)
• WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARDS – TRIBUTE TO THE FILM COMPOSER, music by Various Composers; the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra and Vlaams Radiokoor, conducted by Dirk Brossé; album produced by Thomas Van Parys; liner notes by Thomas Van Parys; album art direction by Stuart Ford (Silva Screen/Film Fest Ghent)

 

FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR

• INTRADA RECORDS, Douglass Fake and Roger Feigelson
• LA-LA LAND RECORDS, MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys
• MOVIESCORE MEDIA, Mikael Carlsson
• QUARTET RECORDS, José M. Benitez
• TADLOW MUSIC, James Fitzpatrick

 

FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR

• “1984” from WONDER WOMAN 1984, music by Hans Zimmer
• “Buck Takes the Lead” from THE CALL OF THE WILD, music by John Powell
• “Main Title” from THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT, music by Carlos Rafael Rivera
• “Symphonic Suite F – 1st Chapter: All Life” from FUKUSHIMA 50, music by Tarō Iwashiro
• “Themyscira” from WONDER WOMAN 1984, music by Hans Zimmer