Best
Thing In The Room, written by Lisa Crawley and Robert
Kleiner, performed by Lisa Crawley
(Published by St Music ANZ Pty / Songtrust
Blvd)
Bone Dat Needs Pickin’, written and
performed by Steve Tofa (Published by
Songbroker)
Don’t You Know Who I Am,
written and performed by Reb Fountain
(Published by Mushroom Music)
Get
The Devil Out, written and performed by Nadia Reid
(Published by Blue Raincoat Songs / Kobalt Music
Publishing)
Glitter written by Stella
Bennett, Joshua Fountain and Djesian Suskov, performed by
Benee (Published by Universal Music
Publishing / Sony/ATV Publishing)
Guilty
Talk, written by Stephanie Brown and Fen Ikner performed by
Lips
Hands, written by Bella
Cook and Shannon Fowler, performed by
Belladonna (Published by Native Tongue
Music Publishing)
I Might Disappear, written
by Gussie Larkin, Lily West and Abraham Hollingsworth,
performed by
Mermaidens
In The Air,
written by Arapekanga Hayden Adams-Tamatea, Brad Donald
Kora, Hiriini Stuart Kora, Joel Charles Shadbolt, and Miharo
Boaz Gregory, performed by L.A.B (Published
by Loop Publishing / Kobalt Music
Publishing)
Let’s Just Stay In Bed, written
by Cass Mitchell and Bic Runga, performed by King
Sweeties (Published by Mushroom
Music)
Mighty Invader, written and performed
by Troy Kingi (Published by Loop Publishing
/ Kobalt Music Publishing)
Remote, written by
Annabel Alpers and performed by Hamerkop
(Published by Native Tongue Music
Publishing)
Ruffle, written by Matthew Barus
and Lauren Barus, performed by Terrible
Sons (Published by Native Tongue Music
Publishing)
Superfan, written by Chelsea Jade
Metcalf and Leroy Clampitt, performed by Chelsea
Jade (Published by EMI Music Publishing Australia/
Stellar Songs)
Take, written by Finn Scholes,
Tam Scholes, Siobhanne Thompson, Cass Mitchell and Alistair
Deverick, performed by Carnivorous Plant
Society
Trouble, written by Mona
Sanei and Frank Eliesa, performed by CHAII
(Published by Big Pop Music Publishing / BMG Rights
Management)
Walk, written and performed by
Ria Hall (Published by Loop Publishing /
Kobalt Music Publishing)
War Outside, written
by Elijah Manu, Albert Purcell and Rory Noble, performed by
Church & AP
Who?,
written by Lance Fepuleai, Tony Tz, Harry Huavi and Stephen
Atutolu, performed by Team Dynamite feat. Diggy
Dupe
You Were Mine, written by
Tamara Neilson and Joshua Neilson, performed by Tami
Neilson (Published by Native Tongue Music
Publishing)
This Top 20 list was
chosen from over 200 entries by a judging panel of 10 fellow
songwriters, who have each made wonderful contributions to
the NZ music community.
The
judging panel were (in alphabetical order):
Amanda
Cheng (Wax Chattels), Abigail Knudson (Missy), Cherie
Mathieson, Delaney Davidson, Estere Dalton, Mark Williams
(Slave, Fat Freddy’s Drop), Marlon Williams, Mel Parsons,
Ned Ngatae (The Black Seeds, Fat Freddy’s Drop), and
Shayne Carter.
All APRA members are now
invited to vote for their top five songs from this list of
20.
These votes from the APRA
membership will determine the five finalists and winner of
the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Award.
You can
listen to a Spotify playlist of all 20 songs HERE.
You
can read more details on judging and voting processes for
the Silver Scroll Awards HERE.
“We’re
thrilled to find that there are plenty of established
songwriters who are still surprising and delighting with
their work, finding new stories to tell, and new ways to
tell them. We’re also very excited to see so many new
songwriters bringing fresh ideas and sounds to the landscape
of music in Aotearoa” says APRA Head of NZ Operations
Anthony Healey.
“Of course it was a tough job for
our judging panel to select these 20 songs from all the
entries, and there are plenty of songwriters who missed out,
who continue to create great and valuable work. The standard
of songwriting we’re seeing in New Zealand is incredibly
high, and we applaud everyone for their
craft.”
Past recipients of the esteemed award
include a long list of iconic Kiwi music stalwarts - from
Dave Dobbyn, Don McGlashan and Shona Laing to Neil Finn, Bic
Runga, and Ray Columbus. They’re joined by a younger
generation of music makers that include James Milne &
Luke Buda, Ella Yelich-O’Connor (Lorde) & Joel Little,
Tami Neilson, Ruban & Kody Nielson, Marlon Williams, and
Aldous Harding.
The APRA Silver Scroll
Award will be presented at the Auckland Town Hall
on Wednesday October 14. The other awards
presented on the night are:
APRA Maioha Award,
celebrating exceptional waiata featuring te
reo
SOUNZ Contemporary Award, celebrating excellence
in contemporary composition
