Brit Award for Soundtrack/Cast Recording

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Brit Award for Soundtrack/Cast Recording
Awarded forAchievement in Excellent Soundtrack/Cast Recording
CountryUnited Kingdom (UK)
Presented byBritish Phonographic Industry (BPI)
First awarded1985 (Purple Rain)
Last awarded2001
Currently held byAmerican Beauty (2001)[1]
Most awardsNone
Most nominationsNone
Websitewww.brits.co.uk

The Brit Award for Soundtrack/Cast Recording is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the United Kingdom.[2]

Criteria[edit]

The accolade is presented at the Brit Awards, an annual celebration of British and international music.[3] The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise record labels, publishers, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.[4]

History[edit]

The award was first presented in 1985 as Soundtrack/Cast Recording. The accolade was not handed out at the 1986 ceremony and has been defunct as of 2001.

Year Recipient Nominee
1985 Purple Rain[5]
1986 Not Awarded
1987 Top Gun
1988 The Phantom of the Opera
1989 Buster
1990 Batman
1991 Twin Peaks
1992 The Commitments
1993 Wayne's World
1994 The Bodyguard[6]
1995 Pulp Fiction
1996 Batman Forever
1997 Trainspotting
1998 The Full Monty
1999 Titanic
2000 Notting Hill
2001 American Beauty[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Eminem wins `best international male artist' at the Brit awards|The Irish Times
  2. ^ "About the BPI". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 6 December 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  3. ^ "BRIT Awards". British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. ^ "And the nominees are..." Brits.co.uk. British Phonographic Industry (BPI). Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  5. ^ Brit awards winners list 2012: every winner since 1977|Music|The Guardian
  6. ^ The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack|Whitney Houston Official Site
  7. ^ Brit awards winners list 2013: every winner since 1977|Music|The Guardian