Year |
Film |
Subject |
1970s |
1975 |
The Cars That Ate Paris |
Bruce Smeaton |
The Great Macarthy |
1977 |
The Picture Show Man |
Peter Best |
1978 |
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith |
Bruce Smeaton |
The Last Wave |
Charles Wain |
The Mango Tree |
Marc Wilkinson |
Newsfront |
William Motzing |
1979 |
Mad Max |
Brian May |
1980s |
1980 |
Manganinnie |
Peter Sculthorpe |
...Maybe This Time |
Bruce Smeaton |
Stir |
Cameron Allan |
The Chain Reaction |
Andrew Thomas Wilson |
1981 |
Fatty Finn |
Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donoghue |
Grendel Grendel Grendel |
Bruce Smeaton |
Roadgames |
Brian May |
Wrong Side of the Road |
Jordy Butler |
1982 |
The Man from Snowy River |
Bruce Rowland |
Mad Max 2 |
Brian May |
Starstruck |
Dennis James, Phil Judd, Bill Miller, Mark Moffatt |
We of the Never Never |
Peter Best |
1983 |
Phar Lap |
Bruce Rowland |
Buddies |
Chris Neal |
Careful, He Might Hear You |
Ray Cook |
The Year of Living Dangerously |
Maurice Jarre |
1984 |
Street Hero |
Garth Porter, Bruce Rowland |
Annie's Coming Out |
Simon Walker |
Razorback |
Iva Davies |
Silver City |
William Motzing |
1985 |
An Indecent Obsession |
Peter Best, Billy Byers, Ray Cook, Chris Neal, Bruce Rowland |
Bliss |
Peter Best |
The Coca-Cola Kid |
Tim Finn, William Motzing |
Frog Dreaming |
Brian May |
1986 |
Young Einstein |
Martin Armiger, William Motzing |
Burke & Wills |
Peter Sculthorpe |
For Love Alone |
Nathan Waks |
The More Things Change... |
Peter Best |
1987 |
The Tale of Ruby Rose |
Paul Schutze |
Echoes of Paradise |
William Motzing |
Those Dear Departed |
Phillip Scott |
The Umbrella Woman |
Cameron Allan |
1988 |
The Lighthorsemen |
Mario Millo |
Daisy and Simon |
Andrew Hagen, Morton Wilson |
Fever |
Frank Strangio |
Incident at Raven's Gate |
Roman Kronen, Graham Tardif |
1989 |
Dead Calm |
Graeme Revell |
Evil Angels |
Bruce Smeaton |
Georgia |
Paul Grabowsky |
Ghosts… of the Civil Dead |
Blixa Bargeld, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey |
1990s |
1990 |
The Big Steal |
Chris Gough, Phil Judd |
Sher Mountain Killings Mystery |
Art Phillips |
Struck by Lightning |
Paul Smyth |
Wendy Cracked a Walnut |
Bruce Smeaton |
1991 |
Dingo |
Miles Davis, Michel Legrand |
Aya |
Roger Mason |
Stan and George's New Life |
Michael Atkinson |
A Woman's Tale |
Paul Grabowsky |
1992 |
Romper Stomper |
John Clifford White |
Black Robe |
Georges Delerue |
The Last Days of Chez Nous |
Paul Grabowsky |
Redheads |
Felicity Foxx |
1993 |
The Piano |
Michael Nyman |
Flynn |
Billy Childs, Anthony Marinelli |
Map of the Human Heart |
Gabriel Yared |
On My Own |
Franco Piersanti |
1994 |
Traps |
Stephen Rae |
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert |
Guy Gross |
Exile |
Paul Grabowsky |
Sirens |
Rachel Portman |
1995 |
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection |
Peter Best |
Hotel Sorrento |
Nerida Tyson-Chew |
Mushrooms |
Paul Grabowsky |
Sanctuary |
Christopher Gordon |
1996 |
Shine |
David Hirschfelder |
Children of the Revolution |
Nigel Westlake |
Dead Heart |
Stephen Rae |
Lilian's Story |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
1997 |
Doing Time for Patsy Cline |
Peter Best |
Idiot Box |
Nick Launay, Tim Rogers |
Road to Nhill |
Elizabeth Drake |
The Well |
Stephen Rae |
1998 |
Oscar and Lucinda |
Thomas Newman |
The Boys |
The Necks |
Head On |
Ollie Olsen |
The Interview |
David Hirschfelder |
1999 |
In a Savage Land |
David Bridie |
Praise |
Dirty Three |
Soft Fruit |
Antony Partos |
Two Hands |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
2000s |
2000 |
Bootmen |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
Better Than Sex |
David Hirschfelder |
Chopper |
Mick Harvey |
15 Amore |
Carlo Giacco |
2001 |
La Spagnola |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
The Bank |
Alan John |
The Dish |
Edmund Choi |
Lantana |
Paul Kelly |
2002 |
Rabbit-Proof Fence |
Peter Gabriel |
Australian Rules |
Mick Harvey |
Beneath Clouds |
Ivan Sen, Alister Spence |
Walking on Water |
Antony Partos |
2003 |
Japanese Story |
Elizabeth Drake |
Alexandra's Project |
Graham Tardif |
Gettin' Square |
3KShort |
Travelling Light |
Richard Vella |
2004 |
Somersault |
Decoder Ring |
The Old Man Who Read Love Stories |
Graham Tardif |
One Perfect Day |
David Hobson |
Thunderstruck |
Frank Tetaz, David Thrussell |
2005 |
The Proposition |
Nick Cave, Warren Ellis |
Little Fish |
Nathan Larson |
Three Dollars |
Alan John |
Wolf Creek |
Frank Tetaz |
2006 |
Suburban Mayhem |
Mick Harvey |
The Book of Revelation |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
Jindabyne |
Paul Kelly, Dan Luscombe |
Macbeth |
John Clifford White |
2007 |
The Home Song Stories |
Antony Partos |
Noise |
Bryony Marks |
Razzle Dazzle |
Roger Mason |
Romulus, My Father |
Basil Hogios |
2008 |
Unfinished Sky |
Antony Partos |
The Black Balloon |
Michael Yezerski |
The Square |
Ben Lee, Frank Tetaz |
The Tender Hook |
Chris Abrahams |
2009 |
Mao's Last Dancer |
Christopher Gordon |
Australia |
David Hirschfelder |
Balibo |
Lisa Gerrard |
Samson and Delilah |
Warwick Thornton |
2010s |
2010 |
Animal Kingdom |
Antony Partos |
Beneath Hill 60 |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
Bran Nue Dae |
Bright Star |
Mark Bradshaw |
AACTA Awards |
2011 (1st) |
The Hunter |
Andrew Lancaster, Michael Lira, Matteo Zingales |
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole |
David Hirschfelder |
Red Dog |
Cezary Skubiszewski |
Snowtown |
Jed Kurzel |
2012 (2nd) |
Not Suitable for Children |
Jono Ma, Matteo Zingales |
A Few Best Men |
Guy Gross |
Mental |
Michael Yezerski |
33 Postcards |
Antony Partos |
2013 (3rd) |
The Great Gatsby |
Craig Armstrong |
Dead Europe |
Jed Kurzel |
Drift |
Michael Yezerski |
The Rocket |
Caitlin Yeo |
2014 (4th) |
The Railway Man |
David Hirschfelder |
Healing |
David Hirschfelder |
Predestination |
Peter Spierig |
The Rover |
Antony Partos, Sam Petty |
2015 (5th) |
Mad Max: Fury Road |
Junkie XL |
The Dressmaker |
David Hirschfelder |
Paper Planes |
Nigel Westlake |
Partisan |
Oneohtrix Point Never |
2016 (6th) |
Tanna |
Antony Partos |
Boys in the Trees |
Darrin Verhagen |
Gods of Egypt |
Marco Beltrami |
Teenage Kicks |
David Barber |
2017 (7th) |
Lion |
Volker Bertelmann, Dustin O’Halloran |
Ali's Wedding |
Nigel Westlake |
Berlin Syndrome |
Bryony Marks |
The Butterfly Tree |
Caitlin Yeo |