Finishing Move Inc. are a video game music production and composer team formed by Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White. The duo has composed soundtracks for several video game titles, including The Callisto Protocol, Grounded, Borderlands 3, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Crackdown 3, Halo Wars 2, Massive Chalice, and Doom: The Dark Ages.

They won Best Original Instrumental for Halo 2 Anniversary at the 2015 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Awards and were nominated that same year in the following categories: Music of the Year, Best Original Soundtrack Album, Best Original Vocal Song Pop, and Best Audio Mix.

In 2017, they were nominated for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score - Video Game for their work on Halo Wars 2. The real-time strategy video game also got Trifon and White nominations for Best Interactive Score, Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio, and Best Audio Mix at the G.A.N.G. Awards in 2018.

In 2019, they were nominated for The Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Score - Video Game for their work on Borderlands 3.

Credits

YearTitleNotesRef.
2014Halo: The Master Chief CollectionAdapted and orchestrated score originally composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori
2015Massive Chalice
2017Halo Wars 2Composed with Gordy Haab
2019Crackdown 3
Borderlands 3Composed with Jesper Kyd, Michael McCann and Raison Varner
2020Microsoft Flight Simulator
2022GroundedComposed with Justin E. Bell
The Callisto Protocol
2024Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024
2025Doom: The Dark Ages
Grounded 2
Borderlands 4Composed with Cris Velasco, Joshua Michael Carro, Christian Pacaud, Casey Di lorio

Awards and nominations

YearAwardTitleCategoryResultRef.
2015Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Halo 2: AnniversaryBest Original InstrumentalWon
Music of the YearNominated
Best Original Soundtrack AlbumNominated
Best Original Vocal Song PopNominated
Best Audio MixNominated
2017Hollywood Music In Media AwardsHalo Wars 2Original Score - Video GameNominated
2018Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Halo Wars 2Best Interactive ScoreNominated
Best Cinematic Cutscene AudioNominated
Best Audio MixNominated
2019Hollywood Music In Media AwardsBorderlands 3Original Score - Video GameNominated
2019Broadcast Production AwardsDrumline TrapProduction Music Album - SportsWon
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Best Audio MixNominated
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Audio of the YearNominated
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Music of the YearNominated
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Best Interactive ScoreNominated
2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Best Game Music Cover/ RemixNominated
2025World Soundtrack Awards (WSA)DOOM: The Dark AgesWSA Game Music AwardNominated
2025NYX Game AwardsDOOM: The Dark AgesOriginal Game Soundtrack Gold AwardWon
2025Grand Game AwardsDOOM: The Dark Ages - From the AshesBest OSTNominated
2025Grand Game AwardsDOOM: The Dark AgesBest Score and MusicNominated
202622nd British Academy Games AwardsDOOM: The Dark AgesMusicLonglisted
2026BMI Film, TV & Visual Media AwardsBorderlands 4BMI Video Game AwardWon

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