AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

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The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards.

Previous winners

Year	Film	Subject
1970s
1975	The Cars That Ate Paris	Bruce Smeaton
1975	The Great Macarthy	Bruce Smeaton
1977	The Picture Show Man	Peter Best
	Storm Boy	Michael Carlos
	Mad Dog Morgan	Patrick Flynn
	Oz	Ross Wilson
1978	The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith	Bruce Smeaton
	The Last Wave	Charles Wain
	The Mango Tree	Marc Wilkinson
	Newsfront	William Motzing
1979	Mad Max	Brian May
	The Night the Prowler	Cameron Allen
	In Search of Anna	John Martyn
	The Last of the Knucklemen	Bruce Smeaton
1980s
1980	Manganinnie	Peter Sculthorpe
	...Maybe This Time	Bruce Smeaton
	Stir	Cameron Allan
	The Chain Reaction	Andrew Thomas Wilson
1981	Fatty Finn	Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donoghue
	Grendel Grendel Grendel	Bruce Smeaton
	Roadgames	Brian May
	Wrong Side of the Road	Jordy Butler
1982	The Man from Snowy River	Bruce Rowland
	Mad Max 2	Brian May
	Starstruck	Dennis James, Phil Judd, Bill Miller, Mark Moffatt
	We of the Never Never	Peter Best
1983	Phar Lap	Bruce Rowland
	Buddies	Chris Neal
	Careful, He Might Hear You	Ray Cook
	The Year of Living Dangerously	Maurice Jarre
1984	Street Hero	Garth Porter, Bruce Rowland
	Annie's Coming Out	Simon Walker
	Razorback	Iva Davies
	Silver City	William Motzing
1985	Rebel	Peter Best, Billy Byers, Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Bruce Rowland
	Bliss	Peter Best
	The Coca-Cola Kid	Tim Finn, William Motzing
	Frog Dreaming	Brian May
1986	Young Einstein	Martin Armiger, William Motzing
	Burke & Wills	Peter Sculthorpe
	For Love Alone	Nathan Waks
	The More Things Change...	Peter Best
1987	The Tale of Ruby Rose	Paul Schutze
	Echoes of Paradise	William Motzing
	Those Dear Departed	Phillip Scott
	The Umbrella Woman	Cameron Allan
1988	The Lighthorsemen	Mario Millo
	Daisy and Simon	Andrew Hagen, Morton Wilson
	Fever	Frank Strangio
	Incident at Raven's Gate	Roman Kronen, Graham Tardif
1989	Dead Calm	Graeme Revell
	Evil Angels	Bruce Smeaton
	Georgia	Paul Grabowsky
	Ghosts… of the Civil Dead	Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey
1990s
1990	The Big Steal	Chris Gough, Phil Judd
	Sher Mountain Killings Mystery	Art Phillips
	Struck by Lightning	Paul Smyth
	Wendy Cracked a Walnut	Bruce Smeaton
1991	Dingo	Miles Davis, Michel Legrand
	Aya	Roger Mason
	Stan and George's New Life	Michael Atkinson
	A Woman's Tale	Paul Grabowsky
1992	Romper Stomper	John Clifford White
	Black Robe	Georges Delerue
	The Last Days of Chez Nous	Paul Grabowsky
	Redheads	Felicity Foxx
1993	The Piano	Michael Nyman
	Flynn	Billy Childs, Anthony Marinelli
	Map of the Human Heart	Gabriel Yared
	On My Own	Franco Piersanti
1994	Traps	Stephen Rae
	The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert	Guy Gross
	Exile	Paul Grabowsky
	Sirens	Rachel Portman
1995	Dad and Dave: On Our Selection	Peter Best
	Hotel Sorrento	Nerida Tyson-Chew
	Mushrooms	Paul Grabowsky
	Sanctuary	Christopher Gordon
1996	Shine	David Hirschfelder
	Children of the Revolution	Nigel Westlake
	Dead Heart	Stephen Rae
	Lilian's Story	Cezary Skubiszewski
1997	Doing Time for Patsy Cline	Peter Best
	Idiot Box	Nick Launay, Tim Rogers
	Road to Nhill	Elizabeth Drake
	The Well	Stephen Rae
1998	Oscar and Lucinda	Thomas Newman
	The Boys	The Necks
	Head On	Ollie Olsen
	The Interview	David Hirschfelder
1999	In a Savage Land	David Bridie
	Praise	Dirty Three
	Soft Fruit	Antony Partos
	Two Hands	Cezary Skubiszewski
2000s
2000	Bootmen	Cezary Skubiszewski
	Better Than Sex	David Hirschfelder
	Chopper	Mick Harvey
	15 Amore	Carlo Giacco
2001	La Spagnola	Cezary Skubiszewski
	The Bank	Alan John
	The Dish	Edmund Choi
	Lantana	Paul Kelly
2002	Rabbit-Proof Fence	Peter Gabriel
	Australian Rules	Mick Harvey
	Beneath Clouds	Ivan Sen, Alister Spence
	Walking on Water	Antony Partos
2003	Japanese Story	Elizabeth Drake
	Alexandra's Project	Graham Tardif
	Gettin' Square	3KShort
	Travelling Light	Richard Vella
2004	Somersault	Decoder Ring
	The Old Man Who Read Love Stories	Graham Tardif
	One Perfect Day	David Hobson
	Thunderstruck	Frank Tetaz, David Thrussell
2005	The Proposition	Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
	Little Fish	Nathan Larson
	Three Dollars	Alan John
	Wolf Creek	Frank Tetaz
2006	Suburban Mayhem	Mick Harvey
	The Book of Revelation	Cezary Skubiszewski
	Jindabyne	Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe
	Macbeth	John Clifford White
2007	The Home Song Stories	Antony Partos
	Noise	Bryony Marks
	Razzle Dazzle	Roger Mason
	Romulus, My Father	Basil Hogios
2008	Unfinished Sky	Antony Partos
	The Black Balloon	Michael Yezerski
	The Square	Ben Lee, Frank Tetaz
	The Tender Hook	Chris Abrahams
2009	Mao's Last Dancer	Christopher Gordon
	Australia	David Hirschfelder
	Balibo	Lisa Gerrard
	Samson and Delilah	Warwick Thornton
2010s
2010	Animal Kingdom	Antony Partos
	Beneath Hill 60	Cezary Skubiszewski
	Bran Nue Dae	Cezary Skubiszewski
	Bright Star	Mark Bradshaw
AACTA Awards
2011 (1st)	The Hunter	Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira, Matteo Zingales
	Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole	David Hirschfelder
	Red Dog	Cezary Skubiszewski
	Snowtown	Jed Kurzel
2012 (2nd)	Not Suitable for Children	Jono Ma, Matteo Zingales
	A Few Best Men	Guy Gross
	Mental	Michael Yezerski
	33 Postcards	Antony Partos
2013 (3rd)	The Great Gatsby	Craig Armstrong
	Dead Europe	Jed Kurzel
	Drift	Michael Yezerski
	The Rocket	Caitlin Yeo
2014 (4th)	The Railway Man	David Hirschfelder
	Healing	David Hirschfelder
	Predestination	Peter Spierig
	The Rover	Antony Partos, Sam Petty
2015 (5th)	Mad Max: Fury Road	Junkie XL
	The Dressmaker	David Hirschfelder
	Paper Planes	Nigel Westlake
	Partisan	Oneohtrix Point Never
2016 (6th)	Tanna	Antony Partos
	Boys in the Trees	Darrin Verhagen
	Gods of Egypt	Marco Beltrami
	Teenage Kicks	David Barber
2017 (7th)	Lion	Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O’Halloran
	Ali's Wedding (soundtrack)	Nigel Westlake & Sydney Symphony Orchestra
	Berlin Syndrome	Bryony Marks
	The Butterfly Tree	Caitlin Yeo
2018 (8th)	Ladies in Black	Christopher Gordon
	Mary Magdalene	Hildur Guðnadóttir, Jóhann Jóhannsson
	Peter Rabbit	Dominic Lewis
	Upgrade	Jed Palmer
2019 (9th)	Judy and Punch	François Tétaz
	Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan	Caitlin Yeo
	Hotel Mumbai	Volker Bertelmann
	Ride Like a Girl	David Hirschfelder
2020s
2020 (10th)	Babyteeth	Amanda Brown
	Dirt Music	Craig Armstrong
	H is for Happiness	Nerida Tyson-Chew
	I Am Woman	Rafael May
	True History of the Kelly Gang	Jed Kurzel
2021 (11th)	June Again	Christopher Gordon
	The Dry	Peter Raeburn
	Nitram	Jed Kurzel
	Penguin Bloom	Marcelo Zarvos
	Rams	Antony Partos
2022 (12th)	Falling for Figaro	Cezary Skubiszewski
	A Stitch in Time	Angela Little
	Elvis	Elliott Wheeler
	The Drover's Wife	Salliana Seven Campbell
	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Tom Holkenborg

References

Afi.org.au – AFI Award Winners

v t e AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score
1975–2000	The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy – Bruce Smeaton (1975) No Award (1976) The Picture Show Man – Peter Best (1977) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Bruce Smeaton (1978) Mad Max – Brian May (1979) Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe (1980) Fatty Finn – Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1981) The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982) Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983) Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984) Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985) Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin Armiger (1986) The Tale of Ruby Rose – Paul Schütze (1987) The Lighthorsemen – Mario Millo (1988) Dead Calm – Graeme Revell (1989) The Big Steal – Phil Judd (1990) Dingo – Michel Legrand and Miles Davis (1991) Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992) The Piano – Michael Nyman (1993) Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994) Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995) Shine – David Hirschfelder (1996) Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Peter Best (1997) Oscar and Lucinda – Thomas Newman (1998) In a Savage Land – David Bridie (1999) Bootmen – Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)
2001–present	The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001) Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002) Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003) Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004) The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005) Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006) The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007) Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008) Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009) Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010) The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011) Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012) The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013) The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014) Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015) Tanna – Antony Partos (2016) Lion – Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (2017) Ladies in Black – Christopher Gordon (2018) Judy and Punch – François Tétaz (2019) Babyteeth - Amanda Brown (2020) June Again - Christopher Gordon (2021) Falling for Figaro - Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)

AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

1975–2000

The Cars That Ate Paris and The Great McCarthy – Bruce Smeaton (1975)
No Award (1976)
The Picture Show Man – Peter Best (1977)
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith – Bruce Smeaton (1978)
Mad Max – Brian May (1979)
Manganinnie – Peter Sculthorpe (1980)
Fatty Finn – Rory O'Donoghue and Grahame Bond (1981)
The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland (1982)
Phar Lap – Bruce Rowland (1983)
Street Hero – Garth Porter and Bruce Smeaton (1984)
Rebel – Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Peter Best, Billy Byers, Bruce Rowland (1985)
Young Einstein – William Motzing and Martin Armiger (1986)
The Tale of Ruby Rose – Paul Schütze (1987)
The Lighthorsemen – Mario Millo (1988)
Dead Calm – Graeme Revell (1989)
The Big Steal – Phil Judd (1990)
Dingo – Michel Legrand and Miles Davis (1991)
Romper Stomper – John Clifford White (1992)
The Piano – Michael Nyman (1993)
Traps – Douglas Stephen Rae (1994)
Hotel Sorrento – Nerida Tyson-Chew (1995)
Shine – David Hirschfelder (1996)
Doing Time for Patsy Cline – Peter Best (1997)
Oscar and Lucinda – Thomas Newman (1998)
In a Savage Land – David Bridie (1999)
Bootmen – Cezary Skubiszewski (2000)

2001–present

The Dish – Edmund Choi (2001)
Rabbit-Proof Fence – Peter Gabriel (2002)
Japanese Story – Elizabeth Drake (2003)
Somersault – Decoder Ring (2004)
The Proposition – Nick Cave and Warren Ellis (2005)
Suburban Mayhem – Mick Harvey (2006)
The Home Song Stories – Antony Partos (2007)
Unfinished Sky – Antony Partos (2008)
Mao's Last Dancer – Christopher Gordon (2009)
Animal Kingdom – Antony Partos and Sam Petty (2010)
The Hunter – Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo Zingales (2011)
Not Suitable for Children – Matteo Zingales and Jono Ma (2012)
The Great Gatsby – Craig Armstrong (2013)
The Railwayman – David Hirschfelder (2014)
Mad Max: Fury Road – Tom Holkenborg (2015)
Tanna – Antony Partos (2016)
Lion – Volker Bertelmann and Dustin O'Halloran (2017)
Ladies in Black – Christopher Gordon (2018)
Judy and Punch – François Tétaz (2019)
Babyteeth - Amanda Brown (2020)
June Again - Christopher Gordon (2021)
Falling for Figaro - Cezary Skubiszewski (2022)

AACTA Awards

Australian Film Institute (AFI)
Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)

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AACTA Awards (Australia)	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2025
AACTA Awards (International)	2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2024 2025

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