Screen Music Awards 2022: nominees

Nominees for the 2022 Screen Music Awards have been announced.

APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) recognise achievements in series, documentary, children’s programming, soundtrack albums, feature films and more.

This year includes nominations for RFDS, New Gold Mountain, The Newsreader, Total Control, The Twelve, Underbelly, and The Bureau of Magical Things.

Caitlin Yeo, Brett Aplin and Piers Burbrook de Vere lead the pack while other nominees include Missy Higgins, Kate Miller-Heidke, William Barton and Josh Pyke.

Winners will be announced at the Forum Melbourne, Tuesday 15 November, co-hosted by Akina Edmonds and Anne Edmonds
with Jessica Wells as Musical Director.

TV and related categories:

Best Television Theme

Books That Made Us
Composed by Jackson Milas
Published by Sonar Music

New Gold Mountain
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

The PM’s Daughter
Composed by Basil Hogios & Caitlin Yeo*
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP*

Troppo
Composed by Josh Pyke

Best Music for a Television Series or Serial

Total Control
Composed by Antony Partos & Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music

Blind Spotting
Composed by Michael Yezerski & Ambrose Akinmusire
Published by Snoot Music

The Newsreader
Composed by Cornel Wilczek

RFDS
Composed by Amanda Brown
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie

Books That Made Us
Composed by Jackson Milas
Published by Sonar Music

New Gold Mountain
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

The Twelve
Composed by Rafael May
Published by Cooking Vinyl Publishing

Underbelly: Vanishing Act
Composed by Amanda Brown
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

Best Music for a Documentary

A Fire Inside
Composed by Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music

Ms Represented with Annabel Crabb
Composed by Andrew Scott & Caitlin Yeo
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

No Mercy, No Remorse
Composed by Brett Aplin

Puff: Wonders of the Reef
Composed by Hylton Mowday
Published by We Love Jam Studios

Best Soundtrack Album

New Gold Mountain
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

No Mercy, No Remorse
Composed by Brett Aplin

River
Composed by Richard Tognetti with William Barton* & Piers Burbrook de Vere
Published by G Schirmer*

Wolf Like Me
Composed by Piers Burbrook de Vere
Published by Universal/MCA Music Publishing

Best Original Song Composed for the Screen

I Am My Own Panther Now from Preppers
Composed by Kate Miller-Heidke & Keir Nuttall
Published by Sony Music Publishing

Silver Linings from MumLife
Composed by Sophia Christopher

Spirit Voice of the Enchanted Waters from River
Composed by William Barton*, Piers Burbrook de Vere & Richard Tognetti
Published by G Schirmer*

Bloody Game from Total Control
Composed by Missy Higgins
Published by Mushroom Music

Best Music for Children’s Programming

Destroy the Invisibility Jacket
Composed by Joseph Twist

Space Nova: Dark Ice
Composed by Russell Thornton

The Bureau of Magical Things
Composed by Brett Aplin

The Deep
Composed by Nerida Tyson-Chew
Published by A Stark Production

Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia

Composers: Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
MasterChef, Anh’s Brush with Fame, Beauty and the Geek Australia

Composer: Damian de Boos-Smith
Better Homes and Gardens, Lego Masters, The Block

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

Composer: Mitch Stewart
MasterChef, Travel Guides, Love on the Spectrum

Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas

Composers: Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
MasterChef, Legomasters Australia

Composer: Alastair Ford
McLeod’s Daughters

Composer: Joff Bush
Bluey

Composer: Neil Sutherland
Border Security, MythBusters, Bondi Vet