APRA Awards 1998
The APRA Music Awards celebrate excellence in contemporary music, honouring songwriters and publishers that have achieved artistic excellence and outstanding success in their fields.
Winners & Nominees
| Song of The Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Even When I'm Sleeping |
| Writer: | Dean Manning |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | How To Make Gravy |
| Writer: | Paul Kelly |
| Title: | Into My Arms |
| Writer: | Nick Cave |
| Title: | No Aphrodisiac |
| Writers: | Tim Freedman / Glenn Dormand / Matt Ford |
| Title: | To The Moon and Back |
| Writers: | Darren Hayes / Daniel Jones |
| Title: | Truly Madly Deeply |
| Writers: | Darren Hayes / Daniel Jones |
| Most Performed Australian Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Even When I'm Sleeping |
| Writer: | Dean Manning |
| Publisher | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Break Me Shake Me |
| Writers: | Darren Hayes / Daniel Jones |
| Title: | To The Moon and Back |
| Writers: | Darren Hayes / Daniel Jones |
| Title: | Truly Madly Deeply |
| Writers: | Darren Hayes / Daniel Jones |
| Title: | Whisper Your Name |
| Writer: | Andrew Tierney / Michael Tierney / Paul Begaud |
| Most Performed Foreign Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Bitch |
| Writers: | Shelly Peiken* / Meredith Brooks** |
| Publishers: | Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd* / EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd** |
Nominees | |
| Title: | How Come, how long |
| Writers: | Stevie Wonder / Kenneth Edmonds |
| Title: | Semi-Charmed Life |
| Writer: | Stephan Jenkins |
| Title: | Sunny Came Home |
| Writers: | Shawn Colvin / John Leventhal |
| Title: | You Were Meant For Me |
| Writers: | Jewel Kilcher / Steven Poltz |
| Most Performed Country Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | I Haven't Got a Heart |
| Writers: | Gina Hillenberg* / Garth Porter* / Rodney McCormack** / David Bates |
| Publishers: | Warner/Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd* / Polygram Music Publishing Australia PL** |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Girls on the Avenue |
| Writer: | Richard Clapton |
| Title: | Little Things |
| Writers: | Troy Cassar-Daley / Steve Dorff |
| Title: | Road Less Travelled |
| Writer: | Graeme Connors |
| Title: | Wings of an Eagle |
| Writer: | Russell Morris |
| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Edge |
| Writer: | Nigel Westlake |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Essington |
| Writer: | Peter Sculthorpe |
| Title: | Five Little Piano Pieces |
| Writer: | Ross Edwards |
| Title: | Small Town |
| Writer: | Peter Sculthorpe |
| Title: | Songs From the Forest |
| Writer: | Nigel Westlake |
| Most Performed Jazz Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | My Family |
| Writers: | Nicholas Caruana / Trevor Wraight / Chris Tabone |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Baylorology |
| Writer: | Andrew Baylor |
| Title: | Neal Shuffle |
| Writer: | Timothy Neal |
| Title: | New Craze |
| Writers: | Joe Camilleri / Nicholas Smith / James Black |
| Title: | Sticky |
| Writer: | Lloyd Swanton |
| Most Performed Children's Work | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | It's Christmas |
| Writer: | Andy Armstrong |
| Publishers: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd*/ Universal/MCA Music Publishing Pty Ltd# |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Bounce |
| Writer: | Phillip Barton |
| Title: | Honey |
| Writer: | Peter Combe |
| Title: | Thingth i thay |
| Writer: | Peter Combe |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Wildside |
| Writer: | Peter Best |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Fallen Angels |
| Writer: | Don Walker |
| Title: | Frontier |
| Writer: | Peter Dasent |
| Title: | Good guys bad guys |
| Writer: | Philip Judd |
| Title: | Murder call |
| Writers: | Mark Rivett / Les Gock |
| Best Film Score | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | shine |
| Writer: | David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher: | Polygram Music Publishing Australia PL |
Nominees | |
| Title: | children of the revolution |
| Writer: | Nigel Westlake |
| Title: | doing time for patsy cline |
| Writer: | Peter Best |
| Title: | paradise road |
| Writer: | Ross Edwards |
| Title: | thank god he met lizzie |
| Writer: | Martin Armiger |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |
|---|
Winner |
Michael Gudinski |
