Submissions now open for 2025 Screen Music Awards

Name: APRA AMCOS
Address: Australia
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Media Published Thursday 15 May 2025

Screen composers, producers, directors and publishers invited to submit works across 13 categories

Submissions are open now until Thursday 26 June

The awards will be held at Brisbane's Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday 28 October

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) are calling on all screen music composer members, producers, directors and publishers to submit their works for consideration in the 2025 Screen Music Awards.

Heading to Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall for the first time on Tuesday 28 October, the annual Screen Music Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in screen composition across 13 categories, recognising outstanding contributions in short film, television series, documentaries, children’s programming, feature films and more.

Last year’s awards saw the introduction of three new categories – Best Music for Unscripted & Reality Television Series, Best Music for a Video Game or Other Interactive Media and Emerging Screen Composer of the Year.

On winning the 2024 award for Best Music for a Video Game or Other Interactive Media, Michael Allen said: “There’s a lot of great music being made in the games industry and it’s fantastic that it’s now recognised here in this way.”

Dean Ormston, CEO of APRA AMCOS, adds: “Australia’s screen music industry is thriving, particularly in games, streaming and interactive media, and the awards are a brilliant celebration of the extraordinary talent shaping these experiences.

With the international landscape shifting rapidly, it has never been more important to back our screen composers, not just as storytellers but as major cultural exporters, ensuring Australian sounds are heard by audiences here and around the world.”

Submissions are open now until 11.59pm (AEST) Thursday 26 June for any APRA composer member whose work has been featured in a production that received its first public screening, broadcast or release between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025.

This includes releases on digital platforms such as Facebook, Netflix and YouTube. For Feature Film Score of the Year, the eligibility period is from 1 July 2024 to 30 September 2025 and the production must have its first public screening, broadcast or commercial release within this timeframe.

The awards are selected either by a panel of highly respected Australian screen composers or by statistical analysis. The Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen and Emerging Screen Composer of the Year Awards are chosen by the APRA Board of Directors.

Previous Screen Music Award winners have included Adam Gock, Amanda Brown, Antonio Gambale, Bryony Marks, Dinesh Wicks, Fred Leone, Jed Kurzel, Joff Bush and Missy Higgins.

2025 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS 
Tuesday 28 October 2025
Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane
Hosts and Music Director to be announced 

2025 Screen Music Award Categories: