British Independent Film Award for Best Music

British Independent Film Award for Best Music
Awarded for	Best Music
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BIFA
First award	2001
Currently held by	Kneecap – Michael "Mikey J" Asante (2024)
Website	www.bifa.org.uk

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". ^[1]

Winners and nominees

2000s

Best Music

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2001 (4th) [2]	South West 9	Dave Pearce
	Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry	Luke Haines
	Jump Tomorrow	John Kimbrough
	The Warrior	Dario Marianelli

2010s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2017 (20th) [3] [4]	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 (21st) [5] [6]	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 (22nd) [7] [8]	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

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 (23rd) [9] [10]	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 (24th) [11]	Ali & Ava	Connie Farr and Harry Escott
	Belfast	Van Morrison
	Encounter	Jed Kurzel
	IN THE EⱯRTH	Clint Mansell
	Pirates	Iain Cooke

Best Original Music

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2022 (25th) [12] [13]	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 (26th) [14] [15]	Rye Lane	Kwes
	The End We Start From	Anna Meredith
	Femme	Adam Janota Bzowski
	Girl	Ré Olunuga
	Scrapper	Patrick Jonsson
2024 (27th) [16]	Kneecap	Michael "Mikey J" Asante
	Bird	Burial
	Love Lies Bleeding	Clint Mansell
	The Outrun	John Gürtler and Jan Miserre
	Unicorns	Stuart Earl

References

1. "BIFA ANNOUNCES NEW CATEGORIES FOR THE 2022 AWARDS". BIFA . July 5, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
2. Frater, Patrick (October 24, 2001). "Sexy Beast scores at British indie film awards". Screen Daily . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
3. Clarke, Stewart (November 1, 2017). "'Lady Macbeth' Tops Nominations for British Independent Film Awards". Variety . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
4. Nordine, Michael (December 10, 2017). "British Independent Film Awards: 'God's Own Country' and 'Lady Macbeth' Win Top Prizes". IndieWire . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
5. Brown, Mark (October 31, 2018). "The Favourite dominates British independent film award nominations". The Guardian . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
6. Nordine, Michael (December 2, 2018). "'The Favourite' Wins 10 British Independent Film Awards, Living Up to Its Title". IndieWire . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
7. Sharf, Zack (October 30, 2019). "2019 British Indie Film Awards Nominations: 'David Copperfield,' Zellweger, and More". IndieWire . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
8. Ritman, Alex (December 1, 2019). "British Independent Film Awards: 'For Sama' Wins Top Prize". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
9. Ramachandran, Naman (December 9, 2020). "'Saint Maud,' 'His House,' 'Rocks' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
10. Grater, Tom (February 18, 2021). "'Rocks' & 'His House' Win Big At British Independent Film Awards". Deadline . Retrieved October 9, 2021.
11. Ramachandran, Naman (November 3, 2021). "'Belfast,' 'Boiling Point' Lead BIFA Nominations". Variety . Retrieved November 3, 2021.
12. Szalai, Georg (4 November 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: Debut Movies 'Aftersun,' 'Blue Jean' Lead Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 4 November 2022.
13. Ntim, Zac (November 18, 2022). "British Independent Film Awards: 'Aftersun' Leads Craft Winners". Deadline . Retrieved November 19, 2022.
14. Ramachandran, Naman (2 November 2023). "Jodie Comer, Paul Mescal Score Nods as 'Rye Lane,' 'Scrapper', 'All of Us Strangers' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety . Retrieved 2 November 2023.
15. Dalton, Ben (20 November 2023). "'All Of Us Strangers' leads Bifa 2023 craft winners with three awards; 'Femme', 'The Kitchen' take two each". Screen International. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
16. Shafer, Ellise (2024-11-05). "'Kneecap,' 'Love Lies Bleeding' Lead British Independent Film Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 2024-11-05.

External links

• Official website