British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music

British Academy Television Craft Award
British Academy Television Craft Award
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
First awarded	1981
Currently held by	Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame KZ Kwei-Armah Jr. for Mood; Jessica Jones for Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story (2023)
Website	http://www.bafta.org/

The British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Original Music is one of the categories presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) within the British Academy Television Craft Awards, the craft awards were established in 2000 with their own, separate ceremony as a way to spotlight technical achievements, without being overshadowed by the main production categories. It was first awarded in 1981, according to the BAFTA website, a programme will be eligible to this category if "more than 50% of its music is original composition created specifically for it."^[1]

In 2023, the category was split into two categories: Original Music: Fiction and Original Music: Factual.^[2]

Winners and nominees

1980s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)
1981	The Merchant of Venice Fair Stood The Wind For France Love Story Oppenheimer Hollywood The Misanthrope The Sailor's Return The Old Curiosity Shop	Carl Davis
	Enemy at the Door Pride and Prejudice	Wilfred Josephs
	Fox (Incidental) Shoestring Bloody Kids	George Fenton
	Flickers Shelley Tales Of The Unexpected	Ron Grainer
1982	Bergerac Going Gently The History Man BBC News Theme	George Fenton
	Brideshead Revisited	Geoffrey Burgon
	Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years	Carl Davis
	The Flame Trees of Thika	Ken Howard, Alan Blaikely
1983	Smiley's People I Remember Nelson The Woman in White	Patrick Gowers
	Harry's Game	Clannad
	The Flight of the Condor	Inti-Illimani
	A Voyage Round My Father Mona The Bell	Marc Wilkinson
1984	An Englishman Abroad Saigon: Year of the Cat Loving Walter Walter and June The Ghost Writer Breakfast Time Natural World Village Earth	George Fenton
	The Aerodrome Macbeth The Spice Of Life The Tale Of Beatrix Potter Unknown Chaplin	Carl Davis
	Auf Wiedersehen, Pet	David Mackay
	Reilly, Ace of Spies	Harry Rabinowitz
1985	Robin of Sherwood	Clannad
	The Ebony Tower	Richard Rodney Bennett
	The Far Pavilions	Carl Davis
	The Jewel in the Crown	George Fenton
1986	Edge of Darkness	Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen
	Kingdom of the Ice Bear	Terry Oldfield
	Silas Marner	Carl Davis
	Tender is the Night	Richard Rodney Bennett
1987	The Monocled Mutineer	George Fenton
	Fire and Ice	Carl Davis
	Hotel Du Lac	Carl Davis
	The Insurance Man	Ilona Sekacz
	The Life and Loves of a She-Devil	Peter Filleul
	Lost Empires	Derek Hilton
1988	Porterhouse Blue	Christopher Gunning, Rick Lloyd
	The Beiderbecke Tapes	Frank Ricotti
	Fortunes of War	Richard Holmes
	A Perfect Spy	Michael Storey
1989	The Beiderbecke Connection	Frank Ricotti
	Talking Heads	George Fenton
	Tumbledown	Richard Hartley
	A Very British Coup	John Keane

1990s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
1990	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Christopher Gunning	ITV
	Around The World in 80 Days	Paddy Kingsland	BBC One
	Traffik	Tim Souster	Channel 4
	The Woman in Black	Rachel Portman	ITV
1991	The Green Man	Tim Souster	BBC One
	Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit	Rachel Portman	BBC Two
	House of Cards	Jim Parker	BBC One
	The Trials of Life	George Fenton	BBC One
1992	G.B.H.	Richard Harvey, Elvis Costello	Channel 4
	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Christopher Gunning	ITV
	Inspector Morse	Barrington Pheloung
	Prime Suspect	Stephen Warbeck
1993	Frankie's House	Jeff Beck, Jed Leiber	ITV
	The Big Battalions	Christopher Gunning	Channel 4
	Love Hurts	Alan Hawkshaw	BBC One
	Jeeves and Wooster	Anne Dudley	ITV
1994	To Play the King	Jim Parker	BBC
	The Buddha of Suburbia	David Bowie	BBC Two
	Mr Wroe’s Virgins	Roger and Brian Eno	BBC Two
	Life in the Freezer	George Fenton	BBC One
1995	Middlemarch	Stanley Myers, Christopher Gunning	BBC Two
	Crocodile Shoes	Tony McAnaney, Jimmy Nail, Paddy McAloon	BBC One
	Martin Chuzzlewit	Geoffrey Burgon	BBC Two
	Skallagrigg	Stephen Warbeck	BBC Two
1996	Persuasion	Jeremy Sams	BBC Two
	Cracker	Rick Wentworth	ITV
	Signs and Wonders	Daemion Barry	BBC Two
	The Hanging Gale	Shaun Davey	BBC One
1997	The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders	Jim Parker	ITV
	Cruel Train	Nick Bicat	BBC Two
	Ballykissangel	Shaun Davey	BBC One
	The Crow Road	Colin Towns	BBC Scotland
1998	Tom Jones	Jim Parker	BBC One
	Holding On	Nick Bicat	BBC Two
	The Lakes	Simon Boswell	BBC One
	Trial & Retribution	Evelyn Glennie	ITV
1999	A Rather English Marriage	Jim Parker	BBC Two
	Vanity Fair	Murray Gold	BBC One
	Our Mutual Friend	Adrian Johnston	BBC Two
	Hornblower: The Even Chance	John Keane	ITV

2000s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2000	Walking with Dinosaurs	Ben Bartlett	BBC One
	Queer as Folk	Murray Gold	Channel 4
	Oliver Twist	Paul Pritchard, Elvis Costello	ITV
	Cold Feet	Mark Russell	ITV
2001	Longitude	Geoffrey Burgon	Channel 4
	War Behind the Wire	Daemion Barry	BBC Two
	Gormenghast	Richard Rodney Bennett	BBC Two
	Elizabeth	Andy Price	Channel 4
2002	The Blue Planet	George Fenton	BBC One
	Perfect Strangers	Adrian Johnston	BBC Two
	The Way We Live Now	Nicholas Hooper	BBC One
	The Lost World	Rob Lane	BBC One
2003	The Forsyte Saga	Geoffrey Burgon	ITV
	The Gathering Storm	Howard Goodall	BBC Two
	Tipping the Velvet	Adrian Johnston, Terry Davies	BBC
	Spooks	Jennie Muskett	BBC One
2004	The Young Visiters	Nicholas Hooper	BBC One
	The Forsyte Saga	Geoffrey Burgon	ITV
	State of Play	Nicholas Hooper	BBC One
	The Lost Prince	Adrian Johnston	BBC One
2005	Sex Traffic	Jonathan Goldsmith	Channel 4
	Himalaya with Michael Palin	David Hartley, Andre Jacquemin, Dave Howman	BBC One
	Spooks	Jennie Muskett, Sheridan Tongue	BBC One
	Green Wing	Jonathan Whitehead	Channel 4
2006	Elizabeth I	Rob Lane	Channel 4
	Casanova	Murray Gold	BBC Three
	The Girl in the Café	Nicholas Hooper	BBC One
	The Government Inspector	Jocelyn Pook	Channel 4
2007	Prime Suspect: The Final Act	Nicholas Hooper	ITV
	Planet Earth	George Fenton	BBC One
	Tsunami: The Aftermath	Alex Heffes
	Jane Eyre	Rob Lane
2008	Capturing Mary	Adrian Johnston	BBC Two
	Boy A	Paddy Cunneen	Channel 4
	Cranford	Carl Davis	BBC One
	Doctor Who	Murray Gold	BBC One
2009	Wallander	Martin Phipps	BBC One
	Spooks	Paul Leonard-Morgan	BBC One
	Little Dorrit	John Lunn
	Sense and Sensibility	Martin Phipps

2010s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2010	Small Island	Martin Phipps	BBC One
	Red Riding 1974	Adrian Johnston	Channel 4
	Moses Jones	Craig Pruess	BBC Two
	Being Human	Richard Wells	BBC Three
2011	Any Human Heart	Dan Jones	Channel 4
	Sherlock: A Study in Pink	David Arnold, Michael Price	BBC One
	Terry Pratchett's Going Postal	John Lunn	Sky 1
	Misfits	Vince Pope	E4
2012	Top Boy	Brian Eno	Channel 4
	Downton Abbey	John Lunn	ITV
	Frozen Planet	George Fenton	BBC One
	Great Expectations	Martin Phipps	BBC One
2013	Henry IV (The Hollow Crown)	Stephen Warbeck	BBC Two
	Doctor Who (for "Asylum of the Daleks")	Murray Gold	BBC One
	The Hour	Kevin Sargent	BBC Two
	The Snowman and the Snowdog	Ilan Eshkeri, Andy Burrows	Channel 4
2014	Broadchurch	Ólafur Arnalds	ITV
	Luther	Paul Englishby	BBC One
	Peaky Blinders	Martin Phipps	BBC Two
	Top of the Lake	Mark Bradshaw	BBC Two
2015	Penny Dreadful	Abel Korzeniowski	Sky Atlantic
	Downton Abbey	John Lunn	ITV
	The Honourable Woman	Martin Phipps	BBC Two
	Life and Death Row (for "Execution")	Richard Spiller	BBC Three
2016	The Hunt	Steven Price	BBC One
	Thunderbirds Are Go	Ben Foster, Nick Foster	ITV
	Broadchurch	Ólafur Arnalds	ITV
	Poldark	Anne Dudley	BBC One
2017 ^[3]	National Treasure	Cristobal Tapia de Veer	Channel 4
	Poldark	Anne Dudley	BBC One
	Planet Earth II	Hans Zimmer, Jacob Shea, Jasha Klebe
	War & Peace	Martin Phipps
2018 ^[4]	King Charles III	Jocelyn Pook	BBC Two
	Taboo	Max Richter	BBC One
	Howards End	Nico Muhly	BBC One
	Born to be Free: Saving Russia's Whales	Katya Mihailova	Channel 4
2019 ^[5]	Killing Eve	David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia	BBC One
	The Little Drummer Girl	Cho Young-Wuk	BBC One
	A Very English Scandal	Murray Gold	BBC One
	Patrick Melrose	Hauschka	Sky Atlantic

2020s

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2020 ^[6]^[7]	Chernobyl	Hildur Guðnadóttir	Sky Atlantic
	Killing Eve	David Holmes, Keefus Ciancia	BBC One
	Giri/Haji	Adrian Johnston	BBC Two
	War in the Blood	Andrew Phillips	BBC Two
2021 ^[8]	Roadkill	Harry Escott	BBC One
	The Third Day (for "Sunday – The Ghost")	Cristobal Tapia de Veer	Sky Atlantic
	Baghdad Central	H. Scott Salinas	Channel 4
	The Crown	Martin Phipps	Netflix
2022 ^[9]^[10]	Landscapers	Arthur Sharpe	Sky Atlantic
	Line of Duty	Carly Paradis	BBC One
	The Outsiders	Jonathan "Elevated" Olorunfemi	YouTube
	Loki	Natalie Holt	Disney+

Best Original Music - Fiction

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2023 ^[11]^[12]	Mood	Nicôle Lecky, Bryan Senti, Kwame KZ Kwei-Armah Jr.	BBC Three
	The English	Federico Jusid	BBC Two
	Slow Horses	Daniel Pemberton, Mick Jagger	Apple TV+
	The Responder	Matthew Herbert	BBC One

Best Original Music - Factual

Year	Title	Recipient(s)	Broadcaster
2023 ^[11]^[12]	Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story	Jessica Jones	Netflix
	House of Maxwell	Andrew Phillips	BBC Two
	The Elon Musk Show	Max de Wardener	BBC Two
	Jessica Jones	The Tinder Swindler	Netflix

References

↑ "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
↑ "Key updates to the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards and BAFTA Television Craft Awards" (PDF). BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
↑ "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'The Crown', 'The Night Manager', 'National Treasure' — Full List". Deadline. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
↑ "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
↑ "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
↑ "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
↑ "'Chernobyl' Leads 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards". bbc. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
↑ "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
↑ Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
↑ Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.
1 2 Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
1 2 Ravindran, Manori (23 April 2023). "'House of the Dragon,' 'This Is Going to Hurt' Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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[baftarules-1] "Rules and Guidelines" (PDF). British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Retrieved 2021-03-25.

[2] "Key updates to the 2023 BAFTA Television Awards and BAFTA Television Craft Awards" (PDF). BAFTA. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[3] "BAFTA TV Craft Award Winners Include 'The Crown', 'The Night Manager', 'National Treasure' — Full List". Deadline. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[4] "Nominations Announced for the British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2018". Bafta. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[5] "Nominations announced: Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards in 2019". www.bafta.org. 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2021-03-25.

[6] "Bafta TV Awards: Richard Ayoade to host socially-distanced delayed ceremony". bbc. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[7] "'Chernobyl' Leads 2020 BAFTA TV Craft Awards". bbc. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[8] "BAFTA TV 2021: Nominations for the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards and British Academy Television Craft Awards". www.bafta.org. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2021-04-28.

[9] Ritman, Alex (30 March 2022). "BAFTA TV Awards: Russell T. Davies' 'It's a Sin' Dominates Nominations". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[10] Ritman, Alex (April 24, 2022). "BAFTA TV Craft Awards: 'Landscapers,' 'We Are Lady Parts' Among Top Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 26, 2022.

[2023N-11] 1 2 Ritman, Alex (22 March 2023). "BAFTA TV Awards: 'This is Going to Hurt,' 'The Responder' Lead Pack of Nominees". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 March 2023.

[2023W-12] 1 2 Ravindran, Manori (23 April 2023). "'House of the Dragon,' 'This Is Going to Hurt' Lead Winners at BAFTA TV Craft Awards". Variety. Retrieved 24 April 2023.

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