In celebration of the excellence and innovation demonstrated by Australian composers this past year, the Annual Screen Music Awards have released their list of nominees. Presented by APRA AMCOS and the AGSC, the awards celebrate achievements in music composition for documentaries, short films, children’s television, advertising, film and television soundtrack albums, as well as feature films.
Feature Film Score of the Year:
Good ‘Ol Boy
Michael Lira
Loin des Hommes (Far from Men)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Mushroom Music obo Mute Song
Slow West
Jed Kurzel
The Water Diviner
David Hirschfelder
Diviner Holdings
Best Music for a Documentary
35 Letters
Gerard Fitzgerald, Lindsay Jehan, Adrian Sergovich and Haydn Walker
Song Zu Publishing
Sherpa
Antony Partos
Sonar Music
The Great Australian Race Riot
Caitlin Yeo
The Waler: Australia’s Great Warhorse
Tim Count and Keith Van Geyzel
ABC Music Publishing
Best Music for a Short Film
1919
Damien Lane
A Mighty Nice Man
Aaron Kenny
Emergence
Damien Lane
Flat Daddy
Guy Gross
Best Soundtrack Album
Felony
Bryony Marks
Kobalt Music Publishing Australia obo 3AM Music
Loin des Hommes (Far from Men)
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis
Mushroom Music obo Mute Song
The Water Diviner
David Hirschfelder
Diviner Holdings
Women He’s Undressed
Cezary Skubiszewski
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
A Secret River from The Secret River
Shane Howard and Archie Roach
Mushroom Music
Ballymullen Hill from Banished
David Hirschfelder and Jimmy McGovern
Native Tongue Music Publishing obo RSJ Films
Flying Giggle Ship from Giggle & Hoot
Elizabeth Drummond, Hannah Field and Annie Hamilton
ABC Music Publishing
Head Full of Lies from Residue
Georgi Kay and James Earp
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia
Best Music for Children’s Television
Bubble Bath Bay
Russell Thornton
Giggle and Hoot: The Legend of Pirate Hootbeard
Sean Peter
ABC Music Publishing
Joseph
Michael Dooley
Monster Beach
Keith Moore
Best Television Theme
ANZAC Girls
Bryony Marks
Insync Music Publishing
Maximum Choppage
Jonathan Bush
Party Tricks
Bryony Marks
Insync Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing Australia
The Code
Roger Mason
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Banished
David Hirschfelder
Native Tongue Music Publishing obo RSJ Films
Secrets and Lies
Matteo Zingales
Sonar Music
The Code
Roger Mason
Who Do You Think You Are?
Ash Gibson Greig
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Redfern Now
Antony Partos
Sonar Music
The Secret River
Burkhard Dallwitz
The War That Changed Us
Ash Gibson Greig
Wasteland Panda: Exile
Christopher Larkin
Best Music for an Advertisement
Aldi – Perfect Aussie Christmas
Elliott Wheeler
Bundaberg Rum – Men like Us
Nathan Cavaleri
Song Zu Publishing
Domain – Good Move
Bruce Heald
Noise International
Tahiti Tourism
Josh Abrahams and Davide Carbone
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
Daniel Sullivan
Jay Stewart
Neil Sutherland
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas
Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
Alistair Ford
Chris Harriott
Neil Sutherland
The 2015 Screen Music Awards ceremony will be held on Thursday 12th November at the Melbourne Recital Centre. For more information head here.