British Independent Film Award for Best Music

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.

British Independent Film Award for Best Music
Awarded for	Best Music
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	BIFA
First award	2001
Currently held by	Kwes for Rye Lane (2023)
Website	www.bifa.org.uk

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
	The Warrior	Dario Marianelli
	Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry	Luke Haines
	Jump Tomorrow	John Kimbrough

Best Technical Achievement

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Area
2001 (4th) [2]	The Warrior	Roman Osin	Cinematography
	Alone	Jonathan Rudd	Editing
	Enigma	John Beard	Production Design
	High Heels and Low Lifes	Jany Temime	Costume Design
2002 (5th) [3][4]	Morvern Callar	Alwin H. Küchler	Cinematography
	24 Hour Party People	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	Lawless Heart	Scott Thomas	Editing
	Bloody Sunday	Ivan Strasburg	Cinematography
2003 (6th) [5][6]	In This World	Peter Christelis	Editing
	16 Years of Alcohol	John Rhodes	Cinematography
	Bright Young Things	Michael Howells	Production Design
	Buffalo Soldiers	David Holmes	Music
	In This World	Tim Alban, Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson	Sound
2004 (7th) [7]	Touching the Void	Mike Eley	Cinematography
	Bride and Prejudice	Eduardo Castro, Ralph Wheeler-Holes	Costume Design
	Code 46	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	Dead Man's Shoes	Lucas Roche, Chris Wyatt	Editing
	Enduring Love	Haris Zambarloukos	Cinematography
2005 (8th) [8]	The Descent	Jon Harris	Editing
	The Constant Gardener	César Charlone	Cinematography
	The Libertine	Ben Van Os	Production Design
	A Cock and Bull Story	Peter Christelis	Editing
	Mrs Henderson Presents	Sandy Powell	Costume Design
2006 (9th) [9][10]	The Last King of Scotland	Anthony Dod Mantle	Cinematography
	The Queen	Alan MacDonald	Production Design
		Daniel Phillips	Makeup
	This Is England	Ludovico Einaudi	Music
	The Wind That Shakes the Barley	Barry Ackroyd	Cinematography
2007 (10th) [11][12]	Sunshine	Mark Tildesley	Production Design
	28 Weeks Later	Enrique Chediak	Cinematography
	Control	Martin Ruhe
	And When Did You Last See Your Father?	Trevor Waite	Editing
	Hallam Foe	Colin Monie, David Mackenzie	Music
2008 (11th) [13][14]	Hunger	Sean Bobbitt	Cinematography
	The Duchess	Michael O'Connor	Costume Design
	Slumdog Millionaire	Anthony Dod Mantle	Cinematography
	In Bruges	Jon Gregory	Editing
	Shifty	Harry Escott, Molly Nyman	Music
2009 (12th) [15][16]	Bright Star	Greig Fraser	Cinematography
	Moon	Clint Mansell	Music
		Tony Noble	Production Design
	Bunny and the Bull	Gary Williamson
	Fish Tank	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography

2010s

Best Technical Achievement

Year	Film	Recipient(s)	Area
2010 (13th) [17][18]	Monsters	Gareth Edwards	Visual Effects
	The Arbor	Tim Barker	Sound
	The King's Speech	Eve Stewart	Production Design
	Brighton Rock	John Mathieson	Cinematography
	The Illusionist	Sylvain Chomet	Animation
2011 (14th) [19][20]	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Maria Djurkovic	Production Design
	We Need to Talk about Kevin	Seamus McGarvey	Cinematography
	Shame	Sean Bobbitt
		Joe Walker	Editing
	Senna	Chris King, Gregers Sall
2012 (15th) [21][22]	Berberian Sound Studio	Joakim Sundström	Sound Design
	Berberian Sound Studio	Nic Knowland	Cinematography
	Ginger and Rosa	Robbie Ryan
	Broken	Electric Wave Bureau	Music
	The Imposter	Andrew Hulme	Editing
2013 (16th) [23][24]	The Selfish Giant	Amy Hubbard	Casting
	Locke	Justine Wright	Editing
	Starred Up	Shaheen Baig	Casting
	Under the Skin	Johnnie Burn	Sound Design
		Mica Levi	Music
2014 (17th) [25][26]	Frank	Stephen Rennicks	Music
	'71	Chris Wyatt	Editing
		Tat Radcliffe	Cinematography
	Catch Me Daddy	Robbie Ryan
	Mr. Turner	Dick Pope
2015 (18th) [27][28]	Ex Machina	Andrew Whitehurst	Visual Effects
	Amy	Chris King	Editing
	Brooklyn	Fiona Weir	Casting
	Ex Machina	Mark Digby	Production Design
	Macbeth	Adam Arkapaw	Cinematography
2016 (19th) [29][30]	American Honey	Robbie Ryan	Cinematography
	Free Fire	Shaheen Baig	Casting
	The Girl with All the Gifts	Seb Barker	Visual Effects
	Notes on Blindness	Joakim Sundström	Sound Design
	Oasis: Supersonic	Paul Monaghan, Mat Whitecross	Editing

Best Music

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2017 (20th) [31][32]	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) [33][34]	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) [35][36]	Wild Rose	Jack Arnold
	Beats	JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes, Stephen Hindman
	Diego Maradona	Antônio Pinto
	For Sama	Nainita Desai
	In Fabric	Cavern of Anti-Matter

2020s

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2020 (23rd) [37][38]	Mogul Mowgli	Paul Corley
	His House	Roque Baños
	The Reason I Jump	Nainita Desai
	Rocks	Connie Farr, Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch
	Saint Maud	Adam Janota Bzowski
2021 (24th) [39]	Ali & Ava	Connie Farr, Harry Escott
	Pirates	Iain Cooke
	Encounter	Jed Kurzel
	IN THE EⱯRTH	Clint Mansell
	Belfast	Van Morrison
2022 (25th) [40][41]	The Wonder	Matthew Herbert
	God's Creatures	Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans
	Aftersun	Oliver Coates
	The Origin	Adam Janota Bzowski
	Men	Ben Salisbury, Geoff Barrow
2023 (25th) [42][43]	Rye Lane	Kwes
	The End We Start From	Anna Meredith
	Femme	Adam Janota Bzowski
	Girl	Ré Olunuga
	Scrapper	Patrick Jonsson
2024 (27th) [44]	Kneecap	Michael "Mikey J" Asante
	Bird	Burial
	Unicorns	Stuart Earl
	The Outrun	John Gürtler and Jan Miserre
	Love Lies Bleeding	Clint Mansell

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External links

• Official website