Nigel Westlake receives Screen Music Award for his soundtrack to … – ABC News

Respected composer and conductor Nigel Westlake has received Australia’s Screen Music Award for his soundtrack album for feature film Blueback.

Other award recipients include Joff Bush, who composed the music for Bluey including its catchy theme tune, and Amanda Brown’s music for the dark whodunnit Deadloch.

Westlake’s soundtrack to the feature film Blueback was based on the best-selling novel by Tim Winton that captures the vastness and mystery of the ocean.

The film was directed by Robert Connolly, and Westlake teamed up with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra to create the evocative orchestral score.

Reflecting the international success of Bluey, composer Joff Bush has been named Most Performed Screen Composer Overseas.

The announcement came in time for the five-year anniversary of the popular TV show.

Meanwhile the Most Performed Screen Composer in Australia went to musical collaborators Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks for their works including MasterChef, Anh’s Brush with Fame, and Beauty and the Geek Australia.

Multi-instrumentalist and screen composer Amanda Brown has won Best Music for a Television Series for her work on Deadloch, the queer Tasmanian comedy/murder mystery which also features Brown’s inspired choral version of Divinyls classic I Touch Myself.

Screen composer Michael Yezerski received two awards for Best Television Theme and the Best Music for Children’s Programming category for his work on Ivy + Bean.

Composer Benjamin Speed has been awarded the Feature Film Score of the Year for The Portable Door starring Christoph Waltz and Sam Neill.

First-time recipient Mark Bradshaw was recognised for his work on the eight-part psychological thriller The Clearing, which was awarded Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie.

Another first-time recipient was James Mountain’s Mud Crab, who was awarded Best Music for a Short Film.