APRA Music Awards of 1999

APRA Music Awards of 1999
DateMay 1999 (1999-05)
LocationThe Forum Theatre
Melbourne Australia
← 1998 · APRA Music Award · 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]

Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.

APRA Music Awards

Song of the Year

Title Artist Writer Result
[7][8]
"Addicted to Bass" Josh Abrahams (w.p.a. Puretone), Amiel Daemion Abrahams, Daemion Nominated
"Buses and Trains" Bachelor Girl James Roche Won
"Cry" The Mavis's Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy Nominated
"The Day You Come" Powderfinger Jon Coghill, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, Bernard Fanning Nominated
"Heavy Heart" You Am I Tim Rogers Nominated

Songwriters of the Year

Writer Result
[9]
Paul Kelly Won

Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music

Name Result
[9]
Slim Dusty Won

Most Performed Australian Work

Title Artist Writer Result
[7][9]
"Buses and Trains" Bachelor Girl James Roche Nominated
"Cry" The Mavis's Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy Won
"Lonely" Merril Bainbridge Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell Nominated
"Love Is Alive" Kate Ceberano Mark Goldenberg, Ceberano Nominated
"Now I Can Dance" Tina Arena Arena, David Tyson Nominated

Most Performed Australian Work Overseas

Title Artist Writer Result
[9]
"Truly Madly Deeply" Savage Garden Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones Won

Most Performed Children's Work

Title Artist Writer Result
[7][9]
"Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)" The Wiggles Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page Won
"Fhir An Bhata" Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle with Queensland Symphony Orchestra Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle Nominated
"Fun With Humphrey" Humphrey Peter Douglas, Robert Pippan Nominated
"Ooga Chuga (In The Jungle)" The Hooley Dooleys David Butts / Antoine Demarest / Bruce Thorburn Nominated
"We're Dancing With Wags the Dog" The Wiggles Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page Nominated

Most Performed Country Work

Title Artist Writer Result
[7][9]
"Biggest Disappointment" Troy Cassar-Daley Joy McKean Nominated
"Goondiwindi Moon" Lee Kernaghan Kernaghan, James Blundell, Garth Porter Nominated
"Hat Town" Lee Kernaghan Colin Buchanan, Kernaghan, Porter Won
"Last Man Standing" Adam Brand Brand, Clive Young Nominated
"Your Own Sweet Time" Shanley Del Shanley Del Gregory Nominated

Most Performed Foreign Work

Title Artist Writer Result
[7][9]
"Big Mistake" Natalie Imbruglia Martin Sandberg Nominated
"High" Lighthouse Family Paul Tucker, Emmanuel Baiyewu Nominated
"My Father's Eyes" Eric Clapton Clapton Nominated
"Never Ever" All Saints Shaznay Lewis, Esmail Jazayeri, Sean Mather Nominated
"You're Still the One" Shania Twain Twain, Robert "Mutt" Lange Won

Most Performed Jazz Work

Title Artist Writer Result
[7][9]
"Cool Beans" Bob Bertles Bertles Nominated
Creology Australian Creole Guy Strazzullo Nominated
"Moshoeshoe the First" Clarion Fracture Zone Tony Gorman Nominated
Subtlety of Time Graeme Lyall Tony Gould Nominated
"Unheard" The Necks Christopher Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Anthony Buck Won

Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition

Title Composer Performer Result
[7][9]
Earth Cry Peter Sculthorpe Goldner String Quartet Nominated
Enyato II Ross Edwards Patricia Pollet (viola) Nominated
Fandango Ann Carr-Boyd The Sydney Mandolins Nominated
Laikan Nigel Westlake Australia Ensemble Won
Selfish Giant Graeme Koehne Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra Nominated

Best Film Score

Title Composer Result
[7][9]
Babe: Pig in the City Nigel Westlake Nominated
Elizabeth David Hirschfelder Won
A Little Bit of Soul – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Westlake Nominated
The Sound of One Hand Clapping Cezary Skubiszewski Nominated
The Truman Show Burkhard Dallwitz Nominated

Best Television Theme

Title Composer Result
[7][9]
All Saints Colin Bayley, Kevin Bayley, Murray Burns Nominated
Crocadoo: Season 2 Clive Harrison Nominated
Moby Dick Christopher Gordon Won
SeaChange Richard Pleasance Nominated
Search for Treasure Island Peter Dasent Nominated

See also

References

  1. ^ "Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Art Music Awards – History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 25 October 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Winners – Prior to 2002". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Winners Prior to 2002". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 14 April 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ^ "About". Australian Guild of Screen Composers. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. ^ Dennis W. Nicholson (ed.). "AGSC Australian Guild of Screen Composers". Australian Soundtracks. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Nominations – 1999". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Previous Winners Song of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "1999 Winners - APRA Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 18 September 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2018.