International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media | |
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First awarded | 2007 |
Most awards | Austin Wintory |
Most nominations | Austin Wintory |
The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Established in 2007, the award is given to the composer of a video game score based on two criteria: "the effectiveness, appropriateness and emotional impact of the score in the context of the film for which it was written; and the technical and intellectual merit of the composition when heard as a standalone listening experience."[1] The awarding period runs January 1 through December 31 every year, and IFMCA members vote for the winner the following February.
As of 2022, 52 composers have been nominated for the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media. The first award was given to John Debney for his work on the video game Lair. The most recent recipients were Mark Mothersbaugh and Wataru Hokoyama for their work on the video game Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart. Austin Wintory has been nominated eight times and won three; he is the only composer to have been nominated twice in the same year, which happened in 2016. Four other composers (Chris Tilton, Bear McCreary, Neal Acree, and Olivier Deriviere) have been nominated four times.
Winners and nominees
In the tables below, winners are marked by a light green background and a double-dagger symbol (‡).
2000s
2010s
2020s
Year | Game/Interactive Media | Composer(s) | Compan(y/ies) | Ref. |
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2020 | Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond‡ | Michael Giacchino Nami Melumad |
Respawn Entertainment EA |
[28][29] |
Ghost of Tsushima | Ilan Eshkeri Shigeru Umebayashi |
Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment | ||
Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Gareth Coker | Moon Studios Xbox Game Studios | ||
The Pathless | Austin Wintory | Giant Squid Annapurna Interactive | ||
Star Wars: Squadrons | Gordy Haab | Motive Studios EA | ||
2021 | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart‡ | Mark Mothersbaugh Wataru Hokoyama |
Insomniac Games Sony Interactive Entertainment |
[30][31] |
Ark: Genesis part II | Gareth Coker | Studio Wildcard | ||
Call of Duty: Vanguard | Bear McCreary | Sledgehammer Games Activision | ||
Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island & Legends | Chad Cannon Bill Hemstapat Ilan Eshkeri (theme music) |
Sucker Punch Productions Sony Interactive Entertainment | ||
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy | Richard Jacques | Eidos-Montréal Square Enix | ||
References
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- ↑ "2007 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2008. Archived from the original on 11 August 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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- ↑ Pond, Steve (29 January 2010). "Michael Giacchino Leads Film Score Nominations". TheWrap. Archived from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2010 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2011. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ Privitera, Massimo (15 February 2011). "IFMCA 2010: the nominations". ColonneSonore.net (in Italian). Archived from the original on 26 August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2011 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 October 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2012 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2013 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2014. Archived from the original on 28 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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- ↑ "2014 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2015. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "IFMCA Winners 2014". Kinetophone. 19 February 2015. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2015 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2016. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2015 IFMCA Awards Winners". Kinetophone. 16 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ "2016 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2017. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
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- ↑ "2017 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2018. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ↑ "2018 IFMCA Awards". International Film Music Critics Association. 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ↑ Flores, Marshall (7 February 2019). "15th Annual IFMCA Awards Nominations". AwardsDaily. Archived from the original on 13 August 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ↑ "IFMCA Award Nominations 2019". International Film Music Critics Association. 6 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
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- ↑ Anderson, Erik (6 February 2020). "Hildur Guðnadóttir leads International Film Music Critics Association (IMFCA) nominations". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- ↑ Lefebvre, Eliot (3 March 2020). "Rend's music won the 2019 IFMCA Award for a video game score despite sunset". Massively Overpowered. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
- ↑ "IFMCA Award Nominations 2020". International Film Music Critics Association. 4 February 2021. Archived from the original on 4 February 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "IFMCA Award Winners 2020". International Film Music Critics Association. 18 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "IFMCA Award Nominations 2021". International Film Music Critics Association. 3 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
- ↑ "IFMCA Award Winners 2021". International Film Music Critics Association. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on 18 February 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.