British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music

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British Academy Television Craft Award
Country United Kingdom
Presented by British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded1981
Currently held by Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame KZ Kwei-Armah Jr. for Mood
Jessica Jones for Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2023)
Website http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. It was first awarded in 1981, according to the BAFTA website, a programme will be eligible to this category if "more than 50% of its music is original composition created specifically for it." [1]

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In 2023, the category was split into two categories: Original Music: Fiction and Original Music: Factual. [2]

Winners and nominees

1980s

YearTitleRecipient(s)
1981 The Merchant of Venice
Fair Stood The Wind For France
Love Story
Oppenheimer
Hollywood
The Misanthrope
The Sailor's Return
The Old Curiosity Shop
Carl Davis
Enemy at the Door
Pride and Prejudice
Wilfred Josephs
Fox (Incidental)
Shoestring
Bloody Kids
George Fenton
Flickers
Shelley
Tales Of The Unexpected
Ron Grainer
1982Bergerac
Going Gently
The History Man
BBC News Theme
George Fenton
Brideshead Revisited Geoffrey Burgon
Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years Carl Davis
The Flame Trees of Thika Ken Howard, Alan Blaikely
1983 Smiley's People
I Remember Nelson
The Woman in White
Patrick Gowers
Harry's Game Clannad
The Flight of the Condor Inti-Illimani
A Voyage Round My Father
Mona
The Bell
Marc Wilkinson
1984 An Englishman Abroad
Saigon: Year of the Cat
Loving Walter
Walter and June
The Ghost Writer
Breakfast Time
Natural World
Village Earth
George Fenton
The Aerodrome
Macbeth
The Spice Of Life
The Tale Of Beatrix Potter
Unknown Chaplin
Carl Davis
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet David Mackay
Reilly, Ace of Spies Harry Rabinowitz
1985 Robin of Sherwood Clannad
The Ebony Tower Richard Rodney Bennett
The Far Pavilions Carl Davis
The Jewel in the Crown George Fenton
1986 Edge of Darkness Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
Kingdom of the Ice BearTerry Oldfield
Silas Marner Carl Davis
Tender is the Night Richard Rodney Bennett
1987 The Monocled Mutineer George Fenton
Fire and Ice Carl Davis
Hotel Du Lac
The Insurance Man Ilona Sekacz
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil Peter Filleul
Lost Empires Derek Hilton
1988 Porterhouse Blue Christopher Gunning, Rick Lloyd
The Beiderbecke Tapes Frank Ricotti
Fortunes of War Richard Holmes
A Perfect Spy Michael Storey
1989 The Beiderbecke Connection Frank Ricotti
Talking Heads George Fenton
Tumbledown Richard Hartley
A Very British Coup John Keane

1990s

YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
1990 Agatha Christie's Poirot Christopher Gunning ITV
Around The World in 80 Days Paddy Kingsland BBC One
Traffik Tim Souster Channel 4
The Woman in Black Rachel Portman ITV
1991 The Green Man Tim Souster BBC One
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Rachel Portman BBC Two
House of Cards Jim Parker BBC One
The Trials of Life George Fenton
1992 G.B.H. Richard Harvey, Elvis Costello Channel 4
Agatha Christie's Poirot Christopher Gunning ITV
Inspector Morse Barrington Pheloung
Prime Suspect Stephen Warbeck
1993 Frankie's House Jeff Beck, Jed Leiber ITV
The Big Battalions Christopher Gunning Channel 4
Love Hurts Alan Hawkshaw BBC One
Jeeves and Wooster Anne Dudley ITV
1994 To Play the King Jim Parker BBC
The Buddha of Suburbia David Bowie BBC Two
Mr Wroe’s Virgins Roger and Brian Eno
Life in the Freezer George Fenton BBC One
1995 Middlemarch Stanley Myers, Christopher Gunning BBC Two
Crocodile Shoes Tony McAnaney, Jimmy Nail, Paddy McAloon BBC One
Martin Chuzzlewit Geoffrey Burgon BBC Two
Skallagrigg Stephen Warbeck
1996 Persuasion Jeremy Sams BBC Two
Cracker Rick Wentworth ITV
Signs and WondersDaemion Barry BBC Two
The Hanging Gale Shaun Davey BBC One
1997 The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders Jim Parker ITV
Cruel Train Nick Bicat BBC Two
Ballykissangel Shaun Davey BBC One
The Crow Road Colin Towns BBC Scotland
1998 Tom Jones Jim Parker BBC One
Holding On Nick Bicat BBC Two
The Lakes Simon Boswell BBC One
Trial & Retribution Evelyn Glennie ITV
1999 A Rather English Marriage Jim Parker BBC Two
Vanity Fair Murray Gold BBC One
Our Mutual Friend Adrian Johnston BBC Two
Hornblower: The Even Chance John Keane ITV

2000s

YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2000 Walking with Dinosaurs Ben Bartlett BBC One
Queer as Folk Murray Gold Channel 4
Oliver Twist Paul Pritchard, Elvis Costello ITV
Cold Feet Mark Russell
2001 Longitude Geoffrey Burgon Channel 4
War Behind the WireDaemion Barry BBC Two
Gormenghast Richard Rodney Bennett
Elizabeth Andy Price Channel 4
2002 The Blue Planet George Fenton BBC One
Perfect Strangers Adrian Johnston BBC Two
The Way We Live Now Nicholas Hooper BBC One
The Lost World Rob Lane
2003 The Forsyte Saga Geoffrey Burgon ITV
The Gathering Storm Howard Goodall BBC Two
Tipping the Velvet Adrian Johnston, Terry Davies BBC
Spooks Jennie Muskett BBC One
2004 The Young Visiters Nicholas Hooper BBC One
The Forsyte Saga Geoffrey Burgon ITV
State of Play Nicholas Hooper BBC One
The Lost Prince Adrian Johnston
2005 Sex Traffic Jonathan Goldsmith Channel 4
Himalaya with Michael Palin David Hartley, Andre Jacquemin, Dave Howman BBC One
Spooks Jennie Muskett, Sheridan Tongue
Green Wing Jonathan Whitehead Channel 4
2006 Elizabeth I Rob Lane Channel 4
Casanova Murray Gold BBC Three
The Girl in the Café Nicholas Hooper BBC One
The Government Inspector Jocelyn Pook Channel 4
2007 Prime Suspect: The Final Act Nicholas Hooper ITV
Planet Earth George Fenton BBC One
Tsunami: The Aftermath Alex Heffes
Jane Eyre Rob Lane
2008 Capturing Mary Adrian Johnston BBC Two
Boy A Paddy Cunneen Channel 4
Cranford Carl Davis BBC One
Doctor Who Murray Gold
2009 Wallander Martin Phipps BBC One
Spooks Paul Leonard-Morgan BBC One
Little Dorrit John Lunn
Sense and Sensibility Martin Phipps

2010s

YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2010 Small Island Martin Phipps BBC One
Red Riding 1974 Adrian Johnston Channel 4
Moses Jones Craig Pruess BBC Two
Being Human Richard Wells BBC Three
2011 Any Human Heart Dan Jones Channel 4
Sherlock: A Study in Pink David Arnold, Michael Price BBC One
Terry Pratchett's Going Postal John Lunn Sky 1
Misfits Vince Pope E4
2012 Top Boy Brian Eno Channel 4
Downton Abbey John Lunn ITV
Frozen Planet George Fenton BBC One
Great Expectations Martin Phipps
2013 Henry IV (The Hollow Crown) Stephen Warbeck BBC Two
Doctor Who (for "Asylum of the Daleks") Murray Gold BBC One
The Hour Kevin Sargent BBC Two
The Snowman and the Snowdog Ilan Eshkeri, Andy Burrows Channel 4
2014 Broadchurch Ólafur Arnalds ITV
Luther Paul Englishby BBC One
Peaky Blinders Martin Phipps BBC Two
Top of the Lake Mark Bradshaw
2015 Penny Dreadful Abel Korzeniowski Sky Atlantic
Downton Abbey John Lunn ITV
The Honourable Woman Martin Phipps BBC Two
Life and Death Row (for "Execution")Richard Spiller BBC Three
2016 The Hunt Steven Price BBC One
Thunderbirds Are Go Ben Foster, Nick Foster ITV
Broadchurch Ólafur Arnalds
Poldark Anne Dudley BBC One
2017
[3]
National Treasure Cristobal Tapia de Veer Channel 4
Poldark Anne Dudley BBC One
Planet Earth II Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Jasha Klebe
War & Peace Martin Phipps
2018
[4]
King Charles III Jocelyn Pook BBC Two
Taboo Max Richter BBC One
Howards End Nico Muhly
Born to be Free: Saving Russia's WhalesKatya Mihailova Channel 4
2019
[5]
Killing Eve David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia BBC One
The Little Drummer Girl Cho Young-Wuk BBC One
A Very English Scandal Murray Gold
Patrick Melrose Hauschka Sky Atlantic

2020s

YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2020
[6] [7]
Chernobyl Hildur Guðnadóttir Sky Atlantic
Killing Eve David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia BBC One
Giri/Haji Adrian Johnston BBC Two
War in the BloodAndrew Phillips
2021
[8]
Roadkill Harry Escott BBC One
The Third Day (for "Sunday – The Ghost") Cristobal Tapia de Veer Sky Atlantic
Baghdad Central H. Scott Salinas Channel 4
The Crown Martin Phipps Netflix
2022
[9] [10]
Landscapers Arthur Sharpe Sky Atlantic
Line of Duty Carly Paradis BBC One
The OutsidersJonathan "Elevated" Olorunfemi YouTube
Loki Natalie Holt Disney+
Best Original Music - Fiction
YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2023
[11] [12]
Mood Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame KZ Kwei-Armah Jr. BBC Three
The English Federico Jusid BBC Two
Slow Horses Daniel Pemberton, Mick Jagger Apple TV+
The Responder Matthew Herbert BBC One
2024
[13]
Heartstopper Adiescar Chase Netflix
Silo Atli Örvarsson Apple TV+
Nolly Blair Mowat ITVX
Loki Natalie Holt Disney+
Best Original Music - Factual
YearTitleRecipient(s)Broadcaster
2023
[11] [12]
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story Jessica Jones Netflix
House of MaxwellAndrew Phillips BBC Two
The Elon Musk ShowMax de Wardener
The Tinder Swindler Jessica Jones Netflix
2024
[13]
Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story Ed Harcourt Sky Documentaries
Wild Isles George Fenton BBC One
A Time to Die Simon Rogers ITV
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland Simon Russell BBC Two

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