ifmca winners 2006

nominations 2006

The winners are printed in bold.

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR

  • The Black Dahlia (Mark Isham)
  • The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
  • The Fountain (Clint Mansell)
  • Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Tom Tykwer, Reinhold Heil and Johnny Klimek)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (John Powell)

FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR

  • Alexandre Desplat
  • James Newton Howard
  • Mark Isham
  • John Powell
  • Hans Zimmer

BEST NEW COMPOSER OF 2006

  • Caine Davidson (An American Haunting)
  • Nicholas Dodd (Renaissance)
  • Mark Orton (Sweet Land)
  • Douglas Pipes (Monster House)
  • Brett Rosenberg (Half Light)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA

  • 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 (Alexandre Desplat)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY

  • The Holiday (Hans Zimmer)
  • Little Miss Sunshine (Mychael Danna)
  • Miss Potter (Nigel Westlake and Rachel Portman)
  • The Pink Panther (Christophe Beck)
  • The Shaggy Dog (Alan Menken)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FILM

  • Cars (Randy Newman)
  • Charlotte’s Web (Danny Elfman)
  • The Ant Bully (John Debney)
  • Happy Feet (John Powell)
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown (John Powell)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/THRILLER FILM

  • Casino Royale (David Arnold)
  • The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
  • Firewall (Alexandre Desplat)
  • Mission: Impossible III (Michael Giacchino)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (Hans Zimmer)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION/HORROR FILM

  • Eragon (Patrick Doyle)
  • The Fountain (Clint Mansell)
  • Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)
  • Superman Returns (John Ottman)
  • X-Men: The Last Stand (John Powell)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION

  • 24 Season 5 (Sean Callery)
  • Battlestar Galactica Season 2/3 (Bear McCreary)
  • Lost Season 2/3 (Michael Giacchino)
  • Planet Earth (George Fenton)
  • The Ten Commandments (Randy Edelman)

BEST SINGLE CUE OF 2006

  • "Evey Reborn" from V for Vendetta (Dario Marianelli)
  • "The Great Eatlon" from Lady in the Water (James Newton Howard)
  • "Chevaliers de Sangreal" from The Da Vinci Code (Hans Zimmer)
  • "Eragon" from Eragon (Patrick Doyle)

FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR

  • Film Score Monthly (Lukas Kendall, producer)
  • Intrada (Douglass Fake, producer)
  • La-La Land (MV Gerhard and Matt Verboys, producers)
  • MovieScore Media (Mikael Carlsson, producer)
  • Varese Sarabande (Robert Townson, producer)
 

Read the press release of our 2006 winners.