APRA AMCOS and the Australian Guild of Screen Composers have announced the winners of the 2025 Screen Music Awards in a ceremony hosted in Brisbane last night. The awards celebrate the accomplishments of Australian composers and musicians across film, television, video games and advertisements.

Prolific film composer Jed Kurzel took home his fourth trophy for Feature Film Score of the Year for his work on Tornado, directed by John Maclean.

Cornel Wilczek. Photo courtesy of Cornel Wilczek

Melbourne-based composer Cornel Wilczek earned two Screen Music Awards this year. With Alex Olijnyk, he collected a Best Music for a Television Drama award for Paramount+ eight-part series Fake, and Wilczek’s theme track for Netflix miniseries The Survivors, co-composed with Thomas Rouch, won Best Opening Title for a Television Theme. 

In Best Music for a Television Comedy, veteran screen composer Antony Partos and Jackson Milas earned the award for Return to Paradise, which returns for its second season next month.

The Most Performed Screen Composer – Overseas went to Joff Bush and his musical team for Bluey; their second win since 2023. And, for their 11th time, Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks have jointly won the Most Performed Screen...