MIchael Giacchino's Up wins Score of the Year Award from the IFMCA

Michael Giacchino wins the 2009 Score of the Year award from the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) for his inventive and nostalgic score for the Disney Pixar film, UP, which also wins Best Original Score for an Animated Feature. Giacchino receives a total of four awards, including Composer of the Year, in part for also writing the Best Original Score to a Fantasy/Science Fiction Feature winner for the JJ Abrams STAR TREK reboot.

Giacchino won the Association's first Score of the Year award in 2004 for another Pixar film, THE INCREDIBLES.

Christopher Young wins two awards for DRAG ME TO HELL: Original Score for a Horror/Thriller Film and Film Music Compostion of the Year for "Concerto to Hell". Also receiving two awards is James Peterson for Breakout Composer of the Year and Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure Feature for the mixed martial arts prison movie THE RED CANVAS.

Veteran composer Marvin Hamlisch wins Best Original Score for a Comedy Film for Steven Soderbergh's THE INFORMANT!, while Polish composer Abel Korzeniowski wins Best Original Score for a Drama Film for director Tom Ford's debut film, A SINGLE MAN. Rounding out the feature film winners is Armand Amar's Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature for the French nature documentary HOME.

In other original scoring categories, Bear McCreary who has been nominated for every season of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA wins his first award for Best Original Score for Television for the final season of the SyFy series; and James Hannigan receives the Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media award for the movie spin-off game for HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE.

Intrada takes its fourth Record Label of the Year award for its continued excellence in soundtrack release, including the long-anticipated, complete release of Alan Silvestri's 1985 score for BACK TO THE FUTURE this year's Best New Release/Re-Release of an Existing Score winner. The Film Score Monthly label takes the Best Film Music Compilation Album or Box Set award for DAVID RAKSIN AT M-G-M and Tadlow label wins the Best Re-Recording of an Existing Score award for its new recording of Ernest Gold's EXODUS.

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 PETERSON

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 SCORE 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 FOR 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

OTHER 2009 AWARDS

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA [SEASON 4.5], music by Bear McCreary

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, music by James Hannigan

BEST NEW RELEASE/RE-RELEASE OF AN EXISTING SCORE
BACK TO THE FUTURE, music by Alan Silvestri; Douglass Fake, producer (Intrada)

BEST RE-RECORDING OF AN EXISTING SCORE
EXODUS, music by Ernest Gold, conductor Nic Raine; James Fitzpatrick, producer (Tadlow)

BEST FILM MUSIC COMPILATION ALBUM OR BOX SET
DAVID RAKSIN AT M-G-M, music by David Raksin; Lukas Kendall, producer (Film Score Monthly)

FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
INTRADA

The International Film Music Critics Association announces its 2009 nominees

The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announces its list of excellence in musical scoring for 2009 with composer Michael Giacchino receiving nine individual nominations, the most for any composer in a given year since the Association began issuing awards in 2004. Along with multiple mentions for his score to the Disney Pixar movie UP and JJ Abrams' reinvented STAR TREK, Giacchino receives nominations for his scores to the TV series LOST as well as the documentary EARTH DAYS. Giacchino is also nominated for Composer of the Year along with Alexandre Desplat, James Horner, Christopher Young and Brian Tyler.

Both UP and STAR TREK are nominated for Score of the Year, along with James Horner's score to the worldwide blockbuster AVATAR and Christopher Young's score to Sam Raimi's DRAG ME TO HELL. These film scores are tied with the most nominations this year at four noms each. Alexandre Desplat's score to THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON rounds out category.

In the category of Breakout Composer, the Association took notice of scores by up-and-coming composers Henry Jackman (MONSTERS VS ALIENS), Abel Korzeniowski (A SINGLE MAN and BATTLE FOR TERRA), James Peterson (THE RED CANVAS), Clinton Shorter (DISTRICT 9) and Austin Wintory (CAPTAIN ABU RAED, GRACE, MAKE THE YULETIDE GAY).

The nominations by the IFMCA, which has members from around the world, reflect the Association?s global perspective. International nominees include Alejandro Amenábar's latest movie AGORA with a score by Oscar winner Dario Marianelli; Giuseppe Tornatore's semi-autobiographical BAARÌA with a score by Ennio Morricone; Australian composer Christopher Gordon's score to Bruce Beresford's MAO'S LAST DANCER, about ballet dancer Li Cunxin; as well as the Spanish documentary GARBO: EL ESPÍA with a score by Fernando Velázquez.

The International Film Music Critics will announce the winners of its Sixth Annual Awards on February 26, 2010.

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International Film Music Critics Association Awards - Nominations 2009

FILM CATEGORIES:

FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR
AVATAR, music by James Horner
DRAG ME TO HELL, music by Christopher Young
STAR TREK, music by Michael Giacchino
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, music by Alexandre Desplat

UP, music by Michael Giacchino

FILM COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Alexandre Desplat
Michael Giacchino
James Horner
Brian Tyler
Christopher Young

BREAKOUT COMPOSER OF THE YEAR
Henry Jackman
Abel Korzeniowski
James Peterson
Clinton Shorter
Austin Wintory

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DRAMA FILM
AGORA, music by Dario Marianelli
BAARÌA, music by Ennio Morricone
CREATION, music by Christopher Young
MAO'S LAST DANCER, music by Christopher Gordon
A SINGLE MAN, music by Abel Korzeniowski

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A COMEDY FILM
COUPLES RETREAT, music by A.R. Rahman
DUPLICITY, music by James Newton Howard
THE INFORMANT!, music by Marvin Hamlisch
JULIE & JULIA, music by Alexandre Desplat
LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS, music by Debbie Wiseman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ACTION/ADVENTURE FILM
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA, music by Alan Silvestri
LUCKY LUKE, music by Bruno Coulais
THE RED CANVAS, music by James Peterson
SHERLOCK HOLMES, music by Hans Zimmer
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN, music by Victoria Kelly

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A FANTASY/SCIENCE FICTION FILM
AVATAR, music by James Horner
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, music by Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna
KNOWING, music by Marco Beltrami
STAR TREK, music by Michael Giacchino
THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON, music by Alexandre Desplat

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A HORROR/THRILLER FILM
DRAG ME TO HELL, music by Christopher Young
IMAGO MORTIS, music by Zacarías M. de la Riva
IN THE ELECTRIC MIST, music by Marco Beltrami
THE KILLING ROOM, music by Brian Tyler
TRICK 'R TREAT, music by Douglas Pipes

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR AN ANIMATED FEATURE
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, music by Alan Silvestri
CORALINE, music by Bruno Coulais
FANTASTIC MR. FOX, music by Alexandre Desplat
THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG, music by Randy Newman
UP, music by Michael Giacchino

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
BROTHERS AT WAR, music by Lee Holdridge
EARTH DAYS, music by Michael Giacchino
GARBO: EL ESPÍA, music by Fernando Velázquez
HOME, music by Armand Amar
UNDER THE SEA 3D, music by Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon

FILM MUSIC COMPOSITION OF THE YEAR
AVATAR. "War", music by James Horner
DRAG ME TO HELL. "Concerto to Hell", music by Christopher Young
THE RED CANVAS. "Ballet for Brawlers", music by James Peterson
STAR TREK. "Enterprising Young Men", music by Michael Giacchino
UP. "Married Life", music by Michael Giacchino

OTHER CATEGORIES:

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR TELEVISION
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA SEASON 4.5, music by Bear McCreary
CAPRICA, music by Bear McCreary
LIFE, music by George Fenton
LOST SEASON 5, music by Michael Giacchino
YELLOWSTONE, music by Edmund Butt

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE FOR A VIDEO GAME OR INTERACTIVE MEDIA
ASSASSIN'S CREED II, music by Jesper Kyd
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE 2, music by Lorne Balfe and Hans Zimmer
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, music by James Hannigan
NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: BATTLE OF THE SMITHSONIAN, music by Chris Tilton
SPORE HERO, music by Winifred Phillips

BEST NEW RELEASE/RE-RELEASE OF AN EXISTING SCORE
BACK TO THE FUTURE, music by Alan Silvestri; Douglass Fake, producer (Intrada)
INNERSPACE, music by Jerry Goldsmith; M.V. Gerhard and Mike Matessino, producers (La-La Land)
THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN, music by James Horner; James Horner, Simon Rhodes and Douglass Fake, producers (Intrada)
STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, music by James Horner; Lukas Kendall, producer (Film Score Monthly)
TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE, music by Jerry Goldsmith; Bruce Botnick, Lukas Kendall and Mike Matessino, producers (Film Score Monthly)

BEST RE-RECORDING OF AN EXISTING SCORE
THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE, music by Max Steiner, cond. William Stromberg; Anna Bonn, John Morgan and William Stromberg, producers (Tribute Film Classics)
EXODUS, music by Ernest Gold, cond. Nic Raine; James Fitzpatrick, producer (Tadlow)
THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, music by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, cond. William Stromberg; Anna Bonn, John Morgan and William Stromberg, producers (Tribute Film Classics)

BEST FILM MUSIC COMPILATION ALBUM OR BOX SET
40 BANDES ORIGINALES POUR 40 FILMS, music by Vladimir Cosma; Vladimir Cosma, producer (Larghetto Music)
DAVID RAKSIN AT M-G-M, music by David Raksin; Lukas Kendall, producer (Film Score Monthly)
THE FILM MUSIC OF MISCHA SPOLIANSKY, music by Mischa Spoliansky; Philip Lane, Ralph Couzens and Neil Varley, producers (Chandos)
HOWARD SHORE: COLLECTOR'S EDITION Vol.1, music by Howard Shore; Jonathan Schultz, producer (Howe)
NORTHWEST PASSAGE: CLASSIC WESTERN SCORES FROM M-G-M Vol.2 (1940-1974), music by Various; Lukas Kendall, producer (Film Score Monthly)

FILM MUSIC RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR
Film Score Monthly
Intrada
La-La Land Records
MovieScore Media
Varèse Sarabande

Sumthing Else Music Works announces release of Halo Legends Original Soundtrack

Sumthing Else Music Works, through its licensing relationship with Microsoft Game Studios, proudly presents Halo Legends Original Soundtrack featuring the original music from the anime series Halo Legends composed by Tetsuya Takahashi (Sonic: Night of the Werehog, Resident Evil: Degeneration) and Yasuharu Takanashi (Genji: Dawn of the Samurai). Presented by 343 Industries Halo Legends is an unprecedented gathering of the finest talent in Japanese animation that have drawn together to explore the mystery and action of the Halo universe. Halo Legends Original Soundtrack will be released on February 9th to retail outlets through Sumthing Else Music Works www.sumthing.com, and will be available for digital download on Sumthing Digital www.sumthingdigital.com and iTunes®.

Created by some of the world's leading anime studios including Bones Inc., Casio Entertainment Inc., Production I.G, STUDIO4°C and Toei Animation, Halo Legends takes one of the most iconic franchises in science fiction and video games to an amazing new level; Eight episodes and a stunning range of visual styles shed new light and epic perspective on Halo lore. Halo Legends will be distributed by Warner Home Video on DVD, Blu-Ray and digital formats on Feb. 16, 2010.

For more information on Halo Legends, please visit www.halolegends.com and www.halolegendsdvd.com.

Úbeda to celebrate the life and works of Alex North

15-time Academy-Award nominee and the first ever composer to receive a Lifetime Achievement Oscar, Alex North is considered one of the most creative and innovative composers in film history. After a successful career in theatre productions such as Death of a Salesman and The Innocents, North's first Hollywood assignment was Elia Kazan's film adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire. His heavily jazz-based film score proved groundbreaking and helped start build an international reputation that was later cemented in such classic films as Spartacus, Cleopatra, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Rose Tattoo, Viva Zapata! and The Shoes of the Fisherman.

North is further known for being the author of the hit song Unchained Melody which, so far, has been recorded over 500 times by artists ranging from the Righteous Brothers to Elvis Presley, Lee Ann Rimes, Sarah McLachlan, U2, and James Galway. In 1967 Alex North was commissioned with writing original music for Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey. Sadly, right before the release of the film his score was removed and replaced with classical works by Strauss. This tragic loss was rectified decades later by the recording and release of North's original score on Varèse Sarabande which was conducted by his friend and colleague, Jerry Goldsmith.

Marking the composer's centenary, the Úbeda International Film Music Festival is announcing a large-scale tribute, including a number of special-interest sessions, workshops, live performances and many other activities yet-to-be-disclosed.

New MovieScore Media CD: The Red Canvas (James Peterson)

MovieScore Media presents

THE RED CANVAS
Music Composed by
JAMES PETERSON

Sound clips and more info:
http://www.moviescoremedia.com/redcanvas.html

CD distributed by Screen Archives Entertainment:
http://www.screenarchives.com/title_detail.cfm?ID=12973

Download album in 320kbit mp3 format here:
http://www.payloadz.com/go?id=1158862

Download album on iTunes here:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=337259409&s=143441

? WINNER OF 'BEST FEATURE SOUNDTRACK' AWARD AT THE ACTION ON FILM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
? NOMINATED FOR THE JERRY GOLDSMITH AWARD AT THE V INTERNATIONAL FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL, UBEDA, SPAIN

"Strong, implacable, apocalyptic... lyrical melodies of great beauty... epic, almost operistic." - Mundo BSO

Already nominated for the Jerry Goldsmith Award at the V International Film Music Festival in Ùbeda, Spain, and the winner of the award for 'Best Feature Soundtrack' at the Action on Film International Film Festival, James Peterson's score for The Red Canvas will blow fans of big, orchestral movie music away!

A rarity in modern film music, this is a score that is inspired by the legendary Miklós Rózsa ? Peterson masterfully writes very maturely for orchestra, with beautiful motifs, themes and counterpoint! Written for large orchestra with an emphasis on brass (eight french horns, six trombones, four trumpets, two tuba) and a large string section (60 pieces), the music is definitely a musical adrenaline fest (the +11 minute 'Ballet for Brawlers' is atosnishing) - but the score never loses its focus on emotion.

As a bonus, this CD (which is over 66 minutes in duration) features Peterson's eight part concert work 'Moving Images Suite', a delightful orchestral ode to film music. Enjoy!

Track titles:
1 Out of the Darkness 1.56
2 Awaiting the News 2.22
3 Death and Resurrection I 3.41
4 A Great Fighter 2.01
5 Jazz Café 1.43
6 Johnny Likes Extortion 0.27
7 The Attic 1.30
8 Grease Monkey Prelude 1.44
9 Grease Monkey Brawl 3.01
10 Maria Cries 1.37
11 Calling All Gladiators 1.08
12 The Meeting 1.32
13 Death and Resurrection II 3.28
14 Bills and Tears 1.27
15 Jungle Rumble 1.36
16 Prayer 1.09
17 A Not-So-Conjugal Visit 2.50
18 Ballet for Brawlers 11.29
Moving Images Suite (bonus)
19 Moving Images Fanfare 0.31
20 The Sorcerer 1.56
21 Americana 3.35
22 A Quirky Machine 2.46
23 Moonlit Desert Chase 2.32
24 Pastorale 4.35
25 Transylvania: 1955 2.56
26 Epilogue 1.54

Upcoming releases by Singular Soundtrack

Singular Soundtrack announces their upcoming releases, that will be available in two weeks, as soon as their website, http://www.singularsoundtrack.com/, becomes operative.

Here at last!!!... THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED (LA RESIDENCIA, AKA "THE FINISHING SCHOOL" and WHO IS KILLING A CHILD? (¿QUIÉN PUEDE MATAR A UN NIÑO?, AKA "ISLAND OF THE DAMNED"), two masterpieces by the argentinian composer Waldo de los Ríos for the two only films ever directed by Chicho Ibáñez Serrador, absolute cult classics for all european fantastique lovers, together in a CD that will make history.
After many years trying to recover this score, long awaited by the film music lovers, Singular Soundtrack located the masters of THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED, which many thought lost for ever. Hidden under other title, in a 1/4 tape with the music recorder for the film in a suite form (or "composer?s cut"), it was recently discovered in the private archives of the composer, giving us the chance to enjoy the music for first time.
WHO CAN KILL A CHILD?, was released in 1976 on Hispavox as an LP (and released on CD in 2002), where there was a selection of tracks of the movie selected and edited by the composer to give the soundtrack a better chance in the general market. We have discovered and recovered the original tapes with the whole recording session, and checked that there where some fragments missing, and, most important, recorded material never used in the final cut.
Remixed and remastered from the original recording tapes, this is the best way to celebrate
the 40th anniversary of THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED and enjoy WHO IS KILLING A CHILD? as it was originally created.
TWO MARVELLOUS SCORES IN A DOUBLE CD!!
Music Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Waldo de los Ríos
Ref. SINGSCE-0002
Limited edition 1000 copies
CD-1
"THE HOUSE THAT SCREAMED" (Original Score)
"WHO IS KILLING A CHILD?" (1976 Album Re-recording)
CD-2
"WHO IS KILLING A CHILD?" (Complete Session Score)


The second volume that SINGULAR SOUNDTRACK dedicates to the unmissable argentinian composer Waldo de los Ríos is focused in two of his sondtracks for westerns, to which he gave his unique style, away both from the genuine american sound and the italian stilistical rupture that Ennio Morricone and other italian composers brought into the genre. Based on the folklore of his country, in orchestrations based in symphonical and in the lattest modern tendencies of Central Europe, Waldo de los Ríos ideas for the western can only be described as surprising.
A TOWN CALLED HELL, co-production between Spain-USA (1971) directed by Robert Parrish and with an outstanding cast starring Telly Savallas, Robert Shaw, Martin Landau, Stella Stevens, Michael Craig and Al Lettieri. Never released before, its masters were found in the private archives of the composer and remixed and remastered from the original 1/4 tapes.
SAVAGE PAMPAS, western produced in 1966 by Samuel Bronston in Spain and directed by the argentinian Hugo Fregonese, it was starred by Rod Taylor, and told the strange event of the battle between the american confederates against the indian and bandits in the distant Argentinian Pampa. It gave Waldo de los Ríos the chance to research and experiment with the origins of the "música criolla" and the folklore of Agentina, composing a great symphonic score with choral pieces and a special percussion section with strange instruments created by himself.
The score had 63 tracks, but they had a poor sound, and were partly shortened. Fortunately, the composer prepared a brilliant album with 6 suites from the original recording, 47 minutes of music released on Hispavox only in Spain and Argentina.
Remixed in spectacular stereo from the original master, this is the first AUTHORISED OFFICIAL release of a western classic, and a greatest score by Waldo de los Ríos.
TWO MARVELLOUS SCORES IN A DOUBLE CD!!
Music Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Waldo de los Ríos
Ref. SINGSCE-0003
Limited edition 1000 copies


LADY CAROLINE LAMB - Music Composed by RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT
The complete score of the delighfull score by Richard Rodney Bennett, with its original cover. Licensed by EMI Classics and remastered from the original recording tapes.
NEW PHILARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by MARCUS DODS
"Elegy for Caroline Lamb" played by PETER MARK, solo viola

Additional information and preorders at:
SINGULAR SOUNDTRACK
email: singularsoundtrack@gmail.com
http://www.singularsoundtrack.com/

Don't miss your "A Tribute to Basil Poleduris" DVD

For those who could not attend the past V Film Music Festival at Úbeda, or those who forgot to get a copy before leaving, here is the chance to get the DVD "A Tribute to Basil Poledouris".

Details:

A TRIBUTE TO BASIL POLEDOURIS.
LIVE IN CONCERT AT UBEDA FILM MUSIC FESTIVAL (DVDSING001)

An unique document made from the heart and to the heart of film music lovers all over the world, including the only concert Basil Poledouris conducted in his life, a few months before his passing.

Contents:

• CONAN THE SYMPHONY (Almost 50 espectacular minutes of the ?Conan the Barbarian? score, with Basil Poledouris conducting the Andalucía Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Remixed and remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1)
• REMEMBERING BASIL (A 40 minutes documentary directed by Dan Goldwasser where friends and personalities like Paul Verhoeven, Randal Kleiser, Zoe Poledouris, Richard Kraft, Eric Colvin or Jon Burlingame remember Basil, his music and his legacy).
• THE TALE OF CONAN (including the conversation by Poledouris in Ubeda International Film Music Festival where he speaks about his relation with John Millius and how they came to create the score of ?Conan the Barbarian?. Including images of his rehearsals conducting the orchestra before the concert).
• BASIL AT ÚBEDA (A moving document on the days Basil spent at Úbeda surrounded by friends and fans).
• AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH BASIL POLEDOURIS.

Almost 120 minutes of a unique document in DVD REGION 0 (worldwide), PAL Video, in English language with Spanish subtitles.

Limited edition of 1.200 copies.

16 ?/ 22,50 USD

Orders: singularsoundtrack@gmail.com

Claudio Simonetti's talk was held yesterday from 18:30 to 20:00 at the Hospital de Santiago. It was finally agreed that some people from the Organization would be asking him questions rather than have Simonetti give a long talk. These people were Germán Barón and José María Benítez. Luis Rodríguez helped with the translations for our international guests. Apart from Simonetti, Gabrielle Lucantonio, the author of the book devoted to Simonetti and which has been recently published in Spain by Saimel, was also invited to the talk.

Simonetti's talk lasted around 90 minutes, but we wished we would have had more time, considering Claudio's impressive professional career. During his talk Claudio reviewed his most important works such as Profondo Rosso, Suspiria or Zombie. He also gave us some juicy anecdotes as well as personal reflections on the current situation of film music in general and, very especially, horror film music.

Aritz Villodas wins the Jerry Goldsmith Awards

Aritz Villodas has won the IV Jerry Goldsmith Award to best new composer, in the ceremony that has just end in Úbeda, in the V International Film Music Festival. Patrick Doyle, President of Honor of the Festival, has given him the award.

Villodas has win the prize after winning at the category of Best Music in Full-Length Format, for No me pidas que te bese porque te besaré (Don't Ask Me to Kiss You Because I'll Kiss You), his debut in the full-length movies. His competitors, in this category, were Alejandro Vivas (La Conjura de El Escorial), Sergio de la Puente (El lince perdido), Lucas Vidal (The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake), James Peterson (The Red Canvas) and Manuel Riveiro (Santos).

This has been the winners in the rest of categories:

BEST MUSIC IN SHORT FILM- LIVE ACTION: Óscar Xiberta (Tiempo)
Finalists: Andrés de la Torre (Bajo el Sol), Philip Klein (Hangar nº 5), Iván Capillas (Les sabatilles de Laura) and Carmen García Jara (La vida fluye).

BEST MUSIC IN SHORT FILM- ANIMATION: Stefan Maria Schneider (Our Wonderful Nature)
Finalists: Jesús Calderón and Karel Segers (Tin Can Heart) and Iván Llopis (Toy Matters).

BEST MUSIC IN DOCUMENTARY: Iván Palomares (Mundos de agua: el agua viajera).
Finalists: Sergi Ramis (Endeutats sobre la teranyina), Pablo Laspra (Hijos del desierto), Markus Lehmann-Horn (Kampf Um Germanien) and Jesús Calderón (Tierra de oficios).

BEST SONG: Jorge Aliaga (A un metro de ti, from A un metro de ti)
Finalists: Manuel Riveiro (El Cielo llorará, from Santos), Markus Lehmann-Horn (Malle Shabba, from Marriages are Made in Heaven) and Manuel Carmona (Sopla el viento, from La suerte del inocente).

BEST MUSIC IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS/FREE CREATION: Arturo Solar (Alondra Smiles).
Finalists: Lucas Vidal (La isla interior), Andrés de la Torre and Matías Nadal (Mí), Iván Vivas (Orchestral Works for Films & Videogames) and Marc Jovani (Peñíscola Suite).

All the winning composers -with the exception of Arturo Solar- have been present at a ceremony directed, written and hosted by Conrado Xalabarder and that has had the attendance of the Festival's guest composers.

Aritz Villodas wins the Jerry Goldsmith Awards

Aritz Villodas has won the IV Jerry Goldsmith Award to best new composer, in the ceremony that has just end in Úbeda, in the V International Film Music Festival. Patrick Doyle, President of Honor of the Festival, has given him the award.

Villodas has win the prize after winning at the category of Best Music in Full-Length Format, for No me pidas que te bese porque te besaré (Don't Ask Me to Kiss You Because I'll Kiss You), his debut in the full-length movies. His competitors, in this category, were Alejandro Vivas (La Conjura de El Escorial), Sergio de la Puente (El lince perdido), Lucas Vidal (The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake), James Peterson (The Red Canvas) and Manuel Riveiro (Santos).
This has been the winners in the rest of categories:

BEST MUSIC IN SHORT FILM- LIVE ACTION: Óscar Xiberta (Tiempo)
Finalists: Andrés de la Torre (Bajo el Sol), Philip Klein (Hangar nº 5), Iván Capillas (Les sabatilles de Laura) and Carmen García Jara (La vida fluye).

BEST MUSIC IN SHORT FILM- ANIMATION: Stefan Maria Schneider (Our Wonderful Nature)
Finalists: Jesús Calderón and Karel Segers (Tin Can Heart) and Iván Llopis (Toy Matters).
BEST MUSIC IN DOCUMENTARY: Iván Palomares (Mundos de agua: el agua viajera).
Finalists: Sergi Ramis (Endeutats sobre la teranyina), Pablo Laspra (Hijos del desierto), Markus Lehmann-Horn (Kampf Um Germanien) and Jesús Calderón (Tierra de oficios).

BEST SONG: Jorge Aliaga (A un metro de ti, from A un metro de ti)
Finalists: Manuel Riveiro (El Cielo llorará, from Santos), Markus Lehmann-Horn (Malle Shabba, from Marriages are Made in Heaven) and Manuel Carmona (Sopla el viento, from La suerte del inocente).

BEST MUSIC IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS/FREE CREATION: Arturo Solar (Alondra Smiles).
Finalists: Lucas Vidal (La isla interior), Andrés de la Torre and Matías Nadal (Mí), Iván Vivas (Orchestral Works for Films & Videogames) and Marc Jovani (Peñíscola Suite).
All the winning composers -with the exception of Arturo Solar- have been present at a ceremony directed, written and hosted by Conrado Xalabarder and that has had the attendance of the Festival's guest composers.