By Travis Johnson
APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers have today announced details of the Australian Screen Music Awards nominees – those Australian composers who excelled across feature film, television, documentary, short film and advertising over the course of the last year.
Nominees include familiar artists Antony Partos, Michael Yezerski, David Hirschfelder, Caitlin Yeo, David Bridie, Christopher Larkin, Neil Sutherland, Ricky Edwards, Matteo Zingales, Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks, plus a range of first time honorees, including Sally Seltmann, Darren Seltmann, Adam Moses, Nicholas Robert Thayer, Tristan Dewey, Helen Grimley, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci, Michael Szumowski, Cornel Wilczek, Jeremy Yang, Peter Cavallo, Sarah Aarons, Graham Donald, Tai Jordan, Mark Pearl and Timothy Cheel.
The winners are to be announced in Sydney at the City Recital Hall on Tuesday, November 8. Emmy Award winning screen composer Ashley Irwin will lead a live orchestra that will perform a selection of nominated compositions, and The Chaser’s Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen will host the ceremony.
And the nominees are:
Feature Film Score of the Year:
99 Homes, composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales
Crew Cut, composed by Timothy Cheel and Christopher Larkin
Oddball, composed by Cezary Skubiszewski
The Dressmaker, composed by David Hirschfelder
Best Music for a Documentary:
Getting Frank Gehry, composed by Caitlin Yeo
Neon, composed by Antony Partos
Putuparri and the Rainmakers, composed by David Bridie, published by Mushroom Music
The Will to Fly, composed by Tom Rouch, published by Native Tongue Music Publishing
Best Music for a Short Film:
Banana Boy, composed by Adam Moses
Daisy Chain, composed by Hylton Mowday
Letting Blood, composed by Nicholas Robert Thayer
Ravens, composed by Michael Yezerski with additional music by Helen Grimley
Best Soundtrack Album:
All About E, composed by Basil Hogios
Only the Dead, composed by Michael Yezerski
Sherpa, composed by Antony Partos
The Dressmaker, composed by David Hirschfelder
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen:
Dancing in the Darkness from The Letdown, composed by Darren Seltmann and Sally Seltmann, published by Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia
Maurice’s Big Adventure from Big Adventure, composed by Sean Peter, published by ABC Music Publishing
Those Friends of Mine from Pawno, composed by Tristan Dewey, Tai Jordan and Mark Pearl
When You Were on the Run from No Activity, composed by Cameron Bruce
Best Music for Children’s Television:
Bottersnikes & Gumbles: Up, Up and Away, composed by Michael Szumowski, published by J Albert & Son and Cheeky Little Media
Mako: Island of Secrets: Homecoming, composed by Ricky Edwards and Brett Aplin
Transformers Rescue Bots: The Last of Morocco, composed by Christopher Elves, published by Mushroom Music obo Britteridge Publishing/BMG Platinum Songs
The New Adventures of Figaro Pho: Odd Socks, composed by Michael Darren, Luke Jurevicius and Christopher Larkin
Best Television Theme:
Compass, composed by Caitlin Yeo, published by ABC Music Publishing
Here Come the Habibs, composed by Kyls Burtland
Nos Youm, composed by Peter Cavallo
Tomorrow When the War Began, composed by Cameron Giles-Webb and Colin Simkins, published by Universal Music Publishing obo Ambience Entertainment
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial:
Glitch: There Is No Justice, composed by Cornel Wilczek
Janet King: The Invisible Wound, composed by Antony Partos, published by Sonar Music
The Principal: Revolution School, composed by Roger Mason
Wanted: Series 1 Episode 6, composed by Michael Yezerski, published by Red Music Publishing
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie:
DNA Nation, composed by Matteo Zingales
Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, composed by Michael Yezerski and Ashley Irwin, published by Shine Australia
Secret City, composed by David Bridie, published by Mushroom Music
The Beautiful Lie, composed by Alan John
Best Music for an Advertisement:
2016 AICP Opening, composed by Jeremy Yang
Cadbury Marvellous Creations, composed by Rafael May
Country Racing Victoria: It’s Got it All, composed by Robert Upward, published by Mushroom Music
Rio 2016 Olympics, composed by Sarah Aarons, Anthony Egizii, David Musumeci, and Graham Donald,
published by Sony ATV Music Publishing Allegro, Sony ATV Music Publishing Australia and Red Music Publishing
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Composers Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
Composer Jay Stewart
Composer Neil Sutherland
Composer Nick Perjanik
