| APRA Music Awards of 2004 | |
| Location: | Regent Theatre Melbourne, Australia |
| Previous: | 2003 |
| Main: | APRA Music Award |
| Next: | 2005 |
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2004 (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 24 May at Melbourne's Regent Theatre, they were presented by APRA and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).[1] [2] The Classical Music Awards were distributed in July in Sydney and are sponsored by APRA and the Australian Music Centre (AMC).[3] The Screen Music Awards were issued in November by APRA and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).[4]
Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards | |||||||
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| Song of the Year | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [5] [6] | ||||
| "Across the Night" | Silverchair | Daniel Johns | |||||
| "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | Jet | Nicholas Cester, Cameron Muncey | |||||
| "Innocent Eyes" | Delta Goodrem | Delta Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga | |||||
| "Lighthouse" | The Waifs | Joshua Cunningham | |||||
| "Zebra" | John Butler Trio | John Butler | |||||
| Songwriters of the Year | |||||||
| Writer | Result [7] | ||||||
| Powderfinger – Bernard Fanning, Jon Coghill, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, John Collins | |||||||
| APRA Breakthrough Award | |||||||
| Writer | Result | ||||||
| Delta Goodrem | |||||||
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music | |||||||
| Name | Result | ||||||
| Don Burrows | |||||||
| Most Performed Australian Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Born to Try" | Delta Goodrem | Delta Goodrem, Audius Mtawarira | |||||
| "Innocent Eyes" | Delta Goodrem | Delta Goodrem, Vince Pizzinga | |||||
| "Falling" | Candice Alley | Candice Giannarelli | |||||
| "Lovesong" | Amiel | Amiel Daemion | |||||
| "On My Mind" | Powderfinger | Bernard Fanning, Darren Middleton, John Collins, Ian Haug, Jonathan Coghill | |||||
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Love Is in the Air" | John Paul Young | Harry Vanda, George Young | |||||
| Most Performed Country Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Lead Me Home" | Carter and Carter | Merelyn Carter, David Carter | |||||
| "Raining on the Plains" | Sara Storer, Douglas Storer, Garth Porter | Merelyn Carter, David Carter | |||||
| "Way It Is" | Lee Kernaghan | Lee Kernaghan, Garth Porter | |||||
| "Something in the Water" | Lee Kernaghan | Lee Kernaghan, Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan | |||||
| "Wish I Was a Train" | Troy Cassar-Daley, Paul Kelly | Troy Cassar-Daley, Paul Kelly | |||||
| Most Performed Dance Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Bang This" | J-Wess | James Essex, Andrew Gardner | |||||
| "Danger" | Katie Underwood | Katie Underwood, Simon Hosford,James Kempster | |||||
| "One of My Kind" | Rogue Traders | James Appleby, Steve Davis, Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence | |||||
| "Tonight" | Amiel | Amiel Daemion, Barry Palmer, Stuart Crichton | |||||
| "U Talkin' to Me" | Disco Montego | Darren Dowlut, Dennis Dowlut, Robert Woolf | |||||
| Most Performed Foreign Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Beautiful" | Christina Aguilera | Linda Perry | |||||
| "Unwell" | Matchbox Twenty | Robert Thomas | |||||
| "I'm with You" | Avril Lavigne | Avril Lavigne, Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, Graham Edwards | |||||
| "Lost Without You" | Delta Goodrem | Bridget Benenate, Matthew Gerrard | |||||
| "Big Yellow Taxi" | Counting Crows | Joni Mitchell | |||||
| Most Performed Jazz Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Stars Apart" | Allan Browne | Paul Grabowsky | |||||
| "Solitude" | Fiona Burnett | Fiona Burnett | |||||
| "Mandella" | Guy Strazzullo | Guy Strazzullo | |||||
| "If You Love Me" | Sharny Russell | Sharny Russell | |||||
| "East St Kilda Toodle Oo" | Allan Browne | John Scurry | |||||
Classical Music Awards | |||||||
| Best Composition by an Australian Composer | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [8] [9] | |||||
| Learning to Howl | Andrew Ford | ||||||
| Best Performance of an Australian Composition | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | ||||
| Time and the Bell | Peter Rankine | Richard Haynes | |||||
| Instrumental Work of the Year | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | ||||
| Rumba Flamenca | Gareth Koch | Saffire Guitar Quartet | |||||
| Stoneworks | Richard Charlton | Saffire Guitar Quartet | |||||
| Threnody | Peter Sculthorpe | Patricia Pollett | |||||
| The Room of the Saints | Gerard Brophy | Patricia Pollett | |||||
| Long-Term Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music | |||||||
| Artist or Organisation | Result | ||||||
| Felix Werder | |||||||
| Orchestral Work of the Year | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | ||||
| "Love Duet" – Oboe Concerto | Ross Edwards | Diana Doherty | |||||
| Love Me Sweet | Carl Vine | Diana Doherty | |||||
| Pipe Dreams | Carl Vine | Australian Chamber Orchestra | |||||
| This Insubstantial Pageant | Gordon Kerry | West Australian Symphony Orchestra | |||||
| Most Distinguished Contribution to the Presentation of Australian Composition by an Individual | |||||||
| Individual | Work | Result | |||||
| Patricia Pollett | Still Life | ||||||
| Most Distinguished Contribution to the Presentation of Australian Composition by an Organisation | |||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result | |||||
| West Australian Symphony Orchestra | |||||||
| Most Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music in Education | |||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result | |||||
| Lyn Carr | 2003 Keys National Piano Competition | ||||||
| Most Distinguished Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music in a Regional Area | |||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result | |||||
| Queensland Biennial Festival of Music | |||||||
| Vocal or Choral Work of the Year | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | ||||
| Berceuse | Gerard Brophy | ||||||
Screen Music Awards | |||||||
| Best Feature Film Score | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [10] [11] [12] | |||||
| Japanese Story | Elizabeth Drake | ||||||
| Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon, Richard Tognetti | |||||||
| One Perfect Day | David Hobson, Josh G. Abrahams, Lisa Gerrard, Paul van Dyk | ||||||
| The Wannabes | David Hirschfelder | ||||||
| Best Music for an Advertisement | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| Lux Lift Plus | Paul Healy, Antony Partos | ||||||
| Qantas Recharge | Carlo Giacco | ||||||
| Surflifesavers – "Last Patrol" | Christopher Elves | ||||||
| Toyota Landcruiser – “Snakebite” | Bruce Heald, Mark Rivett | ||||||
| Best Music for Children's Television | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| Active Kidz | Scott Ehler, Glenn Heaton, Geoffrey McGarvey, Amy Wilkins | ||||||
| Fergus McPhail | Jamie Saxe | ||||||
| New MacDonald's Farm | Jay Somerville Collie | ||||||
| Tabaluga and Leo – A Christmas Adventure | Guy Gross | ||||||
| Best Music for a Documentary | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| Poisonous Women | Christopher Elves | ||||||
| Roger | Tamara O'Brien | ||||||
| Silent Storm | Guy Gross | ||||||
| Troubled Minds | Dale Cornelius | ||||||
| Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| BenQ | Alison Cole, David Smith | ||||||
| Docklands | Robert Upward | ||||||
| Ocean to Outback | Ashley Klose | ||||||
| Qantas Entertainment | Barbara Griffin | ||||||
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| Floodhouse | Amanda Brown | ||||||
| Marking Time | Martin Armiger | ||||||
| Salem's Lot | Christopher Gordon, Lisa Gerrard | ||||||
| Shark Net | Alan John | ||||||
| Best Music for a Short Film | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| Black Berries | James Lee | ||||||
| The Scree | Adrian Van De Velde | ||||||
| Syntax Error | Andrew Lancaster, David McCormack, Antony Partos | ||||||
| The Tooth | Elliott Wheeler | ||||||
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | |||||||
| Series or Serial | Episode title | Composer | Result | ||||
| CrashBurn | "Episode 13" | Burkhard Dallwitz | |||||
| McLeod's Daughters | "Episode 73" | Alastair Ford | |||||
| MDA | "Series 2 – Episode 27" | Roger Mason | |||||
| The Secret Life of Us | "Series 3 – Episode 19" | Chris Pettifer | |||||
| Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series | |||||||
| Song title | Work | Composer | Result | ||||
| "Freedom Song" | Floodhouse | Amanda Brown, Miro Bilbrough | |||||
| "Bitter Plum" | Somersault | Amanda Brown | |||||
| "Somersault" | Somersault | Kenny Davis, Benjamin Ely, Matthew Fitzgerald, Peter Kelly, Lenka Kripac, Tom Schutzinger (see Decoder Ring) | |||||
| "Back Home to You" | The Honourable Wally Norman | John Bartholomeusz, Colin Swan | |||||
| Best Soundtrack Album | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [13] | |||||
| Bad Eggs | David Graney, Clare Moore | ||||||
| Iva Davies, Christopher Gordon, Richard Tognetti | |||||||
| Salem's Lot | Christopher Gordon, Lisa Gerrard | ||||||
| Somersault | Kenny Davis, Benjamin Ely, Matthew Fitzgerald, Peter Kelly, Lenka Kripac, Tom Schutzinger (see Decoder Ring) | ||||||
| Best Television Theme | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| CrashBurn | Burkhard Dallwitz | ||||||
| "EE II EE II OO (New MacDonald's Farm Theme)" | Barbara Griffin, Latu Harper | ||||||
| The Einstein Factor | Michael Lira | ||||||
| "If Only" | Carlo Giacco | ||||||
| International Achievement Award | |||||||
| Artist | Result | ||||||
| Lisa Gerrard | |||||||