Australian Screen Music Awards Nomiees for 2026

The AGSC released its 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards nominations for basically all fourteen categories. They also said the ceremony will take place on October 28, 2026, at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, Australia.

So, keep reading to learn about the nominees and their respective categories.

2026 Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations Released

All in all, one of the joys of being a soundtrack music blogger is learning about all the strange awards out there. Basically, every aspect of the entertainment industry has a music awards show. And it still amazes me how often grown adults give each other trophies for just doing their jobs.

For instance, the 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards are coming up. I was going to skip them, but knowing who our friends down under think were this year’s best soundtracks intrigued my interest.

 What are the Australian Screen Music Awards?

Please note that these Australian Screen Music Awards are not related to the ASCAP Screen Music Awards we have here in the States. We must wait until April next year for those.

No, this Screen Music Awards show is basically the brainchild of:

• The Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA)
• Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS)
• And the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC).

Consequently, it celebrates the excellence and innovation in the Australian soundtrack music scene. That’s regardless of whether it’s from film, TV, documentaries, advertising, children’s programming, video games, or any other media.

The 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards Ceremony

The next Australian Screen Music Awards ceremony is on October 28, 2026, 5.30 pm Brisbane Time, as I have said. Rob Collins will host the event at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane, while Claudia Karvan OAM and Ayesha Madon will serve as guest presenters.

The ceremony will also award trophies in fourteen categories, chosen by panels of Australian soundtrack composers. There will also be a single lifetime achievement award, the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen, which the APRA board of directors will announce in two weeks, on October 13.

Meet the Nominees

Now that said, Antony Partos, Josh Hogan and Ned Beckley grabbed most of the 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards nominations, with four each. For instance, Partos is up for Best Documentary Music for Edge of Life, and Best TV Drama Soundtrack for The Artful Dodger. He’s also up for Best Soundtrack Album and Best Feature Soundtrack Score.

Meanwhile, Hogan and Beckley are nominated together for their work on the children’s TV show Tales from Outer Suburbia. Of course, that means that Outer Suburbia got at least four nominations itself.

Then, there are Adam Gock, Dinesh Wicks and Mitch Stewart, each of whom received three nominations. For instance, they’re competing for both Most Performed Screen Composer categories for their work for Lego Masters, MasterChef, and My Kitchen Rules. They’re also running for Best Reality TV Soundtrack for Million-Dollar Secret.

And finally, William Barton is up for Best Song with the track “The Spirit Shall Return” from Mystery Road: Origin. Then, there’s Caitlin Yeo with the track “We Got Away with It” from He Had It Coming.

The Complete 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations List

Here’s the complete list of 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards nominees.

Best Advertisement Music

These are basically the best ad music in Australia:

• Lego, Project Vehicles, Benjamin Lam
• Sarah & Sebastian, Ondine, Mara Schwerdtfeger
• Telstra, Tame Your Tech, Scott Langley
• Voice of Resistance, Fred Leone, Mariah Alone, Dion Brownfield, Caleb Tasker, Skye Thomas, Corey Webster, and Dallas Woods

Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations for Children’s TV Soundtrack

So, these are the best kids’ shows on Australian TV.

• Caper Crew – Steve Toulmin
• Kiki Can Fly (Zoo, Special Edition) – David Skinner
• Tales from Outer Suburbia (Episode 10) – Ned Beckley and Josh Hogan
• The Pout-Pout Fish – Ack Kinmonth

Documentary Soundtrack

I hope these documentaries are available here in the US.

• Edge of Life – Antony Partos
• Reported Missing (Season 5, Episode 1) – Adrian Leung
• Sentient – Helena Czajka
• Whistle – Haydn Walker

Short Film Soundtrack

• Filthy – Chiara Costanza
• Spiders on My Lashline – Freya
• Trading Cards – Nicholas Gardiner
• The Worm – Callum O’Reilly

TV Comedy Soundtrack Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations

• Dog Park (Episode 1) – Bryony Marks
• He Had It Coming (Episode 7) – Caitlin Yeo
• Sunny Nights (Episode 1) – Matteo Zingales
• The Witchy Girls (Episode 6) – Peter Corrigan, Georgina Darvidis, and Matthew Sheers

 Television Drama Soundtrack

• Playing Gracie Darling (Episode 5) – Jan Skubiszewski
• Reckless (Episode 4) – Cassie To and Emma Greenhill
• The Artful Dodger (Season 2, Episode 3) – Antony Partos
• The Family Next Door (Episode 1) – Bryony Marks

Reality TV Soundtrack

• Beyond Bali with Lara Lee – Amara Primero and Melany Thompson
• Million-Dollar Secret (Season 2) – Adam Gock, Dinesh Wicks, David Bruggemann, Rory Chenoweth, Lydia Davies, Brontë Horder, Adam Sofo, Mitch Stewart, and Cassie To
• Muster Dogs (Season 4) – Mark Walmsley
• Tucci in Italy (Season 2) – Richard Pike

Video Game Soundtrack Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations

Like other dedicated soundtrack awards, the Australian Screen Music Awards have a category for video games.

• Bluey’s Quest for the Gold Pen – Cedar Jones
• Hollow Knight: Silksong – Christopher Larkin
• Malys – Belinda Coomes
• Mixtape – Josh Abrahams and Jonathan Tron

Best Opening Title Theme

• Flower and Flour – Hylton Mowday
• Reported Missing – Adrian Leung
• Revealed: Death Cap Murders – Simon Walbrook
• Tales from Outer Suburbia – Ned Beckley and Josh Hogan

Original Soundtrack Song Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations

• “Nothing Stays the Same” by Ned Beckley, Joni Hogan, and Josh Hogan – Tales from Outer Suburbia
• “Nug Luck” by Steve Toulmin – Caper Crew
• “The Spirit Shall Return” by William Barton – Mystery Road: Origin
• “We Got Away with It” by Caitlin Yeo – He Had It Coming

Soundtrack Album

• Christy – Antony Partos
• Deadloch (Season 2) – Amanda Brown
• Tales from Outer Suburbia – Ned Beckley and Josh Hogan
• Together – Cornel Wilczek and Alex Olijnyk

Feature Film Score of the Year

• Addition – Piers Burbrook de Vere and Rose Mackenzie-Peterson
• Christy – Antony Partos
• Monument – Kenneth Lampl
• War Machine – Dmitri Golovko

Emerging Screen Composer of the Year

This category is basically for the newbies on the scene.

• Andreas Dominguez
• Emma Greenhill
• Finn Clarke
• Genevieve Patrick

Most Performed Australian Screen Composer

I guess this category is generally for the composer with the most soundtrack credits.

• Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks – MasterChef, My Kitchen Rules, Travel Guides
• Damian De Boos-Smith – Better Homes & Gardens, Return to Paradise, The Block
• Jay Stewart – Better Homes & Gardens, It’s Academic, The Block
• Mitch Stewart – MasterChef, My Kitchen Rules, Travel Guides

Most Performed Overseas Screen Composer

• Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks – Con Girl, Lego Masters, Married at First Sight
• Anthony Ammar – Love on the Spectrum, Married at First Sight, MasterChef
• Joff Bush – Bluey, The Strange Chores
• Mitch Stewart – Con Girl, Lego Masters, Married at First Sight

Final Thoughts on the Australian Screen Music Awards Nominations

To conclude, all I can say is good luck to all of the 2026 Australian Screen Music Awards nominees. While I recognize some of them, I’m not familiar enough with Australian entertainment to say anything else.

However, if you are, post your thoughts on these nominees either in the forums or in the comments below.