Screen Music Awards Reveals 2018 Nominees

The spotlight is on Australia's screen composers with the reveal of the 2018 Screen Music Award nominees today.

The awards, which are put on by APRA AMCOS and AGSC, celebrate music composition for documentaries, short films, children's television, advertising and soundtrack albums.

Matteo Zingales has picked up the most nominations with collaborator Antony Partos following closely behind. AGSC President and composer Caitlin Yeo has also received four nominations with Emily Wurramara also given the nod for the first time for track Grace Beside Me. 

Speaking about the awards, Yeo said, "While it is most certainly a celebration of our craft it is also an opportunity to gather together, debrief and learn from each other.

"This is now more important than ever. In our rapidly changing globalised industry, with tighter schedules and shrinking resources, the challenges we face in producing world-class scores are immense. If our industry is to survive and thrive then it will be, in part, through shared experiences such as these and by supporting and celebrating each other."

The award ceremony will be held next month in Sydney at the City Recital Hall hosted by Denise Scott. 

See the full list of nominees below. 

NOMINEES 2018 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS

Feature Film Score of the Year

Brothers’ Nest | Composed by Richard Pleasance | Published by  Kobalt Music Publishing

Fahrenheit 451 | Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales | Published by Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo T-L Music Publishing

Ladies in Black | Composed by Christopher Gordon | Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Twenty Fifteen Avenue Music

The Butterfly Tree | Composed by Caitlin Yeo

Best Television Theme

Harrow | Composed by Matteo Zingales | Published by  Sonar Music

Lawless – The Real Bushrangers | Composed by  Rafael May

Oddlands | Composed by Joff Bush

The Stargazer’s Guide to the Cosmos | Composed by Sean Tinnion

Best Music for a Television Series or Serial

Doctor Blake Mysteries | Composed by Dale Cornelius | Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing

Glitch | Composed by  Cornel Wilczek

Harrow | Composed by Matteo Zingales | Published by Sonar Music

Picnic at Hanging Rock | Composed by Cezary Skubiszewski and Jan Skubiszewski

Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie

Mystery Road | Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales  | Published by Sonar Music  

The House with Annabel Crabb | Composed by Caitlin Yeo | Published by ABC Music Publishing

UnderBelly Files: Chopper | Composed by Burkhard Dallwitz

Wake In Fright | Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales | Published by  Sonar Music

Best Music for a Documentary

My Mother’s Lost Children | Composed by  Dale Cornelius | Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing

The Director and The Jedi | Composed by Antony Partos | Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Disney Music and Wampa Tauntaun Music   

The Stargazer’s Guide to the Cosmos | Composed by Sean Tinnion

 The Story of Earth | Composed by Dale Cornelius | Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing

Best Music for a Short Film

Abandon Tryptich | Composed by Kyls Burtland

Barbara | Composed by Caitlin Yeo

Lost and Found | Composed by Adrian Sergovich

The Passion Films: Alice | Composed by  Basil Hogios

Best Soundtrack Album

Every Day | Composed by  Elliott Wheeler

Fahrenheit 451 | Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales | Published by Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo T-L Music Publishing

Ghosthunter | Composed by Rafael May

The Butterfly Tree | Composed by  Caitlin Yeo

Best Original Song Composed for the Screen

Everywhere’s A Dance Floor from The Justine Clarke Show | Composed by Justine Clarke* and Sean Peter | Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing*

Grace Beside Me | Composed by Amanda Brown* and Emily Wurramara | Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP* and Mushroom Music

Now I Know from Pulse | Composed by Oscar Joe Gross | Published by ABC Music Publishing

Prison Bound from Brothers’ Nest | Composed by Richard Pleasance and Jojo Rainwater | Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

Best Music for Children’s Television

Guess How Much I Love You: Christmas to the Moon and Back | Composed by Ryan Grogan Published by  SLR Productions

Jar Dwellers SOS! | Composed by David Cheshire

The Deep: The Missing | Composed by Nerida Tyson-Chew

The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill: The Budgie Smuggler | Composed by  Russell Thornton | Published by Red Music Publishing

Best Music for an Advertisement

Forty Winks | Composed by Jackson Milas | Published by  Sonar Music

Singapore Airlines: The Briefcase | Composed by Scott Langley

Tiger Beer: Chinese New Year | Composed by  Ben Lam

Tourism Tasmania: Go Behind the Scenery XI | Composed by Nicholas West, Daniel Higson and Antony Smith | Published by Smith & Western Studios

Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia*

Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks

Jay Stewart

Mitch Stewart

Neil Sutherland

Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas*

Alastair Ford

Garry McDonald and Lawrence Stone

Jed Kurzel

Neil Sutherland
 
*Determined by statistical analysis