The annual Screen Music Awards are presented by APRA AMCOS in conjunction with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). The ceremony acknowledges excellence and innovation in the field of screen composition.
The 2008 Screen Music Awards ceremony was held in November.
| Best Feature Film Score | |
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Winner | |
| Title: | Children of The Silk Road |
| Composer: | David Hirschfelder |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Rogue |
| Composer: | Francois Tetaz |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd on behalf of Weinstein Company Music |
| Title: | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
| Composers: | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
| Publisher: | Warner Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Warner Barham Music LLC |
| Title: | Unfinished Sky |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Herringbone ‘Hands’ |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Publisher: | Nylon Publishing Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Aru – Men of Gold |
| Composers: | Mark Rivett and Haydn Walker |
| Title: | LMFF - Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival - 2008 |
| Composers: | Robert Burke and Benjamin Grayson* |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd* |
| Title: | SBS Station ID - Six Billion Stories & Counting |
| Composers: | Roger Mason and Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | inSync Music Publishing |
| Best Music for Children's Television | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Animalia: "Butterfly Winter" |
| Composer: | Christopher Elves |
| Publisher: | Fintage Publishing and Collection Australia on behalf of Animalia Productions Pty |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Dogstar - Episode 24 |
| Composer: | Yuri Worontschak |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Gumnutz! A Juicy Tale |
| Composer: | Clive Harrison |
| Title: | Pirate Islands the Lost Treasure of Fiji |
| Composer: | Art Phillips |
| Best Music for a Documentary | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Night |
| Composer: | Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Publisher: | J Albert and Son Pty Ltd (Orient Pacific Music) |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Halal Mate - Episode 1 - AFIFAS MATCH |
| Composer: | Michael Den Elzen and Justin Marshall |
| Title: | Last Trimate |
| Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
| Title: | Secrets Of The Forbidden City |
| Composer: | Brett Aplin |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing MGB Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Lion Television Limited |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Emerald Falls |
| Composer: | Richard Pleasance |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | East West 101 - Episode 1 |
| Composer: | Guy Gross |
| Title: | Indonesia a Reporter's Journey - Episode 1 ‘A difficult engagement’ |
| Composer: | Scott Saunders |
| Best Music for a Short Film | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Noir Drive |
| Composer: | Geoffrey Russell |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Shot Open |
| Composer: | Rachel Gaudry |
| Title: | The Funk |
| Composer: | Paul Gillett |
| Title: | The Ground Beneath |
| Composer: | Jonathan Nix and Miles Nicholas |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Underbelly – Episode 5 |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
Nominees | |
| Title: | City Homicide – Episode 14 |
| Composer: | Richard Pleasance |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Summer Heights High – Episode 8 |
| Composer: | Jason Catherine, Chris Lilley and Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Princess Publishing and Distribution Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Who Do You Think You Are? – Episode 2 |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson-Greig |
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | When We Get There – The Black Balloon |
| Composers: | Josh Pyke* and Michael Yezerski^ |
| Publishers: | Ivy league Music / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd* and inSync Music Publishing^ |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Bowling Monty Free Falling 2 - Night |
| Composers: | Cezary Skubiszewski*, Jan Skubiszewski, Andy Baldwin, Clairanne Brown and Jules Pascoe |
| Publisher: | J Albert and Son Pty Ltd (Orient Pacific Music)* |
| Title: | It’s a Jungle Out There – Underbelly |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
| Title: | The Greatest Act in History – The Black Balloon |
| Composer: | Michael Yezerski |
| Publisher: | inSync Music Publishing |
| Best Soundtrack Album | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Black Balloon |
| Composer: | Michael Yezerski |
| Publisher: | inSync Music Publishing |
Nominees | |
| Title: | East of Everything |
| Composer: | Greg Walker |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Rogue |
| Composer: | Francois Tetaz |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd on behalf of Weinstein Company Music |
| Title: | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford |
| Composer: | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
| Publishers: | Warner Chappell Music Australia Pty Ltd on behalf of Warner Barham Music LLC |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Underbelly |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Elders |
| Composer: | David Chapman |
| Title: | Summer Heights High |
| Composer: | Chris Lilley |
| Publisher: | Princess Publishing and Distribution Pty Ltd (administered by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd) |
| Title: | The Gruen Transfer |
| Composers: | David Chapman |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia |
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Winner |
Jay Stewart |
Nominees |
| Les Gock |
| Neil Sutherland |
| Dinesh Wickremeratne |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas |
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Winner |
Neil Sutherland |
Finalists |
| Alastair Ford |
| Guy Gross |
| Chris Pettifer |
| International Achievement Award |
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Winner |
Laurie Stone and Garry McDonald |