2011 International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) Awards - winners

The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) has announced the winners of its 2011 IFMCA Awards. John Powell's score for How to Train Your Dragon captured the top prize for Film Score of the Year. It also won  Best Original Score for an Animated Feature.

Composer Alexandre Desplat had led with 7 nominations for both The King's Speech and The Ghost Writer. He won three awards for Film Composer of the Year, Best Original Score for a Drama Film (The King's Speech) and Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film (The Ghost Writer).

Desplat's score for The King's Speech came under criticism by some for utilizing work by Beethoven and Mozart. This criticism was uninformed, as it didn't appreciate that it was intentional, smart and how well it was integrated into the film. Ironically, most of this criticism came from fans of The Social Network (whose score was not nominated) and they gave that film a pass for using work by Edvard Grieg, among others.

The International Film Music Critics Association is an association of online, print and radio journalists who specialize in writing about original film and television music.
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Complete list of winners for the 2011 International Film Music Critics Association Awards

Film Score of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon (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 (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
The Lightkeepers (Pinar Toprak)

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
The Ghost Writer (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
TRON Legacy (Daft Punk)

Best Original Score for an Animated Feature
How to Train Your Dragon (John Powell)

Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature
Oceans (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