CASMA Nominations 2026

Ceremony Date: 14 September 2026

On 14 September 2026 at the El Mocambo in Toronto, the Screen Composers Guild of Canada announced the nominees for the fifth annual Canadian Screen Music Awards. Musical works received nominations in 13 categories covering feature film, television, animation, documentary, games and interactive media.

The SCGC is also presenting its Lifetime Achievement Award to Jonathan Goldsmith.

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Award Nominees

Caleb Chan & Brian Chan – Lego DreamZzz – Ep 20: Outside the Box
Erica Procunier – Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go – Sodor Sings Together
Leah Hidalgo – Unicorn Academy: Secrets Revealed – Ep 8: The Fairy Tiara
Lorenzo Castelli – Dino Ranch: Island Explorers – Ep 1: Jon and the Giant Croc
Peter Chapman & Shaw-Han Liem – Go Togo – Ep 223: Stella’s Bad Day

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Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, Jason Turriff, Rachael Johnstone & Paul Buckley – Odd Squad – Ep 501: Blast From the Past
Jeff Toyne – Palm Royale – Ep 201: Maxine Drinks Martinis Now
Simon Poole – Hate the Player: The Ben Johnson Story – Ep 1: A Rival

Adrian Ellis – Into The Universe – Mysteries of the Cosmos: Ep 1
Alexandra Petkovski & Kalaisan Kalaichelvan – RomCon: Who the F*ck is Jason Porter? – Ep 101: The Love Bomb
Andrew Gordon Macpherson – Into The Void – Ep 8: Dimebag Darrell
Darren Fung – Decisions, Decisions: The Science of Choice
Maxime Fortin – Guerrier de demain – Ep 1: Camp Carajou

Andy Milne – True North
Brian Chan & Caleb Chan – Spring After Spring
David Arcus – Black Zombie
Jonathan Kawchuk – Frozen in Time
Tom Third – Modern Whore

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Alexandra Petkovski – You’re Killing Me – Ep 101: The Beginning
Brian Chan & Caleb Chan – Allegiance – Ep 310: Remember Me
Mark Korven & Michelle Osis – Billy the Kid – Ep 308: The Redeemed
Robert Carli – Murdoch Mysteries – Ep 1912: Tow Tags
Robert Carli – The Borderline – Ep 105: Bones

Daniela Pinto – Hunter’s Moon: A Sovereign Syndicate Adventure
Finn M-K – Windward Horizon
Janal Bechthold – Through The Nebula
Stéphanie Hamelin Tomala – Forest Rites
Trevor Hoffmann – Nurture: Care Bears

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Ben Fox – Middle Life
Caleb Chan & Brian Chan – Boston Blue
Daniel Ingram – Max & Maple: The Can Do Kids
Jaasmaan Singh – Path of the Wind
Steph Copeland & Matt O’Halloran – Property Brothers: Under Pressure

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Antoine Rochette – Out Standing
Ben Fox – Middle Life
Caleb Chan – A Safe Distance
Steph Copeland – Bẫy Tiền
Todor Kobakov – 40 Acres

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Alexandra Petkovski – You’re Killing Me – Here Goes Nothing
Ari Posner, Amanda Martinez, Diego Nacho Lopez Garcia & Jennifer Hamburg – Rosie’s Rules – Now I Know
Daniel Ingram – Lego Friends – Besties for Life
Jaasmaan Singh – Path of the Wind – Bachpan
Karan Viegas – Locally Sourced – Blood on your Cardigan
Matthew O’Halloran – Finch & Midland – Life Has No If

Amanda Cawley – Charlie Is Not A Boy
Jordan Han Andrew – The Thing Inside Her
Justin Delorme – Louis Riel Day
Kalaisan Kalaichelvan – Karupy
Spencer Creaghan & Chris Reineck – Leopard
Walker Grimshaw – Carry On!

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Adrian Ellis – The Christmas Clues aka Christmas At Mistletoe Hall
Christopher Guglick – We Met in December
Jordan Han Andrew – R.L. Stine’s Pumpkinhead
Medhat Hanbali – The Snow Must Go On
Steph Copeland – A Husband to Die For: The Lisa Aguilar Story

The SCGC Lifetime Achievement Award recipient is selected by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada Awards Committee.

Winner:

Jonathan Goldsmith

(In alternating years, this changes to a Distinguished Services award, judged by the Screen Composers Guild of Canada Board.)

The SCGC Rising Talent Award
To be announced later this week – stay tuned!

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