2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards

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2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards
Awarded forExcellence in New Zealand songwriting
DateSeptember 17, 2015 (2015-09-17)
Location Vector Arena, Auckland
Country New Zealand
Presented by APRA New Zealand-Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society
Website apraamcos.co.nz/awards/awards/silver-scroll-awards/
Television/radio coverage
Network 95 bFM
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The 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 17 September 2015 at Vector Arena in Auckland, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The 2015 ceremony marked the 50th presentation of the Silver Scroll award. As well as honouring the best songwriting of 2015, the awards retrospectively awarded the best song of 1981 as previously no award was presented in that year. [1]

Contents

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 20 September. [2]

Songwriter(s)ActSongCovering artist [3]
Anthonie Tonnon Anthonie Tonnon"Water Underground" MC Tali
Ella Yelich-O'Connor/Joel Little Lorde "Yellow Flicker Beat" Mark de Clive-Lowe and Ria Hall
Marlon Williams/Tim MooreMarlon Williams"Dark Child"Fazerdaze
Mel Parsons Mel Parsons"Get Out Alive"Ester Stephens and the Means
Ruban Nielson/Kody Nielson Unknown Mortal Orchestra "Multi-Love"Warren Maxwell, Thomas Oliver and Louis Baker

Long list

In July 2015 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]

Silver Scroll 1981

The Silver Scroll award was not awarded in 1981, so APRA retrospectively presented the award as part of the 2015 ceremony. In July 2015 a short list of five songs from the 1981 eligibility period was announced. [1] [5]

Songwriter(s)ActSong
Phil Judd/Wayne Stevens/Mark Hough The Swingers "Counting The Beat"
Don McGlashan/Richard von Sturmer Blam Blam Blam "There is No Depression in New Zealand"
Neil Finn Split Enz "One Step Ahead"
Michael O'Neill/Peter van der Fluit/Lawrence Landwer-Johan/Tony Drumm Screaming Meemees "See Me Go"
Robert Scott/David Kilgour/Hamish Kilgour The Clean "Tally Ho"

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Steel guitar player Bill Sevesi was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame as APRA New Zealand's 2015 inductee. [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] two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas, [9] and APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award. [10]

AwardNominees
APRA Maioha Award
SOUNZ Contemporary Award
  • Chris Watson "sing songs self" a single movement piano concerto
APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award
  • Grayson Gilmour Consent
    • Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper Housebound
    • Dana Lund The Dark Horse
APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award
  • Tom McLeod Girl vs. Boy (Series 3)
    • Emile de la Rey Hope and Wire
    • David Donaldson, Janet Roddick and Stephen Roche Life Force (Season 2 – "Mutant Planet")
Most Performed Work in New Zealand
  • Matiu Walters, Marlon Gerbes and Priese Board "Special" (Six60)
Most Performed Work in Overseas

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented five genre awards in 2015. 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] the APRA Best Māori Songwriter was presented at the Waiata Maori Music Awards [13] and the APRA Children's Song of the Year and What Now Video of the Year were presented live on What Now . [14]

AwardSongwriter(s)ActSong
APRA Best Pacific SongTBA Smashproof “Survivors" (featuring Pieter T)
APRA Best Country Music Song Kaylee Bell & Jared PorterKaylee Bell & Jared Porter"Pieces"
APRA Best Māori SongwriterRanea Aperahama——
APRA Children's Song of the YearLevity Beet and Daniel StryczekLevity Beet and Daniel Stryczek"There’s One in the Bush"
What Now Children's Video of the YearStephen Templer and Ross Payne (directors)fleaBITE"Don’t Sit Under the Poo Tree"

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  2. ↑ "'Diverse, original and assured' - Silver Scroll finalists announced". One News. TVNZ. 20 August 2015. Archived from the original on 20 February 2021. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
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  4. ↑ "Apra Silver Scroll Awards announces its top 20". NZ Herald. NZME. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015 TOP 20 + 1981 TOP 5". APRA NZ. APRA New Zealand | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 9 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Lydia (7 August 2015). "Bill Sevesi: Man of Steel enters NZ Music Hall of Fame". NZ Herald. NZMA. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
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  8. ↑ "SOUNZ Contemporary Award". APRA-AMCOS. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2013.
  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.
  11. ↑ "BEST PACIFIC SONG". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "BEST COUNTRY MUSIC SONG". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Best Maori Songwriter". APRA. APRA. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  14. ↑ "CHILDREN'S MUSIC AWARDS". APRA AMCOS. APRA AMCOS. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
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