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 2015 Screen Music Awards ceremony was held on Thursday 12th November at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
| Feature Film Score of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Slow West |
| Composers: | Jed Kurzel |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Good ‘Ol Boy |
| Composers: | Michael Lira |
| Title: | Loin des Hommes (Far from Men) |
| Composers: | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music obo Mute Song |
| Title: | The Water Diviner |
| Composer: | David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher: | Diviner Holdings |
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Domain – Good Move |
| Composer: | Bruce Heald |
| Publisher: | Noise International |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Aldi - Perfect Aussie Christmas |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Title: | Bundaberg Rum - Men like Us |
| Composer: | Nathan Cavaleri |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing |
| Title: | Tahiti Tourism |
| Composer: | Josh Abrahams and Davide Carbone |
| Best Music for Children's Television | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Monster Beach |
| Composers: | Keith Moore |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Bubble Bath Bay |
| Composer: | Russell Thornton |
| Title: | Giggle and Hoot: The Legend of Pirate Hootbeard |
| Composer: | Sean Peter |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing |
| Title: | Joseph |
| Composer: | Michael Dooley |
| Best Music for a Documentary | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Sherpa |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music |
Nominees | |
| Title: | 35 Letters |
| Composer: | Gerard Fitzgerald, Lindsay Jehan, Adrian Sergovich and Haydn Walker |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing |
| Title: | The Great Australian Race Riot |
| Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
| Title: | The Waler: Australia’s Great Warhouse |
| Composer: | Tim Count and Keith Van Geyzel |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Secret River |
| Composer: | Burkhard Dallwitz |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Redfern Now |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music |
| Title: | The War That Changed Us |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson Greig |
| Title: | Wasteland Panda : Exile |
| Composer: | Christopher Larkin |
| Best Music for a Short Film | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | 1919 |
| Composer: | Damien Lane |
Nominees | |
| Title: | A Mighty Nice Man |
| Composer: | Aaron Kenny |
| Title: | Emergence |
| Composer: | Damien Lane |
| Title: | Flat Daddy |
| Composers: | Guy Gross |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Banished |
| Composer: | David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher: | Native Tongue Music Publishing obo RSJ Films |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Secrets and Lies |
| Composer: | Matteo Zingales |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music |
| Title: | The Code |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Title: | Who Do You Think You Are? |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson Greig |
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | A Secret River from The Secret River |
| Composers: | Shane Howard and Archie Roach |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Ballymullen Hill from Banished |
| Composer: | David Hirschfelder and Jimmy McGovern |
| Publisher: | Native Tongue Music Publishing obo RSJ Films |
| Title: | Flying Giggle Ship from Giggle & Hoot |
| Composers: | Elizabeth Drummond, Hannah Field and Annie Hamilton |
| Publisher: | ABC Music Publishing |
| Title: | Head Full of Lies from Residue |
| Composer: | Georgina Kingsley and James Earp |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia |
| Best Soundtrack Album | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Water Diviner |
| Composer: | David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher: | Diviner Holdings |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Felony |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publishers: | Kobalt Music Publishing Australia obo 3AM Music |
| Title: | Loin des Hommes (Far from Men) |
| Composer: | Nick Cave and Warren Ellis |
| Publishers: | Mushroom Music obo Mute Song |
| Title: | Women He’s Undressed |
| Composers: | Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Code |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
Nominees | |
| Title: | ANZAC Girls |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Insync Music Publishing |
| Title: | Maximum Choppage |
| Composer: | Jonathan Bush |
| Title: | Party Tricks |
| Composers: | Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Insync Music Publishing and EMI Music Publishing Australia |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia |
|---|
Winner |
Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks |
Nominees |
| Daniel Sullivan |
| Jay Stewart |
| Neil Sutherland |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas |
|---|
Winner |
Neil Sutherland |
Finalists |
| Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks |
| Alastair Ford |
| Chris Harriott |