Australian Guild of Screen Composers


The Australian Guild of Screen Composers is a not for profit organisation, which was established in 1981, "to represent the interests of Australian screen composers by developing and promoting employment opportunities, undertaking educational initiatives and increasing their profile amongst the industry." The Guild's head offices are in Sydney, with successive presidents from 1987 being Bob Young, Martin Armiger, Chris Neal, Art Phillips, Clive Harrison, Guy Gross and Caitlin Yeo.
Since 1991 it has been sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association.
AGSC presented film and television composers with awards from 1996 to 2000. Each year they released a compilation album, starting with The Australian Guild of Screen Composers 1996 Award Winners in 1997, via Sony Music Australia.
Since 2002 AGSC, in collaboration with APRA and the affiliated Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society, present Screen Music Awards at an annual ceremony as part of the APRA Music Awards. These honour, "compositions for documentaries, short films, mini-series, children's television and feature film scores."

AGSC Awards 1996–2000

AGSC Awards of 1996

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Best Music for a Documentary
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Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video
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Best Music for a Children's Television Series
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Best Music for a Short Film
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Special Achievement in Sound Design
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Best Music for an Advertisement
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Best Original Music in a Television Series or Serial
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Best Original Song for a Feature Film, TV Series, Telemovie, or Mini-Series
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Best Music in a Mini-Series or Telemovie
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Best Original Title Theme Composed for a Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series
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Best Soundtrack Album
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Best Original Music for a Feature Film
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AGSC Awards of 1997

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Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video
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Best Original Music by a Student Composer
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Best Music for a Children's Television Series
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Best Music for a Short Film
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Special Achievement in Sound Design
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Best Music for an Advertisement
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Best Original Music in a Television Series or Serial
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Best Music for a News Show, Station ID or Other Promo
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Best Original Music in a TV Series
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Best Original Title Theme Composed for a Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series
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Best Soundtrack Album
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Best Original Song
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AGSC Awards of 1998

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Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video
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Best Original Music by a Student Composer
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Best Music for a Children's Television Series
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Best Music for a Short Film
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Special Achievement in Sound Design
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Best Music for an Advertisement
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Best Original Music in a Television Series or Serial
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Best Music for a News Show, Station ID or Other Promo
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Best Original Title Theme Composed for a Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series
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Best Soundtrack Album
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Best Original Song
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Special Achievement
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Best Original Music for a Feature Film
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AGSC Awards of 1999

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Best Original Music for a Documentary
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Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video
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Best Original Music by a Student Composer
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Best Music for a Children's TV or Animation Series
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Best Original Music for a Short Film
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Special Achievement in Sound Design
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Best Original Music for an Advertisement
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Best Original Music in a TV Series or Serial
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Best Music for a News Show, Station ID or Other Promo
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Best Original Title Theme Composed for a Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series
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Best Original Music for a Soundtrack
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Best Original Song Composed for a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series or Mini-Series
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Best Music for a Mini-Series or a Telemovie
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Best Original Music for a Feature Film
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AGSC Awards of 2000

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Best Original Music for a Documentary
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Best Original Music by a Student Composer
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Best Music for a Children's Television Series
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Best Original Music for a Short Film
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Special Achievement in Sound Design
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Best Original Music for an Advertisement
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Best Music in a Television Series or Serial
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Best Music for a Station ID or Promo
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Best Title Theme Composed for a TV Series, Serial or Mini-Series
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Best Soundtrack Album
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Best Music for a Mini-Series or a Telemovie
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Best Music for a Feature Film