Top 20 Finalists Revealed For APRA Silver Scroll Award 2015

The top 20 songs contending for this year's APRA Silver Scroll Award have been revealed. The annual event, which is marking its 50th presentation, aims to celebrate New Zealand’s songwriters and composers, and is decided by the votes of more than 10,000 APRA members - who are songwriters and composers themselves. The final 20 will be whittled down to a Top Five over the next few weeks, which will be revealed before the final ceremony on 17th September at Vector Arena. Here are the Top 20...

Clap Clap Riot + Buzz Moller - 'Back In To Your Life'
Nadia Reid - 'Call The Days'
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'Can't Keep Checking My Phone'
Thomston - ‘Collarbones'
She's So Rad - 'Cool It'
Marlon Williams - 'Dark Child'
Jarryd James- 'Do You Remember’
Mel Parsons - 'Get Out Alive'
Eyreton Hall - 'Just In Case Allelujah'
Broods - ‘L.A.F.'
SJD - 'Little Pieces'
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - 'Multi-Love'
Martin Andrews - ‘Naomi'
Mulholland - 'Perfect Health'
Six60 - ‘Special'
Maala - ‘Touch'
SJD - ‘Unplugged'
Anthonie Tonnon - ‘Water Underground’
King Kapisi - ‘Welcome Back’
Lorde - ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’

This year's event will also include the presentation of a 'Lost Scroll', a Silver Scroll for 1981 that was never awarded. All singles released in the 1981 eligibility period have been narrowed down to the Top 5 songs, as follows...

The Swingers - 'Counting the Beat'
Blam Blam Blam - 'There is No Depression in New Zealand '
Split Enz - 'One Step Ahead'
The Sreaming Meemees - 'See Me Go'
The Clean - 'Tally Ho'

Also presented on the night alongside the APRA Silver Scroll Award will be the APRA Maioha Award, the SOUNZ Contemporary Award, the APRA Best Original Music in a Feature Film Award, the APRA Best Original Music in a Series Award, and the local and international Most Performed Works Awards.

Voting for the awards is now open to APRA members, and closes at midnight on Sunday 9th August.