Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos.
The musical partnership between Matteo Zingales and Antony Partos has served them well, earning them four combined nominations for year’s Screen Music Awards, to be staged jointly by APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) in November.
Together Zingales and Partos are nominated for Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie for Wake in Fright and Mystery Road, and both Feature Film Score of the Year and Best Soundtrack Album for HBO film Fahrenheit 451.
Separately, Zingales received an additional two nominations for Best Television Theme and Best Music for a Television Series for his work Harrow, and Partos is also nominated for Best Music for a Documentary for The Director and The Jedi.
Competing against Zingales and Partos for Best Feature Film Score of the Year are Caitlin Yeo for The Butterfly Tree, Christopher Gordon for Ladies in Black, and Richard Pleasance for Brothers’ Nest.
Yeo, who is also the AGSC president, has earned an additional three nominations for her work on The House with Annabel Crabb (Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie), Barbara (Best Music for a Short Film), and The Butterfly Tree (Best Soundtrack Album).
This year there are a number of first time nominees, including: Justine Clarke, Emily Wurramara, Jackson Milas, Ben Lam, Oscar Joe Gross, David Cheshire and Jojo Rainwater.
Of the awards, Yeo said: “The Screen Music Awards are a highlight for our screen composers every year. While it is most certainly a celebration of our craft it is also an opportunity to gather together, debrief and learn from each other. This is now more important than ever. In our rapidly changing globalised industry, with tighter schedules and shrinking resources, the challenges we face in producing world-class scores are immense. If our industry is to survive and thrive then it will be, in part, through shared experiences such as these and by supporting and celebrating each other. Congratulations to all the nominees and I hope to see you there on the night!”
Winners will be announced at an event at Sydney’s City Recital Hall November 19. Musical director Jessica Wells will lead a live orchestra that will perform a selection of nominated compositions, and Denise Scott will host the ceremony.
The full list of nominees:
Feature Film Score of the Year
Title Brothers’ Nest
Composed by Richard Pleasance
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing
Title Fahrenheit 451
Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales
Published by Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo T-L Music Publishing
Title Ladies in Black
Composed by Christopher Gordon
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing obo Twenty Fifteen Avenue Music
Title The Butterfly Tree
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Best Television Theme
Title Harrow
Composed by Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music
Title Lawless – The Real Bushrangers
Composed by Rafael May
Title Oddlands
Composed by Joff Bush
Title The Stargazer’s Guide to the Cosmos
Composed by Sean Tinnion
Best Music for a Television Series or Serial
Title Doctor Blake Mysteries
Composed by Dale Cornelius
Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing
Title Glitch
Composed by Cornel Wilczek
Title Harrow
Composed by Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music
Title Picnic at Hanging Rock
Composed by Cezary Skubiszewski & Jan Skubiszewski
Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie
Title Mystery Road
Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music
Title The House with Annabel Crabb
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Published by ABC Music Publishing
Title UnderBelly Files: Chopper
Composed by Burkhard Dallwitz
Title Wake In Fright
Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales
Published by Sonar Music
Best Music for a Documentary
Title My Mother’s Lost Children
Composed by Dale Cornelius
Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing
Title The Director and The Jedi
Composed by Antony Partos
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Disney Music and Wampa Tauntaun Music
Title The Stargazer’s Guide to the Cosmos
Composed by Sean Tinnion
Title The Story of Earth
Composed by Dale Cornelius
Published by Native Tongue Music Publishing
Best Music for a Short Film
Title Abandon Tryptich
Composed by Kyls Burtland
Title Barbara
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Title Lost and Found
Composed by Adrian Sergovich
Title The Passion Films: Alice
Composed by Basil Hogios
Best Soundtrack Album
Title Every Day
Composed by Elliott Wheeler
Title Fahrenheit 451
Composed by Antony Partos and Matteo Zingales
Published by Universal/MCA Music Publishing obo T-L Music Publishing
Title Ghosthunter
Composed by Rafael May
Title The Butterfly Tree
Composed by Caitlin Yeo
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
Title Everywhere’s A Dance Floor
from The Justine Clarke Show
Composed by Justine Clarke* and Sean Peter
Published by Sony/ATV Music Publishing*
Title Grace Beside Me
Composed by Amanda Brown* and Emily Wurramara
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP* and Mushroom Music
Title Now I Know from Pulse
Composed by Oscar Joe Gross
Published by ABC Music Publishing
Title Prison Bound from Brothers’ Nest
Composed by Richard Pleasance and Jojo Rainwater
Published by Kobalt Music Publishing obo Lillipilli IP
Best Music for Children’s Television
Title Guess How Much I Love You:
Christmas to the Moon and Back
Composed by Ryan Grogan
Published by SLR Productions
Title Jar Dwellers SOS!
Composed by David Cheshire
Title The Deep: The Missing
Composed by Nerida Tyson-Chew
Title The Wild Adventures of Blinky Bill:
The Budgie Smuggler
Composed by Russell Thornton
Published by Red Music Publishing
Best Music for an Advertisement
Title Forty Winks
Composed by Jackson Milas
Published by Sonar Music
Title Singapore Airlines: The Briefcase
Composed by Scott Langley
Title Tiger Beer: Chinese New Year
Composed by Ben Lam
Title Tourism Tasmania:
Go Behind the Scenery XI
Composed by Nicholas West, Daniel Higson
and Antony Smith
Published by Smith & Western Studios
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia*
Composers Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
Composer Jay Stewart
Composer Mitch Stewart
Composer Neil Sutherland
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas*
Composer Alastair Ford
Composers Garry McDonald and Lawrence Stone
Composer Jed Kurzel
Composer Neil Sutherland
*Determined by statistical analysis
Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award (as determined by APRA Board of Directors)