The 2015 APRA Silver Scroll Awards was held on Thursday 17 September 2015 at Vector Arena in

Auckland Auckland ( ; ) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and ...

, celebrating excellence in New Zealand songwriting. The 2015 ceremony marked the 50th presentation of the Silver Scroll award. As well as honouring the best songwriting of 2015, the awards retrospectively awarded the best song of 1981 as previously no award was presented in that year.

Silver Scroll award

The Silver Scroll award celebrates outstanding achievement in songwriting of original New Zealand pop music. The short list of finalists was announced on 20 September.

Long list

In July 2015 a top 20 long list was announced. From this list APRA members voted to decide the five songs that make up the year's short list. * Dave Rowlands/Stephen Heard/Andrew Moller ( Clap Clap Riot + Buzz Moller) "Back In To Your Life" * Nadia Reid (Nadia Reid) "Call The Days" * Ruban Nielson/ Jacob Portrait ( Unknown Mortal Orchestra) " Can't Keep Checking My Phone" * Thomas Stoneman/Josh Fountain (Thomston) "Collarbones" * Anji Sami (She's So Rad) "Cool It" * Marlon Williams/Tim Moore (Marlon Williams) "Dark Child" *

Joel Little Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.

Jarryd James Jarryd James Klapper (born December 1984, in Brisbane) is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer who performs as Jarryd James. He released his debut single "Do You Remember (Jarryd James song), Do You Remember" on 30 January 2015, ...

(

) "

Do You Remember Do You Remember(?) may refer to: Music Albums * Do You Remember? (album), ''Do You Remember?'' (album), by Mac Dre, 2002 * ''Do You Remember?'', by The Bouncing Souls discography#Video albums, the Bouncing Souls, 2003 Songs * Do You Remember? (The ...

" * Mel Parsons (Mel Parsons) "Get Out Alive" * Toni Randle Keegan (Eyreton Hall) "Just In Case Allelujah" *

Joel Little Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.

/ Georgia Nott/ Caleb Nott (

Broods Broods are a musical duo from Nelson, New Zealand, composed of Georgia Josiena Nott on lead vocals, with older brother and multi-instrumentalist Caleb Allan Joseph Nott on production and backing vocals. They released the single "Bridges (Broo ...

) "L.A.F." * Sean Donnelly ( SJD) "Little Pieces" * Ruban Nielson/Kody Nielson ( Unknown Mortal Orchestra) " Multi-Love" * Martin Andrews (Martin Andrews) "Naomi" * Jolyon Mulholland (Mulholland) "Perfect Health" * Marlon Gerbes/ Matiu Walters/Priese Board (

Six60 Six60 is a New Zealand pop rock band formed in Dunedin, Otago in 2008. The band consists of Matiu Walters (lead vocals, guitar), Ji Fraser (lead guitar), Chris Mac (drums, bass guitar), and Marlon Gerbes (guitar, bass guitar, synthesiser). Th ...

) "Special" * Evan Sinton/Jaden Parkes/ Josh Fountain ( Maala) "Touch" * Sean Donnelly ( SJD) "Unplugged" * Anthonie Tonnon (Anthonie Tonnon) "Water Underground" * Bill Urale/James Britt ( King Kapisi) "Welcome Back" * Ella Yelich-O'Connor/

Joel Little Joel Little (born 13 February 1983) is a New Zealand record producer, musician and Grammy Award-winning songwriter.

(

Lorde Ella Marija Lani Yelich-O'Connor (born 7 November 1996), known professionally as Lorde ( ), is a New Zealand singer and songwriter. She is known for her unconventional style of pop music and introspective songwriting, and has been referred to ...

) " Yellow Flicker Beat"

Silver Scroll 1981

The Silver Scroll award was not awarded in 1981, so APRA retrospectively presented the award as part of the 2015 ceremony. In July 2015 a short list of five songs from the 1981 eligibility period was announced.

New Zealand Music Hall of Fame

Steel guitar player Bill Sevesi was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame as APRA New Zealand's 2015 inductee.

Other awards

Six other awards were presented at the Silver Scroll Awards: APRA Maioha Award (for excellence in contemporary Maori music), SOUNZ Contemporary Award (for creativity and inspiration in composition), two awards acknowledging songs with the most radio and television play in New Zealand and overseas, and APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award and APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award.

APRA song awards

Outside of the Silver Scroll Awards, APRA presented five genre awards in 2015. The APRA Best Pacific Song was presented at the Pacific Music Awards, the APRA Best Country Music Song was presented at the New Zealand Country Music Awards, the APRA Best Māori Songwriter was presented at the Waiata Maori Music Awards and the APRA Children's Song of the Year and ''What Now'' Video of the Year were presented live on ''

What Now What Now may refer to: Albums * What, Now? (Peter Hammill album), ''What, Now?'' (Peter Hammill album), 2001 * What Now? (Kenny Wheeler album), ''What Now?'' (Kenny Wheeler album), 2005 * What Now (Sylvan Esso album), ''What Now'' (Sylvan Esso al ...

''.

References

External links

APRA AMCOS Silver Scroll Awards
{{APRA Awards (New Zealand) New Zealand music awards 2015 in New Zealand music 2015 music awards