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 2017 Screen Music Awards were held on Monday 13 November at Melbourne Recital Hall.
| Feature Film Score of the Year | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Jasper Jones |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
Nominees | |
| Title: | 2:22 |
| Composer: | James Orr and Lisa Gerrard |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing |
| Title: | Alien: Covenant |
| Composer: | Jed Kurzel |
| Publihser: | Sony/ATV/FOX Music obo TCF Music Publishing |
| Title: | Berlin Syndrome |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing (Aust) obo Lillipilli IP |
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Good Mood Water: The Bad Choice |
| Composers: | Lindsay Jehan and Nathan Cavaleri |
| Publisher: | Song Zu Publishing |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Hennessy: Classivm |
| Composer: | Josh Abrahams and Davide Carbone |
| Title: | Swisse: Power Your Passion |
| Composers: | Matteo Zingales |
| Publisher: | Sonar Music |
| Title: | Volkswagen: Tiguan 2017 |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Best Music for Children's Television | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Bottersnikes & Gumbles: The Ugly Pageant |
| Composer: | Michael Szumowski |
| Publisher: | BMG AM and Cheeky Little Media |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Beat Bugs: When I'm 64 |
| Composer: | Daniel Denholm and Daniel Johns |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing |
| Title: | Kazoops: Middle of Somewhere |
| Composer: | Scott Langley |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Cheeky Little Media |
| Title: | The Deep: Tartaruga |
| Composer: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
| Publisher: | Red Music Publishing |
| Best Music for a Documentary | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Whiteley |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson Greig |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Deep Water: The Real Story |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Publishers: | Sonar Music |
| Title: | Monsieur Mayonnaise |
| Composer: | Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Title: | Mother With A Gun |
| Composer: | Dale Cornelius |
| Publisher: | Native Tongue Music Publishing |
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Barracuda |
| Composer: | Bryony Marks |
| Publihser: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP |
Nominees | |
| Title: | High Life |
| Composer: | Sarah Blasko |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing |
| Title: | Shaun Micallef’s: Stairway to Heaven |
| Composer: | Ash Gibson Greig |
| Best Music for a Short Film | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Last Tree Standing |
| Composer: | Me-Lee Hay |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Face |
| Composer: | Jonathan Bush |
| Title: | Red |
| Composer: | Tom Schutzinger |
| Title: | Sarah Chong Is Going To Kill Herself |
| Composer: | Aaron Kenny |
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | The Get Down |
| Composer: | Elliott Wheeler |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Twenty Fifteen Avenue Music |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Australian Survivor |
| Composer: | David Barber, Jonathan Bush, Helena Czajka, Charlton Hill and Justin Shave |
| Publisher: | Shine Australia |
| Title: | Seven Types of Ambiguity |
| Composer: | Stephen Rae and Jonathan Wilson |
| Title: | The Code |
| Composer: | Roger Mason |
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Torchlight from Don’t Tell |
| Composer: | Missy Higgins |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Atlas in Your Eye from Jasper Jones |
| Composer: | Dustin Tebbutt |
| Title: | Power from The Get Down |
| Composer: | Baz Luhrmann*, Donna Missal, Homer Steinweiss* and Elliott Wheeler* |
| Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Twenty Fifteen Avenue Music and Twenty Fifteen Boulevard Music* |
| Title: | Visible from The Pretend One |
| Composers: | Hayden Calnin |
| Publishers: | Gaga Music |
| Best Soundtrack Album | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Alien: Covenant |
| Composer: | Jed Kurzel |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV/FOX Music obo TCF Music Publishing |
Nominees | |
| Title: | Assassin’s Creed |
| Composer: | Jed Kurzel |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV/NEW Regency obo New Regency Music |
| Title: | Jasper Jones |
| Composer: | Antony Partos |
| Title: | Monsieur Mayonnaise |
| Composers: | Deborah Morgan and Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Publisher: | Origin Music Publishing |
| Best Television Theme | |
|---|---|
Winner | |
| Title: | Fox League Super Saturday |
| Composer: | Briggs, Justin Shave and Charlton Hill |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing |
Nominees | |
| Title: | High Life |
| Composer: | Sarah Blasko |
| Publisher: | Sony/ATV Music Publishing |
| Title: | Rosehaven |
| Composer: | Kit Warhurst |
| Publisher: | Mushroom Music |
| Title: | Skinford |
| Composer: | Michael Lira |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia |
|---|
Winner |
Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks |
Finalists |
| Damian De Boos Smith |
| Jay Stewart |
| Neil Sutherland |
| Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas |
|---|
Winner |
Neil Sutherland |
Finalists |
| Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks |
| Jay Stewart |
| Jed Kurzel |
APRA AMCOS & the AGSC would like to thank the following people for their time in judging the nominations for this year’s Awards:
Adam Gock, Alan John, Andrew Kotatko, Benjamin Speed, Brenton White, Brett Aplin, Brett Rosenberg, Brian Cachia, Bruce Heald, Bryony Marks, Caitlin Yeo, Cezary SkubiszewskI, Charlton Hill, Chris Harriott, Damian De Boos Smith, David McCormack, David Pickvance, David Skinner, Denis Carnahan, Dinesh Wicks, Geoffrey Russell, Greg Wise, Jared Underwood, Jay Stewart, John Gray, John Kane, Jonathan Zwartz, Katie Bender, Ken Walther, Leah Curtis, Leone Carey, Les Gock, Mark Walmsley, Matteo Zingales, Mike Caen, Mitch Stewart, Nicolette Boaz, Paul Healy, Rafael May, Raj Kamahl, Rebecca Barry, Rhonda Davidson-Irwin, Russell Thornton, Ryan Grogan, Scott Saunders, Sean Peter, Terry Hannagan, Tom Rouch, Vicki Hansen, Yantra DeVilda, Yuri Worontshak.