Caitlin Yeo

Caitlin Yeo is an Australian musician and film composer, whose credits include the feature film Jucy, All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane, and The Rocket. Yeo is a graduate of the Australian Film Television and Radio School and Sydney University.[1] Her work has won a number of awards including 2007 APRA AGSC Screen Music Award for Best Music for a Documentary and 2011 APRA Professional Development Award and received nominations in 2008, 2010 and 2012.[2] She also teaches composition and film music theory at The Australian Institute of Music.

Yeo was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score for her work on The Rocket, but lost against Craig Armstrong of The Great Gatsby. At the APRA Music Awards of 2013 Yeo won Feature Film Score of the Year for The Rocket.[3]

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Awards and nominations

APRA Music Awards

The APRA Music Awards are presented annually from 1982 by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA), "honouring composers and songwriters".[4] They include the associated Screen Music Awards handed out by APRA, Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) and Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC), which "acknowledges excellence and innovation in the field of screen composition."[5] In 2018 Yeo was appointed the president of AGSC.[6]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2007Bomb Harvest (Caitlin Yeo)Best Music for a Documentary[7][8]Won
2012Seduction in the City: The Birth of Shopping (Yeo)Best Music for a Documentary[9]Nominated
2013The Rocket (Yeo)Feature Film Score of the Year[10]Won
2015The Great Australian Race Riot (Yeo)Best Music for a Documentary[11]Nominated
2016Getting Frank Gehry (Yeo)Best Music for a Documentary[12]Won
Compass (Yeo)Best Television Theme[13]Nominated
2018The Butterfly Tree (Yeo)Feature Film Score of the Year[5]Won
Best Soundtrack Album[5]Won
The House with Annabel Crabb (Yeo)Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie[14]Nominated
Barbara (Yeo)Best Music for a Short Film[15]Nominated

References
  1. "Biography at First Cut Studio website". Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-15.
  2. APRAA Awards 2011 Winners
  3. "Feature Film Score of the Year". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. "APRA History". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  5. "Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  6. staff writer (20 November 2018). "Dual triumphs for Caitlin Yeo, Matteo Zingales at Screen Music Awards". IF Magazine. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  7. "2007 Winners – Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS). Retrieved 2 May 2010.
  8. "2007 Nominations – Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  9. "Nominations > Best Music for a Documentary". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). Archived from the original on 17 May 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  10. "Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2013. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  11. "Best Music for a Documentary". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  12. "Screen Music Awards". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  13. "Best Television Theme". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2016. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  14. "Best Music for a Mini-Series or Telemovie". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  15. "Best Music for a Short Film". Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) | Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners Society (AMCOS) | Australian Guild of Screen Composers (AGSC). 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
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