| APRA Music Awards of 2007 | |
| Location: | Melbourne Town Hall Melbourne, Australia |
| Previous: | 2006 |
| Main: | APRA Music Award |
| Next: | 2008 |
The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2007 (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 5 June at the Melbourne Town Hall, 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]
Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards | ||||||
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| Song of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [4] [5] | |||
| "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" | Eskimo Joe | Kav Temperley, Stuart MacLeod, Joel Quartermain | ||||
| "Funky Tonight" | John Butler Trio | John Butler | ||||
| "Heart's a Mess" | Gotye | Walter De Backer | ||||
| "Joker & the Thief" | Wolfmother | Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett, Chris Ross | ||||
| "One Crowded Hour" | Augie March | Glenn Richards | ||||
| Songwriters of the Year | ||||||
| Writer | Result [6] | |||||
| Andrew Stockdale, Myles Heskett, Chris Ross | ||||||
| Breakthrough Songwriter Award | ||||||
| Writer | Result | |||||
| Glenn Richards | ||||||
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music | ||||||
| Name | Result | |||||
| Michael McMartin | ||||||
| Most Performed Australian Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [7] | |||
| "Flaunt It" | TV Rock featuring Seany B | Sean Berchik, Ivan Gough, Grant Smillie | ||||
| "Lift" | Shannon Noll | Adam Reily, Bryon Jones, Shannon Noll, Andrew Roachford | ||||
| "Opportunity" | Pete Murray | Pete Murray | ||||
| "Songbird" | Bernard Fanning | Bernard Fanning | ||||
| "Wish You Well" | Bernard Fanning | Bernard Fanning | ||||
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [8] | |||
| "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" | Jet | Nicholas Cester, Cameron Muncey | ||||
| "Look What You've Done" | Jet | Nicholas Cester | ||||
| "Down Under" | Men at Work | Colin Hay, Ronald Strykert | ||||
| "Highway to Hell" | AC/DC | Bon Scott, Angus Young, Malcolm Young | ||||
| "Love Is in the Air" | John Paul Young | Harry Vanda, George Young | ||||
| Most Performed Blues & Roots Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [9] | |||
| "Funky Tonight" | The John Butler Trio | John Butler | ||||
| "Middle of the Hill" | Josh Pyke | Josh Pyke | ||||
| "Songbird" | Bernard Fanning | Bernard Fanning | ||||
| "Watch Over Me" | Bernard Fanning | Bernard Fanning | ||||
| "Wish You Well" | Bernard Fanning | Bernard Fanning | ||||
| Most Performed Country Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [10] | |||
| "Going Back Home" | Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley | ||||
| "Midnight Run" | Travis Sinclair | Travis Sinclair, Garth Porter | ||||
| "The New Bush" | Lee Kernaghan | Garth Porter, Colin Buchanan, Lee Kernaghan | ||||
| "Nothing at All" | Kasey Chambers | Kasey Chambers | ||||
| "Something that My Heart Does" | The McClymonts | Brooke McClymont, Erik Bernholm | ||||
| Most Performed Dance Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [11] | |||
| "Flaunt It" | TV Rock featuring Seany B | Sean Berchik, Ivan Gough, Grant Smillie | ||||
| "I Love It" | Sneaky Sound System | Angus McDonald | ||||
| "Tilt My Hat" | Andy J | Andrew Farriss, Michael Hutchence | ||||
| "Way to Go!" | Rogue Traders | Jamie Appleby, Isaac Moran | ||||
| "We're Coming Home" | Rogue Traders | Jamie Appleby, Melinda Appleby | ||||
| Most Performed Foreign Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [12] | |||
| "Far Away" | Nickelback | Chad Kroeger, Michael Kroeger, Ryan Peake, Daniel Adair | ||||
| "Feel Better" | Santana featuring Steve Tyler | Burleigh Johnson, Damon Johnson, James Scoggin | ||||
| "Forever Young" | Youth Group | Marian Gold, Bernhard Lloyd, Frank Mertens | ||||
| "Love Generation" | Bob Sinclar | Gary Pine, Christophe Le Friant (aka Bob Sinclar), Jean-Guy Schreiner, Alain Wisniak, Duane Harden | ||||
| "Talk" | Coldplay | Ralf Hütter, Karl Bartos, Guy Berryman, Jonathan Buckland, William Champion, Chris Martin, Emil Schult | ||||
| Most Performed Jazz Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [13] | |||
| "Bungalow" | The Catholics | Lloyd Swanton | ||||
| "Complicated Woman" | Mark Sholtez | Mark Sholtez | ||||
| "Dream About You" | Mark Sholtez | Mark Sholtez | ||||
| "Love Me for the Cool" | Mark Sholtez | Mark Sholtez | ||||
| "Village" | David Jones & Friends | Anthony Gould, David Jones, Ian Robertson | ||||
| Most Performed Urban Work | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [14] | |||
| "Get Up Outta the Dirt" | Butterfingers | Eddie Jacobson | ||||
| "Hold On" | Phrase | Harley Webster, Jan Skubiszewski, Daniel Merriweather | ||||
| "In Front of Me" | Tzu | Joel Ma, Corey McGregor, Pip Norman, Shehab Tariq | ||||
| "It's About to Blow" | DJ Peril | Jason Foretti, Nathan Barbatiello, Christopher Drew | ||||
| "Superstar" | Jade MacRae | Jade MacRae, Dwaine Cruz, Charles Lomu | ||||
Classical Music Awards | ||||||
| Best Composition by an Australian Composer | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [15] [16] | ||||
| Birthday Tango | Roger Smalley | |||||
| Mother Tongue | Liza Lim | |||||
| O Venezia: Part 1 | Graham Hair | |||||
| The Silence | Iain Grandage | |||||
| Viola Concerto | Brett Dean | |||||
| Best Performance of an Australian Composition | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | |||
| Inferno for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble | Margery Smith | David Rowen (soloist), Sydney Omega Ensemble | ||||
| Bright Forms Return | Gillian Whitehead | Halcyon and Flinders Quartet | ||||
| Symphony No. 2 | Carl Vine | Queensland Youth Symphony | ||||
| When the Clock Strikes Me | Nigel Westlake | Rebecca Lagos (soloist), Sydney Symphony | ||||
| Instrumental Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | |||
| Dawn Day Dusk | Caroline Szeto | Satsuko Odamura, Denis Cowdy | ||||
| Di Primavera | Maria Grenfell | David Malone | ||||
| For Leunig Pieces | Maria Grenfell | David Malone | ||||
| Piano Trio | Ross Edwards | The Australian Trio | ||||
| Long-Term Contribution to the Advancement of Australian Music | ||||||
| Artist or Organisation | Result | |||||
| Belinda Webster | ||||||
| Ian Cleworth | ||||||
| John Pochée | ||||||
| Tristram Cary | ||||||
| Orchestral Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | |||
| Flying Banner (After Wang To) | Liza Lim | Sydney Symphony, Gianluigi Gelmetti (conductor) | ||||
| Percussion Concerto | Matthew Hindson | The Queensland Orchestra, Evelyn Glennie, Takuo Yuasa (conductor) | ||||
| Tivoli Dances | Graeme Koehne | Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor) | ||||
| Welcome to the MCG | Christopher Gordon | Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Lyn Williams (conductor) | ||||
| Outstanding Contribution by an Individual | ||||||
| Individual | Work | Result | ||||
| Claire Edwardes (Duo Vertigo) | Duyfken Project | |||||
| David Malone | Fretsongs CD Project | |||||
| Elena Kats-Chernin | activities in 2006 | |||||
| Liza Lim | Sydney Symphony Composer Residency | |||||
| Outstanding Contribution by an Organisation | ||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result | ||||
| Aurora Festival Committee | 2006 Auroroa Festival of New Music | |||||
| The Australian Ballet, Australian Youth Orchestra, Sonic Art Ensemble | Body Torque | |||||
| Topology Ensemble | 2006 Concert Series at the Brisbane Powerhouse | |||||
| Outstanding Contribution to Australian Music in Education | ||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result | ||||
| Australian Youth Orchestra, The Australian Ballet | 2006 National Music Camp Composition Program, Body Torque | |||||
| MLC School, Sonic Arts Ensemble | Sounding the Score Student Composition project | |||||
| Newington College | Gerard Brophy Residency Project | |||||
| Sydney Symphony Education Program | Sydney Symphony Sinfonietta Composition project | |||||
| Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Australian Composers' School | |||||
| Outstanding Contribution to Australian Music in a Regional Area | ||||||
| Organisation | Work | Result | ||||
| Camden Haven Music Festival Committee | 2006 Camden Haven Music Festival | |||||
| Co-Opera | Tour of Becky Llewelyn's The Portrait | |||||
| Paul Jarman | Mountains Touching Sea project (Coffs Harbour, New South Wales) | |||||
| TalkOz | 2006 National Regional Tour | |||||
| Vocal or Choral Work of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Performer | Result | |||
| Daragang Magayon Cantata | Bruce Crossman, Merlinda Bobis | Lotte Latukefu, Merlinda Bobis, Ian Munro | ||||
| May you Dance | Sarah Hopkins | The People of Childers | ||||
Screen Music Awards | ||||||
| Feature Film Score of the Year | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result [17] [18] | ||||
| Irresistible | David Hirschfelder | |||||
| Miss Potter | Nigel Westlake | |||||
| Noise | Bryony Marks | |||||
| The Book of Revelation | Cezary Skubiszewski | |||||
| Best Music for an Advertisement | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| NAPCAN – "Children See" | Hylton Mowday | |||||
| "Ears vs Eyes" | Paul Healy, Antony Partos, Matteo Zingales | |||||
| Coca-Cola – "Endless Summer" | Haydn Walker | |||||
| Tiger – "Paris" | Elliott Wheeler | |||||
| Best Music for Children's Television | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| Dust Echoes – "Dust Echoes 2" | Luke Jurevicius | |||||
| Lockie Leonard – "The Human Torpedo" | Daniel Denholm | |||||
| Pirate Islands 2: The Lost Treasure of Fiji – "Episode 13" | Art Phillips | |||||
| Staines Down Drains – "Episode 22: Pipe Dreams" | Michael Lira | |||||
| Best Music for a Documentary | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| Bomb Harvest | Caitlin Yeo | |||||
| Constructing Australia: Pipe Dreams | James Lee | |||||
| Life | Nerida Tyson-Chew | |||||
| The Floating Brothel | Brett Aplin | |||||
| Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| Guy Gross | ||||||
| Stepfather of the Bride | Nigel Westlake | |||||
| Supernova II | Paul Healy, Russell Thornton | |||||
| The King – The Graham Kennedy Story | Bryony Marks | |||||
| Best Music for a Short Film | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| Balloon | Hylton Mowday | |||||
| Iron Bird | Ash Gibson Greig | |||||
| Professor Pebbles | Ash Gibson Greig | |||||
| Yolk | Matthew Fitzgerald, Pete Kelly, Tom Schutzinger | |||||
| Best Music for a Television Series or Serial | ||||||
| Series or Serial | Episode title | Composer | Result | |||
| All Saints | "Episode 393" | Matteo Zingales | ||||
| Dangerous | "Episode 7" | Alan John, Steven Francis | ||||
| McLeod's Daughters | "Episode 177" | Alastair Ford | ||||
| Two Twisted | "Delivery Man" | Nerida Tyson-Chew | ||||
| Best Original Song Composed for the Screen | ||||||
| Song title | Work | Composer | Result | |||
| "Ballet Theme" | Let Me Not | Nicholas Buc | ||||
| "He Is Not Alone" | The Bet | John Gray | ||||
| "This is Life" | Life | Richard Porteous | ||||
| "Together Now" | Opening Ceremony of the Asian Games | Iva Davies | ||||
| Best Soundtrack Album | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| Jindabyne | Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe | |||||
| Kenny | Richard Pleasance | |||||
| Miss Potter | Nigel Westlake | |||||
| The Book of Revelation | Cezary Skubiszewski | |||||
| Best Television Theme | ||||||
| Title | Composer | Result | ||||
| David Tench Tonight | David Chapman | |||||
| Staines Down Drains | Michael Lira | |||||
| The King – The Graham Kennedy Story | Bryony Marks | |||||
| Two Twisted | Nerida Tyson-Chew | |||||
| International Achievement Award | ||||||
| Artist | Result | |||||
| The Wiggles Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Greg Page | ||||||
| Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia | ||||||
| Composer | Result | |||||
| Chris Harriott | ||||||
| Jay Stewart | ||||||
| Neil Sutherland | ||||||
| Brenton White | ||||||
| Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas | ||||||
| Composer | Result | |||||
| Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field, John Field, Greg Page (The Wiggles) | ||||||
| Garry McDonald, Laurie Stone | ||||||
| Chris Pettifer | ||||||
| Neil Sutherland | ||||||