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 2012 Screen Music Awards ceremony was held on Monday 19 November at BMW Edge Theatre, Melbourne
| Feature Film Score of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Burning Man |
| Composer: | Lisa Gerrard |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Needle |
| Composer: | Jamie Blanks |
| Title: | Santa’s Apprentice |
| Composer: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
| Publisher: | Fintage Publishing Australia BV obo Avrill Stark Entertainment Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Storm Surfers 3D |
| Composers: | Richard Tognetti / Michael Yezerski |
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Nutrilon: Hope |
| Composer: | Haydn Walker |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Bundy Rum: Ain’t No Nancy Drink |
| Composers: | Andrew Page / Ramesh Sathiah |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Levi’s: Levi’s X Korea National Ballet |
| Composer: | Rafael May |
| Title: | Volkswagen Tiguan: Cross Country |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Best Music for Children's Television | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Gasp! |
| Composer: | Ryan Grogan / Hylton Mowday |
| Publisher: | SLR Productions Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | AH |
| Composers: | Henrique Dib |
| Title: | Hey Hootabelle |
| Composer: | Lior |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | My Place: Sarah |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Best Music for a Documentary | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Tiger Dynasty |
| Composer: | Brett Aplin |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Gallipoli from Above |
| Composer: | Dale Cornelius |
| Publisher: | Native Tongue Music Publishing |
| Title: | Seduction in the City: The Birth of Shopping |
| Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
| Title: | The Impossible Lens: The True Story of Dr Jim Frazier |
| Composer: | Russell Thornton |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Mabo |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Beaconsfield |
| Composer: | Stephen Rae |
| Publisher: | Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd administered by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Dripping in Chocolate |
| Composer: | Matteo Zingales |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | The Slap |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music Pty Ltd |
| Best Music for a Short Film | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | This Dog’s Life |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Aurora |
| Composer: | Christopher Larkin |
| Title: | Boston Tommy |
| Composer: | Jonathan Dreyfus |
| Publisher: | Source Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | My Constellation |
| Composers: | Bruce Heald |
| Publisher: | Noise International Pty Ltd |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Underbelly Razor |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries |
| Composer: | Greg J. Walker |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Who Do You Think You Are? Vince Colosimo |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson Greig |
| Title: | Wild Boys |
| Composer: | Michael Lira / David McCormack |
| Publisher: | Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd administered by Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd until 31.12.11 / EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd from 1.1.12 |
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Hey Hootabelle from Giggle & Hoot |
| Composers: | Lior |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing / Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Animula Vagula from Exitus Roma |
| Composer: | Leah Curtis |
| Title: | Love Finds a Way from Shopping |
| Composer: | Will Kuether / Russell Thornton |
| Title: | The Goodnight Song from The Disney Channel |
| Composer: | Kylie Burtland / Chloe Cassidy |
| Best Soundtrack Album | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Slap |
| Composers: | Michael Lira* / Jono Ma* / Antony Partos* / Irine Vela |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music Pty Ltd* |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Cloudstreet |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Source Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | The Straits |
| Composer: | David Bridie |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Underbelly Razor |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Slap |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music Pty Ltd |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Guess How Much I Love You |
| Composers: | Ryan Grogan / Hylton Mowday |
| Publisher: | SLR Productions Pty Ltd |
| Title: | Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries |
| Composer: | Greg J. Walker |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
| Title: | My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita |
| Composers: | Vicki Hansen |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia |
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Winner |
Adam Gock/Dinesh Wicks |
Nominees |
| Anthony El Ammar |
| Jay Stewart |
| Neil Sutherland |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas |
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Winner |
Neil Sutherland |
Finalists |
| Alastair Ford |
| David Hirschfelder |
| Ric Formosa/Ricky Edwards |
| International Achievement Award |
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Winner |
Bruce Beresford |