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British Independent Film Award for Best Music

British Independent Film Award for Best Music
Awarded forBest Music
CountryUnited Kingdom
Presented byBIFA
First award2001
Currently held byKneecap – Michael "Mikey J" Asante (2024)
Websitewww.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

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2000s

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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

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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

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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

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  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.
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