International Film Music Award Nominees

Some great nominees, including some criminally snubbed scores, as well as Oscar nominees like Anna Karenina, Life of Pie, Lincoln, and Skyfall.

Film Score of the Year
"Cloud Atlas" (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil)
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (Howard Shore)
"The Impossible" (Fernando Velázquez)
"Life of Pi" (Mychael Danna)
"Lincoln" (John Williams)

Film Composer of the Year
Mychael Danna
Alexandre Desplat
Danny Elfman
Fernando Velázquez
John Williams

Breakout Composer of the Year
Nathan Johnson
Zeltia Montes
Nic Raine
Dan Romer & Benh Zeitlin
Joseph Trapanese

Best Original Score for a Drama Film
"Anna Karenina" (Dario Marianelli)
"The Impossible" (Fernando Velázquez)
"Life of Pi" (Mychael Danna)
"Lincoln" (John Williams)
"There Be Dragons - Secretos de Pasión" (Robert Follk)

Best Original Score for a Comedy Film
"Moonrise Kingdom" (Alexandre Desplat)
"Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" (Dario Marianelli)
"The Sessions" (Marco Beltrami)
"Silver Linings Playbook" (Danny Elfman)
"Ted" (Walter Murphy)

Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film
"The Amazing Spider-Man" (James Horner)
"Dans la Maison" (Philippe Rombi)
"The Dark Knight Rises" (Hans Zimmer)
"Skyfall" (Thomas Newman)
"Zero Dark Thirty" (Alexandre Desplat)

Best Original Score for a Fantasy/Science Fiction/Horror Film
"Cloud Atlas" (Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil)
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (Howard Shore)
"John Carter" (Michael Giacchino)
"Prometheus" (Marc Streitenfeld, Harry Gregson-Williams)
"Sinister" (Christopher Young)

Best Original Score for an Animated Film
"Brave" (Patrick Doyle)
"Frankenweenie" (Danny Elfman)
"ParaNorman" (Jon Brion)
"Rise of the Guardians" (Alexandre Desplat)
"Secret of the Wings" (Joel McNeely)

Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature
"Kingdom of Plants" (Joel Douek, Freddy Sheinfeld and Elik Alvarez)
"Los Mundos Sutiles" (Pascal Gaigne)
"Metsän Tarina" (Panu Aaltio)
"Samsara" (Lisa Gerrard and Michael Stearns)
"Shakespeare & Us" (Miguel d'Oliveira)

Film Music Composition of the Year
"The Cloud Atlas Sextet for Orchestra" from "Cloud Atlas" (Thom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek and Reinhold Heil)
"The Impossible Main Title" from "The Impossible" (Fernando Velázquez)
"John Carter of Mars" from "John Carter" (Michael Giacchino)
"Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" (Mychael Danna)
"The Peterson House and Finale" from "Lincoln" (John Williams)