The Brit Award for Soundtrack/Cast Recording is an award given by the

British Phonographic Industry British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the British recorded music industry's Trade association. It runs the BRIT Awards, the Classic BRIT Awards, National Album Day, is home to the Mercury Prize, and co-owns the Official Charts Company with ...

(BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and artists in the

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Criteria

The accolade is presented at the

Brit Awards The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of "British", "Britain", or "Britannia" (in the early days the awards were sponsored ...

, an annual celebration of British and international music. The winners and nominees are determined by the Brit Awards voting academy with over one-thousand members, which comprise

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, managers, agents, media, and previous winners and nominees.

History

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.

References

{{Brit Awards Brit Awards Film music awards Awards established in 1985 Awards disestablished in 2001 1985 establishments in the United Kingdom 2001 disestablishments in the United Kingdom