AICE has added a category for Original Music to its roster of craft, media and product categories for its annual AICE Awards honoring post production excellence. The category is open to original music scores written by AICE music companies and was created in response to requests from the growing number of music houses that have become AICE members over the past two years.
“When we opened our membership to include companies that are integral to postproduction two years ago, beyond just creative editorial companies, we created competitive categories in our awards to reflect the work of these new members,” said Bob Spector, editor at Beast in San Francisco, who leads the AICE Awards Committee with Utopic editor and partner Craig Lewandowski and Big Sky editor and owner Chris Franklin. “Creating a music category was the next logical step in this process.”
Entries to the category will be judged by representatives from member companies within that category as all of the AICE Awards Craft categories are judged, Spector explained. The competition now totals 22 categories: 16 for editorial and six for other post crafts. In addition to Original Music, this list includes Audio Mixing, Color Grading, Design, Sound Design and Visual Effects.
“I think it’s a great thing when any industry organization focuses on the role that music plays,” said Larry Pecorella, founder and creative director of the Chicago, New York and L.A.-based music and sound studio Comma Music. “It’s an integral part of generating the right emotional response to what you’re seeing on screen. We’re always happy to see great work being recognized and rewarded.”
“All of us are thrilled that the AICE Awards will include original music this year,” said Scot Stafford, principal and composer of San Francisco music house Pollen. “It’s a great opportunity to shine a light on an important aspect of postproduction, which the AICE has chosen to embrace fully.”
“This is a great step for AICE,” said Adam Wiebe, sr. producer at Chicago’s Earhole Studios. “Music has always been an integral part of the post production process, so it’s wonderful to have a category that acknowledges the collaboration that occurs between composers and the rest of the post community. I can’t wait to hear all of the fantastic work that our fellow AICE members have done!”
Winners of the AICE Awards will be presented at the AICE Show, set for Thursday, May 14, at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Deadline for entering is Monday, February 2.
