Finishing Move Inc.
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Finishing Move Inc. are a group of American/Canadian composers and sound designers, composing music primarily for video games. They have been active since 2012. They are most notable in the Doom universe for composing the soundtrack for Doom: The Dark Ages.
Finishing Move is composed of four members:[1]
- Brian Lee White, a "reformed guitarist turned composer and producer" and co-founder of Finishing Move.
- Brian Trifon (Trifonic), a man "with dreams of becoming a heavy metal guitar god" is also co-founder.
- Jay Wiltzen (BLU J), who had a "an affinity for the piano beginning at the tender age of five", joined Finishing Move in 2015.
- Alex Kingle, "spent his teen years playing guitar and producing music on his mom’s work laptop", joined in 2018.
Career[edit]
Finishing Move's involvement with Microsoft began with the action-adventure first-person shooter Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, developed by 343 Studios. They returned to the Halo series in 2016 to compose the score for Halo Wars 2.
The music for Doom: The Dark Ages was composed using a new style and themes. Elements of thrash metal, modern deathcore, early doom metal and Swedish black metal are used throughout the OST, traditional folk instruments such as the Nordic bass tagelharpa, balalaika and massive animal hide drums are used as instruments for that medieval sound. It was released as a cohesive soundtrack on May 15, 2025, featuring 35 tracks and a total play time of 135 minutes.
Discography[edit]
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2014 | Halo: The Master Chief Collection |
| 2014 | Halo 2 Anniversary |
| 2015 | Massive Chalice |
| 2016 | Hypecine, Vol. 1 |
| 2016 | Halo Wars 2 |
| 2016 | Halo Wars 2: Awakening the Nightmare |
| 2018 | Inharmony |
| 2019 | Crackdown 3 |
| 2019 | Borderlands 3: The Maliwan Blacksite |
| 2020 | Borderlands 3: Revenge of the Cartels |
| 2020 | Microsoft Flight Simulator |
| 2020 | Sleep State |
| 2020 | Borderlands 3: Phycho Krieg and the Fantastic Fustercluck |
| 2021 | Dialup Dream |
| 2022 | Grounded: Year 2 |
| 2023 | The Callisto Protocol |
| 2025 | Doom: The Dark Ages |
| 2025 | Grounded 2 |
| 2025 | Borderlands 4 |
| 2026 | Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations |
| 2027 | State of Decay 3 |
Awards and nominations[edit]
| Year | Award | Title | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | World Soundtrack Awards (WSA) | DOOM: The Dark Ages | WSA Game Music Award | Nom |
| 2025 | NYX Game Awards | DOOM: The Dark Ages | Original Game Soundtrack Gold Award | Won |
| 2025 | Grand Game Awards | DOOM: The Dark Ages - From the Ashes | Best OST | Nom |
| 2025 | Grand Game Awards | DOOM: The Dark Ages | Best Score and Music | Nom |
| 2025 | Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) | DOOM: The Dark Ages | Best Audio Mix | Nom |
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