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Apra Amcos and the Agsc have unveiled the nominees for this year's Screen Music Awards.

The Dressmaker is out in front, up for Best Feature Film Score of the Year and Best Soundtrack Album, thanks to the work of David Hirschfelder.

Also up for gongs are well-known names such as Cezary Skubiszewski, Antony Partos, David Bridie, Michael Yezerski, and duo Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks.

The most nominated composers are Partos and Yezerski, up for four awards each for work across various productions.

First-time nominees include Darren Seltmann, a former member of the Avalanches, and his singer-songwriter wife Sally. Their song from The Letdown, .Dancing in the Darkness., is up for Best Original Song Composed for the Screen.

Other new faces include Adam Moses, Nicholas Robert Thayer, Tristan Dewey, Helen Grimley and Anthony Egizii.

Winners will be announced November 8 at the City Recital Hall, Sydney. Emmy Award winning...

Hit musical drama The Sapphires has scored 12 nominations at the 2012 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) Awards including in the coveted best feature film category.

The Sapphires, which follows four indigenous singers during the Vietnam war, has grossed more than $14 million in Australia to become the biggest local film of the year.

Three other films will be also be vying for the best feature film award: Burning Man (10 nominations in total), Lore (eight nominations in total) and Wish You Were Here (eight nominations in total) at the main Aacta ceremony, which will be held on January 30, 2013, at The Star Event Centre. Last year's event was held at the iconic Sydney Opera House.

P.J. Hogan's Mental also scored eight nominations including Best Lead Actress (Toni Collette), Best Supporting Actor (Liev Schreiber) Best Young Actor (Lily Sullivan) and Best Supporting Actress for Rebecca Gibney and Deborah Mailman.

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The Sapphires has led the Academy of Australian Cinema and Television Arts Awards nominations being nominated in 12 categories.

Awards will be handed out over two events, with an awards luncheon, focused on craft categories on Monday January 28 and the main event on January 30. Both events will be held at the Star Event Centre, the first public events for the venue.

The Sapphires, distributed by Hopscotch/eOne has been nominated for Best Film, Best Direction and best adapted screenplay as well as Best Lead Actor and Actress for Chris O’Dowd and Deborah Mailman, and Best Supporting Actress for Jessica Mauboy.

Burning Man was not far behind on 10 nominations including best film and best direction as well as best lead actor for Matthre Goode and Best Supporting Actress for Essie Davis.

Three more films, Lore, Mental and Wish You Were Here received eight nominations while Not Suitable For Children received four.

Jed Kurzel won the best feature film score of the year at the 2011 Screen Music Awards last night.

Kurzel won for his score of psychological thriller Snowtown.

Kurzel is the member of Sydney band The Mess Hall and also brother of Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.

The ceremony recognises excellence in screen music and is run by the Australian Guild of Screen Composers.

Held at the Sydney City Recital Hall, and hosted by Non Hazlehurst, guests included Claudia Karvan, Sigrid Thornton, Steve Bisley, Sarah Blasko, Paul Capsis and Nelson Woss.

Paul Capsis and Christa Hughes performed songs from Paper Giants: The birth of Cleo and Sarah Blasko Miles Nicholas’ Dream On, which won best original song composed for the screen.

Winners in all categories:

Feature Film Score of the Year

Snowtown

Composer: Jed Kurzel

Publishers: Ivy League Music administered by Mushroom Music Pty Ltd

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Alex Lloyd and Pigram Brothers, Jed Kurzel, David Hirschfelder, David McCormack and The Chaser’s Andrew Hansen and Chris Taylor are among the nominees for the 2011 Screen Music Awards.

The 2011 Screen Music Awards are jointly presented by Apra (Australiasian Performing Rights Association) and Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers).

In the category of the feature film score of the year, Alex Lloyd and Alan and Stephen Pigram are nominated for Mad Bastards alongside Jed Kurzel of rock band the Mess Hall, and brother of director Justin Kurzel is nominated for Snowtown. Past winner David Hirschfelder (Children of the Silk Road) is nominated for The Legend of the Guardians while Burkhard Dallwitz is nominated for The Way Back.

Dallwitz is also nominated for Underbelly Files: tell them Lucifer was here in the Best music for a mini-series or telemovie alongside Guy Gross for East West 101, Bryony Marks for Cloudstreet and...

Animal Kingdom (A. Partos/S. Petty) , Beneath Hill 60 (C. Skubiszewski), Mao’s Last Dancer (C. Gordon) and The Waiting City (M. Yezerski) are competing for the Best Feature Film Score at this year’s Screen Music Awards.

In the television categories My Place (R. Mason), Rescue Special Ops (N. Tyson-Chew), Tangle (B. Marks) and Underbelly (B. Dallwitz) have been selected for the Best Music for a Television Series category.The 2010 Screen Music Awards, presented by Apra (Australasian Performing Right Association) and the Agsc (Australian Guild of Screen Composers) will be held at BMW Edge in Melbourne on Tuesday 9 November.

The nominees are:

Best Feature Film Score

Title Animal Kingdom Composers Antony Partos and Sam Petty Title Beneath Hill 60 Composer Cezary Skubiszewski Publisher Albert Music Title Mao’s Last Dancer Composer Christopher Gordon Title The Waiting City Composer Michael Yezerski Publisher Sandcastle Music Pty Ltd

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