2025 Nominees

Ludwig

Big Talk Studios, That Mitchell and Webb Company

UK

- Best Use of Music in a Series

In the words of composers Nathan Klein and Finn Keane: ‘From the moment Mark Brotherhood incorporated Beethoven’s 9th as a key element to John’s backstory, and of course the origin of his pen name ‘Ludwig’, scoring the series became a gift to any composer. This musical thread felt so exciting and compelled us to compose an original score using fragments of Beethoven as inspiration. We loved the depth of emotion our music could instantly possess by referencing Beethoven — it felt like we could weave a tapestry of John’s memories in the score — and also relished the puzzle of using a historical toolkit to compose new music that still felt appropriate for contemporary television. We feel very lucky to have been given the opportunity to work on Ludwig in this way and loved the excuse to sift through some of our favorite pieces of Beethoven, including the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 9th Symphonies, the ‘Moonlight’ and ‘Tempest’ Sonatas, 'Für Elise' and the Coriolan Overture.’