BAFTA Award for Best Original Music Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Original Music
The 2025 recipient: Ludwig Göransson
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Location	United Kingdom
Currently held by	Ludwig Göransson for Sinners (2025)

The BAFTA Award for Best Original Music is a special prize given to talented people who create the music for movies. This award is presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, often called BAFTA. Think of BAFTA as a group that celebrates the best in film and TV in the United Kingdom. This award has been given out every year since 1968 at the British Academy Film Awards ceremony. It used to be known as the Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music.

Many amazing composers have been recognized for their work.

John Williams is a legendary composer. He has won this award seven times and has been nominated sixteen times, which is more than anyone else!
Ennio Morricone achieved a special record. He won the award two years in a row, for The Mission in 1987 and The Untouchables in 1988. He also won all six times he was nominated.
Some composers, like George Fenton and Howard Shore, have been nominated many times (six each) but haven't won yet.
It's rare for a composer to get two nominations in the same year. Only a few have done it, including John Williams, Vangelis, Maurice Jarre, Hans Zimmer, and the team of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
In 2019, the famous singer and actress Lady Gaga made history. She was the first woman to win this award for her work on A Star Is Born.
The next year, in 2020, Hildur Guðnadóttir became the first woman to win the award all by herself for her music in Joker.
Hans Zimmer finally won this award in 2022 for Dune. This was his tenth nomination, showing how much talent and persistence it can take to win!

Celebrating Film Music Excellence
Who Has Won and Been Nominated the Most?
- Multiple nominations
- Multiple wins
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Celebrating Film Music Excellence

The BAFTA Award for Best Original Music celebrates the amazing talent behind movie soundtracks. Each year, a group of experts from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts chooses the best original music from films released that year. The winner is the one whose music is considered the most outstanding and impactful. In the official lists, you'll often see the winning film and composer highlighted in bold with a special gold background. This helps everyone easily spot who took home the prize! Many talented composers have been nominated over the years, creating memorable music for countless films.