Video Game Composition Award

Given the increasing number of students and young people aspiring to become professional video game composers, 2027 marks the second year of the Video Game Composition Award by the Worshipful Company of Musicians.

Entrants are invited to submit an audiovisual showreel (video with music) presenting their original compositions for video games. This video should consist of gameplay footage from existing or self-created games and should be no longer than two minutes in duration. Any musical style is accepted.

The Winner will receive £750 and one-to-one mentoring from professional video games composers. The Winner’s entry will be featured on the Company’s website. The mentoring element is designed to give early-career composers rare access to professional insights and industry guidance.

Entrants must be a current undergraduate or postgraduate student at a university, conservatoire, music school, or art school in the United Kingdom.

The deadline for entries for the next competition is 12 noon on Friday 5th February 2027. Entries are to be submitted via the following form:

https://forms.gle/XWYpWo2QEN1VVHvd8

2026 Winner: Tom Burkill

Tom’s winning submission can be viewed here