Screen Music Awards 2021: nominees

Bluey, Ahn’s Brush with Fame, Love on the Spectrum, Hungry Ghosts, Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries, Bump and Wakefield are amongst nominees for the 2021 Screen Music Awards.

Leading the awards by APRA AMCOS and the AGSC (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) are composers Antony Partos, Cezary Skubiszewski and Michael Yezerski, Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks with 3 nominations each.

Dual nominees for the 2021 Screen Music Awards include David McCormack, Brontë Horder, Caitlin Yeo, Joff Bush, Roger Mason, and first time nominee Maria Alfonsine for Wakefield.

Winners will be announced on Tuesday 22 February. In light of the current COVID-19 situation, a live Screen Music Awards event has been cancelled.

TV and related categories:

Best Television Theme

100% Wolf – Legend of the Moonstone
Ned Beckley, Joni Hogan & Josh Hogan

Halifax Retribution
Cezary Skubiszewski & Jan Skubiszewski*
Sony Music Publishing obo Beyond Properties / Mushroom Music*

Hungry Ghosts
Roger Mason

Wakefield
Maria Alfonsine

Best Music for a Television Series or Serial

Bump
David McCormack & Matteo Zingales
Sonar Music

Jack Irish
David McCormack & Antony Partos
Sonar Music

Ms Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries
Burkhard Dallwitz, Brett Aplin & Dmitri Golovko

Wakefield
Maria Alfonsine & Caitlin Yeo

Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie

Exposed: The Ghost Train Fire
Anthony El-Ammar, Adam Gock, Mitch Stewart, Dinesh Wicks, Brontë Horder, David Huxtable, Richard LaBrooy, Rufio Sandilands, Alex Slater, Adam Sofo & Cassie To
Universal Music Publishing obo ABC Music Publishing

Halifax Retribution
Cezary Skubiszewski & Jan Skubiszewski*
Sony Music Publishing obo Beyond Properties / Mushroom Music*

Hungry Ghosts
Roger Mason

The End
Antony Partos
Sonar Music

Best Music for a Documentary

Chef Antonio’s Recipes for Revolution
Cezary Skubiszewski

Playing with Sharks
Caitlin Yeo

Quoll Farm
Maria Grenfell

The Magnitude of All Things
Rob Law
Gaga Music

Best Soundtrack Album

Bluey The Album
Joff Bush, David Barber, Helena Czajka, Marly Lüske, Lachlan Nicolson & Steve Peach
Universal Music Publishing obo BBC Worldwide Limited

Buckley’s Chance
Christopher Gordon

The Greenhouse
Freya Berkhout

The Vigil
Michael Yezerski

Best Original Song Composed for the Screen

Bagi-la-m Bargan from Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
Nathan Bird*, Fred Leone & Daniel Rankine^
Sony Music Publishing obo Bad Apples Music Publishing* / Sony Music Publishing obo Blue Max Music Publishing^

Fragile Soul from Ellie Was Here
Brontë Horder

On My Way from The Mitchells vs The Machines
Alex Lahey*, Sophie Payten^* & Gabriel Strum+*
Sony Music Publishing* / Mushroom Music^ / Native Tongue+

Suck My Cherry from Freaky
Luke Dubber*, Beatrice Lewis^, Joel Ma+, Claire Nakazawa^, Mieh Nakazawa^ & Angus Stuart*
Sony Music Publishing* / Gaga Music^ / Mushroom Music+

Best Music for Children’s Programming

Bluey
Joff Bush
Universal Music Publishing obo BBC Worldwide Limited

Daisy Quokka: World’s Scariest Animal
Ack Kinmonth

Dive Club
Piers Burbrook de Vere & Angela Little

Space Nova: Seaweed Samba
Russell Thornton

Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia

Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
MasterChef, 20 to 1, Anh’s Brush with Fame

Anthony El-Ammar
MasterChef, Married at First Sight, Lego Masters

Jay Stewart
The Block, Better Homes and Gardens, House Rules

Mitch Stewart
MasterChef, Travel Guides, Love on the Spectrum

Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas

Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
MasterChef, Holey Moley (USA), Sea Patrol (Seasons 1 and 2)

Alastair Ford
McLeod’s Daughters

Michael Yezerski
A Place to Call Home (Season 1 and 2, 5 and 6), Deputy, Reef Break

Neil Sutherland
Border Security, MythBusters, Bondi Vet