The British Independent Film Award for Best Music is an annual award given by the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) to recognize the best music in a British independent film. The award was first presented in the 2001 ceremony though it did not become a regular category until 2017.
Prior to 2017, music was awarded as a stand-alone category in 2001 but it was included in the category Best Technical Achievement the next year alongside different areas of crafts in film, This category was presented from 2001 to 2016.
In July 2022, it was announced that the music category would be split into two categories depending on the percentage of original music in the film, Best Original Music for "films in which original score makes up at least 40% of the film’s music soundtrack" and Best Music Supervision for those "in which sourced music makes up at least 40% of the film’s music soundtrack".
Winners and nominees 2000s Best Music YearFilmRecipient(s) 2001 South West 9 Dave Pearce Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry Luke Haines Jump Tomorrow John Kimbrough The Warrior Dario Marianelli
2010s YearFilmRecipient(s) 2017 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Carter Burwell The Death of Stalin Christopher Willis I Am Not a Witch Matthew James Kelly Jawbone Paul Weller Leaning Into the Wind Fred Frith 2018 You Were Never Really Here Jonny Greenwood American Animals Anne Nikitin Beast Jim Williams Funny Cow Richard Hawley Island of the Hungry Ghosts Aaron Cupples 2019 Wild Rose Jack Arnold Beats JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes and Stephen Hindman Diego Maradona Antônio Pinto For Sama Nainita Desai In Fabric Cavern of Anti-Matter
2020s YearFilmRecipient(s) 2020 Mogul Mowgli Paul Corley His House Roque Baños The Reason I Jump Nainita Desai Rocks Connie Farr and Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch Saint Maud Adam Janota Bzowski 2021 Ali & Ava Connie Farr and Harry Escott Belfast Van Morrison Encounter Jed Kurzel IN THE EⱯRTH Clint Mansell Pirates Iain Cooke
Best Original Music YearFilmRecipient(s) 2022 The Wonder Matthew Herbert Aftersun Oliver Coates God's Creatures Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans Men Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow The Origin Adam Janota Bzowski 2023 Rye Lane Kwes The End We Start From Anna Meredith Femme Adam Janota Bzowski Girl Ré Olunuga Scrapper Patrick Jonsson 2024 Kneecap Michael "Mikey J" Asante Bird Burial Love Lies Bleeding Clint Mansell The Outrun John Gürtler and Jan Miserre Unicorns Stuart Earl
References
External links Official website