Once again this year, SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore have fared very well in nominations at the Canadian Screen Awards, in the musical categories. Twenty-eight of our members have earned nominations in various categories, and all nominees in the Best Original Music, Non-Fiction category are female composers. Rose Bolton, Robert Carli, Stephen Krecklo, and Peter Chapman are each nominated twice.
Presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the Canadian Screen Awards were born of the fusion of two awards ceremonies – the Genie Awards for movies and Gemini Awards for television. The 2022 awards will be presented over six days during Canadian Screen Week, April 4-10, 2022.
The SOCAN nominees are as follows:
FILM
Achievement in Music – Original Score
- Jonathan Goldsmith – All My Puny Sorrows
- Stephen Krecklo – Between Waves
- Darren Fung – Cinema of Sleep
- Suad Bushnaq – Jasmine Road
- Spencer Creaghan — Motherly
Achievement in Music – Original Song
- Jean Martin, Tanya Tagaq – “Surface Nord,” from Bootlegger
- David Braid – “Ring Them Fantasy,” from Delia’s Gone
Published by Lumanity Productions Inc. / K52 Music - Nicolas Errèra, Craig Walker – “Drop the Rock,” from Au revoir le Bonheur/Goodbye Happiness
- Tika Simone, Casey Manierka-Quaile – “And Then We Don’t,” from Learn to Swim
- Simon Angell, Erika Angell (STIM) – “Lovers Are Falling,” from Woman in Car
TELEVISION
Best Original Music, Fiction
- Tom Third – Coroner – “Spirits” episode
Published by 6800 Music, administered by MRD – Music Revenue Data - Todor Kobakov, Iva Delic, Tika Cato – Faith Heist
Published by Kobakov Music Publishing, administered by MRD – Music Revenue Data - Robert Carli – Frankie Drake Mysteries – “Showstoppers” episode
Published by Shaftesbury Music, administered by Sony - Robert Carli, Peter Chapman – Wynonna Earp – “Better Dig Two” episode
Published by Wynonna Earp Productions Inc. - Gary Koftinoff, Phil Bennett – Hudson & Rex – “Under Pressure” episode
Published by Shaftesbury Music, administered by Sony
Best Original Music, Non-Fiction
- Amanda Cawley – Ageless Gardens – “Sacred Spaces” episode
Published by 291 Film Company Ltd. - Rose Bolton – Born Bad
- Rose Bolton – Coral Ghosts
Published by Take Action Films Inc. - Erica Procunier– The COVID Cruise
Published by Brights Grove Music Publishing - Michelle Osis – The Nature of Things – “Inside the Great Vaccine Race” episode
Published by Passion Core Publishing Inc. / Infield Fly Production Inc.
Best Original Music, Animation
- Peter Chapman – Happy House of Frightenstein – “Wolfie’s Last Howl” episode
- Amin Bhatia, Ari Posner, Kris Kuzdak – Let’s Go Luna! – “The Way of the Gaucho” episode
Published by 9 Story Media Group Inc., administered by Anthem Entertainment - Asher Lenz, Stephen Skratt – Pikwik Pack – “Suki’s Hero” episode
Published by Guru Animation Studios, administered by Anthem Entertainment - Neil Parfitt – Ranger Rob – “Fossil Finders Keepers in Big Sky Park” episode
Published by Future Cinesymphonies, administered by Anthem Entertainment - Meiro Stamm – Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum – “I Am Ella Fitzgerald” episode
Published by 9 Story Media Group Inc., administered by Anthem Entertainment
For further information and a complete list of nominees, visit the Canadian Screen Awards website. Congratulations to all our nominees on this great achievement!