Hong Kong Drama Award for Best Original Music (Drama) is presented by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies at the Hong Kong Drama Awards ceremony, recognizing the most outstanding original musical composition created for a drama production of the year.
The award was initially established as Best Original Score (最佳創作音樂) in 1992. It was later briefly renamed to Best Original Music (Drama) in 2011, before changing to Best Original Score (最佳配樂) the following year. Eventually in 2019, it was reverted to Best Original Music (Drama) and remaining to this date.
Past winners 1992 - 2010: Best Original Score YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.1992(1st)Hugh TrethowanAntigoneHong Kong Repertory Theatre Wong Sun-keung Far Way Home Chung Ying Theatre Company Billy Wong Hon-kei 肥豬仔走天涯 Hong Kong Repertory Theatre1993(2nd)Lai Cho-tinA Foxy TaleWan Chai Theatre Chung Chi-wing I Have a Date with Spring Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Christopher Loak and 飛躍紅船 Wan Chai Theatre1994(3rd)Chung Chi-wing1941 girlActors' Family Lee Wing-wing 12th Night Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts1995(4th)Eric Pun Kwong-puiChildren of the WindThe Musical Company Chan Ning-chi Tales of the Walled City Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Roger Lin Lung-Ghi Johnny Got His Guns 旭日坊劇團1996(5th)Ada ToForever YoursChung Ying Theatre Company Roger Lin Lung-Ghi Entering Miss Julie Theatre Resolu Frankie Ho The End of the Long River Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts1997(6th)Frankie HoThe Dream of a Young GirlHong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Frankie Ho Forever Miss To Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Frankie Ho 三條天天向上的根 Exploration Theatre Roger Lin Lung-Ghi Miss Julie Doesn't Live Here Anymore Theatre Fanatical Ada To Snow White High Noon Production Company Limited1998(7th)Peter Suart快感生活 Roger Lin Lung-Ghi The girl who turned the world upside down 毛俊輝實驗創作 Matthew Ma Wing-ling Before the Rain Stops Hong Kong Repertory Theatre1999(8th)Leung Hon-wai and Matthew Ma Wing-lingThe First Emperor's Last DaysChung Ying Theatre Company Wong Sun-keung The Bureaucrats Raymond To Butterfly Lovers The Spring-Time Group Peter Suart Up he climbs, Down she crawls Actors' Family2000(9th)Frankie HoCity LegendCity University of Hong Kong Yu Yat-yiu Dummy Mommy, without a Baby The Spring-Time Group Tony Kiang Ricky my Love Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2001(10th)Chung Chi-wingRed諾士娛樂製作 Roger Lin Lung-Ghi To Kill or To Be Killed Prospects Theatre Anthony Lun Wing-leung Red Boat Emperor Entertainment Group Jacky Chan Kwok-leung Medea James Mark Production Hugh Trethowan Manimal Farm Theatre Ensemble2002(11th)Chung Chi-wingThe Border TownActors' Family Matthew Ma Wing-ling What a Blissful Encounter, Mr. Ts'ai! Chung Ying Theatre Company Hugh Trethowan The Blue Bird Theatre Ensemble Kung Chi-shing O Alquimista Chung Ying Theatre Company and No Man's Land2003(12th)Anthony Lun Wing-leungSecret of ResurrectionHong Kong Repertory Theatre Chung Chi-wing Love in a Fallen City Roger Lin Lung-Ghi K CityActors' Family2004(13th)Leon KoThe Good Person of Szechwan John Chen Kwok-ping Frankie Ho Departure 00:00Hong Kong Repertory Theatre2005(14th)Law Wing-faiPeach Blossom Fan Stoa Lau Wing-tao DA Theatre Space Roger Lin Lung-Ghi 虎鶴雙形 Theatre Ensemble and Prospects Theatre2006(15th)Frankie HoVagabondDrama Gallery Chan Wing-wah Zheng He and The EmperorHong Kong Repertory Theatre Chung Chi-wing February 142007(16th)Leon KoLegend of the White SnakeActors' Family Michael Tsang EmptyW Theatre2008(17th)Chet LamOnce in a Lifetime Stoa Lau Wing-tao P.E. Period Class 7A Drama Group Chan Wai-fat Defiance Theatre Horizon Roger Lin Lung-Ghi The Dream of Red Chamber Roger Lin Studio Kung Chi-shing Dust and Dawn Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Frankie Ho Homo Superus 2 On Stage Stoa Lau Wing-tao Oscar et la dame Rose Theatre Space2009(18th)Anthony Lun Wing-leungSnow QueenActors' Theatre Leon Ko Field of DreamsHong Kong Repertory Theatre Chung Chi-wing and Ben Cheung Siu-hung Family Protection Unit2010(19th)Yu Yat-yiuBlack SwanHong Kong Arts Festival Leon Ko The Passage Beyond Actors' Family Chen Ning-chi Boundless Movement Hong Kong Repertory Theatre 2011: Best Original Music (Drama) YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.2011(20th)Frankie HoFrankensteinChung Ying Theatre Company and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Animal Farm Theatre Noir Ivana Wong Octave W Theatre Peter Kam and Henry Fong The Only King 2 The Stage Only
2012 - 2018: Best Original Score YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.2012(21st)Chan Wai-fatShed SkinHong Kong Repertory Theatre Frankie Ho Reverie on an Empire Kung Chi-shing The Heydays2013(22nd)Frankie Ho and Chester WongThe NotebookThe Nonsensemakers SEVEN: Lost and Lust Class 7A Drama Group Chan Wai-fat The Wild Boar Hong Kong Arts FestivalStoa Lau Wing-tao Twelve Angry MenTheatre Space The Message2014(23rd)Edgar HungThe 39 StepsChung Ying Theatre Company Sze Ka-yan Der goldene Drache On&On Theatre Workshop Poon Wai-sum The Emperor, his Mom, a Eunuch and a ManHong Kong Repertory Theatre2015(24th)Chan Wai-fatAttempts on her Life2016(25th)Frankie HoThe Government InspectorChung Ying Theatre Company Martin Lai The Revenge of Local Heroes2017(26th)Chan Wai-fatHu Xueyan, my DearHong Kong Repertory Theatre Frankie Ho The Third Lie The Nonsensemakers Leong Wai-ngok Macbeth Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio Edgar Hung Nunsense A-men! Chung Ying Theatre Company2018(27th)Leon KoSing OutDelia Memorial School (Hip Wo), Pui Ching Middle School, HHCKLA Buddhist Ching Kok Secondary School and Ebenezer School & Home for the Visually Impaired Brian Ting Chung-wai Peer Gynt Theatre Horizon Chan Wai-fat The Diary of Song Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Lo Hau-man Three Kingdoms Hong Kong Theatre Works
2019 to present: Best Original Music (Drama) YearName TitleTheatre company/productionRef.2019(28th)Lam Kwan-fai, Julian Chan and Li Cheuk-yinThe Ravages of Time: HerosActors' Square Labroe Lee RashomonChung Ying Theatre Company On Chan and Lai Ying Tong The Miracles of the Namiya General Store2020(29th)Stoa Lau Wing-tao, Hui Lok and Mak Ka-lunUragiri Gomen!Theatre SpaceNg Cheuk-yin Love Death and Everything In-betweenYat Po Singers This Victoria Has No Secrets2022(30th)Wong Hin-yanA Winter FuneralHong Kong Repertory Theatre #1314 Music Production Team #1314Théâtre De La Feuille Keith Leung The Lost Adults Anna Lo In the Mood for Red Theatre Ronin2023(31st)Frankie HoWe are gayHong Kong Arts Festival Keith Leung HACK GayBird × Ata Wong Chan Wai-fat Love à la ZenHong Kong Repertory Theatre2024(32nd)Chester WongThe Isle Chan Wai-fat and Le Petit Soldat Show Me Your Love SUCH HK Yankov Wong The Sympathetic Detonation Class 7A Drama Group2025(33rd)Sin Lok-yan, Cheung Cheuk-hang and Ivor HoulkerSongs of Innocence and ExperienceWest Kowloon Cultural District and Rooftop Productions FUNG King-kong After Life Hong Kong Repertory Theatre Ceciia Lau Yee-lee, Terrence Leung, Allison Fong and Ian Tang Le Fleurs du Mal Artocrite Theatre2026(34th)Chan Wai-fatThe Tamed and the TemptedHong Kong Repertory TheatreLam Kwan-fai The Story of K City Bhagavad Gita Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio Wong Hin-yan Flowing Warbler 2.0 On & On Theatre Workshop
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