# British Academy Games Award for Music

The British Academy Video Games Award for Music is an award presented annually by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). It is given to recognize "excellence in composition for a game music score, through original music and/or creative use of licensed track". The award is given to the composers/development team, the developer and the publisher of the winning game.
The award was first presented at the 1st British Academy Games Awards under the name Original Music. From the 3rd edition to the 7th, the category was named Original Score. It returned to its original name from the 8th to the 10th editions. Since the 11th edition it is presented under its current name. Santa Monica Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment are the most awarded developer and publisher, with three and eight wins respectively. Among developers, Ubisoft Montreal holds the record for most nominations and most nominations without a win, with seven, while Xbox Game Studios is the most nominated publisher without a win, with nine. Bear McCreary, Keith Leary and Peter Scaturro are the only composers to win two BAFTA awards in this category, winning together for their work on the God of War franchise. Jesper Kyd and Lorne Balfe are the only composers with two nominations who have yet to win.
The current holders of the award are Bear McCreary, Keith Leary and Peter Scaturro, composers of God of War Ragnarök by Santa Monica Studio and Sony Interactive Entertainment, which won at the 19th British Academy Games Awards in 2023.

## Winners and nominees

In the following table, the years are listed as per BAFTA convention, and generally correspond to the year of game release in the United Kingdom.
Table key :
* Indicates the winner
| Year | Game | Composer(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
| 2002/03 (1st) | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Jeremy Soule | Argonaut | Electronic Arts | |
| 2002/03 (1st) | Command & Conquer: Generals | Bill Brown and Mikael Sandgren | EA Pacific | EA Games | |
| 2002/03 (1st) | Primal | Paul Arnold, Andrew Barnabas and 16Volt | SCE Studio Cambridge | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2002/03 (1st) | Republic: The Revolution | James Hannigan | Elixir Studios | Eidos Interactive | |
| 2002/03 (1st) | TimeSplitters 2 | Graeme Norgate | Free Radical Design | Eidos Interactive | |
| 2002/03 (1st) | Return to Castle Wolfenstein | Bill Brown | Gray Matter Studios | Activision | |
| 2003/04 (2nd) | Hitman: Contracts | Jesper Kyd | IO Interactive | Eidos Interactive | |
| 2003/04 (2nd) | Evil Genius | James Hannigan | Elixir Studios | Sierra Entertainment | |
| 2003/04 (2nd) | Fable | Danny Elfman and Russell Shaw | Big Blue Box Studios and Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Game Studios | |
| 2003/04 (2nd) | Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone | Robb Mills | Stormfront Studios and Zono | Atari | |
| 2003/04 (2nd) | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban | Jeremy Soule | Griptonite Games, KnowWonder and EA UK | Electronic Arts | |
| 2003/04 (2nd) | Rome: Total War | Jeff van Dyck | The Creative Assembly | Sega | |
| 2005/06 (3rd) | Tomb Raider: Legend | Troels Brun Folmann | Crystal Dynamics | Eidos Interactive | |
| 2005/06 (3rd) | Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King | Koichi Sugiyama | Level-5 | Square Enix | |
| 2005/06 (3rd) | LocoRoco | Nobuyuki Shimizu and Kemmei Adachi | Japan Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2005/06 (3rd) | Shadow of the Colossus | Kow Otani | Japan Studio and Team Ico | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2005/06 (3rd) | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion | Jeremy Soule | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | |
| 2005/06 (3rd) | The Movies | Daniel Pemberton | Lionhead Studios | Activision | |
| 2006/07 (4th) | Ōkami | Masami Ueda, Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Rei Kondoh and Akari Groves | Clover Studio | Capcom | |
| 2006/07 (4th) | Final Fantasy XII | Hitoshi Sakimoto, Hayato Matsuo and Masaharu Iwata | Square Enix | Square Enix | |
| 2006/07 (4th) | God of War II | Gerard Marino, Ron Fish, Mike Reagan and Cris Velasco | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2006/07 (4th) | Lair | John Debney | Factor 5 | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2006/07 (4th) | The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess | Toru Minegishi, Asuka Ohta | Nintendo EAD | Nintendo | |
| 2006/07 (4th) | Viva Piñata | Grant Kirkhope | Rare | Microsoft Game Studios | |
| 2007/08 (5th) | Dead Space | Jason Graves, Don Veca | Visceral Games | Electronic Arts | |
| 2007/08 (5th) | Assassin's Creed | Jesper Kyd | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2007/08 (5th) | Fable II | Danny Elfman, Russell Shaw | Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Game Studios | |
| 2007/08 (5th) | Fallout 3 | Inon Zur | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | |
| 2007/08 (5th) | LittleBigPlanet | Kenneth C M Young, Mat Clark, Daniel Pemberton | Media Molecule | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2007/08 (5th) | Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots | Harry Gregson-Williams, Nobuko Toda, Shuichi Kobori, Kazuma Jinnouchi | Konami | Konami | |
| 2009 (6th) | Uncharted 2: Among Thieves | Greg Edmonson, Carmen Rizzo | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2009 (6th) | Assassin's Creed II | Jesper Kyd | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2009 (6th) | Batman: Arkham Asylum | Nick Arundel, Ron Fish | Rocksteady Studios | Eidos Interactive and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2009 (6th) | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 | Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer | Infinity Ward | Activision | |
| 2009 (6th) | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | James Hannigan | EA Bright Light Studio | Electronic Arts | |
| 2009 (6th) | PixelJunk Shooter | High Frequency, Bandwidth, Alex Paterson, Dom Beken | Q-Games and Double Eleven | Q-Games | |
| 2010 (7th) | Heavy Rain | Normand Corbeil | Quantic Dream | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2010 (7th) | Alan Wake | Petri Alanko | Remedy Entertainment | Microsoft Game Studios | |
| 2010 (7th) | Fable III | Russell Shaw | Lionhead Studios | Microsoft Game Studios | |
| 2010 (7th) | James Bond 007: Blood Stone | Richard Jacques | Bizarre Creations | Activision | |
| 2010 (7th) | Mass Effect 2 | Jack Wall, Jimmy Hinson, Sam Hulick, David Kates | BioWare | Electronic Arts | |
| 2010 (7th) | Super Mario Galaxy 2 | Mahito Yokota, Ryo Nagamatsu, Koji Kondo | Nintendo EAD Tokyo | Nintendo | |
| 2011 (8th) | L.A. Noire | Andrew Hale, Simon Hale | Team Bondi | Rockstar Games | |
| 2011 (8th) | Assassin's Creed: Revelations | Jesper Kyd, Lorne Balfe | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2011 (8th) | Batman: Arkham City | Nick Arundel, Ron Fish | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2011 (8th) | Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception | Greg Edmonson | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2011 (8th) | Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Michael McCann | Eidos Montréal | Square Enix | |
| 2011 (8th) | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Jeremy Soule | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | |
| 2012 (9th) | Journey | Austin Wintory | thatgamecompany | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2012 (9th) | Diablo III | Russell Brower, Derek Duke, Glenn Stafford | Blizzard Entertainment | Blizzard Entertainment | |
| 2012 (9th) | Assassin's Creed III | Lorne Balfe | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2012 (9th) | Thomas Was Alone | David Housden | Mike Bithell | Mike Bithell | |
| 2012 (9th) | The Unfinished Swan | Joel Corelitz | Giant Sparrow and Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2012 (9th) | The Walking Dead | Jared Emerson-Johnson | Telltale Games | Telltale Games | |
| 2013 (10th) | BioShock Infinite | James Bonney and Garry Schyman | Irrational Games | 2K Games | |
| 2013 (10th) | Tearaway | Kenneth C M Young and Brian D'Oliveira | Tarsier Studios and Media Molecule | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2013 (10th) | The Last of Us | Gustavo Santaolalla | Naughty Dog | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2013 (10th) | Beyond: Two Souls | Lorne Balfe | Quantic Dream | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2013 (10th) | Super Mario 3D World | Mahito Yokota and Koji Kondo | Nintendo EAD Tokyo and 1-Up Studio | Nintendo | |
| 2013 (10th) | Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag | Brian Tyler and Aldo Sampaio | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2014 (11th) | Far Cry 4 | Cliff Martinez, Tony Gronick and Jerome Angelot | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2014 (11th) | Alien: Isolation* | Alien: Isolation* | The Creative Assembly | Sega | |
| 2014 (11th) | The Banner Saga | Austin Wintory | Stoic | Versus Evil | |
| 2014 (11th) | Fantasia: Music Evolved | Inon Zur | Disney Interactive Studios and Harmonix Music Systems | Disney Interactive Studios | |
| 2014 (11th) | Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | Garry Schyman, Nathan Grigg | Monolith Productions | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2014 (11th) | The Sailor's Dream* | The Sailor's Dream* | Simogo | Simogo | |
| 2015 (12th) | Everybody's Gone to the Rapture | Jessica Curry | The Chinese Room and Santa Monica Studio | Sony Computer Entertainment | |
| 2015 (12th) | Assassin's Creed Syndicate | Austin Wintory, Tripod and Bear McCreary | Ubisoft Quebec | Ubisoft | |
| 2015 (12th) | Batman: Arkham Knight | Nick Arundel and David Buckley | Rocksteady Studios | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2015 (12th) | Fallout 4 | Inon Zur | Bethesda Game Studios | Bethesda Softworks | |
| 2015 (12th) | Halo 5: Guardians | Kazuma Jinnouchi, Nobuko Toda and Peter Cobbin | 343 Industries | Microsoft Studios | Microsoft Studios |
| 2015 (12th) | Ori and the Blind Forest | Gareth Coker | Moon Studios | | |
| 2016 (13th) | Virginia | Lyndon Holland | Variable State | 505 Games | |
| 2016 (13th) | Doom | Mick Gordon, Chris Hite, Chad Mossholder | id Software | Bethesda Softworks | |
| 2016 (13th) | Abzû | Austin Wintory | Giant Squid Studios | 505 Games | |
| 2016 (13th) | Inside | Martin Stig Andersen, Søs Gunver Ryberg | Playdead | Playdead | |
| 2016 (13th) | The Last Guardian | Takeshi Furukawa | Japan Studio and GenDesign | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2016 (13th) | Uncharted 4 | Henry Jackman, Jonathan Mayer, Scott Hanau | Naughty Dog | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2017 (14th) | Cuphead | Kristofer Maddigan | StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc. | StudioMDHR Entertainment Inc. | |
| 2017 (14th) | Get Even* | Get Even* | The Farm 51 | Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe | |
| 2017 (14th) | Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice | David Garcia Diaz, Andy LaPlegua | Ninja Theory | Ninja Theory | |
| 2017 (14th) | Horizon Zero Dawn* | Horizon Zero Dawn* | Guerrilla Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe | |
| 2017 (14th) | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild* | Nintendo EPD | Nintendo | |
| 2017 (14th) | What Remains of Edith Finch | Jeff Russo | Giant Sparrow | Annapurna Interactive | |
| 2018 (15th) | God of War | Bear McCreary, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro | Santa Monica Studio | Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe | |
| 2018 (15th) | Celeste | Lena Raine | Matt Makes Games | Matt Makes Games | |
| 2018 (15th) | Far Cry 5* | Far Cry 5* | Ubisoft Montreal | Ubisoft | |
| 2018 (15th) | Florence* | Florence* | Mountains | Annapurna Interactive | |
| 2018 (15th) | Gris* | Gris* | Nomada Studio | Devolver Digital | |
| 2018 (15th) | Tetris Effect | Hydelic, Noboru Mutoh, Takako Ishida | Monstars and Resonair | Enhance Games | |
| 2019 (16th) | Disco Elysium | British Sea Power | ZA/UM | ZA/UM | |
| 2019 (16th) | Control | Petri Alanko, Martin Stig Andersen | Remedy Entertainment | 505 Games | |
| 2019 (16th) | Death Stranding | Ludvig Forssell, Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary | Kojima Productions | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2019 (16th) | Outer Wilds* | Outer Wilds* | Mobius Digital | Annapurna Interactive | |
| 2019 (16th) | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening* | The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening* | Grezzo | Nintendo | |
| 2019 (16th) | Wattam | Asuka Takahashi, Brad Fotsch, Sam Bird | Funomena | Annapurna Interactive | |
| 2020 (17th) | Spider-Man: Miles Morales | John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Alex Hackford | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2020 (17th) | Ghost of Tsushima | Ilan Eshkeri, Shigeru Umebayashi, Peter Scaturro | Sucker Punch Productions | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2020 (17th) | The Last of Us Part II | Gustavo Santaolalla, Mac Quayle, Scott Hanau | Naughty Dog | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2020 (17th) | Sackboy: A Big Adventure | Jay Waters, Joe Thwaites, Joanna Skorupa | Sumo Digital | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2020 (17th) | Hades | Darren Korb | Supergiant Games | Supergiant Games | |
| 2020 (17th) | Ori and the Will of the Wisps | Gareth Coker | Moon Studios | Xbox Game Studios | |
| 2021 (18th) | Returnal | Bobby Krlic, Joe Thwaites, Harry Krueger | Housemarque | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2021 (18th) | Deathloop | Tom Salta, Erich Talaba, Ross Tregenza | Arkane Studios | Bethesda Softworks | |
| 2021 (18th) | Far Cry 6* | Far Cry 6* | Ubisoft Toronto | Ubisoft | |
| 2021 (18th) | Halo Infinite | Gareth Coker, Joel Corelitz, Curtis Schweitzer | 343 Industries | Xbox Game Studios | |
| 2021 (18th) | Psychonauts 2 | Peter McConnell | Double Fire | Xbox Game Studios | |
| 2021 (18th) | Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart | Scott Hanau, Wataru Hokoyama, Mark Mothersbaugh | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2022 (19th) | God of War Ragnarök | Bear McCreary, Keith Leary, Peter Scaturro | Santa Monica | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2022 (19th) | Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course | Kristofer Maddigan | Studio MDHR | Studio MDHR | |
| 2022 (19th) | Elden Ring* | Elden Ring* | FromSoftware | Bandai Namco | |
| 2022 (19th) | A Plague Tale: Requiem | Olivier Deriviere | Asobo | Focus | |
| 2022 (19th) | Stray* | Stray* | BlueTwelve | Annapurna Interactive | |
| 2022 (19th) | Tunic | Lifeformed, Janice Kwan | Finji | Finji | |
| 2023 (20th) | Baldur's Gate 3 | Borislav Slavov | Larian Studios | Larian Studios | |
| 2023 (20th) | Alan Wake 2 | Alan Wake 2 | Remedy Entertainment | Epic Games | |
| 2023 (20th) | Assassin's Creed Mirage | Assassin's Creed Mirage | Ubisoft Bordeaux | Ubisoft | |
| 2023 (20th) | Marvel's Spider-Man 2 | John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary | Insomniac Games | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2023 (20th) | Star Wars Jedi: Survivor | Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton | Respawn Entertainment | Electronic Arts | |
| 2023 (20th) | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom | Nintendo | Nintendo | |
| 2024 (21th) | Astro Bot | Kenneth C M Young | Team Asobi | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2024 (21th) | Black Myth: Wukong* | Black Myth: Wukong* | Game Science | Game Science | |
| 2024 (21th) | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth* | Final Fantasy VII Rebirth* | Square Enix | Square Enix | |
| 2024 (21th) | Helldivers 2 | Wilbert Roget II, Ross Tregenza, Keith Leary | Arrowhead Game Studios | Sony Interactive Entertainment | |
| 2024 (21th) | Senua's Saga: Hellblade II* | Senua's Saga: Hellblade II* | Ninja Theory | Xbox Game Studios | |
| 2024 (21th) | Star Wars Outlaws | Wilbert Roget II, Simon Koudriavtsev, Erik Jacobsson | Massive Entertainment | Ubisoft | |
(*Note: Games that don't have composers on the table had Development Team credited on the awards page.)

## Multiple nominations and wins
### Composers

| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
| Peter Scaturro | 4 | 2 |
| Jeremy Soule | 4 | 1 |
| Austin Wintory | 4 | 1 |
| Scott Hanau | 4 | 1 |
| Jesper Kyd | 4 | 0 |
| Lorne Balfe | 4 | 0 |
| Bear McCreary | 3 | 2 |
| Keith Leary | 3 | 2 |
| Inon Zur | 3 | 0 |
| Gareth Coker | 3 | 0 |
| James Hannigan | 3 | 0 |
| Ron Fish | 2 | 0 |
| Russell Shaw | 3 | 0 |
| Nick Arundel | 2 | 0 |
| Garry Schyman | 2 | 1 |
| Greg Edmonson | 2 | 1 |
| Kristofer Maddigan | 2 | 1 |
| Joe Thwaites | 2 | 1 |
| Gustavo Santaolalla | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 0 |
| Daniel Pemberton | 2 | 0 |
| Danny Elfman | 2 | 0 |
| Joel Corelitz | 2 | 0 |
| Kenneth Young | 2 | 0 |
| Koji Kondo | 2 | 0 |
| Mahito Yokota | 2 | 0 |
| Martin Stig Andersen | 2 | 0 |
| Kazuma Jinnouchi | 2 | 0 |
| Nobuko Toda | 2 | 0 |
| Petri Alanko | 2 | 0 |

### Developers

| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
| Ubisoft Montreal | 7 | 0 |
| Naughty Dog | 5 | 1 |
| Santa Monica Studio | 5 | 3 |
| Bethesda Studios | 4 | 0 |
| Lionhead Studios | 4 | 0 |
| Nintendo EAD/EPD | 4 | 0 |
| Japan Studio | 3 | 0 |
| Rocksteady Studios | 3 | 0 |
| 343 Industries | 2 | 0 |
| The Creative Assembly | 2 | 0 |
| Elixir Studios | 2 | 0 |
| Giant Sparrow | 2 | 0 |
| Insomniac Games | 2 | 1 |
| Media Molecule | 2 | 0 |
| Moon Studios | 2 | 0 |
| Quantic Dream | 2 | 0 |
| Remedy Entertainment | 2 | 0 |

### Publishers

| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
| Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 27 | 8 |
| Ubisoft | 9 | 1 |
| Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 9 | 0 |
| Bethesda Softworks | 6 | 0 |
| Electronic Arts | 5 | 1 |
| Annapurna Interactive | 5 | 0 |
| Nintendo | 5 | 0 |
| Activision | 4 | 0 |
| Eidos Interactive | 4 | 1 |
| Warner Bros Interactive | 4 | 0 |
| 505 Games | 3 | 1 |
| Bandai Namco Entertainment | 2 | 0 |
| Sega | 2 | 0 |
| Square Enix | 2 | 0 |