Country Australia Official website ariaawards.com.au Category of ARIA Music Awards | First awarded 1987 Instituted 1987 | |
Winners & Nominees Live at the Sydney Opera HouseSydney Symphony Orchestra - Josh Pyke, Live at the Sydney Opera House, Winner, Live at the Sydney Opera HouseSydney Symphony Orchestra - Josh Pyke, Live at the Sydney Opera House, Nominee, Velvet: The Original Cast RecordingUniversal Music Australia - Social Family Records (Australia) Pty Ltd, Velvet: The Original Cast Recording, Nominee, The DivorceUniversal Music Australia, The Divorce, Nominee, The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording)Kate Miller-Heidke, The Rabbits (Original Live Cast Recording), Nominee, Gallipoli SymphonyQueensland Symphony Orchestra, Gallipoli Symphony, Nominee, Beat the Drum (Live Concert Celebrating 40 Years of triple j)Universal Music Australia - ABC Music, Beat the Drum (Live Concert Celebrating 40 Years of triple j), Winner, BlissOpera Australia, Bliss, Nominee, The Water Diviner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Universal Music Australia, The Water Diviner (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Nominee, Last Cab to DarwinEd Kuepper, Last Cab to Darwin, Nominee, Paper Planes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - Nigel Westlake, Paper Planes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Nominee, His Life and MusicSydney Symphony Orchestra - Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, His Life and Music, Winner, Fierce HeartsKatie Noonan, Fierce Hearts, Nominee, Spirit of Akasha - Celebrating Morning Of The Earth Soundtrack (features special bonus tracks)Warner Music Australasia, Spirit of Akasha - Celebrating Morning Of The Earth Soundtrack (features special bonus tracks), Nominee, triple j's One Night Stand MilduraABC Music, triple j's One Night Stand Mildura, Nominee, The Story of Sharky & The CaddmanBrian Cadd - Glenn Shorrock, The Story of Sharky & The Caddman, Nominee | ||
The ARIA Music Award for Best Original Soundtrack / Cast / Show Album is an award presented within the Fine Arts Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards. The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987.
Original soundtrack albums and cast/show albums by solo artists, groups and various artist compilations are eligible. This includes recordings of existing or planned theatrical productions and soundtracks, scores and underscores for existing or planned film and television productions. Compilation soundtracks must contain over 50% of previously unreleased material by tracks and/or time and all artists must meet the artist eligibility criteria. It is judged by a specialist judging school of representatives experienced with the genre.
The ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack/Cast/Show Album has been awarded since the inaugural ARIA Awards in 1987, and was originally named Best Australian Original Soundtrack or Cast Recording. Between 1999 and 2003, separate awards were given for Best Original Soundtrack Album and Best Original Show/Cast Album.
Winners and nominees
In the following table, the winner is highlighted in a separate colour and in boldface; the nominees are those that are not highlighted or in boldface. Nominees in 1988 are not available in published sources.