APRA Music Awards of 1998

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APRA Music Awards of 1998
DateMay 1998 (1998-05)
Location
Australia
  1996  · APRA Music Award ·  1999  

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1998 (generally known as APRA Awards ) are a series of awards held in May 1998. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). [1] The awards resumed in 1998 after a hiatus in 1997. [2]

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Only one classical music award was available in 1998: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition. [3] [4] APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1998. [5] APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), [6] which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers. [7]

Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.

APRA Music Awards

Song of the Year

TitleArtistWriterResult
[8] [9]
"Even When I'm Sleeping" Leonardo's Bride Dean ManningWon
"How to Make Gravy" Paul Kelly Paul KellyNominated
"Into My Arms" Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave Nominated
"No Aphrodisiac" The Whitlams Tim Freedman, Matt Ford, Glen Dormand Nominated
"To the Moon and Back" Savage Garden Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones Nominated
"Truly Madly Deeply"Savage GardenDarren Hayes, Daniel JonesNominated

Songwriters of the Year

WriterResult
[10]
Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones Won

Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music

NameResult
[10]
Michael Gudinski Won

Most Performed Australian Work

TitleArtistWriterResult
[8] [10]
"Break Me Shake Me" Savage Garden Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones Nominated
"Even When I'm Sleeping" Leonardo's Bride Dean ManningWon
"To the Moon and Back"Savage GardenDarren Hayes, Daniel JonesNominated
"Truly Madly Deeply"Savage GardenDarren Hayes, Daniel JonesNominated
"Whisper Your Name" Human Nature Andrew Tierney, Michael Tierney, Paul BegaudNominated

Most Performed Australian Work Overseas

TitleArtistWriterResult
[10]
"I Want You" Savage Garden Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones Won

Most Performed Children's Work

TitleArtistWriterResult
[8] [10]
"Bounce" Flowerpot Gang Phillip BartonNominated
"Honey" Peter Combe Peter CombeNominated
"It's Christmas"Andy ArmstrongAndy ArmstrongWon
"Thingth I Thay"Peter CombePeter CombeNominated

Most Performed Country Work

TitleArtistWriterResult
[8] [10]
"Girls On the Avenue"Clint Beattie Richard Clapton Nominated
"I Haven't Got a Heart" Gina Jeffreys Gina Hillenberg, Garth Porter, Rodney McCormack, David BatesWon
"Little Things" Troy Cassar-Daley Troy Cassar-Daley, Steve DorffNominated
"Road Less Travelled" Graeme Connors Graeme ConnorsNominated
"Wings of an Eagle" Russell Morris and the Crosby Sisters Russell MorrisNominated

Most Performed Foreign Work

TitleArtistWriterResult
[8] [10]
"Bitch" Meredith Brooks Shelly Peiken, Meredith BrooksWon
"How Come, How Long" Babyface Stevie Wonder, Kenneth EdmondsNominated
"Semi-Charmed Life" Third Eye Blind Stephan Jenkins Nominated
"Sunny Came Home" Shawn Colvin Shawn Colvin, John Leventhal Nominated
"You Were Meant for Me" Jewel Jewel Kilcher, Steve Poltz Nominated

Most Performed Jazz Work

TitleArtistWriterResult
[8] [10]
"Baylorology"Banana OilAndrew BaylorNominated
"My Family"Banana Oil Nicholas Caruana, Trevor Wraight, Chris TaboneWon
"Neal Shuffle"Banana OilTimothy NealNominated
"New Craze" The Black Sorrows Joe Camilleri, Nicholas Smith, James BlackNominated
"Sticky" The Catholics Lloyd Swanton Nominated

Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition

TitleComposerPerformerResult
[8] [10]
Essington Peter Sculthorpe Australian Chamber Orchestra Nominated
Five Little Piano Pieces Ross Edwards Elizabeth GreenNominated
Small TownPeter Sculthorpe Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Nominated
Songs from the Forest Nigel Westlake John Williams and Timothy Kain Nominated
The EdgeNigel WestlakeEdge MusicWon

Best Film Score

TitleComposerResult
[5]
Shine David Hirschfelder Won

Best Television Theme

TitleComposerResult
[8] [10]
Wildside Peter Best Won

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