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 2009 Screen Music Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday 2 November.
| Feature Film Score of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Balibo |
| Composer: | Lisa Gerrard |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Australia |
| Composer: | David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo TCF Music Publishing Inc |
| Title: | Disgrace |
| Composers: | Graeme Koehne / Antony Partos |
| Title: | Two Fists One Heart |
| Composer: | David Bridie |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Optus “Whale Song” |
| Composer: | Bruce Heald |
| Publisher: | Noise International Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Earth Hour Candle "Everybody's Singing This Song" |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Title: | H & R Block "Paper-Man" |
| Composer: | Scott Langley |
| Publisher: | Nylon Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Wedgwood "Timeless" |
| Composer: | Basil Hogios |
| Best Music for Children's Television | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry |
| Composer: | Sean Peter |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist - Episode 26 – Hidden Assets |
| Composer: | Guy Gross |
| Publisher: | SLR Productions Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Figaro Pho |
| Composers: | Michael Darren & Luke Jurevicius |
| Title: | Master Raindrop - Episode 126 - Wisdom |
| Composer: | Russell Thornton |
| Publisher: | Supersonic Pty Limited |
| Best Music for a Documentary | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Sidney Nolan: Mask and Memory |
| Composer: | Amanda Brown |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Contact |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Title: | Death of the Megabeasts |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson Greig |
| Title: | Rainforest the Secret of Life |
| Composer: | Yantra de Vilder |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | False Witness |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
| Title: | Saved |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Title: | The Informant |
| Composer: | Eric Chapus |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
| Best Music for a Short Film | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Lucy Wants to Kill Herself |
| Composer: | Brett Aplin |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Dear Diary |
| Composer: | Alan Harding |
| Title: | Liebermans in the Sky |
| Composer: | Pete E Neville |
| Title: | The Cat Piano |
| Composer: | Benjamin Speed |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | McLeod's Daughters - Episode 224 - The Long Paddock |
| Composer: | Alastair Ford |
| Publisher: | Nine Films & Television Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Bogan Pride - Episode 6 - The Dance Battle |
| Composer: | Michael Lira |
| Publisher: | Supersonic Pty Limited |
| Title: | Rush - Episode 11 |
| Composer: | Stephen Rae |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities - Episode 9 - Judas Kiss |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Balibo from Balino |
| Composer: | Ego Lemos |
| Publisher: | SFM Publishing administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
Nominees | |
| Title: | By the Boab Tree - Australia |
| Composers: | Angela Little, Baz Luhrmann*, Felix Meagher, Anton Monsted, Schuyler Weiss |
| Publishers: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo TCF Music Publishing Inc / Bazmark* |
| Title: | Mother's Lament - Essence of the Game |
| Composer: | Jamie Saxe |
| Title: | This Isn't Easy - Chandon Pictures |
| Composer: | Cameron Bruce |
| Publisher: | Shadowfax TV Pty Ltd |
| Best Soundtrack Album | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Death Defying Acts |
| Composer: | Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Publisher: | Albert Music |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Australia |
| Composer: | Various |
| Publisher: | EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo TCF Music Publishing Inc |
| Title: | Balibo |
| Composer: | Various |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
| Title: | Restraint |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Publisher: | Nylon Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Satisfaction |
| Composer: | Cameron Giles-Webb / Colin Simkins |
| Publisher: | Gusto Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Carla Cametti PD |
| Composer: | Cezary Skubiszewski*/ Jan Skubiszewski |
| Publisher: | Albert Music* |
| Title: | Gonna Be On Top (Australia's Next Top Model, Opening Theme) |
| Composer: | Travis Conneeley, Martin Eden* |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd* |
| Title: | The Stamp of Australia |
| Composers: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia |
|---|
Winner |
Jay Stewart |
Nominees |
| Nick Perjanik |
| Neil Sutherland |
| Brenton White |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas |
|---|
Winner |
Neil Sutherland |
Finalists |
| Alastair Ford |
| Ric Formosa/Danny Beckerman |
| Guy Gross |