Animal Kingdom chases Feature Film Score of the Year
Thursday, 7 October 2010
The score for award‐winning Melbourne underworld crime drama, Animal Kingdom, composed by Antony Partos and Sam Petty, is among the final nominees for the prestigious Feature Film Score of the Year.
Each year the music industry gathers to celebrate excellence in the composition of music for film and television. The 2010 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS, presented by APRA (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the AGSC (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) will be held at BMW Edge in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 November.
"Across 12 awards categories we are proud to recognise 41 composers, and 38 works as representing the best in Australian screen composition for 2010. Showcasing the depth talent and diversity of creativity of our screen composers, the annual Screen Music Awards afford us an opportunity to shine the spotlight on the, often, unsung heroes of the small and big screens,” says APRA|AMCOS CEO Brett Cottle.
Alongside Antony Partos and Sam Petty in the running for Feature Film Score of the Year are Christopher Gordon for Mao’s Last Dancer, Cezary Skubiszewski for Beneath Hill 60 and Michael Yezerski for The Waiting City.
Christopher Gordon’s score has also received a nomination the Best Soundtrack Album and Antony Partos has been nominated in the same category for another of his works, Accidents Happen.
Bryony Marks has received two nominations for Best Music for a Television Series or Serial and Best Television Theme for her work on Tangle.
Geoffrey Russell has been nominated for Best Music for a Documentary for Wheels in Motion and Best Music for a Short Film for Kanowna.
Elliott Wheeler has collected two out of the four nominations for Best Music for an Advertisement for both Expedia Housekeeping and Weet‐Bix Opera.
The Chaser’s Andrew Hanson and Chris Taylor are nominees in the category of Best Original Song Composed for the Screen for “The War is Over”.
Neil Sutherland has been nominated for the Most Performed Screen Composer in both Australia and overseas. The other most performed nominees are: Adam Gock, Dinesh Wicks, Jay Stewart, Alistair Ford, Christopher Elves and Rick Formosa & Danny Beckerman.
The diversity of the 2010 nominees announced today show the depth of Australia’s screen composing talent. The list includes some of the country’s most respected artists alongside some exciting new faces.
Click here for the complete list of nominees for the 2010 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS:
Clive Harrison, President, AGSC said “Australian screen music has well and truly come of age, as reflected by the richness and diversity of nominees for feature films. The quality of all nominations is a tribute not just to Australian screen composers, but to the Australian film & TV industry as a whole.”
For the fifth year the incomparable composer Paul Grabowsky, will be conducting a live orchestra performing a selection of this year’s nominated compositions, and will also direct musical proceedings for the 2010 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS.
The Chaser’s Chris Taylor and Andrew Hansen will host the event.
APRA and the AGSC would like to congratulate all nominees for the 2010 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS.
2010 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS CATEGORIES
- Best Music for an Advertisement
- Best Music for a Documentary
- Best Music for a Short Film
- Best Soundtrack Album
- Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
- Best Music for Children’s Television
- Best Television Theme
- Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
- Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
- Feature Film Score of the Year
- Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia*
- Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas*
*Determined by statistical analysis
2010 SCREEN MUSIC AWARDS
- Tuesday 9 November
- BMW Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
The 2010 Screen Music Awards are proudly presented with the support of Screen Australia.
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