| APRA Music Awards of 1996 | |
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| Date | May 1996 |
| Location | Australia |
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]
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]
Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards[edit] | ||||||
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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 | |||
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Songwriters of the Year | ||||||
| Writer | Result [11] | |||||
| Nick Cave | Won | |||||
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Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music | ||||||
| Name | Result [11] | |||||
| Ron Tudor | Won | |||||
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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 | |||
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Most Performed Australian Work Overseas | ||||||
| Title | Artist | Writer | Result [11] | |||
| "Tomorrow" | Silverchair | Daniel Johns, Benjamin Gillies | Won | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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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 | ||||
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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 | ||||