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According to ABC News, West Australian composers Josh Hogan and Ned Beckley were among the biggest winners at the 2026 Screen Music Awards, taking four honours for the ABC children’s animation series Tales from Outer Suburbia.

Hogan and Beckley won Best Music for Children’s Programming, Best Opening Title Television Theme and Best Soundtrack Album. They also shared Best Original Song Composed for the Screen with Joni Hogan for “Nothing Stays the Same”.

Adam Gock and Dinesh Wicks won Most Performed Screen Composer — Australia for MasterChef, My Kitchen Rules and Travel Guides, and Most Performed Screen Composer — Overseas for Con Girl, Lego Masters and Married at First Sight. They were also among the composers recognised for Million Dollar Secret, which won Best Music for Unscripted or Reality Television Series.

Cezary Skubiszewski received the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen award for a body of work spanning more than 30 years. Other winners included Helena Czajka for the documentary Sentient, Christopher Larkin for Hollow Knight: Silksong, and Finn Clarke as Emerging Screen Composer of the Year.

The ceremony was held at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on October 28, 2026, hosted by Rob Collins, Claudia Karvan OAM and Ayesha Madon. During the event, composers, musicians and industry leaders wore badges opposing the use of Australian creative work to train AI without creators’ consent, licensing or fair compensation.