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 2010 Screen Music Awards ceremony was held on Tuesday 9 November.
| Feature Film Score of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Mao’s Last Dancer |
| Composer: | Christopher Gordon |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Accidents Happen |
| Composer: | Antony Partos/Andrew Lancaster/Michael Lira/Luke Steele* |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd* |
| Title: | East of Everything 2 |
| Composer: | Greg J Walker |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Last Confession of Alexander Pearce |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Expedia 'Housekeeping' |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Abused Child Trust “Don’t Look Away” |
| Composer: | Christopher Elves |
| Title: | Sony Ericsson – Space Hopper |
| Composer: | Ramesh Sathiah |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Weet-Bix Opera |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Best Music for Children's Television | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Itty Bitty Ditties |
| Composers: | Thomas Bettany and Benjamin Speed |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Snug as a Bug |
| Composers: | Ryan Grogan and Hylton Mowday |
| Publisher: | SLR Productions Pty Ltd |
| Title: | The Buffet of Life |
| Composer: | Henrique Dib |
| Title: | The Legend of Enyo |
| Composer: | Russell Thornton |
| Publisher: | Fintage Publishing and Collection Aust |
| Best Music for a Documentary | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Trishna & Krishna: The Quest for Separate Lives |
| Composer: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
Nominees | |
| Title: | The Long Goodbye |
| Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
| Title: | The Snowman |
| Composer: | Benjamin Speed |
| Title: | Wheels in Motion |
| Composer: | Geoffrey Russell |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne |
| Composer: | Guy Gross |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Beauty and the Beast |
| Composer: | Garry McDonald and Laurie Stone |
| Publisher: | The Music Department Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Wicked Love |
| Composer: | Paul Healy |
| Best Music for a Short Film | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Lost Thing |
| Composer: | Michael Yezerski |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Apricot |
| Composer: | Basil Hogios |
| Title: | Kanowna |
| Composer: | Geoffrey Russell |
| Title: | Zero |
| Composer: | Kyls Burtland |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Underbelly: The Golden Mile, Episode 13: Alpha & Omega |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
Nominees | |
| Title: | My Place |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Rescue Special Ops |
| Composer: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Tangle |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd/Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | ‘Hold Me’ from A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne |
| Composer: | Guy Gross |
Nominees | |
| Title: | ‘A Runner’ from Road Train |
| Composers: | Sophie Lowe and Rafael May |
| Title: | ‘Movin On’ from Satisfaction Season 3 |
| Composers: | Cameron Giles-Webb and Colin Simkins |
| Publisher: | Gusto Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | The War is Over |
| Composer: | Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing administered by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Best Soundtrack Album | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Mao’s Last Dancer |
| Composer: | Christopher Gordon |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Accidents Happen |
| Composer: | Antony Partos/Andrew Lancaster/Michael Lira/Luke Steele* |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd* |
| Title: | East of Everything 2 |
| Composer: | Greg J Walker |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Last Confession of Alexander Pearce |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | My Place |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Publisher: | Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Gasp |
| Composer: | Hylton Mowday |
| Publisher: | SLR Productions Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Tangle |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd/Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | The Poker Star |
| Composers: | Jonathan Dreyfus |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia |
|---|
Winner |
Jay Stewart |
Nominees |
| Adam Gock |
| Dinesh Wicks |
| Neil Sutherland |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas |
|---|
Winner |
Neil Sutherland |
Finalists |
| Alastair Ford |
| Christopher Elves |
| Ric Formosa/Danny Beckerman |