The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2008 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards which include the APRA Music Awards, Classical Music Awards, and Screen Music Awards. The APRA Music Awards ceremony occurred on 16 June at the Sydney Hilton, they were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).[1] The Classical Music Awards were distributed in July in Sydney and are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC).[2] The Screen Music Awards were issued in November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).[3]
| APRA Music Awards of 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Date | 16 June 2008 |
| Location | Sydney Hilton Sydney, Australia |
Awards
editNominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awardsedit | ||||||
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Song of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [4][5] | |||
| "1234" | Feist | Sally Seltmann, Leslie Feist | Nominated | |||
| "20 Good Reasons" | Thirsty Merc | Rai Thistlethwayte | Nominated | |||
| "Better Than" | The John Butler Trio | John Butler | Nominated | |||
| "Lost and Running" | Powderfinger | Jonathon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton | Nominated | |||
| "Straight Lines" | Silverchair | Daniel Johns, Julian Hamilton | Won | |||
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Songwriters of the Year | ||||||
| Writer | Result [6] | |||||
| Daniel Johns | Won | |||||
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Breakthrough Songwriter Award | ||||||
| Writer | Result [6] | |||||
| Sally Seltmann | Won | |||||
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Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music | ||||||
| Name | Result [6] | |||||
| Roger Davies | Won | |||||
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Most Played Australian Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6][7] | |||
| "20 Good Reasons" | Thirsty Merc | Rai Thistlethwayte | Nominated | |||
| "Light Surrounding You" | Evermore | Dann Hume, Jon Hume | Nominated | |||
| "Lost and Running" | Powderfinger | Jonathon Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton | Nominated | |||
| "New York" | Eskimo Joe | Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain, Kav Temperley | Nominated | |||
| "Straight Lines" | Silverchair | Daniel Johns, Julian Hamilton | Won | |||
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Most Played Australian Work Overseas | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6] | |||
| "Woman" | Wolfmother | Andrew Stockdale, Chris Ross, Myles Heskett | Won | |||
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Blues & Roots Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6][8] | |||
| "Funky Tonight" | The John Butler Trio | John Butler | Nominated | |||
| "Good Excuse" | The John Butler Trio | John Butler | Won | |||
| "I Thought About You" | The Beautiful Girls | Matthew McHugh | Nominated | |||
| "I've Been Loving You Too Long" | The Hiptones | Narmon Tulsi, Paul Wimbles, Stephen Smith | Nominated | |||
| "La" | Old Man River | Ohad Rein | Nominated | |||
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Country Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6][9] | |||
| "Everything's Going to be Alright" | Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley, Don Walker | Won | |||
| "Higher Than Heaven" | James Blundell | James Blundell, Lyndsay Hammond | Nominated | |||
| "Rockin' the Rig" | Travis Sinclair | Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter | Nominated | |||
| "Run Away" | Carter and Carter | Merelyn Carter, David Carter | Nominated | |||
| "Spirit of the Bush" | Lee Kernaghan featuring Adam Brand and Steve Forde | Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Garth Porter | Nominated | |||
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Dance Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6][10] | |||
| "Don't You Wanna Feel" | Rogue Traders | Jamie Appleby, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Steven Davis, Dougal Drummond | Nominated | |||
| "In Love Again" | Rogue Traders | Jamie Appleby, Melinda Appleby, Roland Orzabal, Curt Smith | Won | |||
| "The Others" | TV Rock vs the Dukes of Windsor | Cory Blight, Scott Target, Jack Weaving | Nominated | |||
| "Pictures" | Sneaky Sound System | Angus McDonald, Connie Mitchell | Nominated | |||
| "UFO" | Sneaky Sound System | Angus McDonald, Connie Mitchell | Nominated | |||
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Jazz Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6][11] | |||
| "Away" | Stephen Magnusson | Stephen Magnusson | Nominated | |||
| "Ceremony" | Matt McMahon Trio | Matt McMahon | Nominated | |||
| "Eucalypso" | The Moovin' and Groovin' Orchestra | Kenneth Schroder | Won | |||
| "More Spare Time" | Colin Hopkins | Colin Hopkins | Nominated | |||
| "Postcard from Footscray" | Way Out West | Peter Knight | Nominated | |||
|
Urban Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [6][12] | |||
| "All Night Long" | Joel Turner | Joel Turner, Stanley Campbell, Chris Heiner, Israel Cruz | Nominated | |||
| "City of Dreams" | Joel Turner featuring C4 & KNO | Joel Turner, Shaunn Diamond, Chris Heiner, Kitchener Wesche | Nominated | |||
| "Dr Love" | The Bumblebeez | Christopher Colonna, Pia Colonna | Nominated | |||
| "In the Basement" | Jade MacRae | Jade MacRae, Arnthor Birgisson | Won | |||
| "What a Great Night" | Hilltop Hoods | Barry Francis, Matthew Lambert, Daniel Smith | Nominated | |||
Classical Music Awardsedit | ||||||
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Best Composition by an Australian Composer | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [13][14] | ||||
| So We Begin Afresh | Damien Ricketson | Nominated | ||||
| Micrographia | Michael Smetanin | Nominated | ||||
| Piano Sonata No.3 | Carl Vine | Nominated | ||||
| The Last Whale | Colin Bright | Won | ||||
| The Love of the Nightingale | Richard Mills | Nominated | ||||
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Best Performance of an Australian Composition | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result [13][14] | |||
| Rare Sugar | Nigel Westlake | The Australia Ensemble, Catherine McCorkill (clarinetist) | Won | |||
| Sonatina for Solo Violin | Andrew Schultz | Jennifer Pike | Nominated | |||
| Piano Sonata No. 3 | Carl Vine | Elizabeth Schumann | Nominated | |||
| O Antiphons | Raffæle Marcellino | The Song Company | Nominated | |||
| The Lost Art of Letter Writing | Brett Dean | Frank Peter Zimmermann (violinist), Munich Philharmonic, Jonathan Nott (conductor) | Nominated | |||
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Instrumental Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result [13][14] | |||
| More Marimba Dances | Ross Edwards | Claire Edwardes | Nominated | |||
| Walk a Golden Mile | Mark Isaacs | Mark Isaacs (piano), James Muller (electric & acoustic guitars), Jay Anderson (acoustic bass), Vinni Colaiuta (drums), Bob Sheppard (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones) | Won | |||
| Waltz for Melanie | Mark Isaacs | Mark Isaacs (piano), James Muller (electric & acoustic guitars), Jay Anderson (acoustic bass), Vinni Colaiuta (drums), Bob Sheppard (soprano, alto & tenor saxophones) | Nominated | |||
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Long-Term Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music | ||||||
| Artist or Organisation | Result [13][14] | |||||
| Gwen Bennett | Nominated | |||||
| Richard Letts | Won | |||||
| Sally Mays | Nominated | |||||
| Sonic Art Ensemble (The Seymour Group) | Nominated | |||||
| The Song Company | Nominated | |||||
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Orchestral Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result [13][14] | |||
| 90 Minutes Circling the Earth | Stuart Greenbaum | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Brett Kelly (conductor) | Won | |||
| Cantilena Pacifica | Richard Meale | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Erica Kennedy (violin), Richard Mills (conductor) | Nominated | |||
| Glass Soldier Suite | Nigel Westlake | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Payne (cornet), Jean-Louis Forestier (conductor) | Nominated | |||
| Musaic | Anne Cawrse | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Field (conductor) | Nominated | |||
| Oboe Concertante | Margaret Sutherland | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Jiří Tancibudek (oboe), Patrick Thomas (conductor) | Nominated | |||
| Trumpet Concerto | James Ledger | West Australian Symphony Orchestra, David Elton (trumpet), Sachio Fujioka (conductor) | Nominated | |||
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Outstanding Contribution by an Individual | ||||||
| Individual | Work | Result [13][14] | ||||
| Andrew Ford | composer, writer, educator and broadcaster in Australia and overseas | Nominated | ||||
| Ian Munro | contribution to Australian performance and composition in 2007 | Won | ||||
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Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation | ||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result [13][14] | ||||
| Halcyon, Synergy Percussion and Ensemble Offspring | collaboration in Tehillim | Nominated | ||||
| International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) | concerts presented at the 2007 international conference (Sydney) | Nominated | ||||
| Canberra International Chamber Music Festival, Nicole Canham, Pro Musica Inc | 2007 Canberra International Chamber Music Festival | Nominated | ||||
| Tura New Music | 2007 festival, touring program, its advocacy and support in Western Australia | Won | ||||
| West Australian Symphony Orchestra | Concerto Project | Nominated | ||||
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Outstanding Contribution to Australian Music in Education | ||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result [13][14] | ||||
| The Griffyn Ensemble's Mentoring Program | 2007 activities | Nominated | ||||
| Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's ArtPlay ensemble | touring program and music theatre project Hunger | Won | ||||
| Sydney Symphony Education Program | 2007 Sinfonietta Project | Nominated | ||||
| The Song Company | MODART professional development project | Nominated | ||||
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Outstanding Contribution to Australian Music in a Regional Area | ||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result [13][14] | ||||
| Australian Voices | 2007 Australian Voices Festival (Kenilworth, Queensland) | Won | ||||
| Peter Lynch, Murray Conservatorium (Albury Wodonga) | inspired commitment to Australian Music | Nominated | ||||
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Vocal or Choral Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result [13][14] | |||
| "Carol of the Font" from Soul Architecture Cycle | Becky Llewellyn | Syntony | Nominated | |||
| Symphony No. 4 "Star Chant" | Ross Edwards, Fred Watson | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Richard Mills (conductor); Adelaide Chamber Singers, Carl Crossin (director); Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus, Timothy Sexton (director) | Won | |||
Screen Music Awardsedit | ||||||
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Best Feature Film Score | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| Children of the Silk Road | David Hirschfelder | Won | ||||
| Rogue | Francois Tetaz | Nominated | ||||
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | Nominated | ||||
| Unfinished Sky | Antony Partos | Nominated | ||||
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Best Music for an Advertisement | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| Australian Rugby Union – "Men of Gold" | Mark Rivett, Haydn Walker | Nominated | ||||
| Herringbone – "Hands" | Elliott Wheeler | Won | ||||
| LMFF – "Loreal Melbourne Fashion Festival" (2008) | Robert Burke, Benjamin Grayson | Nominated | ||||
| SBS Station ID – "Six Billion Stories & Counting" | Roger Mason, Bryony Marks | Nominated | ||||
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Best Music for Children's Television | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| Animalia – "Butterfly Winter" | Christopher Elves | Won | ||||
| Dogstar - "Episode 24" | Yuri Worontschak | Nominated | ||||
| Gumnutz: A Juicy Tale | Clive Harrison | Nominated | ||||
| Pirate Islands the Lost Treasure of Fiji | Art Phillips | Nominated | ||||
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Best Music for a Documentary | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| Halal Mate – "Episode 1 – Afifas Match" | Michael Den Elzen | Nominated | ||||
| Last Trimate | Caitlin Yeo | Nominated | ||||
| Night | Cezary Skubiszewski | Won | ||||
| Secrets of the Forbidden City | Brett Aplin | Nominated | ||||
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Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| East West 101 - "Episode 1" | Guy Gross | Nominated | ||||
| Emerald Falls | Richard Pleasance | Won | ||||
| Indonesia a Reporter's Journey – "Episode 1A difficult engagement" | Scott Saunders | Nominated | ||||
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Best Music for a Short Film | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| Noir Drive | Geoffrey Russell | Won | ||||
| Shot Open | Rachel Gaudry | Nominated | ||||
| The Funk | Paul Gillett | Nominated | ||||
| The Ground Beneath | Jonathan Nix, Miles Nicholas | Nominated | ||||
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Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | ||||||
| Series or Serial | Episode title | Composer | Result [15][16] | |||
| City Homicide | "Episode 14" | Richard Pleasance | Nominated | |||
| Summer Heights High | "Episode 8" | Jason Catherine, Chris Lilley, Bryony Marks | Nominated | |||
| Underbelly | "Episode 5" | Burkhard Dallwitz | Won | |||
| Who Do You Think You Are? | "Episode 2" | Ash Gibson Greig | Nominated | |||
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Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | ||||||
| Song title | Work | Composer | Result [15][16] | |||
| "Free Falling 2" | Night | Cezary Skubiszewski, Jan Skubiszewski, Andy Baldwin, Clairanne Brown, Jules Pascoe | Nominated | |||
| "It's a Jungle Out There" | Underbelly | Burkhard Dallwitz | Nominated | |||
| "The Greatest Act in History" | The Black Balloon | Michael Yezerski | Nominated | |||
| "When We Get There" | The Black Balloon | Josh Pyke, Michael Yezerski | Won | |||
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Best Soundtrack Album | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| East of Everything | Greg J. Walker | Nominated | ||||
| Rogue | Francois Tetaz | Nominated | ||||
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Nick Cave, Warren Ellis | Nominated | ||||
| The Black Balloon | Michael Yezerski | Won | ||||
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Best Television Theme | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15][16] | ||||
| Elders | David Chapman | Nominated | ||||
| Summer Heights High | Chris Lilley | Nominated | ||||
| The Gruen Transfer | David Chapman | Nominated | ||||
| Underbelly | Burkhard Dallwitz | Won | ||||
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International Achievement Award | ||||||
| Artist | Result [15][16] | |||||
| Garry McDonald, Laurie Stone | Won | |||||
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Most Performed Screen Composer - Australia | ||||||
| Composer | Result [15][16] | |||||
| Les Gock | Nominated | |||||
| Jay Stewart | Won | |||||
| Neil Sutherland | Nominated | |||||
| Dinesh Wickremeratne | Nominated | |||||
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Most Performed Screen Composer - Overseas | ||||||
| Composer | Result [15][16] | |||||
| Alastair Ford | Nominated | |||||
| Guy Gross | Nominated | |||||
| Chris Pettifer | Nominated | |||||
| Neil Sutherland | Won | |||||
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Classical Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Screen Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 25 May 2010. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Nominations for Song of the Year - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
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- ^ "Most Played Australian Work - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Blues & Roots Work of the Year Nominations - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Country Work of the Year nominations - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Retrieved 28 April 2010.
- ^ "Dance Work of the Year nomination - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
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- ^ "Urban Work of the Year nomination - 2008". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
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