Once again in 2025, SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore have fared very well in nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards. A total of 53 SOCAN members have earned nominations; Orin Isaacs, Andrew Macpherson, Rob Carli, Peter Chapman have garnered double-noms; and the team of Graeme Cornies, Brian Pickett, and James Chapple has been honoured with three nods.
The awards will be presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, over the three days that comprise Canadian Screen Week, May 30 to June 1, 2025.
The nominees – all SOCAN members except those marked with an asterisk(*) – are:
FILM
Achievement in Music – Original Score
- Spencer Creaghan – I Don’t Know Who You Are
- Todor Kobakov – The Invisibles
- Amin Bhatia – Kipkemboi
- Mychael Danna – Seven Veils
- Darren Fung – The Silent Planet
Achievement in Music – Original Song
- Paul Spence, Michael Phillip Heppner, Ian Wilson, Guillaume Marc Antoine Tremblay, Stan Pietrusik – Deaner ’89 – “The Power of the Tribe”
- Mark Clennon – I Don’t Know Who You Are – “I Don’t Know Who You Are”
- Torquil Campbell – We Forgot to Break Up – “Revolutionary Heart”
Best Original Music in a Feature-Length Documentary
- Richard Reed Parry – Adrianne & the Castle
- Murray Lightburn – Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story
- Sei Nakauchi Pelletier – Diary of a Father | Journal d’un père
- Wilhelm Brandl – Okurimono
- Olivier Alary*, Johannes Malfatti* – Yintah
TELEVISION
Best Original Music, Animation
- Ian LeFeuvre – Builder Brothers Dream Factory
- Matt Ouimet – Let’s Go, Bananas!
- Graeme Cornies, Brian Pickett, James Chapple – PAW Patrol
- Petteri Sainio* – Rocket Club
- Graeme Cornies, Brian Pickett, James Chapple – Rubble & Crew
Best Original Music, Drama
- Caleb Chan, Brian Chan – Allegiance
- Jesse Zubot, Wayne Lavallée – Bones of Crows
- Rob Melamed, Ryan McLarnon – Mistletoe Murders
- Lora Bidner, Robert Carli – Ruby and the Well
- Robert Carli, Peter Chapman – Wynonna Earp: Vengeance
Best Original Music, Comedy
- Nikhil Seetharam – Children Ruin Everything
- Dillon Baldassero – Davey & Jonesie’s Locker
- Brian Pickett, Graeme Cornies, James Chapple, Rachael Johnstone, Jason Turriff – Odd Squad UK
- Peter Chapman – One More Time
- Jonathan Goldsmith – The Trades
Best Original Music, Documentary
- Adrian Ellis, Walker Grimshaw – Believe
- Bruce Cockburn – La Loche
- Ben Fox – My Brother, Soleiman
- Tom Third – Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum
- Katie Austra Stelmanis – Swan Song
Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
- Orin Isaacs – Big Brother Canada
- Andrew Macpherson – Dark Side of the Ring
- Orin Isaacs – Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Andrew Macpherson – Who Killed WCW?
- Neil Haverty, Chris Reineck – Who Owns the World
Best Original Music – Original Song
- Gail Maurice – Allegiance, “Auntie’s Honour Song”
- Mark Selby – Canada’s Got Talent, “We’ve Got Talent”
- Ross Nykiforuk – Chums, “Let’s Go Chums”
- Meiro Stamm, Antonio Naranjo – Mittens & Pants, “We Are Dogs”
- Matt O’Halloran – The Next Step, “Neverending Lights”
- Brendan Quinn, Ryan Chalmers – Unicorn Academy, “Under the Fairy Moon”
For further information and a complete list of nominees, visit the Canadian Screen Awards website. Congratulations to all our nominees on this great achievement!