Held at Sydney’s City Recital Hall earlier this month, the Screen Music Award – staged jointly by APRA AMCOS and the AGSC – honoured composers across 13 categories, with a mix of first-time recipients and returning award winners. Cezary Skubiszewski, David Hirschfelder, David McCormack and Antony Partos were among those on the winners list.
Cezary Skubiszewski took out three Screen Music Awards from six nominations. He won Best Music for a Documentary for the highly acclaimed Once My Mother and Best Soundtrack Album for The Broken Shore. His composer / producer son Jan Skubiszewski shared the award for their collaboration on Serangoon Road (Episode 6) in the Best Music for a Television Series or Serial category.
Academy Award nominated composer David Hirschfelder won the Feature Film Score of the Year for his work on The Railway Man, which takes his total Screen Music Award tally to six awards.
Cezary Skubiszewski
Composers David McCormack and Antony Partos won the category of Best Original Song Composed for the Screen for their collaboration on Don’t Let Go from the ABC hit series Rake.
Best Television Theme, went to Burkhard Dallwitz for his work on the crime drama Fat Tony & Co, Roger Mason won the category of Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for The Outlaw Michael Howe. Composer Russell Thornton secured his first ever Screen Music Award in the Best Music for Children’s Television category for his work on Get Ace (Series 1).
Renowned composer Ashley Irwin opened the show by leading an orchestral medley of classic television ads including ads from Aeroplane Jelly, Tooheys New, and AAMI Insurance, kicking off the ceremony with a whole round of laughs and cheers from the audience.
Complete list of 2014 Screen Music Awards Winners :
International Achievement Award
Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks (The D.A’s Office)
Feature Film Score of the Year:
David Hirschfelder “The Railway Man”. Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing
Best Music for a Documentary
Cezary Skubiszewski “One My Mother”
Best Music for a Short Film
Luke Howard “Where Do Lilacs Come From”
Best Soundtrack Album
Cezary Skubiszewski “The Broken Shore”
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
David MoCormack and Antony Partos “Don’t Let Go” from Rake. Published by Sonar Music Pty Ltd
Best Music for Children’s Television
Russel Thornton “Get Ace” Series 1. Published by Galaxy Pop
Best Television Theme
Burkhard Dallwitz “Fat Tony & Co.”
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Cezary Skubiszewski and Jan Skubiszewski “Serangoon Road- Episode 6”. Published by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd.
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Roger Mason “The Outlaw Michael Howe”
Best Music for an Advertisement
Ryan Walsh “Where Australia Shines”
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Jay Stewart
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas
Neil Sutherland
Don Hany and David Hirschfelder
Headline image: Antony Partos, David McCormack, Cezary Skubiszewski
For full details of all the winners, visit: http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/.
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