Finishing Move Inc.

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Finishing Move Inc.
Genres Electronic, soundtrack, classical, pop
Occupation(s) Composer, producer, musician, sound designer
Instrument(s) Guitar, Bass, Piano, Percussion, sampling, programming
Labels Xbox Game Studios, Sumthing Else, 343 Industries, Laced Records
Members
  • Brian Lee White
  • Brian Trifon
  • Jay Wiltzen
  • Alex Klingle
Website finishingmoveinc.com

Finishing Move Inc. are a video game music production and composer team formed by Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White. The duo has composed soundtracks for several video game titles including, The Callisto Protocol , Grounded , Borderlands 3 , Microsoft Flight Simulator , Crackdown 3 , Halo Wars 2 , Massive Chalice , and Doom: The Dark Ages .

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They won Best Original Instrumental for “Halo 2 Anniversary” at the 2015 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Awards and was nominated that same year in the following categories: Music of the Year, Best Original Soundtrack Album, Best Original Vocal Song Pop, and Best Audio Mix. [1]

In 2017, they were nominated for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score - Video Game for their work on Halo Wars 2. [2] The real-time strategy video game also got Trifon and White nominations for Best Interactive Score, Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio, and Best Audio Mix at the G.A.N.G. Awards in 2018. [3]

In 2019, they were nominated for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score - Video Game for their work on Borderlands 3 . [4]

Credits

YearTitleNotesRef.
2014 Halo: The Master Chief Collection Adapted and orchestrated score originally composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
2015 Massive Chalice
2017 Halo Wars 2 Composed with Gordy Haab
2019 Crackdown 3
2019 Borderlands 3 Composed with Jesper Kyd, Michael McCann and Raison Varner
2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator
2022 Grounded Composed with Justin E. Bell
2022 The Callisto Protocol
2024 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
2025 Doom: The Dark Ages

Awards and nominations

YearAwardTitleCategoryResultRef.
2015Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo 2: Anniversary Best Original InstrumentalWon [1]
2015Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo 2: Anniversary Music of the YearNominated [1]
2015Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo 2: Anniversary Best Original Soundtrack AlbumNominated [1]
2015Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo 2: Anniversary Best Original Vocal Song PopNominated [1]
2015Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo 2: Anniversary Best Audio MixNominated [1]
2017Hollywood Music In Media Awards Halo Wars 2 Original Score - Video GameNominated [2]
2018Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo Wars 2 Best Interactive ScoreNominated [3]
2018Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo Wars 2 Best Cinematic Cutscene AudioNominated [3]
2018Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo Wars 2 Best Audio MixNominated [3]
2019Hollywood Music In Media Awards Borderlands 3 Original Score - Video GameNominated [4]
2019Broadcast Production AwardsDrumline TrapProduction Music Album - SportsWon [5]
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Borderlands 3 Best Audio MixNominated [6]
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Borderlands 3 Audio of the YearNominated [6]
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Borderlands 3 Music of the YearNominated [6]
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Borderlands 3 Best Interactive ScoreNominated [6]
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Borderlands 3 Best Game Music Cover/ RemixNominated [6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "2015 Awards". www.audiogang.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  2. 1 2 "Hollywood Music in Media Awards: Full Winners List". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "2018 Awards". www.audiogang.org. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  4. 1 2 "HMMA - 2019 music in visual media nominations". www.hmmawards.com. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  5. ↑ "2019 Production Music Albums". Broadcast Production Awards. 2020-06-29. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "18th Annual G.A.N.G. Awards Nominees". www.audiogang.org. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-12.


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