David McCormack Scores Two Screen Music Awards

9 December 2013 | 8:35 pm | Staff Writer

Redfern Now picks up plenty of praise at this year's awards.

The winners of the 2013 Screen Music Awards were announced at a ceremony in Sydney this evening, with renowned indie rocker David McCormack and collaborator Antony Partos scooping up two awards for their work on the Redfern Now program.

The duo picked up the award for Best Music for a Television Series or Serial for Redfern Now – Episode 4: Stand Up as well as the prize for Best Original Song Composed for the Screen for their song Lonely Child from that same show.

Other winners on the night included composer Caitlin Yeo, who won Feature Film Score Of The Year for her work on The Rocket, Dale Cornelius' theme to The Doctor Blake Mysteries picked up the prize for Best Television Theme, Catch Perfect by Jonathan Dreyfus won Best Music for a Short Film while Tropfest founder John Polson took out the International Achievement Award.

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The full list of winners in below:

International Achievement Award

John Polson

Feature Film Score Of The Year

Caitlin Yeo - The Rocket

Caitlin Yeo


Best Television Theme

Dale Cornelius - The Doctor Blake Mysteries (Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing)

Best Music For A Television Series Or Serial

David McCormack/Antony PartosRedfern Now – Episode 4: Stand Up (Published by Sonar Music Pty Ltd)

Best Music For A Mini-Series Or Telemovie

Cezary Skubiszewski - The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (Published by Burberry Productions)

Best Music For A Documentary

Michael Lira - The A-Z of Contemporary Art (Published by Sonar Music Pty Ltd)

Michael Lira

Best Music For A Short Film

Jonathan Dreyfus - Catch Perfect

Best Soundtrack Album

Rafael May - Black Water

Best Original Song Composed For The Screen

David McCormack/Antony Partos - Lonely Child from Redfern Now (Published by Sonar Music Pty Ltd)

Best Music For Children's Television

Christopher Elves - Flea Bitten (Published by Moody Street Kids Pty Ltd)

Best Music For An Advertisement

Erin McKimm - Shibui Hands

Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia

Jay Stewart

Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas

Neil Sutherland