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 2022 Screen Music Awards will be held on Tuesday 15 November at Forum, Melbourne.
Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen |
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Winner |
nigel westlake |
Feature Film Score of the Year | |
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Winner | |
Title: | The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson |
Composer: | Salliana Seven Campbell |
Nominees | |
Title: | A Stitch in Time |
Composer: | Angela Little |
Publisher: | Peer Music |
Title: | Bosch and Rockit |
Composer: | Brian Cachia |
Title: | Interceptor |
Composer: | Michael Lira |
Publisher: | Universal Music Publishing obo Ambience Entertainment |
Best Music for a Documentary | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Puff: Wonders of the Reef |
Composer: | Hylton Mowday |
Publisher: | We Love Jam Studios |
Nominees | |
Title: | A Fire Inside |
Composer: | Matteo Zingales |
Publisher: | Sonar Music |
Title: | Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb |
Composer: | Andrew Scott & Caitlin Yeo* |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP* |
Title: | no Mercy, No Remorse |
Composer: | Brett Aplin |
Best Music for a Short Film | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Still Life |
Composer: | Wil Hughes |
Nominees | |
Title: | Bellysaurus |
Composer: | Dmitri Golovko |
Title: | Finding X |
Composer: | Cassie To |
Title: | Tarneit |
Composer: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
Best Music for an Advertisement | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Destination NSW: Feel New |
Composer: | Lance Gurisik |
Publisher: | Massive Publishing |
Nominees | |
Title: | Ausfilm: The Australian Job |
Composer: | Angela Little |
Publisher: | Peer Music |
Title: | Ostelin Strong Women |
Composer: | Ack Kinmonth |
Title: | Samsung MFF: Walk the Night |
Composer: | Nicholas Routledge, Joshua Pearson & Jono Ma |
Publisher: | Sonar Music |
Best Soundtrack Album | |
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Winner | |
Title: | River |
Composers: | Richard Tognetti with William Barton* & Piers Burbrook de Vere |
Publisher: | G Schirmer Australia* |
Nominees | |
Title: | New Gold Mountain |
Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP |
Title: | No Mercy, No Remorse |
Composer: | Brett Aplin |
Title: | Wolf Like Me |
Composer: | Piers Burbrook de Vere |
Publisher: | Universal/MCA Music Publishing |
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | |
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Winner | |
Title: | Spirit Voice of the Enchanted Waters from River |
Composers: | William Barton*, Piers Burbrook de Vere & Richard Tognetti |
Publisher: | G Schirmer Australia* |
Nominees | |
Title: | Bloody Game from Total Control |
Composer: | Missy Higgins |
Publisher: | Mushroom Music |
Title: | I Am My Own Panther Now from Preppers |
Composer: | Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall |
Publisher: | Sony Music Publishing Australia |
Title: | Silver Linings from MumLife |
Composer: | Sophia Christopher |
Best Music for Children's Programming | |
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Winner | |
Title: | The Deep |
Composer: | Nerida Tyson-Chew |
Publisher: | A Stark Production |
Nominees | |
Title: | Destroy the Invisibility Jacket |
Composer: | Joseph Twist |
Title: | Space Nova: Dark Ice |
Composer: | Russell Thornton |
Title: | The Bureau of Magical Things |
Composer: | Brett Aplin |
Best Television Theme | |
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Winner | |
Title: | New Gold Mountain |
Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP |
Nominees | |
Title: | Books That Made Us |
Composer: | Jackson Milas |
Publisher: | Sonar Music |
Title: | The PM’s Daughter |
Composers: | Basil Hogios & Caitlin Yeo* |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP* |
Title: | Troppo |
Composer: | Josh Pyke |
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |
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Winner | |
Title: | TOTAL CONTROL |
Composers: | Antony Partos & Matteo Zingales |
Publisher: | Sonar Music |
Nominees | |
Title: | BLINDSPOTTING |
Composers: | Michael Yezerski & Ambrose Akinmusire |
Publisher: | Snoot Music |
Title: | RFDS |
Composer: | Amanda Brown |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP |
Title: | The Newsreader |
Composer: | Cornel Wilczek |
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |
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Winner | |
Title: | New Gold Mountain |
Composer: | Caitlin Yeo |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP |
Nominees | |
Title: | Books That Made Us |
Composer: | Jackson Milas |
Publisher: | Sonar Music |
Title: | The Twelve |
Composer: | Rafael May |
Publisher: | Warner Bros. International Television Production Australia |
Title: | Underbelly Vanishing Act |
Composer: | Amanda Brown |
Publisher: | Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP |
Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia | |
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Winner | |
Composers: | Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks |
For: | MasterChef, Anh’s Brush with Fame, Beauty and the Geek Australia |
Nominees | |
Composer: | Damian de Boos-Smith |
For: | Better Homes and Gardens, Lego Masters, The Block |
Composer: | Jay Stewart |
For: | The Block, Better Homes and Gardens, House Rules |
Composer: | Mitch Stewart |
For: | MasterChef, Travel Guides, Love on the Spectrum |
Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas | |
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Winner | |
Composer: | Neil Sutherland |
For: | Border Security, MythBusters, Bondi Vet |
Nominees | |
Composers: | Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks |
For: | MasterChef, Lego Masters Australia |
Composer: | Alastair Ford |
For: | McLeod's Daughters |
Composer: | Joff Bush |
For: | Bluey |
The Screen Music Awards represent the successful marriage of two defining elements of contemporary Australian culture: music and film. Presented by APRA AMCOS in conjunction with the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), the ceremony is our chance to acknowledge excellence and innovation in the field of screen composition.
The Screen Awards honour music composers across thirteen categories. APRA AMCOS uses statistical analysis to define nominations based on performance activity, as reflected by earnings, for two categories: Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia, and Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas. Panels of highly respected Australian film and television composers determine four nominees across each of the remaining ten categories. The Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award is given at the discretion of the APRA Board of Directors.
Publishers, producers, and directors may enter on behalf of a composer. The account should be made in the name of the person submitting the application (this can be the composer or not), and applications can be made on behalf of multiple composers.
The work must have been for a production which has received its first public screening, broadcast or release in the relevant 12 month period (1st July 2021 - 30th June 2022).
The eligibility period for Feature Film Score of the Year requires that the production must have received its first public screening, broadcast or commercial release in the relevant 15 month period (1st July 2021 - 30th September 2022). This includes first releases on YouTube, Facebook, Netflix or any other platform.
APRA AMCOS will not accept any physical applications. To avoid your application timing out, we recommend preparing everything before you begin.
You must submit responses to:
You must supply:
Category information:
For the full rules & guidelines please click here.
Any queries email [email protected] or call (02) 9935 7900.
The Screen Music Awards cover thirteen award categories.
The following awards are given based on APRA AMCOS's statistical analysis:
The following awards are judged by panels of leading screen composers from across Australia:
A special Award is given at the discretion of the APRA Board of Directors
1. Thirteen Awards are conferred.
A special Award is given at the discretion of the APRA Board of Directors
2. The Award is in the form of a trophy suitably inscribed.
All entrants are required to provide the following items for possible adaptation by the Music Director on the night;
a) An MP3 or M4A recording of the main theme (s)
b) Any material that can be used for orchestration - lead sheets, MIDI files, manuscripts etc.
Please note our arrangers and orchestrators will adapt your music scores to suit our orchestral line up.
The entrant shall (or shall cause the copyright owner of the entry if different from the entrant) to permit APRA AMCOS and any person APRA AMCOS authorises to perform the entry in and as part of any APRA AMCOS award ceremony and to record it for those purposes and for the purposes of communication to the public or promotional use.
The entrant agrees to allow APRA AMCOS to use audio and video from the APRA & AGSC Screen Music Awards for promotional purposes.