The International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media is an annual award given by the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA). Established in 2007, the award is given to the composer of a video game score based on two criteria: "the effectiveness, appropriateness and emotional impact of the score in the context of the film for which it was written; and the technical and intellectual merit of the composition when heard as a standalone listening experience." The eligibility period runs 1 January through 31 December every year, and IFMCA members vote for the winner the following February.
, 71 composers and one band have been nominated for the International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media. The first award was given to John Debney for his work on the video game Lair. The most recent recipients was Gordy Haab for his work on the video game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. Austin Wintory has been nominated eight times and won three; he is the only composer to have been nominated twice in the same year, which happened in 2016. Bear McCreary was nominated six times, while Olivier Deriviere and Neal Acree were each nominated five.
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Winners and nominees
In the tables below, winners are marked by a light green background and a double-dagger symbol ().
2000s
+ Year Game/Interactive Media Composer(s) Compan(y/ies) 2007BioShock2K GamesCall of Duty 4: Modern WarfareHarry Gregson-Williams (theme music)ActivisionMedal of Honor: AirborneEAWarhawkTim WynnSony Computer Entertainment2008 AfrikaSony Computer Entertainment (Japan)Natsume Inc. (North American)Gears of War 2Microsoft Game StudiosMercenaries 2: World in FlamesEAStar Wars: The Force UnleashedLucasArts2009 Assassin's Creed IIUbisoft Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2Hans Zimmer (theme music)ActivisionNight at the Museum: Battle of the SmithsonianMajescoSpore HeroEA
2010s
+ Year Game/Interactive Media Composer(s) Compan(y/ies) 2010Dark VoidCapcomJames Bond 007: Blood StoneActivisionLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’hooleWB GamesLego UniverseThe Lego Group2011Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3ActivisionBethesda SoftworksL.A. NoireSimon HaleRockstar GamesSOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALsSony Computer Entertainment2012Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning38 StudiosEAResistance: Burning SkiesKevin RieplSony Computer EntertainmentStarhawkSony Computer EntertainmentWorld of Warcraft: Mists of PandariaRussell BrowerSam CardonEdo GuidottiJeremy SouleBlizzard Entertainment2013Assassin's Creed IV: Black FlagUbisoftBeyond: Two SoulsSony Computer EntertainmentQuantic Dream (PC)Company of Heroes 2SegaFeral Interactive (macOS, Linux) Puppeteer Sony Computer Entertainment2014Assassin's Creed UnitySarah SchachnerUbisoftVersus EvilCastlevania: Lords of Shadow 2KonamiWorld of Warcraft: Warlords of DraenorClint BajakianRussell BrowerSam CardonCraig Stuart GarfinkleEdo GuidottiEímear NooneBlizzard Entertainment2015Civilization: Beyond Earth – Rising TideGrant KirkhopeGeoff Knorr2K GamesAspyr (macOS, Linux)Everybody's Gone to the RaptureSony Computer EntertainmentOri and the Blind ForestMoon StudiosRevelationNetEase2016 Versus EvilTHQ NordicSIEReCoreMicrosoft Studios2017DeformersGameTrustDivideGet EvenBandai Namco EntertainmentValkyria RevolutionSega (North America, Japan)Deep Silver (PAL region)201811-11: Memories RetoldBandai Namco Entertainment Ni no Kuni II: Revenant KingdomLevel-5 (company) (Japan)Bandai Namco EntertainmentSpider-ManSony Interactive EntertainmentTornAspyr2019Days GoneSony Interactive EntertainmentEricaFlavourworksFocus Home InteractiveStar Wars Jedi: Fallen OrderGordy HaabEA
2020s
+ Year Game/Interactive Media Composer(s) Companies 2020Ghost of TsushimaShigeru UmebayashiSucker Punch ProductionsSony Interactive EntertainmentOri and the Will of the WispsMoon StudiosXbox Game StudiosGiant SquidAnnapurna InteractiveStar Wars: SquadronsMotive StudiosEA2021Ark: Genesis part IIStudio WildcardCall of Duty: VanguardSledgehammer GamesActivisionGhost of Tsushima: Iki Island & LegendsBill HemstapatIlan Eshkeri (theme music)Sucker Punch ProductionsSony Interactive EntertainmentMarvel's Guardians of the GalaxyEidos-MontréalSquare Enix2022Cat BurglarNetflixChad CannonIce Bird StudioMario + Rabbids Sparks of HopeGrant KirkhopeGareth CokerUbisoft MilanUbisoft ParisUbisoftAsobo StudioFocus Entertainment2023God of War Ragnarök (Valhalla)Sparks & ShadowsBear McCrearySanta Monica StudioSony Interactive EntertainmentHogwarts LegacyScott RakozyPeter MurrayAvalanche SoftwareWarner Bros. GamesPlanet of LanaWishfully StudiosThunderful PublishingStar Wars Jedi: SurvivorGordy HaabRespawn EntertainmentElectronic Arts2024Final Fantasy VII RebirthMitsuto SuzukiSquare EnixNordic Ashes: Survivors of RagnarokNoxfall StudiosQuidditch ChampionsUnbroken StudiosWarner Bros. GamesStar Wars: OutlawsJon EveristKazuma JinnouchiMassive EntertainmentUbisoft
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