Buma Music in Motion Awards 2023
Looking back on 2023 we couldn’t be more proud of the outcome. Not only the winners, but also the nominees and the jury, made this edition one to remember. Look back with us in the aftermovie MIMAs 2023.
Celebrating the best music in films, games, podcasts, radio, documentaries, advertising and television
The Buma Music in Media Awards is all about celebrating the best music in films, games, podcasts, radio, documentaries, advertising and television. A panel of experienced and professional judges from across the audio and visual industries will assess each entry and select winners.
Buma Oeuvre Award Music in Media for composer Bob Zimmerman
The annual Buma Oeuvre Award Multimedia has a new name. Housed within the Buma Music in Media Awards, the award is now called Buma Oeuvre Award Music in Media. The first winner is Bob Zimmerman, who receives his award, among other things, for his work for productions such as ‘De Avonden’, ‘Süskind’ and ‘De Nieuwe Wildernis’. He received the award during the presentation of the Buma Music in Media Awards, on 19 April in the Tropenmuseum (KIT) in Amsterdam. Read more.
Truly Amazing winners from the 2023 awards
A panel of experienced and professional judges from across the audio and visual industries selected these winners in each of the following Buma Music in Media Awards categories.
Read the full jury report
Ella van der Woude
Moloch
Federico Solazzo
It’s Nice in Here
Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)
Wij Praten Niet (Halal Docs Music (Copyright Control))
Tessa Rose Jackson, Darius Timmer
De Sneeuwman: Geheimen van een kindermoordenaar
Joshua Petit, Mari Koning, Jelle Hoebee (Soundsright)
Better Time Stories (Copyright Power International)
Torre Florim, Jop van Summeren, Tim van Delft, Vedran Mirčetić, Rocco Hueting
Zippo – Live With Confidence – ‘KITTY KITTY’ (De Staat) (CTM Publishing)
Joris de Man, Niels van der Leest
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Sevdaliza, Mucky
Surface – ‘Darkest Hour’ (Sevdaliza) (Maktub Music Publishing, Cloud 9 Music)
Adrian Vrijhoef, Buket Zor, Daniel Sillem (KLOAQ audio design)
Sporen (NPO 3FM / Omroep ZWART)
Bouke Hennipman
De Omega (NPO 3FM / NTR)
Karl Heortweard
Project Rembrandt (NPO 1 / NTR) (NTR Music (Copyright Control), Helder BV)
Benjamin Ankomah
Angry Young Men
Sebastiaan Bax
Funny FeelingBig round of applause for our nominees
The jury had a though job selecting winners from this list of talented composers. These were the nominees of Buma Music in Media Awards 2023:
Film
Rutger Reinders
Knor
Ella van der Woude
Moloch
Rui Reis Maia
White Berry
Film
White Berry
Rui Reis Maia
Director: Sia Hermanides
Producer: Family Affair Films
Short Film
Sebastiaan Bax
Funny Feeling
Federico Solazzo
It’s Nice in Here
Justin Welgraven (by RAVEN)
Overwatch 2 – ‘Kiriko’
Short Film
Funny Feeling
Sebastiaan Bax
Director: Jikkie Schelling
Producer: Casper Boon
Short Film
It’s Nice in Here
Federico Solazzo
Director: Robert-Jonathan Koeyers
Producer: Richard Valk, Valk Producties
Short Film
Overwatch 2 – ‘Kiriko’
Justin Welgraven (by RAVEN)
Other authors: Adam Burggess
Featured track: “BOW” by MFS
Director: Blizzard Entertainment
Producer: Blizzard Entertainment
Documentaries
Maarten Vos
Great Escape
Rutger Hoedemaekers
Shangri-La, Paradise Under Construction
Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)
Wij Praten Niet (Halal Docs Music (Copyright Control))
Documentaries
Great Espace
Maarten Vos
Director: Daan Bol
Producer: Randy Vermeulen, Vossenfilms
Documentaries
Shangri-La, Paradise Under Construction
Rutger Hoedemaekers
Director: Mirka Duijn, Nina Spiering
Producer: Annemiek van Gorp, René Goossens (De Productie)
Documentaries
Wij Praten Niet
Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)
Publisher: Halal Docs Music (Copyright Control)
Director: Marjolein Busstra
Producer: Lotte Gerding, Halal Docs
Television Series
Tessa Rose Jackson, Darius Timmer
De Sneeuwman: Geheimen van een kindermoordenaar
Alexander Reumers
Rampvlucht (Big Blue Music Publishing (Copyright Control))
Matthijs Kieboom
Van der Valk
Television Series
De Sneeuwman: Geheimen van een kindermoordenaar
Tessa Rose Jackson, Darius Timmer
Director: Flynn von Kleist
Producer: Topkapi
Advertising
Joshua Petit, Mari Koning, Jelle Hoebee (Soundsright)
Better Time Stories (Copyright Power International)
Mark van Bruggen, Rachel Tauwnaar
G-Star RAW – The Rhythm of Denim (Sizzer Music, Yellowbloom Music Publishing)
Jacqueline Govaert
Staatsloterij – Oudejaarstrekking 2022 (Sony Music Publishing)
Advertising
Better Time Stories
Joshua Petit, Mari Koning, Jelle Hoebee
Publisher: Copyright Power International
Director: Anna Kopylova
Producer: Boomerang, Part of Publicis Groupe
Advertising agency: Publicis / Boomerang
Advertising
G-Star RAW – The Rhythm of Denim
Mark van Bruggen, Rachel Tauwnaar
Publisher: Sizzer Music, Yellowbloom Music
Director: Paul Geusebroek
Producer: Halal
Advertising agency: The Family Amsterdam
Music agency: Sizzer
Advertising
Staatsloterij – Oudejaarstrekking 2022
Jacqueline Govaert
Publisher: Sony Music Publishing
Advertising agency: TBWA\NEBOKO
Music supervisor: Jorrit Kleijnen
Sync Advertising
Leo Roelandschap, Chyvon Pala, Felix Laman, Alex van der Zouwen
ONVZ – Jaaah – ‘JA!’ (Bizzey, Chivv, Yung Felix, Kraantje Pappie) (BMG Benelux, Cloud 9 Music)
Andy Ricardo de Rooy, Thijs van der Klugt, Yousef Gnaoui
Revolut – Your Way In – ‘Excusez Moi’ (Sef) (Pennies From Heaven, Universal Music Publishing, BMG Benelux)
Torre Florim, Jop van Summeren, Tim van Delft, Vedran Mirčetić, Rocco Hueting
Zippo – Live With Confidence – ‘KITTY KITTY’ (De Staat) (CTM Publishing)
Sync Advertising
ONVZ – Jaaah – ‘JA!’ (Bizzey, Chivv, Yung Felix, Kraantje Pappie)
Leo Roelandschap, Chyvon Pala, Felix Laman, Alex van der Zouwen
Publisher: BMG Benelux, Cloud 9 Music
Advertising agency: Massive Music
Sync Advertising
Revolut – Your Way In – ‘Excusez Moi’ (Sef)
Andy Ricardo de Rooy, Thijs van der Klugt, Yousef Gnaoui
Publisher: Pennies From Heaven, Universal Music Publishing, BMG Benelux
Advertising agency: Wieden + Kennedy UK Limited
Sync Advertising
Zippo – Live With Confidence – ‘KITTY KITTY’
Torre Florim, Jop van Summeren, Tim van Delft, Vedran Mirčetić, Rocco Hueting
Publisher: CTM Publishing
Advertising agency: Ogilvy
Videogames, VR and Metaverse
Nikolaï Clavier
At Eve’s Wake (Sugar Rush Studios)
Mark van Mameren, Mathijs Wiermans, Matties Grooten, Barry van der Knaap (Manglemoose)
Dashing Dodgems (Yellowcake Games)
Joris de Man, Niels van der Leest
Horizon Forbidden West (Guerrilla Games)
Videogames, VR and Metaverse
At Eve’s Wake (Sugar Rush Studios)
Nikolaï Clavier
Writer: Bertine van Hövell tot Westerflier
Producer: Sugar Rush Studios
Sync
Vincent van den Ende
Inventing Anna – ‘Own It’ (Rico Nasty) (CTM Publishing)
Jules Reivers, Roel Gommans
Ozark – ‘Brillo’ (Niña Dioz) (Amp.Amsterdam Publishing, Universal Music Publishing )
Sevdaliza, Mucky
Surface – ‘Darkest Hour’ (Sevdaliza) (Maktub Music Publishing, Cloud 9 Music)
Podcast and Radio Imaging
Ad van Dongen, Jos Jansen (Big Orange)
De Man met de Rammelaars (Joods Museum)
Darius Timmer
Long Covid, de schaduwpandemie (NPO Radio 1 / EO) (Crossmex)
Adrian Vrijhoef, Buket Zor, Daniel Sillem (KLOAQ audio design)
Sporen (NPO 3FM / Omroep ZWART)
Podcast and Radio Imaging
De Man met de Rammelaars (Joods Museum)
Ad van Dongen, Jos Jansen (Big Orange)
Podcast made by: Lotte van Gaalen
Agency: Airborne
Podcast and Radio Imaging
Long Covid, de schaduwpandemie (NPO Radio 1 / EO)
Darius Timmer
Publisher: Crossmex
Director: Rianne van der Linden & Anne-Sophie van den Toren
Edit: Willem de Gelder
Podcast and Radio Imaging
Sporen (NPO 3FM / Omroep ZWART)
Adrian Vrijhoef, Buket Zor, Daniel Sillem (KLOAQ audio design)
Director: Twan Mensink
Producer: Micky Media
Podcasts
Jeroen Jaspers, Bas van Win (Nozem Audio)
Cocaïnekoorts II (NRC)
Darius Timmer
De Coup van Qatar (NRC)
Bouke Hennipman
De Omega (NPO 3FM / NTR)
Podcasts
Cocaïnekoorts II (NRC)
Jeroen Jaspers, Bas van Win (Nozem Audio)
Director: Elze van Driel (NRC)
Edit: Yeppe van Kesteren (NRC)
Television Imaging
Ward Henselmans, Jeroen Kuitenbrouwer, Daan Jansen, Thijs van der Goot (KH Music)
Formule 1 (Viaplay)
Karl Heortweard
Project Rembrandt (NPO 1 / NTR) (NTR Music (Copyright Control), Helder BV)
Alexander Reumers
Ruud Gullit en de Mysteries van het Oude Egypte (Prime Video) (Scenery BV)
Television Imaging
Formule 1 (Viaplay)
Ward Henselmans, Jeroen Kuitenbrouwer, Daan Jansen, Thijs van der Goot (KH Music)
Director: Marco Zwaneveld, Christian Laurman
Producer: Viaplay
Television Imaging
Project Rembrandt (NPO 1 / NTR)
Karl Heortweard
Publisher: NTR Music (Copyright Control), Helder BV
Director: Remon Rijper
Television Imaging
Ruud Gullit en de Mysteries van het Oude Egypte (Prime Video)
Alexander Reumers
Publisher: Endemol Shine
Director: Joost Engelberts en Bas Zwartepoorte
Producer: Scenery
Experience
Benjamin Ankomah
Angry Young Men
Renger Koning
Hotel Wonderland (Copyright Power International)
Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)
Proloog van een Natie
Experience
Angry Young Men
Benjamin Ankomah
Director: Floris van Delft
Producer: Theater Zuidplein, Wat We Doen!
Experience
Hotel Wonderland
Renger Koning
Publisher: Copyright Power International
Producer: Tristan Hupe-Guimarães
Directors: Cinereal Production, Los Angeles (Billy Bell)
Experience
Proloog van een Natie
Jesse Koolhaas (Mystic Brew)
Director: Bibi Fadlalla
Producer: Jeffrey de Roode
Installation is part of the exhibition Onze Koloniale Erfenis, Tropenmuseum Amsterdam
New Talent Award
Benjamin Ankomah
Een Gat In Mijn Hart
Sebastiaan Bax
Funny Feeling
Shakuru Tajiri
Wisdom Gone Wild
New Talent Award
Een Gat In Mijn Hart (documentary)
Benjamin Ankomah
Director: Olivier Garcia
Producer: Sam Godfried (Yalla Docs), Omroep ZWART
New Talent Award
Funny Feeling (short film)
Sebastiaan Bax
Director: Jikkie Schelling
Producer: Casper Boon
New Talent Award
Wisdom Gone Wild (documentary)
Shakuru Tajiri
Director: Rea Tajiri
Producer: Sian Evans (Farthest Films), Rea Tajiri (Ghost Pictures)