The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score, formerly AFI Award for Best Original Music Score, is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards.

Winners and nominees

Year Film Composer(s) 1970s1975The Cars That Ate Paris / The Great MacarthyBruce Smeaton1977The Picture Show ManPeter BestMad Dog MorganPatrick FlynnOzRoss WilsonStorm BoyMichael Carlos1978The Chant of Jimmie BlacksmithBruce SmeatonThe Last WaveCharles WainThe Mango TreeMarc WilkinsonNewsfrontWilliam Motzing1979Mad MaxBrian MayIn Search of Anna John MartynThe Last of the Knucklemen Bruce SmeatonThe Night the Prowler Cameron Allan 1980s1980ManganinniePeter SculthorpeThe Chain Reaction Andrew Thomas Wilson...Maybe This Time Bruce SmeatonStir Cameron Allan1981Fatty FinnGrahame Bond and Rory O'DonoghueGrendel Grendel GrendelBruce SmeatonRoadgamesBrian MayWrong Side of the RoadJordy Butler1982The Man from Snowy RiverBruce RowlandMad Max 2Brian MayStarstruckDennis James, Phil Judd, Bill Miller and Mark MoffattWe of the Never NeverPeter Best1983Phar LapBruce RowlandBuddiesChris NealCareful, He Might Hear YouRay CookThe Year of Living DangerouslyMaurice Jarre1984Street HeroGarth Porter and Bruce RowlandAnnie's Coming OutSimon WalkerRazorbackIva DaviesSilver CityWilliam Motzing1985RebelPeter Best, Billy Byers, Ray Cook, Chris Neal and Bruce RowlandBlissPeter BestThe Coca-Cola KidTim Finn and William MotzingFrog DreamingBrian May1986Young EinsteinMartin Armiger and William MotzingBurke & WillsPeter SculthorpeFor Love AloneNathan WaksThe More Things Change...Peter Best1987The Tale of Ruby RosePaul SchutzeEchoes of ParadiseWilliam MotzingThose Dear DepartedPhillip ScottThe Umbrella WomanCameron Allan1988The LighthorsemenMario MilloDaisy and SimonAndrew Hagen and Morton WilsonFeverFrank StrangioIncident at Raven's GateRoman Kronen and Graham Tardif1989Dead CalmGraeme RevellEvil AngelsBruce SmeatonGeorgiaPaul GrabowskyGhosts... of the Civil DeadBlixa Bargeld, Nick Cave and Mick Harvey 1990s1990The Big StealPhil JuddSher Mountain Killings MysteryArt PhillipsStruck by LightningPaul SmythWendy Cracked a WalnutBruce Smeaton1991DingoMiles Davis and Michel LegrandAyaRoger MasonStan and George's New LifeMichael AtkinsonA Woman's TalePaul Grabowsky1992Romper StomperJohn Clifford WhiteBlack RobeGeorges DelerueThe Last Days of Chez NousPaul GrabowskyRedheadsFelicity Foxx1993The PianoMichael NymanFlynnBilly Childs and Anthony MarinelliMap of the Human HeartGabriel YaredOn My OwnFranco Piersanti1994TrapsStephen RaeThe Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the DesertGuy GrossExilePaul GrabowskySirensRachel Portman1995Dad and Dave: On Our SelectionPeter BestHotel SorrentoNerida Tyson-ChewMushroomsPaul GrabowskySanctuaryChristopher Gordon1996ShineDavid HirschfelderChildren of the RevolutionNigel WestlakeDead HeartStephen RaeLilian's StoryCezary Skubiszewski1997Doing Time for Patsy ClinePeter BestIdiot BoxNick Launay and Tim RogersRoad to NhillElizabeth DrakeThe WellStephen Rae1998Oscar and LucindaThomas NewmanThe BoysThe NecksHead OnOllie OlsenThe InterviewDavid Hirschfelder1999In a Savage LandDavid BridiePraiseDirty ThreeSoft FruitAntony PartosTwo HandsCezary Skubiszewski 2000s2000BootmenCezary Skubiszewski15 AmoreCarlo GiaccoBetter Than SexDavid HirschfelderChopperMick Harvey2001La SpagnolaCezary SkubiszewskiThe BankAlan JohnThe DishEdmund ChoiLantanaPaul Kelly2002Rabbit-Proof FencePeter GabrielAustralian RulesMick HarveyBeneath CloudsIvan Sen and Alister SpenceWalking on WaterAntony Partos2003Japanese StoryElizabeth DrakeAlexandra's ProjectGraham TardifGettin' Square3KShortTravelling LightRichard Vella2004SomersaultDecoder RingThe Old Man Who Read Love StoriesGraham TardifOne Perfect DayDavid HobsonThunderstruckFrank Tetaz and David Thrussell2005The PropositionNick Cave and Warren EllisLittle FishNathan LarsonThree DollarsAlan JohnWolf CreekFrank Tetaz2006Suburban MayhemMick HarveyThe Book of RevelationCezary SkubiszewskiJindabynePaul Kelly and Dan LuscombeMacbethJohn Clifford White2007The Home Song StoriesAntony PartosNoiseBryony MarksRazzle DazzleRoger MasonRomulus, My FatherBasil Hogios2008Unfinished SkyAntony PartosThe Black BalloonMichael YezerskiThe SquareBen Lee and Frank TetazThe Tender HookChris Abrahams2009Mao's Last DancerChristopher GordonAustraliaDavid HirschfelderBaliboLisa GerrardSamson and DelilahWarwick Thornton 2010s2010Animal KingdomAntony PartosBeneath Hill 60Cezary SkubiszewskiBran Nue DaeBright StarMark Bradshaw AACTA Awards2011(1st)The HunterAndrew Lancaster, Michael Lira and Matteo ZingalesLegend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'HooleDavid HirschfelderRed DogCezary SkubiszewskiSnowtownJed Kurzel2012(2nd)Not Suitable for ChildrenJono Ma and Matteo Zingales33 PostcardsAntony PartosA Few Best MenGuy GrossMentalMichael Yezerski2013(3rd)The Great GatsbyCraig ArmstrongDead EuropeJed KurzelDriftMichael YezerskiThe RocketCaitlin Yeo2014(4th)The Railway ManDavid HirschfelderHealingDavid HirschfelderPredestinationPeter SpierigThe RoverAntony Partos and Sam Petty2015(5th)Mad Max: Fury RoadJunkie XLThe DressmakerDavid HirschfelderPaper PlanesNigel WestlakePartisanOneohtrix Point Never2016(6th)TannaAntony PartosBoys in the TreesDarrin VerhagenGods of EgyptMarco BeltramiTeenage KicksDavid Barber2017(7th)LionVolker Bertelmann and Dustin O’HalloranAli's WeddingNigel Westlake & Sydney Symphony OrchestraBerlin SyndromeBryony MarksThe Butterfly TreeCaitlin Yeo2018(8th)Ladies in BlackChristopher GordonMary MagdaleneHildur Guðnadóttir and Jóhann JóhannssonPeter RabbitDominic LewisUpgradeJed Palmer2019(9th)Judy and PunchFrançois TétazDanger Close: The Battle of Long TanCaitlin YeoHotel MumbaiVolker BertelmannRide Like a GirlDavid Hirschfelder 2020s2020(10th)BabyteethAmanda BrownDirt MusicCraig ArmstrongH is for HappinessNerida Tyson-ChewI Am WomanRafael MayTrue History of the Kelly GangJed Kurzel2021(11th)June AgainChristopher GordonThe DryPeter RaeburnNitramJed KurzelPenguin BloomMarcelo ZarvosRamsAntony Partos2022(12th)Falling for FigaroCezary SkubiszewskiThe Drover's WifeSalliana Seven CampbellElvisElliott WheelerA Stitch in TimeAngela LittleThree Thousand Years of LongingTom Holkenborg2023(13th)Talk to MeCornel WilczekThe Big DogSam WeissBluebackNigel WestlakeGodless: The Eastfield ExorcismDmitri GolovkoSukaMe-Lee Hay2024(14th)Better ManBatu SenerFuriosa: A Mad Max SagaTom HolkenborgHow to Make GravySam DixonLate Night with the DevilRoscoe James Irwin and Glenn RichardsMemoir of a SnailElena Kats-Chernin

See also

References AACTA and AFI Awards, past and present Afi.org.au – AFI Award Winners (1958–2007, archived)