# 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.
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".

## Winners and nominees
### 2000s
#### Best Music

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

#### Best Technical Achievement

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

### 2010s
#### Best Technical Achievement

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

#### Best Music

| Year | Film | Recipient(s) |
| 2017 (20th) | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Carter Burwell |
| 2017 (20th) | The Death of Stalin | Christopher Willis |
| 2017 (20th) | I Am Not a Witch | Matthew James Kelly |
| 2017 (20th) | Jawbone | Paul Weller |
| 2017 (20th) | Leaning Into the Wind | Fred Frith |
| 2018 (21st) | You Were Never Really Here | Jonny Greenwood |
| 2018 (21st) | American Animals | Anne Nikitin |
| 2018 (21st) | Beast | Jim Williams |
| 2018 (21st) | Funny Cow | Richard Hawley |
| 2018 (21st) | Island of the Hungry Ghosts | Aaron Cupples |
| 2019 (22nd) | Wild Rose | Jack Arnold |
| 2019 (22nd) | Beats | JD Twitch, Penelope Trappes, Stephen Hindman |
| 2019 (22nd) | Diego Maradona | Antônio Pinto |
| 2019 (22nd) | For Sama | Nainita Desai |
| 2019 (22nd) | In Fabric | Cavern of Anti-Matter |

### 2020s

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