Australian music legend Paul Kelly and the composers behind local Netflix film I Am Mother are among the 2019 Screen Music Awards winners.
The event, held tonight at The Forum in Melbourne and hosted by Justine Clarke, celebrated the country’s burgeoning screen music industry, with talent working across feature films, documentaries, short films, children’s television, advertising and film and television soundtrack albums scoring accolades.
Kelly’s original song Every Day My Mother’s Voice, which appeared on Adam Goodes documentary The Final Quarter, was awarded Best Original Song Composed for the Screen, while composing duo Dan Luscombe (Blackeyed Susans, The Drones, Courtney Barnett) and Antony Partos picked up Feature Film Score of the Year for their stunning efforts on I Am Mother.
Partos also picked up Best Television Theme and Best Music for a Television Series or Serial for Stan original drama series Bloom.
The awards ceremony featured a performance of Every Day My Mother’s Voice by Ashley Naylor and Jessica Hitchcock and Musical Director Jessica Wells leading an orchestra that performed each of the nominated Feature Film Score of the Year compositions.
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
Best Soundtrack Album
Little Monsters - Composed by Piers Burbrook de Vere
Best Music for a Documentary
Australia’s Lost Impressionist - Composed by David Bridie
Best Television Theme
Bloom - Composed by Antony Partos
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Bloom - Composed by Jackson Milas and Antony Partos
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
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas
Composer Neil Sutherland
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