The Australian Guild of Screen Composers ( AGSC ) 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." It was established by Bruce Smeaton and Bruce Rowland . The Guild's head offices are in Sydney, with successive presidents from 1987 being Bob Young (1987–91), Martin Armiger (1992–98), Chris Neal (1999–2000), Art Phillips (2001–08), Clive Harrison (2008–11), Guy Gross (2012–17), Caitlin Yeo (2018–20), Antony Partos (2020–22) and Dale Cornelius (2022–present). Since 1991 it has been sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).
7-472: 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 the AGSC, in collaboration with APRA and the affiliated Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), present Screen Music Awards at an annual ceremony as part of
14-509: A Documentary Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video Best Original Music by a Student Composer Best Music for a Children's Television Series Best Music for a Short Film Special Achievement in Sound Design Best Music for an Advertisement Best Original Music in a Television Series or Serial Best Music for a News Show, Station ID or Other Promo Best Original Title Theme Composed for
21-484: A Student Composer Best Music for a Children's Television Series Best Music for a Short Film Special Achievement in Sound Design Best Music for an Advertisement Best Original Music in a Television Series or Serial Best Music for a News Show, Station ID or Other Promo Best Original Music in a TV Series Best Original Title Theme Composed for a Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series Best Soundtrack Album Best Original Song Best Music for
28-647: A TV Series or Serial Sony Music Australia Sony Music Entertainment Australia is the predominant record label operated by American parent company Sony Music Entertainment in Australia. SMEA also formerly published and distributed video games in Australia & New Zealand on behalf of Sony Imagesoft and Sony Electronic Publishing Europe until 1995. Sony Music Entertainment Australia as of July 2017 also runs British multimedia Ministry of Sound Recordings' Australian operations on behalf of Sony Music UK , taking over from recently renamed TMRW Music , formerly
35-437: A Television Series or Serial Best Original Song for a Feature Film, TV Series, Telemovie, or Mini-Series Best Music in a Mini-Series or Telemovie Best Original Title Theme Composed for a Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series Best Soundtrack Album Best Original Music for a Feature Film Best Music for a Documentary Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video Best Original Music by
42-597: A Television Series, Serial or Mini-Series Best Soundtrack Album Best Original Song Special Achievement Best Original Music for a Feature Film Best Original Music for a Documentary Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video Best Original Music by a Student Composer Best Music for a Children's TV or Animation Series Best Original Music for a Short Film Special Achievement in Sound Design Best Original Music for an Advertisement Best Original Music in
49-519: The APRA Music Awards . These honour, "compositions for documentaries, short films, mini-series, children's television and feature film scores" and other screen music scores. Best Music for a Documentary Best Music for an Educational, Training or Corporate Film/Video Best Music for a Children's Television Series Best Music for a Short Film Special Achievement in Sound Design Best Music for an Advertisement Best Original Music in
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