The best in Canadian Screen Composing
September 21st, 2022 in Toronto at the El Mocambo in Toronto, the Screen Composers Guild of Canada announced the winners for the inaugural Canadian Screen Music Awards. A total of 43 musical works received nominations in nine categories covering feature film, television, animation, documentary, games and interactive media. The SCGC also present the Distinguished Services to the Industry Award to the CFC & Slaight Family Foundation.
Best Original Score for a Children’s Program or Series
- Steffan Andrews – “LEGO Marvel Avengers: Time Twisted”
- Caleb Chan & Brian Chan – “Pinecone & Pony”
- Caleb Chan & Brian Chan – “Team Zenko”
- Neil Parfitt – “Matchbox Adventures”
- Neil Parfitt – “Ranger Rob”
Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film
- WINNER: Todor Kobakov – “A.rtificial I.mmortality”
- Deanna H. Choi – “Last of the Right Whales”
- Walker Grimshaw – “Dear Audrey”
- Jonathan Kawchuk – “Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography”
- Julien Verschooris – “Coextinction”
Best Original Score for Interactive Media
- WINNERS: Janal Bechthold & La-Nai Gabriel – “No Reason to Apologize: The Resilient Legacy of Viola Desmond”
- Felix Arifin – “REM Cycles”
- Janal Bechthold – “The Choice”
Best Original Main Title Theme Music
- WINNER: Layal Watfeh – “The Journey”
- Lora Bidner & Rob Carli – “Ruby and the Well”
- Peter Chapman – “The Communists Daughter”
- Trevor Morris – “Vikings Valhalla”
- Layal Watfeh – “Ambar 6”
Best Original Score for a Narrative Feature Film (Sponsored by Orchestral Tools)
- WINNER: Steph Copeland – “The Retreat”
- Spencer Creaghan – “Motherly”
- Darren Fung – “Cinema of Sleep”
- Steve London – “The Immaculate Room”
- Nasser Sharaf – “The Alleys”
Best Original Score for a Non-Fiction Series or Limited Series
- WINNER: Todor Kobakov – “The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith”
- Amanda Cawley – “Ageless Gardens”
- Andrew Gordon Macpherson – “Dark Side of the Ring”
- Christopher Nickel – “Highway Thru Hell”
- Tom Third – “BLK: An Origin Story”
Best Original Score for a Series or Limited Series
- WINNER: Trevor Morris – “Vikings Valhalla”
- Robert Carli – “Frankie Drake”
- Robert Carli & Peter Chapman – “Wynonna Earp”
- Clinton Shorter – “The Expanse”
- Tom Third – “Coroner”
Best Original Score for a Short Film (Sponsored by City of Toronto)
- WINNER: Phil Strong – “In the Wake of Progress”
- Jordan Andrew – “Shadowlands”
- Adrian Ellis – “Old Mother Tongue”
- Walker Grimshaw – “Monkey-Love, Please Hold”
- Randolph Peters & Joshua Maikawa – “Wrought”
Best Original Score for a Television Special
- WINNER: Steph Copeland – “Lethal Love”
- Suad Bushnaq – “The Nature of Things: Why We Dance”
- Iva Delic, Todor Kobakov & Tika Simone – “Faith Heist”
- Jim McGrath – “Curb your Carbon”
- Meiro Stamm & Antonio Naranjo – “A Christmas Dance Reunion”
Distinguished Services to the Industry Award (Sponsored by the SCGC)
- WINNER: CFC & Slaight Family Foundation
Watch the 2022 CASMAs
The Screen Composers Guild of Canada celebrated the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) on September 21st, 2022 in Toronto at the El Mocambo.
The proceedings were also live streamed for those unable to attend in person.