The Sapphires

Cezary Skubiszewski Honoured with Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen Award

Cezary Skubiszewski, the composer behind Red Dog, Two Hands and the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, will receive the Distinguished Services to the Australian Screen award at the 2026 Screen Music Awards in Brisbane on 28 October.

Tagged as: APRA AMCOS, Australian Guild of Screen Composers, Brisbane, Cezary Skubiszewski, Fortitude Music Hall, Jan Skubiszewski, Red Dog, Screen Music Awards, The Sapphires, Two Hands

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Support Act To Honour The Original Sapphires

by Paul Cashmere

The original Sapphires will be honoured by Support Act at a special luncheon in Sydney at the New South Wales Parliament House next month.

Tagged as: Jessica Mauboy, Support Act, The Sapphires

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The Sapphires Earns $10m At Box-Office

by Paul Cashmere

The Sapphires is by far the most successful Australian movie of the year with news it has now grossed over $10 million at the Australian box-office in four weeks.

Tagged as: Red Dog, The Sapphires

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The Sapphires Remains ARIA Number One Album

by Gavin Ryan

The Soundtrack to the film “The Sapphires” stays at No.1 for a second week, whilst it was also again at No.2 for a second week on the Australian Box Office report, only dropping 17% from the previous weeks box office receipts (most second week films drop dramatically, so 17% is a good thing).

Tagged as: ARIA, Ed Sheeran, Jessica Mauboy, The Sapphires

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The Sapphires Becomes First Soundtrack Since Mamma Mia To Reach No 1

by Gavin Ryan

The new Australian feature film “The Sapphires” debuted at No.2 on the box-office report last week (with $2.475 million behind Dark Knight Rises’ $2.9 million), and this week on the ARIA Albums Chart, the soundtrack jumps up to No.1 becoming the first film soundtrack to make it to No.1 this decade, and the first locally

Tagged as: ARIA, Ed Sheeran, Jessica Mauboy, The Sapphires

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