| APRA Music Awards of 1999 | |
| Location: | The Forum Theatre Melbourne Australia |
| Previous: | 1998 |
| Main: | APRA Music Award |
| Next: | 2000 |
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1999 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1999. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).[1] Only one classical music award was available in 1999: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition.[2] [3] APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1999.[4] APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC),[5] which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers.[6]
Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards | |||||||
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| Song of the Year | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [7] [8] | ||||
| "Addicted to Bass" | Josh Abrahams (Puretone), Amiel Daemion | Abrahams, Daemion | |||||
| "Buses and Trains" | Bachelor Girl | James Roche | |||||
| "Cry" | The Mavis's | Matthew Thomas (Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy | |||||
| "The Day You Come" | Powderfinger | Jon Coghill, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, Bernard Fanning | |||||
| "Heavy Heart" | You Am I | Tim Rogers | |||||
| Songwriters of the Year | |||||||
| Writer | Result [9] | ||||||
| Paul Kelly | |||||||
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music | |||||||
| Name | Result | ||||||
| Slim Dusty | |||||||
| Most Performed Australian Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Buses and Trains" | Bachelor Girl | James Roche | |||||
| "Cry" | The Mavis's | Matthew Thomas (Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy | |||||
| "Lonely" | Merril Bainbridge | Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell | |||||
| "Love Is Alive" | Kate Ceberano | Mark Goldenberg, Ceberano | |||||
| "Now I Can Dance" | Tina Arena | Arena, David Tyson | |||||
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | |||||
| Most Performed Children's Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)" | The Wiggles | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page | |||||
| "Fhir An Bhata" | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle with Queensland Symphony Orchestra | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle | |||||
| "Fun With Humphrey" | Humphrey | Peter Douglas, Robert Pippan | |||||
| "Ooga Chuga (In The Jungle)" | The Hooley Dooleys | David Butts / Antoine Demarest / Bruce Thorburn | |||||
| "We're Dancing With Wags the Dog" | The Wiggles | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page | |||||
| Most Performed Country Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Biggest Disappointment" | Troy Cassar-Daley | Joy McKean | |||||
| "Goondiwindi Moon" | Lee Kernaghan | Kernaghan, James Blundell, Garth Porter | |||||
| "Hat Town" | Lee Kernaghan | Colin Buchanan, Kernaghan, Porter | |||||
| "Last Man Standing" | Adam Brand | Brand, Clive Young | |||||
| "Your Own Sweet Time" | Shanley Del | Shanley Del Gregory | |||||
| Most Performed Foreign Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Big Mistake" | Natalie Imbruglia | Martin Sandberg | |||||
| "High" | Lighthouse Family | Paul Tucker, Emmanuel Baiyewu | |||||
| "My Father's Eyes" | Eric Clapton | Clapton | |||||
| "Never Ever" | All Saints | Shaznay Lewis, Esmail Jazayeri, Sean Mather | |||||
| "You're Still the One" | Shania Twain | Twain, Robert "Mutt" Lange | |||||
| Most Performed Jazz Work | |||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result | ||||
| "Cool Beans" | Bob Bertles | Bertles | |||||
| Creology | Australian Creole | Guy Strazzullo | |||||
| "Moshoeshoe the First" | Clarion Fracture Zone | Tony Gorman | |||||
| Subtlety of Time | Graeme Lyall | Tony Gould | |||||
| "Unheard" | The Necks | Christopher Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Anthony Buck | |||||
| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | ||||
| Earth Cry | Peter Sculthorpe | Goldner String Quartet | |||||
| Enyato II | Ross Edwards | Patricia Pollet (viola) | |||||
| Fandango | Ann Carr-Boyd | The Sydney Mandolins | |||||
| Laikan | Nigel Westlake | Australia Ensemble | |||||
| Selfish Giant | Graeme Koehne | Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra | |||||
| Best Film Score | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| Nigel Westlake | |||||||
| Elizabeth | David Hirschfelder | ||||||
| A Little Bit of Soul – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Westlake | ||||||
| The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Cezary Skubiszewski | ||||||
| The Truman Show | Burkhard Dallwitz | ||||||
| Best Television Theme | |||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | |||||
| All Saints | Colin Bayley, Kevin Bayley, Murray Burns | ||||||
| Crocadoo Season 2 | Clive Harrison | ||||||
| Moby Dick | Christopher Gordon | ||||||
| SeaChange | Richard Pleasance | ||||||
| Search for Treasure Island | Peter Dasent | ||||||