Music News - The 2005 Apra Silver Scroll Awards - Finalists Announced
19 August 2005 - 0 Comments
The finalists for the APRA Silver Scroll Award for 2005 have been announced.
Rock and roll vies with ballads for New Zealand’s most prestigious music award this year, as the songwriters from Pluto, The Mint Chicks and Evermore go up against more wistful offerings from Goldenhorse’s Geoffrey Maddock and Dave Dobbyn in the APRA Silver Scroll Award.
The five finalist songs are:
- Tim Arnold, Milan Borich, Michael Franklin-Browne, Mike Hall, Matthias Jordan (Pluto) for 'Long White Cross'
- Dave Dobbyn for 'Welcome Home'
- Dann Hume, Jon Hume, Peter Hume (Evermore) for 'It's Too Late'
- Geoffrey Maddock (Goldenhorse) for 'Out Of The Moon'; and
- Kody Nielson, Ruban Nielson (The Mint Chicks) for 'Opium Of The People'
The Silver Scroll Award has been presented since 1965. This year, APRA celebrates 40 years of creative excellence in songwriting at an exclusive invite only awards show on Monday September 12th at the Auckland Town Hall.
Anthony Healey, APRA’s Director of New Zealand Operations observes, “the sheer number and quality of the songs entered this year was unsurpassed. Each of these songwriters represents the strength and vitality of NZ music right now and have all earned extraordinary success both here and overseas with great songs, simple hard work and sheer determination.”
The line-up of finalists includes two sets of brothers in Evermore’s Dann, Jon and Peter Hume, and The Mint Chick’s Kody and Ruban Nielson. It also features a first-time nomination for Pluto and repeat nominations for multiple-Scroll winner Dave Dobbyn and Geoffrey Maddock from Goldenhorse. Dave Dobbyn has previously won the Silver Scroll Award for ‘You Oughta Be In Love’ (1987), ‘Belle of the Ball’ (1993) and ‘Beside You’ (1998). Geoffrey Maddock from Goldenhorse has been nominated three previous times (with co-writers including Kirsten Morell), for ‘American Wife’ (2001), ‘Maybe Tomorrow’ (2002) – which won Most Performed Work in NZ in 2003 – and ‘Riverhead’ (2003).
Commercial success is not a consideration for the judging panel that assess both musical and lyrical content equally. One judge noted that while “Some were traditional, some unusual” all were “strong contenders and supremely enjoyable songs. The talent in New Zealand keeps getting more impressive.”
Also presented on the night are the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, recognising creative excellence by a NZ classical composer and the APRA Maioha Award, presented for the best Maori waiata of the year. A unique feature of the Awards night is the Silver Scroll finalists' songs and the winning SOUNZ and Maioha compositions being performed by their contemporaries, under the musical directorship of composer Victoria Kelly.
“It’s 40 years since the Silver Scroll was first presented, and we intend to mark this great achievement with some extra special performances featuring some inspirational artists,” says Victoria.
The Most Performed Work Overseas Award and the Most Performed Work in New Zealand Award will also be presented on the night.
APRA is a non-profit organisation administering the rights of the world’s composers, songwriters and publishers in Australasia. APRA represents over 38,000 writers and publishers through direct membership, with over 5,000 NZ members, and over 2 million writers and publishers throughout the world under reciprocal agreements with other organisations.
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