| Year | Film | Subject |
|---|
| 1970s |
| 1975 | The Cars That Ate Paris | Bruce Smeaton |
| The Great Macarthy |
| 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 | | 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 |
| Bright Star | Mark Bradshaw |
| AACTA Awards |
2011
(1st) | The Hunter | Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira, Matteo Zingales |
| 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) | | 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 |
| 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 |
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