Screen Music Awards 2021: winners

ABC Kids series Bluey has dominated at the 2021 Screen Music Awards.

In his first ever wins, composer Joff Bush has taken out Best Music for Children’s Programming for Bluey and with co-composers, David Barber, Helena Czajka, Marly Lüske, Lachlan Nicolson and Steve Peach, a Best Soundtrack Album win for Bluey: The Album.

APRA AMCOS and the AGSC announced winners last night after having to cancel a planned in-person event in Melbourne.

There were also wins for composers from Halifax: Retribution, Jack Irish and Hungry Ghosts.

Here are TV and related winners:

Best Music for a Documentary
Playing with Sharks
Composed by Caitlin Yeo

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

Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
Bagi-la-m Bargan from Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky
Composed by Nathan Bird*, Fred Leone & Daniel Rankine^
Published by Sony Music Publishing obo Bad Apples Music Publishing* / Sony Music Publishing obo Blue Max Music Publishing^

Best Music for Children’s Programming
Bluey
Composed by Joff Bush
Published by Universal Music Publishing obo BBC Worldwide Limited

Best Television Theme
Halifax Retribution
Composed by Cezary Skubiszewski & Jan Skubiszewski*
Published by Sony Music Publishing obo Beyond Properties / Mushroom Music*

Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Jack Irish
Composed by David McCormack & Antony Partos
Published by Sonar Music

Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Title Hungry Ghosts
Composed by Roger Mason

Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Composers: Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
For: Masterchef, 20 to 1, Anh’s Brush with Fame

Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas
Composer: Neil Sutherland
For: Border Security, Mythbusters, Bondi Vet

The 2022 Screen Music Awards will be staged in the usual timeframe of November.