BAFTA shortlist for Best Original Score includes first-time film composer and posthumous nominee

BAFTA shortlist for Best Original Score includes first-time film composer and posthumous nominee

While Ludwig Göransson is tipped to win in this category following his success at the Golden Globes, there are several other worthy contenders, including first-time film composer Jerskin Fendrix and Scorsese's late collaborator Robbie Robinson

Freya Parr

Published: January 19, 2024 at 5:50 pm

The nominees for this year's BAFTAs have been announced and with it, five contenders for the BAFTA for Best Original Score.

Ludwig Göransson is the most likely winner in this category, having won the Golden Globe for Best Original Score for Oppenheimer earlier this month.

There is a posthumous nomination in this category is for Robbie Robertson, who is nominated for his score to the Martin Scorsese film Killers of the Flower Moon. In his early career, he was lead guitarist for Bob Dylan, and was a guitarist and songwriter in his own right. As a film composer, he had a long working relationship with Scorsese, having collaboated on other films including The Irishman (2019), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), Gangs of New York (2002) and Raging Bull (1980). He has been involved in providing underscoring and also sourcing additional music for the soundtracks of these films, and provided music supervision for others. Killers of the Flower Moon was the final film he worked on before his death in 2023, and the film is dedicated to him.

Anthony Willis is nominated for the BAFTA for Best Original Score for his score to the highly talked-about Saltburn. He previously scored Promising Young Woman, the preceding film from Emerald Fennell. This also earned him a nomination for Best Original Score.

Jerskin Fendrix is the youngest composer nominated in this category, with Poor Things having been his film scoring debut. He has been linked to Brixton bands including Black Midi and Black Country, New Road, and worked on Yorgos Lanthimos's surrealist film after the director came across his album Winterreisse.

Daniel Pemberton is the final nominee in this category, having previously appeared in the line-up for his score to the Aaron Sorkin film Being the Ricardos in 2021. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is the latest in the Spider-Man franchise which Pemberton has scored. He has also worked on major Hollywood films including The Trial of the Chicago 7, Steve Jobs and Motherless Brooklyn, as well as the National Geographic film The Rescue, which followed the Tham Luang cave rescue of the young football team.

BAFTA Best Original Score nominees 2024

  • Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
  • Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
  • Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)
  • Saltburn (Anthony Willis)
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Daniel Pemberton)

Freya Parr

Digital Editor and Staff Writer, BBC Music Magazine

Freya Parr is BBC Music Magazine's digital editor and staff writer, editing and writing on all styles of music across both the website and print magazine. She has also written for titles including the Guardian, Circus Journal, Frankie and Suitcase Magazine, and runs The Noiseletter, a fortnightly arts and culture publication. Freya's main areas of interest and research lie in 20th-century and contemporary music. She's a regular sea shanty singer, folk obsessive and occasional flautist, pianist, organist and musical theatre director.
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