# Finishing Move Inc.

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, and Massive Chalice.
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.
In 2017, they were nominated for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score - Video Game for their work on Halo Wars 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.
In 2019, they were nominated for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score - Video Game for their work on Borderlands 3.

## Credits

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 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

| Year | Award | Title | Category | Result |
| 2015 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo 2: Anniversary | Best Original Instrumental | Won |
| 2015 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo 2: Anniversary | Music of the Year | Nominated |
| 2015 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo 2: Anniversary | Best Original Soundtrack Album | Nominated |
| 2015 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo 2: Anniversary | Best Original Vocal Song Pop | Nominated |
| 2015 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo 2: Anniversary | Best Audio Mix | Nominated |
| 2017 | Hollywood Music In Media Awards | Halo Wars 2 | Original Score - Video Game | Nominated |
| 2018 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo Wars 2 | Best Interactive Score | Nominated |
| 2018 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo Wars 2 | Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio | Nominated |
| 2018 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Halo Wars 2 | Best Audio Mix | Nominated |
| 2019 | Hollywood Music In Media Awards | Borderlands 3 | Original Score - Video Game | Nominated |
| 2019 | Broadcast Production Awards | Drumline Trap | Production Music Album - Sports | Won |
| 2020 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Borderlands 3 | Best Audio Mix | Nominated |
| 2020 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Borderlands 3 | Audio of the Year | Nominated |
| 2020 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Borderlands 3 | Music of the Year | Nominated |
| 2020 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Borderlands 3 | Best Interactive Score | Nominated |
| 2020 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | Borderlands 3 | Best Game Music Cover/ Remix | Nominated |