The 2018 Best Film Score Winner Is:

Marty Krzywonos, film score composer for the drama
Director-writer-producer Marty Krzywonos composed the film score for "Mazurkas," a drama exploring grief.
  • Marty Krzywonos, film score composer - Mazurkas (Marty Krzywonos, director-writer-producer; USA; 2016; drama, romance; 58 min. 40 sec.; English) An elderly piano teacher who lost his wife 35 years ago still has not gone through the grieving process which can have disastrous results. Watch the Trailer
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Krzywonos accepts his award for Best Film Score for "Mazurkas."
Best Film Score winner Marty Krzywonos with PIFA team members
Krzywonos with his award flanked by PIFA members. From left: Kia Jones, Floyd Marshall, Krzywonos, Malik Omar, Angelique Marshall, Keyon Smith and Demetre Pough Edwards.

The 2018 Best Film Score Nominees:

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The late Lamar Reyfield earned a nomination for composing the original score for the gritty addiction drama "Heroin."
  • Lamar Reyfield - Film score composer, Heroin (Ryan Sellers, director-producer; Rico Salam, writer-producer; USA; 2016; drama;  1 hr. 45 min. 14 sec.; English ) A man's addiction to heroin, causes a domino effect of tragedy and violence, that puts him and his daughter's lives in the hands of a killer. Watch the Trailer/Preview (Rated R)
"Lovers" director Matteo Vicino helped compose the score.
Dmitri Naiditch is one of the composers for the film score for
Dimitri Naiditch is one of the four composers of the film score for "Lovers."
  • Matteo Vicino, Dimitri Naiditch, Ashley Thomas, and Giovanni Molinari - composers, original score, Lovers (Matteo Vicino, director-writer-producer; Italy; 2017; comedy, romance; 1 hr. 41 min. 39 sec.; Italian ) Lovers symmetrically approaches four stories where the five main characters, interpreting different roles, are all connected in a spiral driven by the reasons of love. Watch the Trailer
  • Alberto Shwartz - film score composer, I Did Her Wrong (Francisco Campos-Lopez, director-writer-producer; Alexander Barnett, writer; David Schiff, Kyoko E. Ruch, producers; USA; 2017; drama; 1 hr. 25 min.; English) A Hollywood actress’ escape is disrupted when her previously estranged and eccentric father shows up at her doorstep with one request: he’s recreating Shakespeare’s King Lear and wants her to act in it with him. As they clash, painful memories resurface, and their reunion takes a dangerous turn. Watch the Trailer

Nominees in Other Categories...

The list of movie production nominees for the 2018 film awards are now available for the following categories: