'Ned Kelly' Film Composer Takes Out Top Prize At 2020 Screen Music Awards

The 2020 Screen Music Award winners have been announced overnight, which went ahead as a virtual event for the first time ever. 

The prestigious Feature Film Score of the Year category was won by Jed Kurzel, composer of the 2019 Stan-released True History Of The Kelly Gang (directed by brother Justin Kurzel).

The win is Kurzel's third in the category, having previously won for Snowtown and Slow West.

Meanwhile just days after her AACTAs win, Amanda Brown (The Go-Betweens) won Best Music for a TV Series or Serial for Network Ten psychological drama The Secrets She Keeps.

The win is Brown's first Screen Music awards since 2009 when she took out Best Music For A Documentary for Sidney Nolan: Mask and Memory.

Check out all of the winners below or watch the full ceremony here.

Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen

Composer - Nerida Tyson-Chew

Feature Film Score of the Year

True History of the Kelly Gang
Composed by Jed Kurzel
Published by G Schirmer Australia obo Chester Music

Best Music for a Documentary

Machine            
Composed by Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music

Best Music for a Short Film

The Sand That Ate The Sea
Composed by Luke Howard
Published by Secretly Canadian Publishing

Best Soundtrack Album

Judy & Punch
Composed by François Tétaz
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing

Best Original Song Composed for the Screen

Ballad of the Bridge Builders from The Skin of Others
Composed by David Bridie/Tom Murray
Published by Mushroom Music

Best Music for Children’s Television

Thalu
Composed by Ned Beckley/Josh Hogan

Best Television Theme

Unorthodox
Composed by Antonio Gambale
Published by BMG Rights Management obo Maisie Anthems

Best Music for a Television Series or Serial

The Secrets She Keeps
Composed by                Amanda Brown
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP

Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie

Unorthodox
Composed by                Antonio Gambale
Published by BMG Rights Management obo Maisie Anthems

Best Music for an Advertisement

Georgetown Optician: Eyes Say More Than Words
Composed by                Scott Langley
Published by Squeak E. Clean Studios

Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia

Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks

Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas

Neil Sutherland