The winners for outstanding achievements in music for feature films, documentaries, short films, children’s television, advertising, film and television soundtrack albums have been announced at the 2019 Screen Music Awards at the Forum, Melbourne. Together they represent the very best in Australian screen composition over the past 12 months.
Among the awards presented on the night, the Feature Film Score of the Year has been awarded to co-composers Dan Luscombe and Antony Partos for their work on the acclaimed science fiction thriller I Am Mother. Described by the Hollywood Reporter as a score “that ranges across ambient rumble, symphonic lushness and pulsing electronica”, their work has impressed the panel of judges to take out the top prize.
Antony Partos has also received the honour of Best Television Theme for his work on Bloom, a Stan original drama series about life in an idyllic country town a year after a devastating flood kills five locals. Partos’ third Screen Music award for 2019 is shared with co-composer Jackson Milas in the category of Best Music for a Television Series or Serial for Bloom. Fairfax television and film critic Debi Enker described the evocative score by Milas and Partos as “hauntingly melancholy and, at times, audacious.”
Every Day My Mother’s Voice, Paul Kelly’s (published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing) powerful tribute to the strong relationship between Adam Goodes and his mother, has been named the Best Original Song Composed for the Screen. The song was written for The Final Quarter, the Ian Darling directed documentary about the final stages of Goodes' football career.
AMPAL congratulate all the nominees and winners of the 2019 Screen Music Awards, including publisher members Sony/ATV Music Publishing and Mushroom Music.
For more information see the APRA AMCOS website, and the full list of winners is set out below.
2019 Screen Music Awards winners
Feature Film Score of the Year
I Am Mother
Composed by Dan Luscombe and Antony Partos
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
Every Day My Mother’s Voice from The Final Quarter
Composed by Paul Kelly
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Best Soundtrack Album
Little Monsters
Composed by Piers Burbrook de Vere
Best Music for a Documentary
Australia’s Lost Impressionist
Composed by David Bridie
Published by Mushroom Music
Best Television Theme
Bloom
Composed by Antony Partos
Published by Sonar Music
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Bloom
Composed by Jackson Milas and Antony Partos
Published by Sonar Music
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Dead Lucky
Composed by Michael Yezerski
Best Music for a Short Film
For the Girl in the Coffee Shop
Composed by Angela Little
Best Music for Children’s Television
The Pilgrims Progress
Composed by Michael Dooley
Best Music for an Advertisement
Dan Murphy’s
Composed by Adrian Sergovich
Published by Song Zu Publishing
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia*
Composers Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas*
Composer Neil Sutherland
*Determined by statistical analysis
