Dead Can Dance, Custard Songwriters Nominated For Screen Music Awards

Nominations for this year's Screen Music Awards have been announced, today, with the nation's best composers for the screen recognised in the APRA-presented awards.

Across the 12 categories 61 composers are represented and ABC's The Slap has picked up the most nominations. It's up for Best Television Theme, Music For A Mini-Series Or Telemovie and Soundtrack Album. As a result Antony Partos is the composer with the most nominations, with the three for The Slap and one for Mabo.

Dead Can Dance's Lisa Gerrard has picked up a nomination for her work on feature film Burning Man while Custard's Dave McCormack appears again with collaborator Michael Lira for their work on television period drama Wild Boys in the category of Television Series Or Serial. Last year the two (along with this year's nominations leader Antony Partos) won the award for Best Series Or Telemovie with their music for Rake.

Not Drowning, Waving and My Friend The Chocolate Cake's David Bridie has also been nominated for his soundtrack to The Straits.

Other familiar screen music names that have been recognised in the nominations include Burkhard Dallwitz, Bryony Marks, Stephen Rae, Richard Tognetti, Roger Mason, Nerida Tyson-Chew and Michael Yezerski.

After moving from Sydney to Melbourne this year, the awards will take place on Monday 19 November at BMW Edge at Federation Square. They will be hosted by The Chaser's Chris Taylor and Andrew Hanson with musical direction from Paul Grabowsky.

The nominations are as follows:                                                                                   

FEATURE FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR

Burning Man; composer Lisa Gerrard; publisher Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia P/L
Needle; composer Jamie Blanks
Santa's Apprentice; composer Nerida Tyson-Chew; publishers Fintage Publishing Australia BV obo Avrill Stark Entertainment Pty Ltd
Storm Surfers 3D; composers Richard Tognetti/Michael Yezerski

BEST MUSIC FOR A DOCUMENTARY

Gallipoli From Above; composer Dale Cornelius; publisher Native Tongue Music Publishing
Seduction In The City: The Birth Of Shopping; composer Caitlin Yeo
The Impossible Lens: The True Story Of Dr Jim Frazier; composer Russell Thornton
Tiger Dynasty; composer Brett Aplin

BEST MUSIC FOR A SHORT FILM

Aurora; composer Christopher Larkin
Boston Tommy; composer Jonathan Dreyfus; publisher Source Music Pty Ltd
My Constellation; composer Bruce Heald; publisher Noise International Pty Ltd
This Dog's Life; composer Roger Mason

BEST SOUNDTRACK ALBUM

Cloudstreet; composer Bryony Marks; publisher Source Music Pty Ltd
The Slap; composers Michael Lira*/Jono Ma*/Antony Partos*/Irine Vela; publisher Sonar Music Pty Ltd*
The Straits; composer David Bridie; publisher Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Underbelly Razor; composer Burkhard Dallwitz

BEST ORIGINAL SONG COMPOSED FOR THE SCREEN

Animula Vagula from Exitus Roma; composer Leah Curtis
Hey Hootabelle from Giggle & Hoot; composer Lior Attar; publishers ABC Music Publishing/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Love Finds a Way from Shopping; composers Will Kuether/Russell Thornton
The Goodnight Song from The Disney Channel; composers Kylie Burtland/Chloe Cassidy

BEST MUSIC FOR CHILDREN'S TELEVISION

AH; composer Henrique Dib
Gasp!; composers Ryan Grogan/Hylton Mowday; publisher SLR Productions Pty Ltd
Hey Hootabelle; composer Lior Attar; publishers ABC Music Publishing/Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
My Place: Sarah; composer Roger Mason

BEST TELEVISION THEME

Guess How Much I Love You; composers Ryan Grogan/Hylton Mowday; publisher SLR Productions Pty Ltd
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries; composer Greg Walker; publisher Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
My Sri Lanka with Peter Kuruvita; composer Vicki Hansen
The Slap; composer Antony Partos; publisher Sonar Music Pty Ltd

BEST MUSIC FOR A TELEVISION SERIES OR SERIAL

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries; composer Greg Walker; publisher Mushroom Music Pty Ltd
Who Do You Think You Are? Vince Colosimo; composer Ash Gibson Greig
Wild Boys; composers Michael Lira/David McCormack; publishers Southern Star Entertainment Pty Ltd administered by EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd
Underbelly Razor; composer Burkhard Dallwitz

BEST MUSIC FOR A MINI-SERIES OR TELEMOVIE

Beaconsfield; composer Stephen Rae
Dripping In Chocolate; composer Matteo Zingales; publisher Supersonic Pty Limited
Mabo; composer Antony Partos; publisher Sonar Music Pty Ltd
The Slap; composer Antony Partos; publisher Sonar Music Pty Ltd

BEST MUSIC FOR AN ADVERTISEMENT

Bundy Rum: Ain't No Nancy Drink; composers Andrew Page/Ramesh Sathiah; publisher Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd
Levi's: Levi's X Korea National Ballet; composer Rafael May
Nutrilon: Hope; composer Haydn Walker; publisher Song Zu Publishing Pty Ltd
Volkswagen Tiguan: Cross Country; composer Elliott Wheeler

MOST PERFORMED SCREEN COMPOSER – AUSTRALIA

Composers Adam Gock/Dinesh Wicks
Composer Anthony El Ammar
Composer Jay Stewart
Composer Neil Sutherland

MOST PERFORMED SCREEN COMPOSER – OVERSEAS

Composer Alastair Ford
Composer David Hirschfelder
Composer Neil Sutherland
Composers Ric Formosa/Ricky Edwards

The final two, 'Most Performed' categories are determined by statistical analysis.