Ludwig Göransson Wins Big at BAFTAs for 'Sinners' Score

Ludwig Göransson's score for Sinners has scooped the Best Original Music prize at the 2026 BAFTAs in London on Sunday (Feb. 22).

This marks the second time in three years that the Swedish composer has collected the prize, having previously won the category in 2024 for his work on Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. Daniel Blumberg won the 2025 award for The Brutalist.

Göransson is the first composer to prevail twice inside of three years since Gustavo Santaolalla won for The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Babel (2006). In the build-up to the BAFTAs, Göransson won in the score category at the Critics Choice Awards, Golden Globes, and Grammys.

Göransson triumphed over formidable competition, including Alexandre Desplat, a 13-time nominee and three-time winner, who was nominated for his score for Guillermo Del Toro’s Frankenstein. The composer was not present to accept the award, with Sinners director Ryan Coogler joking that he was away working on a “small indie film” called The Odyssey, referencing Nolan’s upcoming epic, due this summer.

Other nominees in the category were Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another), Max Richter (Hamnet), and Jerskin Fendrix (Bugonia). The same five composers are nominated at the upcoming Academy Awards (March 1), marking the first time in 14 years that the two awards shows have shared the exact same nominees. In 2012, the winners were split: Thomas Newman won the BAFTA for Skyfall and Mychael Danna took the Oscar for The Life of Pi.

Sinners garnered 13 nominations across all categories, ultimately securing two additional awards: Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress (Wunmi Mosaku). One Battle After Another took home the coveted Best Film title, while Paul Thomas Anderson won Best Director for his work on the film.

Elsewhere in the ceremony, HUNTR/X made their awards show debut with a performance of KPop Demon Hunters megahit “Golden.” The BAFTAs, unlike the Academy Awards and other awards shows, does not host a best original song category. Next Saturday (Feb. 28) they will perform at the BRIT Awards, and become the first K-pop group to grace the BRITs stage. They’ll also perform at the Academy Awards on March 15, where “Golden” is nominated for best original song.

Jessie Ware performed a Barbra Streisand classic during the In Memoriam section. The English singer took on “The Way We Were” from the 1973 film of the same name, in which Streisand starred with the late Robert Redford. The latter was one of the huge names honored in the segment which also paid tribute to Catherine O’Hara, Rob Reiner, Brigitte Bardot, Val Kilmer and Gene Hackman.

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