# APRA Music Awards of 1999

The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 1999 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of awards held in May 1999. The APRA Music Awards were presented by Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and the Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Only one classical music award was available in 1999: Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition. APRA provided awards for "Best Television Theme", and "Best Film Score" in 1999. APRA and AMCOS also sponsored the Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), which provided their own awards ceremony, from 1996 to 2000, with categories for film and TV composers.

## Awards

Nominees and winners with results indicated on the right.
APRA Music Awards :
| Song of the Year |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Addicted to Bass" | "Addicted to Bass" | Josh Abrahams (w.p.a. Puretone), Amiel Daemion | Josh Abrahams (w.p.a. Puretone), Amiel Daemion | Abrahams, Daemion | Abrahams, Daemion | Nominated |
| "Buses and Trains" | "Buses and Trains" | Bachelor Girl | Bachelor Girl | James Roche | James Roche | Won |
| "Cry" | "Cry" | The Mavis's | The Mavis's | Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy | Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy | Nominated |
| "The Day You Come" | "The Day You Come" | Powderfinger | Powderfinger | Jon Coghill, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, Bernard Fanning | Jon Coghill, John Collins, Ian Haug, Darren Middleton, Bernard Fanning | Nominated |
| "Heavy Heart" | "Heavy Heart" | You Am I | You Am I | Tim Rogers | Tim Rogers | Nominated |
| Songwriters of the Year |||||||
| Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Writer | Result |
| Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Paul Kelly | Won |
| Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music |||||||
| Name | Name | Name | Name | Name | Name | Result |
| Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Slim Dusty | Won |
| Most Performed Australian Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Buses and Trains" | "Buses and Trains" | Bachelor Girl | Bachelor Girl | James Roche | James Roche | Nominated |
| "Cry" | "Cry" | The Mavis's | The Mavis's | Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy | Matthew Thomas (w.p.a. Matt Doll), Barry Palmer, Rebecca Thomas (w.p.a. Beki Thomas, Beki Colada), Nicholas Gill, Joshua Alexander, Andrea Vendy | Won |
| "Lonely" | "Lonely" | Merril Bainbridge | Merril Bainbridge | Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell | Bainbridge, Owen Bolwell | Nominated |
| "Love Is Alive" | "Love Is Alive" | Kate Ceberano | Kate Ceberano | Mark Goldenberg, Ceberano | Mark Goldenberg, Ceberano | Nominated |
| "Now I Can Dance" | "Now I Can Dance" | Tina Arena | Tina Arena | Arena, David Tyson | Arena, David Tyson | Nominated |
| Most Performed Australian Work Overseas |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Truly Madly Deeply" | "Truly Madly Deeply" | Savage Garden | Savage Garden | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Darren Hayes, Daniel Jones | Won |
| Most Performed Children's Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)" | "Captain Feathersword Fell Asleep On His Pirate Ship (Quack Quack)" | The Wiggles | The Wiggles | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page | Won |
| "Fhir An Bhata" | "Fhir An Bhata" | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle with Queensland Symphony Orchestra | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle with Queensland Symphony Orchestra | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle | Riley Lee, Sean O'Boyle | Nominated |
| "Fun With Humphrey" | "Fun With Humphrey" | Humphrey | Humphrey | Peter Douglas, Robert Pippan | Peter Douglas, Robert Pippan | Nominated |
| "Ooga Chuga (In The Jungle)" | "Ooga Chuga (In The Jungle)" | The Hooley Dooleys | The Hooley Dooleys | David Butts / Antoine Demarest / Bruce Thorburn | David Butts / Antoine Demarest / Bruce Thorburn | Nominated |
| "We're Dancing With Wags the Dog" | "We're Dancing With Wags the Dog" | The Wiggles | The Wiggles | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page | Murray Cook, Jeffrey Fatt, Anthony Field, Gregory Page | Nominated |
| Most Performed Country Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Biggest Disappointment" | "Biggest Disappointment" | Troy Cassar-Daley | Troy Cassar-Daley | Joy McKean | Joy McKean | Nominated |
| "Goondiwindi Moon" | "Goondiwindi Moon" | Lee Kernaghan | Lee Kernaghan | Kernaghan, James Blundell, Garth Porter | Kernaghan, James Blundell, Garth Porter | Nominated |
| "Hat Town" | "Hat Town" | Lee Kernaghan | Lee Kernaghan | Colin Buchanan, Kernaghan, Porter | Colin Buchanan, Kernaghan, Porter | Won |
| "Last Man Standing" | "Last Man Standing" | Adam Brand | Adam Brand | Brand, Clive Young | Brand, Clive Young | Nominated |
| "Your Own Sweet Time" | "Your Own Sweet Time" | Shanley Del | Shanley Del | Shanley Del Gregory | Shanley Del Gregory | Nominated |
| Most Performed Foreign Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Big Mistake" | "Big Mistake" | Natalie Imbruglia | Natalie Imbruglia | Martin Sandberg | Martin Sandberg | Nominated |
| "High" | "High" | Lighthouse Family | Lighthouse Family | Paul Tucker, Emmanuel Baiyewu | Paul Tucker, Emmanuel Baiyewu | Nominated |
| "My Father's Eyes" | "My Father's Eyes" | Eric Clapton | Eric Clapton | Clapton | Clapton | Nominated |
| "Never Ever" | "Never Ever" | All Saints | All Saints | Shaznay Lewis, Esmail Jazayeri, Sean Mather | Shaznay Lewis, Esmail Jazayeri, Sean Mather | Nominated |
| "You're Still the One" | "You're Still the One" | Shania Twain | Shania Twain | Twain, Robert "Mutt" Lange | Twain, Robert "Mutt" Lange | Won |
| Most Performed Jazz Work |||||||
| Title | Title | Artist | Artist | Writer | Writer | Result |
| "Cool Beans" | "Cool Beans" | Bob Bertles | Bob Bertles | Bertles | Bertles | Nominated |
| Creology | Creology | Australian Creole | Australian Creole | Guy Strazzullo | Guy Strazzullo | Nominated |
| "Moshoeshoe the First" | "Moshoeshoe the First" | Clarion Fracture Zone | Clarion Fracture Zone | Tony Gorman | Tony Gorman | Nominated |
| Subtlety of Time | Subtlety of Time | Graeme Lyall | Graeme Lyall | Tony Gould | Tony Gould | Nominated |
| "Unheard" | "Unheard" | The Necks | The Necks | Christopher Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Anthony Buck | Christopher Abrahams, Lloyd Swanton, Anthony Buck | Won |
| Most Performed Contemporary Classical Composition |||||||
| Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Performer | Performer | Result |
| Earth Cry | Earth Cry | Peter Sculthorpe | Peter Sculthorpe | Goldner String Quartet | Goldner String Quartet | Nominated |
| Enyato II | Enyato II | Ross Edwards | Ross Edwards | Patricia Pollet (viola) | Patricia Pollet (viola) | Nominated |
| Fandango | Fandango | Ann Carr-Boyd | Ann Carr-Boyd | The Sydney Mandolins | The Sydney Mandolins | Nominated |
| Laikan | Laikan | Nigel Westlake | Nigel Westlake | Australia Ensemble | Australia Ensemble | Won |
| Selfish Giant | Selfish Giant | Graeme Koehne | Graeme Koehne | Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra | Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra | Nominated |
| Best Film Score |||||||
| Title | Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Composer | Result |
| Babe: Pig in the City | Babe: Pig in the City | Babe: Pig in the City | Nigel Westlake | Nigel Westlake | Nigel Westlake | Nominated |
| Elizabeth | Elizabeth | Elizabeth | David Hirschfelder | David Hirschfelder | David Hirschfelder | Won |
| A Little Bit of Soul – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | A Little Bit of Soul – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | A Little Bit of Soul – Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra | Westlake | Westlake | Westlake | Nominated |
| The Sound of One Hand Clapping | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Cezary Skubiszewski | Cezary Skubiszewski | Cezary Skubiszewski | Nominated |
| The Truman Show | The Truman Show | The Truman Show | Burkhard Dallwitz | Burkhard Dallwitz | Burkhard Dallwitz | Nominated |
| Best Television Theme |||||||
| Title | Title | Title | Composer | Composer | Composer | Result |
| All Saints | All Saints | All Saints | Colin Bayley, Kevin Bayley, Murray Burns | Colin Bayley, Kevin Bayley, Murray Burns | Colin Bayley, Kevin Bayley, Murray Burns | Nominated |
| Crocadoo: Season 2 | Crocadoo: Season 2 | Crocadoo: Season 2 | Clive Harrison | Clive Harrison | Clive Harrison | Nominated |
| Moby Dick | Moby Dick | Moby Dick | Christopher Gordon | Christopher Gordon | Christopher Gordon | Won |
| SeaChange | SeaChange | SeaChange | Richard Pleasance | Richard Pleasance | Richard Pleasance | Nominated |
| Search for Treasure Island | Search for Treasure Island | Search for Treasure Island | Peter Dasent | Peter Dasent | Peter Dasent | Nominated |