IFMCA 2009 Winners Announced

Michael Giacchino, who won the IFMCA’s first ever Best Score of the Year for The Incredibles back in 2004, wins 4 of his 9 nominations. These are Film Score of the Year for Up, Film Composer of the Year, Best Score for Sci-Fi (Star Trek), and Best Score for Animation (Up).

Interestingly enough, Avatar wins none of it's 4 nominations. Best Score for Comedy goes to Marvin Hamlisch for The Informant!, Best Score for Action/Adventure goes to James Peterson for The Red Canvas, who also took home Breakout Composer of the Year, and Best Score for Drama went to Abel Korzeniowski for A Single Man. Below I have listed all of the film award winners.

Not listed below, but also of note, is the win for Alan Silvestri’s Back To The Future scores, which were finally re-released this past year as a collection, in the Best New/Re-Release category.

You can also read the full list of winners at the IFMCA’s official site: 2009 Winners

2009 Film Award Winners

Film Score of the Year

Up, music by Michael Giacchino

Film Composer of the Year

Michael Giacchino

Breakout Composer of the Year

James Paterson

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

A Single Man, music by Abel Korzeniowski

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

The Informant!, music by Marvin Hamlisch

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Film

The Red Canvas, music by James Peterson

Best Original for a Fantasy/Science Fiction Film

Star Trek, music by Michael Giacchino

Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film

Drag Me To Hell, music by Christopher Young

Best Original Score for an Animated Feature

Up, music by Michael Giacchino

Best Original Score of a Documentary Feature

Home, music by Armand Amar

Film Music Composition of the Year

Drag Me To Hell – “Concerto to Hell,” music by Christopher Young

I think these are all great choices, although what surprised me the most was Christopher Young's win for Concerto to Hell (Drag Me To Hell) in the category for Film Music Composition of the Year. I had suspected Giacchino may have taken that one for either Enterprising Young Men (Star Trek), or Married Life (Up). Still, a strong list. You can read my post of the nominees here.

- E. Corrado