Winners of the 2023 IFMCA Awards announced

Each year the International Film Music Critics Association announces its awards. It was the third year that Soundtrack World was involved in the voting process. We announced the nominations two weeks ago, but now it is time to announce the winners, with the big winners being John Williams and Christopher Young.

You can find all the winners below, and if you want more information about these awards and their winners, you can read more about them in full detail in the official press release or watch the video at the bottom of this page.

Score of the Year
Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny
John Williams

Composer Of The Year
Christopher Young

Breakthrough Composer of the Year
Pawel Lucewicz

Composition of the Year
“Concerto For Flute And Orchestra, Movement 2”
The Piper
Christopher Young

Best Original Score for a Drama Film
Oppenheimer
Ludwig Goransson

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
American Fiction
Laura Karpman

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film
Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny
John Williams

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film
Godzilla Minus One
Naoki Sato

Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film
The Piper
Christopher Young

Best Original Score for an Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Joe Hisaishi

Best Original Score for a Documentary
Wild Isles
George Fenton

Best Original Score for Television
All The Light We Cannot See
James Newton Howard

Best Original Score For A Video Game
Interactive Media
Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora
Pinar Toprak and Neal Acree

Best New Archival Release
The Man Who Knew Too Much/On Dangerous Ground Bernard Herrmann
(Intrada)

Film Music Record Label of the Year
Intrada

Roberto Aschieri Special Award
for contribution to Film Music
Jon Burlingame

Kyle Renick Special Award
Nosferatu
Christopher Young

Author

  • Anton Smit

    Anton is the editor-in-chief and founder of Soundtrack World. After writing about film music occasionally, he thought it was time to create his own site to celebrate music from film but also other media. Next to working on this website, Anton is a member of the International Film Music Critics Association, has a job in IT and plays the tuba in a local orchestra.

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