2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards

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2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
Awarded forExcellence in New Zealand songwriting
DateOctober 30, 2014 (2014-10-30)
Location TSB Bank Arena, Wellington
Country New Zealand
Presented by APRA New Zealand-Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
Website apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/
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The 2014 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 30 October 2014 at TSB Bank Arena in Wellington, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. It was the first time since 2004 that the awards were hosted in Wellington, with Auckland being the usual location. [1]

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Silver Scroll award

The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 18 September. [2] The evening's music performances were produced by musician and nominee Lukasz Buda. Each of the nominated songs were covered in a new style by another artist. The Silver Scroll award was presented by 2013 winner Lorde. [3]

Songwriter(s)ActSongCovering artist
Georgia Nott, Joel Little and Caleb Nott Broods "Bridges"Terror of the Deep, Rhian Sheehan, and string section
Hollie Fullbrook, Alexander Freer and Cass Mitchell Tiny Ruins "Me At The Museum, You In The Wintergardens"Estere
Louis BakerLouis Baker"Back on My Feet"The Golden Awesome
Samuel Scott, Lukasz Buda, Conrad Wedde, William Ricketts, Thomas Callwood and Christopher O'Connor The Phoenix Foundation "Bob Lennon John Dylan"West Coast Bullies and gospel chop
Tami Neilson and Joshua Neilson Tami Neilson "Walk (Back To Your Arms)"Jonny Marks, Gamelan Taniwha Jaya, arranged by Gareth Farr

Long list

In August 2014 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list. [4] [5]

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Composer Douglas Lilburn was posthumously inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame. [6]

Other awards

Six other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), [7] SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition) [8] and two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas. [9] In 2014, two new awards were introduced - APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award. [10]

AwardWinners/Nominees
APRA Maioha Award
  • Rob Ruha "Tiki Tapu" (Rob Ruha)
    • Maraea Davies "Kati Ra" (RJ Kerswell)
    • Kororia Taumaunu, Amomai Pihama and Matt Sadgrove "Kei Muri Pea" (Manea)
SOUNZ Contemporary Award
  • Michael Norris "Inner Phases" for Chinese instrument ensemble and string quartet
    • Leonie Holmes "Aquae Sulis" for orchestra of winds, strings, harp and percussion
    • Celeste Oram "Macropsia" for orchestra
APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award
  • Victoria Kelly "Field Punishment No. 1"
    • David Long "Beyond the Edge"
    • Michael O’Neill and Peter Van Der Fluit "Romeo & Juliet: A Love Song"
APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award
  • Tom Mcleod Girl Vs. Boy (Season 2)
    • Karl Steven Harry
    • Andrew McDowall Wiki the Kiwi (Season 1)
Most Performed Work in New Zealand
Most Performed Work in Overseas

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented four genre awards in 2014. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, [11] the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards [12] and the APRA Children’s Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented live on What Now . [13]

AwardSongwriter(s)ActSong
APRA Best Pacific SongMark VanilauMark Vanilau"Giant of the Sea"
APRA Best Country Music Song Tami Neilson / Delaney Davidson Tami Neilson & Delaney Davidson"Whiskey & Kisses"
APRA Children's Song of the Year Anika Moa Anika Moa"Colours Are Beautiful"
What Now Children’s Video of the YearAimee HerdKath Bee"Dragons Under My Bed"

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  9. ↑ "Most Performed Works in New Zealand and Overseas". APRA-AMCOS. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "SCREEN AWARDS". APRA-AMCOS NZ. APRA-AMCOS NZ. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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  12. ↑ "BEST COUNTRY MUSIC SONG". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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