Nominations
Nominees have been announed in twelve award categories for the 2009 Screen Music Awards. The Awards ceremony will be held on Monday 2 November at City Recital Hall, Angel Place.
In addition, the winner of the International Achievement Award - determined by the APRA Board of Directors - will be announced at the awards ceremony.
Best Music for an Advertisement
| Title |
Earth Hour Candle "Everybody's Singing This Song" |
| Composer |
Elliott Wheeler |
| Title |
H & R Block "Paper-Man" |
| Composer |
Scott Langley |
| Publisher |
Nylon Publishing Pty Ltd |
| Title |
Wedgwood "Timeless" |
| Composer |
Basil Hogios |
| Title |
Optus "Whale Song" |
| Composer |
Bruce Heald |
| Publisher |
Noise International Pty Ltd |
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Best Music for a Documentary
| Title |
Contact |
| Composer |
Antony Partos |
| Title |
Death of the Megabeasts |
| Composer |
Ash Gibson Greig |
| Title |
Rainforest the Secret of Life |
| Composer |
Yantra de Vilder |
| Title |
Sidney Nolan: Mask and Memory |
| Composer |
Amanda Brown |
| Publisher |
Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
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Best Music for a Short Film
| Title |
Dear Diary |
| Composer |
Alan Harding |
| Title |
Liebermans in the Sky |
| Composer |
Pete E Neville |
| Title |
Lucy Wants to Kill Herself |
| Composer |
Brett Aplin |
| Title |
The Cat Piano |
| Composer |
Benjamin Speed |
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Best Soundtrack Album
| Title |
Australia |
| Composers |
Various |
| Publisher |
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo TCF Music Publishing Inc |
| Title |
Balibo |
Composers
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Various |
| Publisher |
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
| Title |
Death Defying Acts |
| Composer |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
| Publisher |
Albert Music |
| Title |
Restraint |
| Composer |
Elliott Wheeler |
| Publisher |
Nylon Publishing Pty Ltd |
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Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
| Title |
Balibo - Balibo |
| Composer |
Ego Lemos |
| Publishers |
SFM Publishing administered by Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
| Title |
By the Boab Tree - Australia |
| Composers |
Angela Little, Baz Luhrmann*, Felix Meagher, Anton Monsted, Schuyler Weiss |
| Publishers |
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo TCF Music Publishing Inc / Bazmark* |
| Title |
Mother's Lament - from Essence of the Game |
| Composer |
Jamie Saxe |
| Title |
This Isn't Easy - from Chandon Pictures |
| Composer |
Cameron Bruce |
| Publisher |
Shadowfax TV Pty Ltd |
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Best Music for Children's Television
| Title |
Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist |
| Composer |
Guy Gross |
| Publisher |
SLR Productions Pty Ltd |
| Title |
Figaro Pho |
| Composers |
Michael Darren & Luke Jurevicius |
| Title |
Master Raindrop |
| Composer |
Russell Thornton |
| Publisher |
Supersonic Pty Limited |
| Title |
The Adventures of Charlotte and Henry |
| Composer |
Sean Peter |
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Best Television Theme
| Title |
Carla Cametti PD |
| Composers |
Cezary Skubiszewski* / Jan Skubiszewski |
| Publisher |
Albert Music* |
| Title |
Gonna Be On Top (Australia's Next Top Model) |
| Composers |
Travis Conneeley / Martin Eden* |
| Publisher |
Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd* |
| Title |
Satisfaction |
| Composer |
Cameron Giles-Webb / Colin Simkins |
| Publisher |
Gusto Music Pty Ltd |
| Title |
The Stamp of Australia |
| Composer |
Nerida Tyson-Chew |
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Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
| Title |
Bogan Pride - Episode 6 - The Dance Battle |
| Composer |
Michael Lira |
| Publisher |
Supersonic Pty Limited |
| Title |
McLeod's Daughters - Episode 224 - The Long Paddock |
| Composer |
Alastair Ford |
| Publisher |
Nine Films & Television Pty Ltd |
| Title |
Rush - Episode 11 |
| Composer |
Stephen Rae |
| Publisher |
Universal Music Publishing Pty Ltd obo Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd |
| Title |
Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities - Episode 9 - Judas Kiss |
| Composer |
Burkhard Dallwitz |
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Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
| Title |
False Witness |
| Composer |
Burkhard Dallwitz |
| Title |
Saved |
| Composer |
Antony Partos |
| Title |
The Informant |
| Composer |
Eric Chapus |
| Publisher |
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
| Title |
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce |
| Composer |
Roger Mason |
| Publisher |
Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd |
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Best Feature Film Score
| Title |
Australia |
| Composer |
David Hirschfelder |
| Publisher |
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd obo TCF Music Publishing Inc |
| Title |
Balibo |
| Composer |
Lisa Gerrard |
| Publisher |
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L |
| Title |
Disgrace |
| Composers |
Graeme Koehne / Antony Partos |
| Title |
Two Fists One Heart |
| Composer |
David Bridie |
| Publisher |
Mushroom Music Pty Ltd |
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Most Performed Composer - Australia
- Nick Perjanik
- Jay Stewart
- Neil Sutherland
- Brenton White
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Most Performed Composer - Overseas
- Alastair Ford
- Ric Formosa/Danny Beckerman
- Guy Gross
- Neil Sutherland