International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year

The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Film Composer of the Year is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association, or the IFMCA. The award is given to the composer of a film score or score deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 1998 till 2000, before going a four-year hiatus. It has been awards every year since 2004.

Winners and nominations

1990s

Year Composer(s)
1998
[1]
Jerry Goldsmith
George Fenton
James Horner
Joel McNeely
John Williams
1999
[2]
Jerry Goldsmith
John Corigliano
Mychael Danna
Don Davis
John Debney
Danny Elfman
George Fenton
James Newton Howard
Michael Kamen
Thomas Newman
John Williams

2000s

Year Composer(s)
2000
[3]
James Newton Howard
Jerry Goldsmith
James Horner
Ennio Morricone
Thomas Newman
Rachel Portman
Howard Shore
Alan Silvestri
Christopher Young
Hans Zimmer
2004
[4]
Michael Giacchino
Marco Beltrami
Edward Shearmur
Alan Silvestri
John Williams
2005
[5]
John Williams
Alexandre Desplat
Patrick Doyle
Harry Gregson-Williams
Dario Marianelli
2006
[6][7]
Alexandre Desplat
James Newton Howard
Mark Isham
John Powell
Hans Zimmer
2007
[8][9][10]
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
James Newton Howard
Mark Isham
Dario Marianelli
2008
[11]
Danny Elfman
Alexandre Desplat
James Newton Howard
Thomas Newman
John Powell
2009
[12][13]
Michael Giacchino
Alexandre Desplat
James Horner
Brian Tyler
Christopher Young

2010s

Year Composer(s)
2010
[14][15]
Alexandre Desplat
Danny Elfman
James Newton Howard
John Powell
Hans Zimmer
2011
[16]
John Williams
Ludovic Bource
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
Alberto Iglesias
2012
[17][18]
Danny Elfman
Mychael Danna
Alexandre Desplat
Fernando Velázquez
John Williams
2013
[19][20]
Abel Korzeniowski
Roque Baños
Laurent Eyquem
Steven Price
Brian Tyler
2014
[21][22]
Alexandre Desplat
Marco Beltrami
James Newton Howard
John Powell
Hans Zimmer
2015
[23][24]
Michael Giacchino
James Horner
Ennio Morricone
Daniel Pemberton
John Williams
2016
[25][26][27]
Michael Giacchino
Alexandre Desplat
Justin Hurwitz
James Newton Howard
Fernando Velázquez
2017
[28][29]
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
Daniel Pemberton
Benjamin Wallfisch
John Williams
2018
[30][31]
James Newton Howard
Roque Baños
Nicholas Britell
Ludwig Göransson
Alan Silvestri
2019
[32][33]
Bear McCreary
Alexandre Desplat
Hildur Guðnadóttir
Thomas Newman
John Williams

2020s

Year Composer(s)
2020
[34][35]
Daniel Pemberton
Federico Jusid
Bear McCreary
Christopher Willis
Hans Zimmer

References

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