In the first real-life celebration of Australian screen composers in two years, APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) are set to honour Australia’s finest creators of film, television, documentary and advertising music at the 21st Screen Music Awards in Melbourne/Naarm on Tuesday 15 November 2022.
The event will feature the presentation of thirteen awards and are the only honours of their kind in Australia to recognise the composers whose music elevates the magic of the moving picture.
Co-hosting the first live Screen Music Awards since 2019 will be Akina Edmonds and Anne Edmonds.
Comedian, actor and writer Anne Edmonds is a familiar face on Australian television screens, appearing regularly on Network Tens Have You Been Paying Attention?, Hughesy We Have A Problem and The Project. Anne spent 2021 touring her show (with partner Lloyd Langford) Business with Pleasure. Her one-hour special What’s Wrong With You? is currently streaming on Amazon Prime.
Singer and actor Akina Edmonds has appeared in high-profile theatre productions including Hairspray, An Officer and a Gentleman and Disney’s The Lion King. Akina is currently playing Angelica Schuyler in the Australian production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, which heads to Brisbane in January 2023.
The award ceremony will feature interpretations of the four Feature Film Score of the Year nominations performed live by the Screen Awards orchestra, led by the event’s incomparable Musical Director, Jessica Wells whose compositions cross many genres in the classical, commercial and film music worlds. Jessica has worked with some of Australia’s best composers as an orchestrator, arranger, and copyist.
Panels of widely respected Australian screen composers will determine four nominees for 10 categories. The winners of Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia and Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas are decided through analysis of performance activity reflected by royalty earnings. The prestigious Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award (as determined by the APRA Board of Directors) will also be presented at the event. Previous recipients include Martin Armiger, Robert Connolly, and Nerida Tyson-Chew.
The nominees for the 2022 Screen Music Awards will be announced on Thursday 13 October.
Please see complete list of categories below.
2022 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS CATEGORIES
- Best Music for an Advertisement
- Best Music for Children’s Programming
- Best Music for a Documentary
- Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
- Best Music for a Short Film
- Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
- Best Television Theme
- Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
- Best Soundtrack Album
- Feature Film Score of the Year
- Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia*
- Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas*
- Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen^
* Determined by statistical analysis
^ Awarded at the discretion of the APRA Board of Directors
2022 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS
Forum Melbourne, Naarm
Tuesday 15 November 2022
With co-hosts Akina Edmonds and Anne Edmonds
Musical Director Jessica Wells
APRA AMCOS is a key business partner to Australasian music creators. We have 111,000 members who are songwriters, composers, and music publishers. We license businesses to play, perform, copy, or record our members’ music, and we distribute the royalties to our members.
As a world-leading organisation invested in the future of music, APRA AMCOS enables music creators and customers to maximise the value music brings to business and life. We achieve this through a simple and effective licensing framework, and providing holistic industry support – from education, to live music, export, creators’ rights advocacy and recognition through our high-profile awards and events program. apraamcos.com.au
AGSC is the national industry association for professional composers working in film, television, documentary, and multimedia, promoting excellence in screen composition through industry events, government lobbying and direct membership advice. agsc.org.au
