A few noteable events on the film music award scene in 2023:
The Golden Globe nominations were announced on 11th December 2023 and the winners were announced on January 7th 2024. Here are the music category nominees with the award winner listed first in bold:
"Oppenheimer" by Ludwig Göransson
"Poor Things" by Jerskin Fendrix
"Killers of the Flower Moon" by the late Robbie Robertson
"The Zone of Interest" by Mica Levi
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" by Daniel Pemberton
"The Boy and the Heron" by Joe Hisaishi
"What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell from "Barbie", performed by Billie Eilish
"Dance the Night" by Caroline Ailin, Dua Lipa, Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt from "Barbie", performed by Dua Lipa
"Addicted to Romance" by Bruce Springsteen and Patti Scialfa from "She Came to Me", performed by Bruce Springsteen
"Peaches" by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, and John Spiker, from "The Super Mario Bros. Movie", performed by Jack Black
"I'm Just Ken" by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt from "Barbie", performed by Ryan Gosling
"Road to Freedom" by Lenny Kravitz from "Rustin", performed by Lenny Kravitz
Here is the official HFPA site, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association who organise the Golden Globe Awards.
Nominations for the 77th BAFTA Film Awards were announced on 18th January 2024, and the awards ceremony took place on Sunday 18th February:
"Oppenheimer" by Ludwig Göransson
"Killers of the Flower Moon" by the late Robbie Robertson
"Poor Things" by Jerskin Fendrix
"Saltburn" by Anthony Willis
"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse by Daniel Pemberton
BAFTA does not have a Song Category. However the BAFTA Video Game awards and the BAFTA Television Craft awards are separate events taking place every year in the Spring. This page will be updated as announcements are made.
Nominations for the 20th BAFTA Game Awards were announced on 7th March 2024, and the awards ceremony to present the winners (listed first) was held on Thursday 11th April:
BALDUR'S GATE 3 Borislav Slavov - Larian Studio/Larian Studio
ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
ASSASSIN'S CREED MIRAGE Development Team – Ubisoft/Ubisoft
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 2 John Paesano, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Gordy Haab, Stephen Barton - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
ALAN WAKE 2 Development Team - Remedy Entertainment Plc./Epic Games
CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE III Development Team - Sledgehammer Games/Activision
HI-FI RUSH Development Team - Tango Gameworks/Bethesda Softworks
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: TEARS OF THE KINGDOM Development Team - Nintendo EPD/Nintendo
MARVEL'S SPIDER-MAN 2 Development Team - Insomniac Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment
STAR WARS JEDI: SURVIVOR Development Team - Respawn Entertainment/Electronic Arts
Nominations for the 2024 BAFTA TV Craft Awards were announced on 20th March 2024, and the awards ceremony took place on Sunday 28th April:
SIMON RUSSELL Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland - KEO Films, Walk On Air Films, The Open University / BBC Two
ED HARCOURT Otto Baxter: Not a F***ing Horror Story - Story Films, Archface Films / Sky Documentaries
GEORGE FENTON Wild Isles – Silverback Films, The Open University / BBC One
SIMON ROGERS A Time to Die – True Vision / ITV1
ATLI ÖRVARSSON Silo - AMC Studios / Apple TV+
ADIESCAR CHASE Heartstopper - See-Saw Films / Netflix
BLAIR MOWAT Nolly - Quay Street Productions / ITVX
NATALIE HOLT Loki – Marvel Studios / Disney+
Here is the official BAFTA site, the British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
The nominations for the 96th Academy Awards were announced on 23rd January 2024, and the winners were presented on Sunday 10th March 2024. Here are the music nominations and winners (listed first in bold):
"Oppenheimer" by Ludwig Göransson
"American Fiction" by Laura Karpman
"Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny" by John Williams
"Killers of the Flower Moon" by the late Robbie Robertson
"Poor Things" by Jerskin Fendrix
"What Was I Made For?" by Billie Eilish & Finneas O'Connell from "Barbie", performed by Billie Eilish
"The Fire Inside" by Diane Warren from "Flamin' Hot"
"I'm Just Ken" by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt from "Barbie"
"It Never Went Away" by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson from "American Symphony"
"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" by Scott George from "Killers of the Flower Moon"
Here is the official Oscars site from AMPAS, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
For winners and nominations in previous years for the music-related academy awards see our Film Music Oscars page on mfiles.
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