APRA Music Awards of 1996

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1996 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1996. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).^[1][2] APRA and AMCOS did not provide any awards in 1997, after the hiatus they resumed the annual ceremony in APRA Music Awards of 1998.^[3]

APRA Music Awards of 1996
Date	May 1996 (1996-05)
Location	Australia
← 1995 · APRA Music Award · 1998 →

Only one classical music award was available in 1996: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition.^[4][5] APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1996.^[6] APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC),^[7] which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers.^[8]

Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.

APRA Music Awards
Song of the Year
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9][10]
"Caroline"		The Badloves		Debra Byrne, Michael Spiby		Nominated
"Pick You Up"		Powderfinger		Jonathan Coghill, John Collins, Bernard Fanning, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton		Nominated
"Waking Up Tired"		Hoodoo Gurus		David Faulkner, Bradley Shepherd		Nominated
"Wasn't It Good"		Tina Arena		Tina Arena, Robert Parde, Heather Field		Won
"Where the Wild Roses Grow"		Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue		Nick Cave		Nominated
Songwriters of the Year
Writer						Result [11]
Nick Cave						Won
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Name						Result [11]
Ron Tudor						Won
Most Performed Australian Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9][11]
"Apple Eyes"		Swoop		Joshua Beagley, Roland Kapferer, Alexander Hewetson, Fiona Ta'Akimoeaka		Nominated
"Caroline"		The Badloves		Debra Byrne, Michael Spiby		Nominated
"Under the Water"		Merril Bainbridge		Merril Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell, Stanley Paulzen		Won
"Wasn't It Good"		Tina Arena		Tina Arena, Robert Parde, Heather Field		Nominated
"Where the Wild Roses Grow"		Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue		Nick Cave		Nominated
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [11]
"Tomorrow"		Silverchair		Daniel Johns, Benjamin Gillies		Won
Most Performed Children's Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9][11]
"Grand Fairies Ball"		Christine Hutchinson		Christine Hutchinson		Nominated
"Growin' Up Strong"		Wendy Notley		Barbara Notley, Wendy Notley, Al Rony, Donna Ross		Nominated
"The Hooley Dooleys"		The Hooley Dooleys		David Butts, Antoine Demarest, Bruce Thorburn		Nominated
"Just Hang Loose"		Incy Wincy		Leonie Cambage, Graham Sattler		Nominated
"Wake Up Jeff!"		The Wiggles		Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page		Won
Most Performed Country Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9][11]
"Don't Call Wagga Wagga Wagga"		Jim Haynes		Gregory Champion, James Haynes		Nominated
"Nine Mile Run"		Tania Kernaghan		Colin Buchanan, Tania Kernaghan, Fiona Kernaghan		Nominated
"1959"		Lee Kernaghan		Garth Porter, Lee Kernaghan		Won
"Skinny Dippin'"		Lee Kernaghan		Garth Porter, Lee Kernaghan, Colin Buchanan, Lawrence Minton		Nominated
"Somewhere out There"		Shanley Del		Shanley Del Gregory, Steven Daily		Nominated
Most Performed Foreign Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9][11]
"As I Lay Me Down"		Sophie B. Hawkins		Sophie B. Hawkins		Nominated
"Fairground"		Simply Red		Mick Hucknall		Nominated
"Give Me One Reason"		Tracy Chapman		Tracy Chapman		Nominated
"Kiss from a Rose"		Seal		Henry Samuel (p.k.a. Seal)		Won
"Lets Groove"		CDB		Maurice White, Wayne Vaughn		Nominated
Most Performed Jazz Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9][11]
"Ee Yoo Hoo"		Coco's Lunch		Nicola Eveleigh		Nominated
"Futures"		DIG		Samuel Dixon, Scott Saunders, James Robertson, Timothy Rollinson, Terepai Richmond		Won
"Mambo Gumbo"		Wanderlust		Miroslav Bukovsky		Nominated
"Tata"		Wanderlust		Francisco Hevia		Nominated
"Until"		Carl Orr		Carl Orr, Renée Geyer		Nominated
Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition
Title		Composer		Performer		Result [9][11]
Fantasy		Helen Gifford		Laura Chislett, the Flute in Orbit		Nominated
Flower Songs		Ross Edwards		Song Company and Friends		Nominated
In the Shuberry		Anthony Bremner		Song Company and Friends		Nominated
Sonata for Harp		Peggy Glanville-Hicks		Marshall Maguire		Won
To His Servant Bach God Grants a Final Glimpse – The Morning Star		Graeme Koehne		Marshall Maguire		Nominated
Best Film Score
Title			Composer			Result [6]
All Men Are Liars			Mark Moffatt, Wayne Goodwin			Nominated
Angel Baby			John Clifford White			Nominated
Babe			Nigel Westlake			Won
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection			Peter Best			Nominated
Lilian's Story			Cezary Skubiszewski			Nominated
Mushrooms			Paul Grabowsky			Nominated
Talk			John Clifford White			Nominated
That Eye, the Sky			David Bridie, John Phillips			Nominated
Best Television Theme
Title			Composer			Result [9][11]
Blue Murder			Peter Best			Nominated
Bordertown			Guy Gross			Nominated
Breaking the Ice			Robert Moss			Nominated
Correlli			Christopher Neal			Nominated
G.P.			Mario Millo			Won
Mercury			John Clifford White			Nominated
RPA			Geoffrey J Harvey			Nominated
Water Rats			Leslie Gock			Nominated

See also

• Music of Australia