The winners of the 2025 Screen Music Awards are here.
Taking place at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on Tuesday evening, Melbourne-based composer, Cornel Wilczek, was the big winner of the night, taking home the gongs for Best Music for a Television Drama (“Fake”) and Best Opening Title Television Theme with Thomas Rouch for the Netflix adaptation of the Jane Harper book, “The Survivors.”
Elsewhere, Joff Bush won the Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas category for ABC juggernaut “Bluey,” which he also won in 2023, while Australian favourite Megan Washington won Best Original Song Composed for the Screen for “Dream On” from BINGE’s “How to Make Gravy”, the film adaptation of Paul Kelly’s iconic Christmas song.
Electric Fields, made a surprise appearance at the ceremony to perform the song, which they also did for the 2024-released film.
Jed Kurzel took out Feature Film Score of the Year for the British period action-drama” Tornado,” his fourth win in the category, following “Monkey Man” (2024), “Slow West” (2015) and “Snowtown” (2011).
Check out all of the winners below.
Best Music for an Advertisement
“Toyota CH-R Diamond”
Composed by Lance Gurisik
Published by MassivePublishing
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Best Music for Children’s Programming
“Runt”
Composed by Iain Grandage / Josh Hogan
Best Music for a Documentary
“Yurlu | Country”
Composed by Helena Czajka
Best Music for a Short Film
“The Way Home”
Composed by Dale Cornelius
Published by Concord Music Publishing ANZ
Best Music for a Television Comedy
“Return to Paradise (Season 1 Episode 1)”
Composed by Jackson Milas / Antony Partos
Published by Sonar Music
Best Music for a Television Drama
“Fake” (Season 1 Episode 5)
Composed by Cornel Wilczek / Alex Olijnyk
Best Music for Unscripted & Reality Television Series
“Eat the Invaders”
Composed by Benjamin Speed
Best Music for a Video Game or Other Interactive Media
“Feed the Deep”
Composed by Cedar Jones
Best Opening Title Television Theme
“The Survivors”
Composed by Thomas Rouch* / Cornel Wilczek
Published by Concord Music Publishing ANZ*
Best Original Song Composed for the Screen
“Dream On” from “How to Make Gravy”
Composed by Megan Washington
Published by ORiGiN Music Publishing
Best Soundtrack Album
“The Raftsmen”
Composed by Finn Clarke
Feature Film Score of the Year
“Tornado”
Composed by Jed Kurzel
Published by Syncredi Music
Emerging Screen Composer of the Year
Ayda Akbal
Most Performed Screen Composer – Australia
Composer Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks
For Travel Guides, MasterChef, Farmer Wants A Wife, LEGO Masters
Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas
Composer Joff Bush
For Bluey
Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen
Christopher Gordon