The bizarre year that has been 2020 might explain why the film music critics nominations are all over the place in terms of recognition, ignoring some of the year’s best regarded scores like Mank being utterly shut out while Soul gets a single nomination for score of an animated film and The Midnight Sky appears only in its genre category.

Nominations Tallies

(4) Wonder Woman 1984
(3) The Call of the Wild, Fukushima 50

The Nominations

Film Score of the Year

The Call of the Wild
Enola Holmes
Fukushima 50
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Wonder Woman 1984

Film Composer of the Year

Federico Jusid
Bear McCreary
Daniel Pemberton
Christopher Willis
Hans Zimmer

Breakthrough Composer of the Year

Alex Baranowski
Thomas Clay
Philip Klein
Nami Melumad
Isobel Waller-Bridge & David Schweitzer

Best Original Score for a Drama Film

Da 5 Bloods
Fanny Lye Deliver’d
Fukushima 50
News of the World
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film

An American Pickle
Emma.
Godmothered
The Personal History of David Copperfield
Wild Mountain Thyme

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film

The Call of the Wild
Enola Holmes
Mulan
Tenet
Unknown Origins

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film

The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Wendy
The Witches
Wonder Woman 1984

Best Original Score for an Animated Film

Animal Crackers
Fearless
Onward
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Original Score for a Documentary

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
Elephant
Harbor from the Holocaust
Rising Phoenix
Sadan Hanim

Best Archival Release – Re-Release or Re-Recording

Endless Night
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
How to Train Your Dragon
King of Kings
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Best Archival Release – Compilation

Franz Waxman: The Documentaries
John Williams in Vienna
Morricone Segreto
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
World Soundtrack Awards – Tribute to the Film Composer

Film Music Label of the Year

Intrada Records
La-La Land Records
Moviescore Media
Quartet Records
Tadlow Music

Film Music Composition of the Year

“1984” – Wonder Woman 1984
“Buck Takes the Lead” – The Call of the Wild
“Main Title” – The Queen’s Gambit
“Symphonic Suite F – 1st Chapter: All Life” – Fukushima 50
“Themyscira” – Wonder Woman 1984

Best Original Score for Television

Dracula
His Dark Materials
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
The Queen’s Gambit

Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media

Ghost of Tsushima
Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond
Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The Pathless
Star Wars: Squadrons

International Film Music Critics Association Data

First Awards: 1998 (23)