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'And the winners of the 2025 CASMA, Best Original Song are...' core news picture

And the winners of the 2025 CASMA, Best Original Song are...

Core composer STEPH COPELAND, Matthew O’Halloran & Kibra Tsegaye for ALPINE RHAPSODY. Song entitled “Trapped in the Spotlight”.

Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) is an annual celebration of composer’s excellence in scoring original music for the screen.


'And the winner of the 2025 CASMA, 
Best Original Main Title Theme Music is...' core news picture

And the winner of the 2025 CASMA, Best Original Main Title Theme Music is...

SUAD BUSHNAQ for the Main Title theme to Shahid MBC's dramatic series AL BATAL (The Hero).

Last year Suad received a Canadian Screen Music award and another nomination. That same year she also received 3 Canadian Screen Award nominations, a Hollywood Music in Media Award and an additional HMMA nomination,.

Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) is an annual celebration of composer’s excellence in scoring original music for the screen.

'And the winner of the 2025 CASMA, Best Original Score, Dramatic Series or Special is...' core news picture

And the winner of the 2025 CASMA, Best Original Score, Dramatic Series or Special is...

STEPH COPELAND & MICHELLE OSIS, for their score to the ARD Degeto mini-series MORD AUF DER INKA-PFAD (Murder on the Inca Trail) – Truth: Ep 4”. Steph Copeland (pictured) was also nominated in 3 other categories; Michelle Osis, in 2 other categories.

Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) is an annual celebration of composer’s excellence in scoring original music for the screen.

'And the winner of the 2025 CASMA,  
Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film is...' core news picture

And the winner of the 2025 CASMA, Best Original Score for a Documentary Feature Film is...

JUSTIN DELORME, for his score to NFB's THE NEST.

Also nominated in this category were Core composers Ben Fox, Murray Lightburn, Tom Third, and Alexandra Petkovski (with co-composer Kalaisan Kalaichelvan).

Now in its fourth year, the Canadian Screen Music Awards (CASMA) is an annual celebration of composer’s excellence in scoring original music for the screen.

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5 Core scored films screening at VIFF2025

We're excited to share that VIFF2025 will be screening: BLOOD LINES (scored by Justin Delorme), MIDDLE LIFE (scored by Ben Fox), MODERN WHORE and THE ART OF ADVENTURE (both scored by Tom Third), and TREASURE OF THE RICE TERRACES (scored by Kalaisan Kalaichelvan and Core composer Alexandra Petkovski).