This year’s Screen Music Awards will be held at Forum Melbourne on Tuesday, 29 October.
Amanda Brown, Electric Fields, Tim Minchin (Daniel Boud, Supplied)
The 2024 Screen Music Awards winners will be revealed in a matter of weeks, and today, the massive list of nominees has dropped, courtesy of APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).
With the likes of Joff Bush (music composer for Bluey), Amanda Brown, Tim Minchin, Radical Son, Electric Fields, and many more up for awards, the strength of Australian music on screen will be on display.
This year’s Screen Music Awards will be held at Forum Melbourne/Naarm on Tuesday, 29 October. Hosted by comedian, actor, writer and improviser Susie Youssef, with Musical Director Erkki Veltheim leading a live orchestra, the music from the screen will be brought to life throughout the evening.
Starring a blend of 29 first-time nominees alongside seasoned screen composers, the Screen Music Awards feature 15 categories that follow compositions for documentaries, short films, advertising, children’s programming, feature film scores and, for the first time, music for games/interactive media and unscripted and reality television.
Bluey has been nominated for some huge awards: Best Music for Children’s Programming and Most Performed Composer – Overseas (Joff Bush), after being named the most-watched show in the US this year.
A brand-new category, Emerging Screen Composer of the Year, has been introduced. It features nominees Alex Olijnyk (co-composer of the original score for Fake), Ayda Akbal, James Mountain, and Luna Pan (The Block, Bondi Rescue, Bluey).
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Elsewhere, Amanda Brown and Antonio Gambale have been recognised for their work on Prosper (Best Music for a Television Drama), while Brown received another nomination in the Best Original Song Composed for the Screen category alongside Damien Lane and David Leha (Radical Son) for their work on Carry You for RFDS.
Other nominees in the category include Tim Minchin (Good Day Sunshine from Netflix series Eric), Zaachariaha Fielding and Michael Ross of Electric Fields fame for their song Tjukurpa from Faraway Downs, and Jack Doepel, Benjamin Freeman and Angus Mills for Echo from Lighting of the Sails for Vivid 2024.
You can find the full list of nominees below.
Title: Monkey Man
Composed by: Jed Kurzel
Published by: Universal/MCA Music Publishing
Title: Plan Bea
Composed by: Sean Peter
Title: The Rooster
Composed by: Stefan Gregory
Title: Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp
Composed by: Michael Lira
Published by: Universal/MCA Music Publishing
Alex Olijnyk
Ayda Akbal
James Mountain
Luna Pan
Title: Beep and Mort: Today! The Musical
Composed by: Harry Covill
Title: Bluey: The Sign
Composed by: Joff Bush, Jazz D’Arcy, Daniel O’Brien & Joe Twist
Published by: Universal Music Publishing
Title: The Sloth Lane
Composed by: Ack Kinmonth
Title: Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
Composed by: Hamish Francis
Title: Every Little Thing
Composed by: Caitlin Yeo
Published by: Kobalt Music Publishing obo LILLIPILLI
Title: Fungi: Web of Life
Composed by: Piers Burbrook de Vere & Angela Little
Title: Secrets of the Octopus
Composed by: Rafael May
Published by: Sony Music Publishing
Title: War Tails
Composed by: Piotr Nowotnik
Title: Blame the Rabbit
Composed by: Michael Darren
Title: The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie and Celeste
Composed by: Alex Olijnyk
Title: Quiet Night Thought
Composed by: Madeleine Mallis
Title: We Used To Own Houses
Composed by: Joel Byrne & Wade Keighran
Published by: GAGA Music Publishing
Title: Bump: Work
Composed by: Jackson Milas & Josie Mann
Published by: Sonar Music Publishing
Title: The Artful Dodger: Season 1 Episode 1
Composed by: Antony Partos
Published by: Sony Music Publishing
Title: While The Men Are Away: Furrowing The Fuhrer's Brow!
Composed by: Michael Yezerski
Title: Wolf Like Me: Season 2 Episode 4
Composed by: Piers Burbrook de Vere
Published by: Universal/MCA Music Publishing
Title: High Country: Season 1 Episode 1
Composed by: Cezary Skubiszewski and Jan Skubiszewski
Title: Ladies in Black: Season 1 Episode 1
Composed by: Matteo Zingales
Published by: Sonar Music Publishing
Title: Prosper: Season 1 Episode 2
Composed by: Amanda Brown & Antonio Gambale
Published by: Kobalt Music Publishing obo LILLIPILLI
Title: The Newsreader: Fireworks
Composed by: Cornel Wilczek & Thomas Rouch*
Published by: Concord Music Publishing ANZ*
Title: Australia By Design Architecture
Composed by: Marlon Grunden & Robert Upward
Published by: Mushroom Music
Title: LEGO Masters
Composed by: Adam Gock, Dinesh Wicks, Anthony Ammar, David Bruggemann, Brontë Horder, David Huxtable, Richard LaBrooy, Adam Sofo, Mitch Stewart, Cassie To
Published by: Universal Music Publishing obo Endomol Australia Pty Ltd
Title: MasterChef
Composed by: Adam Gock, Dinesh Wicks, Anthony Ammar, Emma Greenhill, Brontë Horder, Richard LaBrooy, Adam Sofo, Mitch Stewart & Cassie To
Published by: Universal Music Publishing obo Endomol Australia Pty Ltd
Title: The Summit
Composed by: Charlton Hill, Justin Shave, David Barber
Published by: Universal Music Publishing obo Uncanny Valley
Title: Every Hue of You
Composed by: Meena Shamaly & Natalie Jeffreys
Title: Nine Realms: Revolt
Composed by: Rory Chenoweth & Samuel Marks
Title: Seekers of the Shard: Dragonfire
Composed by: David Barber
Title: Solium Infernum
Composed by: Michael Allen
Title: Night Bloomers
Composed by: Darren Lim
Title: The Mission
Composed by: Joel Farland
Title: The Way We Wore
Composed by: Ned Beckley & Josh Hogan
Title: Zip and the Tiny Sprouts
Composed by: Jazz D’Arcy
Title: Carry You from RFDS
Composed by: Amanda Brown*, Damien Lane* & David Leha
Published by: Kobalt Music Publishing obo LILLIPILLI*
Title: Echo from Lighting of the Sails for Vivid 2024
Composed by: Jack Doepel, Benjamin Freeman & Angus Mills
Title: Good Day Sunshine from Eric
Composed by: Tim Minchin
Published by: Kobalt Music Publishing/David Platz Music (Australia)
Title: Tjukurpa from Faraway Downs
Composed by: Zaachariaha Fielding & Michael Ross
Published by: Sony Music Publishing
Title: Sleeping Dogs
Composed by: David Hirschfelder
Published by: Cas Music Australia
Title: Talk To Me
Composed by: Cornel Wilczek & Thomas Rouch*
Published by: Concord ANZ*
Title: The Rooster
Composed by: Stefan Gregory
Title: Travels on My Donkey
Composed by: Burkhard Dallwitz
Title: Carlton Dry: Drylandia
Composed by: Jeremy Richmond
Published by: Rumble Studios
Title: Husk
Composed by: Matteo Zingales & Josh Pearson
Published by: Sonar Music
Title: Life Giving Learning
Composed by: Finn Clarke
Title: The Voice 2024 Launch aka Team Unite
Composed by: Charlton Hill, Justin Shave, Reigan Derry* & Graham Donald^
Published by: Universal Music Publishing obo Uncanny Valley, Mushroom Music Publishing obo Young&Vicious*, Red Music Publishing^
Composer: Adam Gock & Dinesh Wicks
For MasterChef Australia, Travel Guides, Married At First Sight
Composer: Jay Stewart
For: The Block, Better Homes & Gardens, The Force
Composer: Mitchell Stewart
For: MasterChef Australia, Travel Guides, Married At First Sight
Composer: Neil Sutherland
For: Border Security, Australian Crime Stories, Bondi Vet
Composer: Joff Bush
For: Bluey
Composer: Adam Gock & Dinesh Wicks
For: MasterChef Australia, Stars on Mars, Lego Masters Australia
Composer: Mitchell Stewart
For: Stars on Mars, Lego Masters Australia, The Biggest Loser
Composer: Neil Sutherland
For: Border Security, Mythbusters, Bondi Vet