Assassin's Creed 4, Puppeteer among nominees for music awards

The International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) announced the nominees for composers demonstrating "excellence in musical scoring" in 2013. The annual awards ceremony includes a gaming category, Best Original Score for a Video Game or Interactive Media, in which five games and their respective composers are nominated this year:

• Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag by Ubisoft, music by Brian Tyler

• Beyond: Two Souls by Quantic Dream, music by Lorne Balfe

• Company of Heroes 2 by Relic Entertainment, music by Cris Velasco

• Puppeteer by SCE Japan Studio, music by Patrick Doyle

• Remember Me by Dontnod, music by Olivier Deriviere

Assassin's Creed 4 composer Brian Tyler is also among four others nominated for the Composer of the Year award, in addition to a nomination for Best Original Score for an Action/Adventure/Thriller Film for his work on Iron Man 3. Tyler also composed the soundtrack for Army of Two: The Devil's Cartel.

Previous winners of the Best Original Score for a Video Game award include Austin Wintory's music for Journey (2012), Joe Hisaishi's composition for Ni No Kuni (2011) and the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow music composed by Oscar Araujo (2010). The IFMCA will announce this year's winners on February 20.

[Image: Ubisoft]