Writing for '' New York '' magazine , Justin Davidson compared Sakamoto 's score to the contemporaneous score by Ennio Morricone for '' The Hateful Eight '' , stating : Iñárritu made a completely different choice of composer : Ryuichi Sakamoto , who came to film from a career in experimental electronics ... Sakamoto 's is the more successful score . Both films slouch toward inevitable spasms of bloodshed , with long pensive stretches in between ... Sakamoto slowly progresses through glacial chords that build toward a fortissimo horizon ... The score does n't so much follow the action here as lead it , urging the fighters on , even as it registers their single-minded lunacy . The score was nominated for Best Original Score at the 2016 Golden Globe Awards , and Best Film Music at the 2016 British Academy Film Awards ( BAFTAs ) , in both cases it was beaten by Morricone 's soundtrack
2016 British Academy Film Awards
69th British Academy Film Awards
The Revenant (soundtrack)