Australian Guild of Screen Composers

The Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC) is a not for profit organisation, which was established in 1981, "to represent the interests of Australian screen composers by developing and promoting employment opportunities, undertaking educational initiatives and increasing their profile amongst the industry."[1] It was established by Bruce Smeaton and Bruce Rowland. The Guild's head offices are in Sydney, with successive presidents from 1987 being Bob Young (1987–91), Martin Armiger (1992–98), Chris Neal (1999–2000), Art Phillips (2001–08), Clive Harrison (2008–11), Guy Gross (2012–17), Caitlin Yeo (2018–20), Antony Partos (2020–22) and Dale Cornelius (2022–present).[1][2][3] Since 1991 it has been sponsored by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).[1]

AGSC presented film and television composers with awards from 1996 to 2000.[4] Each year they released a compilation album, starting with The Australian Guild of Screen Composers 1996 Award Winners in 1997, via Sony Music Australia.[4]

Since 2002 the AGSC, in collaboration with APRA and the affiliated Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS), present Screen Music Awards at an annual ceremony as part of the APRA Music Awards.[5] These honour, "compositions for documentaries, short films, mini-series, children's television and feature film scores" and other screen music scores.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "About". Australian Guild of Screen Composers. Archived from the original on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Screen composers guild elects president Guy Gross". Mumbrella. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  3. ^ staff writer (20 November 2018). "Dual triumphs for Caitlin Yeo, Matteo Zingales at Screen Music Awards". IF Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b Dennis W. Nicholson (ed.). "AGSC Australian Guild of Screen Composers". Australian Soundtracks. Archived from the original on 21 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Screen Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2018.