The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Breakthrough Composer of the Year is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association, or the IFMCA. The award is given to new and/or emerging composers whose body of work in a given year is deemed to be the best in a given year. The award was first given in 1998. It has been awards every year since 2007.

Winners and nominations

1990s Year Composer(s) 1998 Elia Cmíral Burkhard Dallwitz Christopher Gordon Brian Lock

2000s Year Composer(s) 2006 Brett Rosenberg Justin Burnett Nicholas Dodd Mark Orton Douglas Pipes 2007 Ilan Eshkeri Jane Antonia Cornish Jonny Greenwood Fernando Velázquez Christopher Wong 2008 Andrew Lockington Paul Cantelon Nico Muhly Atli Örvarsson Max Richter 2009 James Peterson Henry Jackman Abel Korzeniowski Clinton Shorter Austin Wintory

2010s Year Composer(s) 2010 Nuno Malo Óscar Araujo Arnau Bataller Daft Punk Herbert Grönemeyer 2011 Ludovic Bource Brian Byrne The Chemical Brothers Michael Richard Plowman Lucas Vidal 2012 Nathan Johnson Zeltia Montes Nic Raine Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin Joseph Trapanese 2013 Laurent Eyquem César Benito Sarah Class Alex Ebert Steven Price 2014 Mica Levi Alexander Cimini Gustavo Dudamel Matthew Llewellyn John Paesano 2015 Maurizio Malagnini Cat's Eyes (Rachel Zeffira and Faris Badwan) Gareth Coker Ludwig Göransson Diego Navarro 2016 Justin Hurwitz Chad Cannon Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein Simon Franglen Daniel Hart 2017 George Kallis Michael Abels Anne-Kathrin Dern Alejandro Vivas Christopher Willis 2018 Amelia Warner Thomas Adès Iván Palomares Manuel Riveiro Thom Yorke 2019 Nainita Desai Bobby Krlic Mathieu Lamboley Anne-Sophie Versnaeyen Christoph Zirngibl

2020s Year Composer(s) 2020 Thomas Clay Alex Baranowski Philip Klein Nami Melumad Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer 2021 Oscar Martín Leanizbarrutia Amie Doherty Stephanie Economou Arthur Sharpe Raphaelle Thibaut 2022 Hesham Nazih Michelino Bisceglia Robin Carolan and Sebastian Gainsborough Chanda Dancy Batu Sener 2023 Paweł Lucewicz Sherri Chung Mika Łukasz Rostkowski (L.U.C) Corey Wallace

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