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 Year Title Notes 2014 Halo: The Master Chief Collection Adapted and orchestrated score originally composed by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori 2015 Massive Chalice 2017 Halo Wars 2 Composed with Gordy Haab 2019 Crackdown 3 Borderlands 3 Composed with Jesper Kyd, Michael McCann and Raison Varner 2020 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2022 Grounded Composed with Justin E. Bell The Callisto Protocol 2024 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 2025 Doom: The Dark Ages Grounded 2 Borderlands 4 Composed with Cris Velasco, Joshua Michael Carro, Christian Pacaud, Casey Di lorio
Awards and nominations YearAwardTitleCategoryResult 2015 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo 2: AnniversaryBest Original Instrumental Music of the Year Best Original Soundtrack Album Best Original Vocal Song Pop Best Audio Mix 2017Hollywood Music In Media AwardsHalo Wars 2Original Score - Video Game 2018 Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Halo Wars 2Best Interactive Score Best Cinematic Cutscene Audio Best Audio Mix 2019Hollywood Music In Media AwardsBorderlands 3 Original Score - Video Game 2019Broadcast Production AwardsDrumline TrapProduction Music Album - Sports 2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Best Audio Mix 2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Audio of the Year 2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Music of the Year 2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Best Interactive Score 2020Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.)Borderlands 3Best Game Music Cover/ Remix 2025World Soundtrack Awards (WSA)DOOM: The Dark AgesWSA Game Music Award https://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/news/first-wsa-nominees-announced-2-22025NYX Game AwardsDOOM: The Dark AgesOriginal Game Soundtrack Gold Award 2025Grand Game AwardsDOOM: The Dark Ages - From the AshesBest OST 2025Grand Game AwardsDOOM: The Dark AgesBest Score and Music 202622nd British Academy Games Awards DOOM: The Dark Ages Music2026BMI Film, TV & Visual Media AwardsBorderlands 4BMI Video Game Award
References
External links Official Website for Finishing Move Inc. Brian Lee White on IMDb Brian Trifon on IMDb "Top Score: Brutal honesty brings success on 'Massive Chalice" "How the Music to Videogame ‘Halo Wars 2’ Was Made the Old-Fashioned Way"