'Interstellar' named score of the year by international film music critics

Posted by · 2:05 pm · February 19th, 2015

The International Film Music Critics Association has named Hans Zimmer's Oscar-nominated “Interstellar” score the year's best film score. However, Alexandre Desplat walked away with multiple honors, for Composer of the Year and Best Original Score for a Comedy (“The Grand Budapest Hotel”).

Check out the full list of winners below, the nominees here and the rest of the madness at The Circuit.

Film Score of the Year
“Interstellar” (Hans Zimmer)

Composer of the Year
Alexandre Desplat

Breakthrough Composer of the Year
Mica Levi

Best Original Score for a Drama
“The Homesman” (Marco Beltrami)

Best Original Score for a Comedy
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
“The Monkey King [Xi You Ji: Da Nao Tian Gong]” (Christopher Young)

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
“Maleficent” (James Newton Howard)

Best Original Score for an Animated Feature
“How to Train Your Dragon 2” (John Powell)

Best Original Score for a Documentary
“The Unknown Known” (Danny Elfman)

Best Original Score for a Television Series
“Isabel” (Federico Jusid)

Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media
“Sid Meier”s Civilization: Beyond Earth” (Geoff Knorr, Griffin Cohen, Michael Curran and Grant Kirkhope)

Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Re-Release or Re-Recording
“On the Waterfront” – Intrada

Best Archival Release of an Existing Score – Compilation
“The Ava Collection” – Intrada

Film Music Record Label of the Year
La-La Land Records, MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys

Film Music Composition of the Year
“Flying With Mother” from “How to Train Your Dragon 2” (John Powell)




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