| British Independent Film Award for Best Music | |
| Awarded For: | Best Music |
| Presenter: | BIFA |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Year: | 2001 |
| Holder: | Kwes for Rye Lane (2023) |
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]
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 [2] | South West 9 | Dave Pearce |
| The Warrior | Dario Marianelli | |
| Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry | Luke Haines | |
| Jump Tomorrow | John Kimbrough | |
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Warrior | Roman Osin | Cinematography |
| Alone | Jonathan Rudd | Editing | |
| Enigma | John Beard | Production Design | |
| High Heels and Low Lifes | Costume Design | ||
| 2002 [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 [5] [6] | In This World | Peter Christelis | Editing |
| 16 Years of Alcohol | John Rhodes | Cinematography | |
| Bright Young Things | Production Design | ||
| Buffalo Soldiers | Music | ||
| In This World | Sound | ||
| 2004 [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 | Cinematography | ||
| 2005 [8] | The Descent | Jon Harris | Editing |
| The Constant Gardener | Cinematography | ||
| The Libertine | Production Design | ||
| A Cock and Bull Story | Peter Christelis | Editing | |
| Mrs Henderson Presents | Costume Design | ||
| 2006 [9] [10] | The Last King of Scotland | Anthony Dod Mantle | Cinematography |
| The Queen | Alan MacDonald | Production Design | |
| Makeup | |||
| This Is England | Music | ||
| The Wind That Shakes the Barley | Cinematography | ||
| 2007 [11] [12] | Sunshine | Mark Tildesley | Production Design |
| 28 Weeks Later | Cinematography | ||
| Control | |||
| And When Did You Last See Your Father? | Editing | ||
| Hallam Foe | Music | ||
| 2008 [13] [14] | Hunger | Sean Bobbitt | Cinematography |
| The Duchess | Costume Design | ||
| Slumdog Millionaire | Cinematography | ||
| In Bruges | Editing | ||
| Shifty | Music | ||
| 2009 [15] [16] | Bright Star | Greig Fraser | Cinematography |
| Moon | Music | ||
| Tony Noble | Production Design | ||
| Bunny and the Bull | Gary Williamson | ||
| Fish Tank | Cinematography | ||
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) | Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 [17] [18] | Monsters | Gareth Edwards | Visual Effects |
| The Arbor | Tim Barker | Sound | |
| The King's Speech | Production Design | ||
| Brighton Rock | Cinematography | ||
| The Illusionist | Animation | ||
| 2011 [19] [20] | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy | Maria Djurkovic | Production Design |
| We Need to Talk about Kevin | Cinematography | ||
| Shame | |||
| Editing | |||
| Senna | Chris King, Gregers Sall | ||
| 2012 [21] [22] | Berberian Sound Studio | Joakim Sundström | Sound Design |
| Berberian Sound Studio | Nic Knowland | Cinematography | |
| Ginger and Rosa | |||
| Broken | Electric Wave Bureau | Music | |
| The Imposter | Andrew Hulme | Editing | |
| 2013 [23] [24] | The Selfish Giant | Amy Hubbard | Casting |
| Locke | Editing | ||
| Starred Up | Shaheen Baig | Casting | |
| Under the Skin | Johnnie Burn | Sound Design | |
| Music | |||
| 2014 [25] [26] | Frank | Stephen Rennicks | Music |
| '71 | Editing | ||
| Tat Radcliffe | Cinematography | ||
| Catch Me Daddy | |||
| Mr. Turner | Dick Pope | ||
| 2015 [27] [28] | Ex Machina | Andrew Whitehurst | Visual Effects |
| Amy | Chris King | Editing | |
| Brooklyn | Casting | ||
| Ex Machina | Mark Digby | Production Design | |
| Macbeth | Cinematography | ||
| 2016 [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 | Sound Design | ||
| Editing | |||
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 [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 [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 [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 | |
| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 [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 [39] | Ali & Ava | Connie Farr, Harry Escott |
| Pirates | Iain Cooke | |
| Encounter | Jed Kurzel | |
| IN THE EⱯRTH | Clint Mansell | |
| Belfast | Van Morrison | |
| 2022 [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 [42] [43] | Rye Lane | Kwes |
| The End We Start From | Anna Meredith | |
| Femme | Adam Janota Bzowski | |
| Girl | Ré Olunuga | |
| Scrapper | Patrick Jonsson | |