APRA Music Awards of 1999

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1999 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1999. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS).^[1] Only one classical music award was available in 1999: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition.^[2][3] APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1999.^[4] APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC),^[5] which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers.^[6]

APRA Music Awards of 1999
Date	May 1999 (1999-05)
Location	The Forum Theatre Melbourne Australia
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Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.

APRA Music Awards
Song of the Year
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [7][8]
"Addicted to Bass"		Josh Abrahams (w.p.a. Puretone), Amiel Daemion		Abrahams, Daemion		Nominated
"Buses and Trains"		Bachelor Girl		James Roche		Won
"Cry"		The Mavis's		Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy		Nominated
"The Day You Come"		Powderfinger		Jon Coghill, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, Bernard Fanning		Nominated
"Heavy Heart"		You Am I		Tim Rogers		Nominated
Songwriters of the Year
Writer						Result [9]
Paul Kelly						Won
Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music
Name						Result [9]
Slim Dusty						Won
Most Performed Australian Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [7][9]
"Buses and Trains"		Bachelor Girl		James Roche		Nominated
"Cry"		The Mavis's		Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy		Won
"Lonely"		Merril Bainbridge		Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell		Nominated
"Love Is Alive"		Kate Ceberano		Mark Goldenberg, Ceberano		Nominated
"Now I Can Dance"		Tina Arena		Arena, David Tyson		Nominated
Most Performed Australian Work Overseas
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [9]
"Truly Madly Deeply"		Savage Garden		Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones		Won
Most Performed Children's Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [7][9]
"Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)"		The Wiggles		Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page		Won
"Fhir An Bhata"		Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle with Queensland Symphony Orchestra		Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle		Nominated
"Fun With Humphrey"		Humphrey		Peter Douglas, Robert Pippan		Nominated
"Ooga Chuga (In The Jungle)"		The Hooley Dooleys		David Butts / Antoine Demarest / Bruce Thorburn		Nominated
"We're Dancing With Wags the Dog"		The Wiggles		Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page		Nominated
Most Performed Country Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [7][9]
"Biggest Disappointment"		Troy Cassar-Daley		Joy McKean		Nominated
"Goondiwindi Moon"		Lee Kernaghan		Kernaghan, James Blundell, Garth Porter		Nominated
"Hat Town"		Lee Kernaghan		Colin Buchanan, Kernaghan, Porter		Won
"Last Man Standing"		Adam Brand		Brand, Clive Young		Nominated
"Your Own Sweet Time"		Shanley Del		Shanley Del Gregory		Nominated
Most Performed Foreign Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [7][9]
"Big Mistake"		Natalie Imbruglia		Martin Sandberg		Nominated
"High"		Lighthouse Family		Paul Tucker, Emmanuel Baiyewu		Nominated
"My Father's Eyes"		Eric Clapton		Clapton		Nominated
"Never Ever"		All Saints		Shaznay Lewis, Esmail Jazayeri, Sean Mather		Nominated
"You're Still the One"		Shania Twain		Twain, Robert "Mutt" Lange		Won
Most Performed Jazz Work
Title		Artist		Writer		Result [7][9]
"Cool Beans"		Bob Bertles		Bertles		Nominated
Creology		Australian Creole		Guy Strazzullo		Nominated
"Moshoeshoe the First"		Clarion Fracture Zone		Tony Gorman		Nominated
Subtlety of Time		Graeme Lyall		Tony Gould		Nominated
"Unheard"		The Necks		Christopher Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Anthony Buck		Won
Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition
Title		Composer		Performer		Result [7][9]
Earth Cry		Peter Sculthorpe		Goldner String Quartet		Nominated
Enyato II		Ross Edwards		Patricia Pollet (viola)		Nominated
Fandango		Ann Carr-Boyd		The Sydney Mandolins		Nominated
Laikan		Nigel Westlake		Australia Ensemble		Won
Selfish Giant		Graeme Koehne		Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra		Nominated
Best Film Score
Title			Composer			Result [7][9]
Babe: Pig in the City			Nigel Westlake			Nominated
Elizabeth			David Hirschfelder			Won
A Little Bit of Soul – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra			Westlake			Nominated
The Sound of One Hand Clapping			Cezary Skubiszewski			Nominated
The Truman Show			Burkhard Dallwitz			Nominated
Best Television Theme
Title			Composer			Result [7][9]
All Saints			Colin Bayley, Kevin Bayley, Murray Burns			Nominated
Crocadoo: Season 2			Clive Harrison			Nominated
Moby Dick			Christopher Gordon			Won
SeaChange			Richard Pleasance			Nominated
Search for Treasure Island			Peter Dasent			Nominated

See also

• Music of Australia