The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Drama Film 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 for a dramatic film deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 1998, before going a six-year hiatus. It has been awards every year since 2004.
Winners and nominations
1990s Year Film Composer(s) 1998 Saving Private Ryan John Williams Dangerous Beauty George Fenton Ever After The Horse Whisperer Thomas Newman Pleasantville Randy Newman
2000s Year Film Composer(s) 2004 The Aviator Howard Shore Being Julia Mychael Danna Finding Neverland Jan A. P. Kaczmarek The Passion of the Christ John Debney A Very Long Engagement Angelo Badalamenti 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha John Williams Fateless Ennio Morricone Munich John Williams The New World James Horner Pride & Prejudice Dario Marianelli 2006 The Black Dahlia Mark Isham The Departed Howard Shore The Good German Thomas Newman The Nativity Story Mychael Danna The Painted Veil Alexandre Desplat The Queen 2007 Atonement Dario Marianelli Angel Philippe Rombi Eastern Promises Howard Shore Lust, Caution Alexandre Desplat The Kite Runner Alberto Iglesias 2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Alexandre Desplat The Boy in the Striped Pajamas James Horner Che Alberto Iglesias Defiance James Newton Howard Milk Danny Elfman 2009 A Single Man Abel Korzeniowski Agora Dario Marianelli Baarìa Ennio Morricone Creation Christopher Young Mao's Last Dancer Christopher Gordon
2010s Year Film Composer(s) 2010 The King's Speech Alexandre Desplat Amália Nuno Malo Black Swan Clint Mansell The Karate Kid James Horner True Grit Carter Burwell 2011 War Horse John Williams The Artist Ludovic Bource Jane Eyre Dario Marianelli Soul Surfer Marco Beltrami W.E. Abel Korzeniowski 2012 Lincoln John Williams Anna Karenina Dario Marianelli The Impossible Fernando Velázquez Life of Pi Mychael Danna There Be Dragons Robert Folk 2013 Romeo & Juliet Abel Korzeniowski The Best Offer Ennio Morricone The Book Thief John Williams Copperhead Laurent Eyquem Summer in February Benjamin Wallfisch 2014 The Homesman Marco Beltrami The Imitation Game Alexandre Desplat The Liberator Gustavo Dudamel The Monuments Men Alexandre Desplat The Theory of Everything Jóhann Jóhannsson 2015 Wolf Totem James Horner Carol Carter Burwell Creed Ludwig Göransson Far from the Madding Crowd Craig Armstrong The Hateful Eight Ennio Morricone 2016 Nocturnal Animals Abel Korzeniowski The Handmaiden Jo Yeong-wook High Rise Clint Mansell The Light Between Oceans Alexandre Desplat Moonlight Nicholas Britell 2017 Phantom Thread Jonny Greenwood All the Money in the World Daniel Pemberton Darkest Hour Dario Marianelli Murder on the Orient Express Patrick Doyle The Post John Williams 2018 Mary Queen of Scots Max Richter First Man Justin Hurwitz If Beale Street Could Talk Nicholas Britell Up Among the Stars Iván Palomares Vice Nicholas Britell 2019 Little Women Alexandre Desplat A Hidden Life James Newton Howard Joker Hildur Guðnadóttir Motherless Brooklyn Daniel Pemberton The Professor and the Madman Bear McCreary
2020s Year Film Composer(s) 2020 Fukushima 50 Tarō Iwashiro Da 5 Bloods Terrence Blanchard Fanny Lye Deliver'd Thomas Clay News of the World James Newton Howard The Trial of the Chicago 7 Daniel Pemberton 2021 The Curse of Turandot Simon Franglen Buckley's Chance Christopher Gordon The Last Duel Harry Gregson-Williams The Power of the Dog Jonny Greenwood Spencer
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