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Core Music Agency is a licensed and bonded talent agency, representing film, television and games composers. We’re here to make the business of film scoring easier. BA-2022-07008

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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 18h
Must be the season of the witch! YAGA, starring Carrie-Anne Moss and Hudson Williams will see its network premier on AMC+ in the U.S. and Crave in Canada, October 23. Based on Kat Sandler’s play, the series reimagines the myth of Baba Yaga. Scored by Core composer TREVOR YUILE.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 18h
Something's in the water off the coast of Newfoundland. Jesse McKeown's BELOW, a 6-part series about a small seaside town terrorized by a mysterious sea creature will have its streamer debut on Netflix on Oct. 8. Scored by Core composer MARK KORVEN
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Thank you to @bebrilliantmedia for the wonderful Canadian Screen Award inspired photoshoot! So much fun was had. Photo credit goes to Jude Lazaro. Big thanks also to makeup artist, Dorota Buczel. This kind of beauty doesn't just "happen" you know! ;) #CdnScreenAwards
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
And the winner of the 2026 Canadian Screen Award goes to... TOM THIRD! Tom won 'Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary' for his fabulous score to fellow CSA winner Nicole Bazuin's MODERN WHORE. This is Tom's 2nd CSA win, he has 8 other nominations.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Core composers earned 6 Leo noms this year! Matthew Rogers (2), Hamish Thompson. Jeff Tymoschuk, Amanda Cawley and Christopher Nickel. Big congrats to all.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Big congrats to Toronto's Aircraft Pictures and Ireland's Cartoon Saloon!!! JULIAN will lead Canada's line-up at Annecy this year. Scored by Core composer LA-NAI GABRIEL, Julián is based on U.S. author Jessica Love’s picture book "Julián is a Mermaid".
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Congrats to Core composer JANAL BECHTHOLD and to everyone at Nelvana. We're happy to share that #MillieMagnificent can now be watched on Treehouse, StackTV, and Télé Quebec in Canada!
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
USA PREMIERE for CROCODILE at TRIBECA! 🔥 Pietra Brettkelly's film CROCODILE will see its USA premiere at The Tribeca Festival June 5, 6, and 8. Scored by Core composer TOM THIRD, the documentary sold out quickly at its world premiere in Berlin earlier this year.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
CORE COMPOSERS SCORE 7 CSA NOMINATIONS! Congrats to: Steph Copeland - It Feeds, "Angel Shot" from Trapped in the Spotlight; Suad Bushnaq - Yunan; Tom Third - Modern Whore, The Spoils; Rob Melamed & Ryan McClarnon - Mistletoe Murders; Jesse Zubot, Josh Zubot, Jason Sharp - Mafia: Most Wanted.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
🔥 Acorn TV drops the official teaser for YOU'RE KILLING ME! Set in a quaint New England colonial town, the series stars Brooke Shields and Amalia Williamson as they team up to solve the murder of a close friend. Scored by Core composer Alexandra Petkovski. #YoureKillingMe #AcornTV #BrookeShields
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Animation composers are indeed...weird. Core Music Agency - Canada's largest, and possibly most loveable composer agency. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tp44...
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Animation Composers are Weird - Core 2026
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Just a few more days until the film premiere of 'Charlie Is Not A Boy' on February 22nd at the Sunset Hollywood Theatre in Los Angeles (Slamdance Film Festival)! ⭐️🌈⭐️ Directed by Pol Kurucz, scored by Core composer Amanda Cawley vimeo.com/1166113543/1...
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CHARLIE IS NOT A BOY recording sessions
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Core composer Murray Lightburn and wife Natalia Yanchak talk with CBC's Tom Power about their long-running musical collaboration THE DEARS and the release of a new album, Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beautiful!" www.cbc.ca/arts/q/the-d...
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The Dears almost quit the band several times | CBC Arts
Husband-and-wife duo Natalia Yanchak and Murray Lightburn of The Dears sit down with Q's Tom Power to talk about their 30th anniversary as a band and their new album, Life Is Beautiful! Life Is Beauti...
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Check out our panel at VIFF AMP, "Artist Support Structures in a DIY World: The Evolving World of Representation", with myself, Dante Berardi Jr., Heather Johnson and Eric Johnson. Oct 9, 10am at The Birdhouse. @anthem.music.group @subpop @unitedmasters @viffest @screencomposers @socanmusic
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Thanks to Dana Gee at the Vancouver Sun for the article on Core today! It was very hard to pick just 5 scores to talk about, so I randomly chose from my top 50. And thank you Mark, Suad and Jesse for all of the kind words. I feel honoured. #filmmusic #screencomposer vancouversun.com/entertainmen...
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This Victoria composers agency is singing a successful Hollywood tune
Composer turned agent Ari Wise says key to successful relationships with artists comes from doing the same job. Plus: His 5 favourite movie scores.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Hey TIFF-bound composers. Come to the 2025 SCGC Screen Composer Summit, Sept 10. Join us for,"Composing Through the Storm". Panelists Jennifer Brown, Adrian Ellis, Andrea Kokonis & myself (Ari Wise), will tell tale of the doldrums that have plagued our industry as we plot a course for the future.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
BLOOD LINES World Premiere at TIFF50 The film, directed by Gail Maurice and produced by Maurice, Paula Devonshire and Jamie Manning, follows an estranged Métis mother and daughter whose lives are upended when an alluring woman enters their lives. Scored by Core composer JUSTIN DELORME.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
MODERN WHORE to premiere at TIFF50! Nicole Bazuin’s hybrid documentary, which is based on Andrea Werhun’s memoir, was executive produced by ANORA director Sean Baker, Berry Meyerowitz, Jeff Sackman & James J. Yi. Produced by Werhun, Bazuin and Laurent Grant, scored by Core composer TOM THIRD.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
5 FEATURES AT VIFF2025 SCORED BY CORE COMPOSERS! VIFF2025 will be screening: BLOOD LINES (Justin Delorme), MIDDLE LIFE (Ben Fox), MODERN WHORE and THE ART OF ADVENTURE (Tom Third), and TREASURE OF THE RICE TERRACES (Kalaisan Kalaichelvan and Core composer Alexandra Petkovski). #VIFF2025
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Quoted in The Hollywood Reporter yesterday! Come here for the talent, not just for the tax credits and dollar advantage. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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A Weakening U.S. Dollar Worries Film and TV Producers in Canada
The link between the Canadian and U.S. currencies is straightforward: Hollywood comes north when the greenback is strong, and weighs going elsewhere when it falls in value.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Core composers score 19 nominations at this year's Canadian Screen Music Awards! 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. scgcawards.ca @socanmusic.bsky.social #screencomposers
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
And the winner of the 2025 Leo Award, Best Musical Score, Motion Picture is... BRENT BELKE for CAN I GET A WITNESS? This is Brent's 2nd Leo Award, he has 6 previous Leo nominations. The film swept the Leo Awards Motion Picture category this year, winning in 7 categories, with 3 other nominations.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
And the winner of the 2025 Leo Award, "Best Music Score, Dramatic Series" is... DAVE GENN for Wild Cards! Big congrats to Dave and co-composer Shawn Pierce. This is Dave's first Leo win, he has one previous nomination. The CBC series also airs on The CW in the USA and on Paramount+ in the UK.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
FYC: Super proud to announce that our client, composer Mark Korven, has been nominated for his score to Sony Playstation's 2024 release of UNTIL DAWN. Game fans worldwide can vote for their favourite game score of the past year. Until 21 August 2025, 23:59 (CEST).
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Stephen King’s ‘The Institute’ Coming to MGM+ on July 13! Scored by Core composer MARK KORVEN (The Witch, The Lighthouse), the series follows the story of a teen genius who awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who possess unusual abilities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bcv...
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The Institute (MGM+ 2025 Series) Official Trailer
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Congrats to Core composer MARK KORVEN - Billboard Canada's Screen Composer of the Year! The 'First Omen' and 'The Lighthouse' composer was named the first-ever winner of the SOCAN-presented award, accepting the honour at Billboard Canada Power Players 2025.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Scored by Core composer Alexandra Petkovski & OAZ composer Kalaisan Kalaichelvan, you can now catch this true-crime docuseries on PRIME. Heather thought she’d found true love with a charming handyman, until one shocking discovery revealed he was a masterful romance scammer.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
That's a wrap on Annecy! The Mifa conference was awesome. I made some new friends and ate enough cheese to choke a horse. I discovered my fondness for fondu and totally fon-did myself. The next time somebody says, "Fondu?", I say, "Fon-don't". Thanks again France. You totally outdid yourself.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
We're honoured and excited to announce that Core composers Mark Korven and Michelle Osis have made the 2025 Billboard Canada Top 5 Shortlist - Screen Composer of the Year! ca.billboard.com/music/music-...
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Core composers slaying it at the 2025 CSA's! Congrats to MURRAY LIGHTBURN, "Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary" for ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY. Congrats also to Darren Fung, Ben Fox, Tom Third, Rob Melamed & Ryan McLarnon, Jesse Zubot & Wayen Lavallee for their noms.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Secret World of Sound Wins a BAFTA! Congrats to SECRET WORLD OF SOUND WITH DAVID ATTENBOROUGH. The UK/CAN co-pro won for Best Sound: Factual. Scored by Core composer SUAD BUSHNAQ, the Netflix min-series was also nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award, and won a Canadian Screen Music Award.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Congratulations to the whole team at Banger Films & NFB for their Peabody Award. ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY has won a host of awards. Scored by Core composer MURRAY LIGHTBURN, the documentary chronicles the life of pioneering trans soul and R&B singer Jackie Shane.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Now streaming on ARD Mediathek & Das Erste. Scored by Core composers Steph Copeland and Michelle Osis, the German true crime mini-series was directed by Nina Wolfrum and stars Nina Gummich, Sherry Stone and Martin Kluge. Watch the trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQeh...
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Who's going to Annecy | Mifa this year? Come find me for a glass of Beaujolais. 😉
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
And the CORE 2025 Canadian Screen Award nominee for Achievement in Music - Original Score (Film) is... DARREN FUNG, for The Silent Planet. This is Darren's 5th CSA nomination. He has 4 previous CSA awards including one for 'Distinguished Service to the Industry'.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
And the Core 2025 Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary is... MURRAY LIGHTBURN, for Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story. This is Murray's 1st CSA nom, he is a Polaris Prize & Juno nominee, and previously scored the TIFF hit feature, I Like Movies.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
And the Core 2025 Canadian Screen Award nominees for Best Original Music, Documentary are... BEN FOX, for My Brother Soleiman; and TOM THIRD, for Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum. This is Ben's 4th CSA nom, with 1 win. This is Tom's 7th CSA nom, he has 2 wins and 3 Gemini noms with 1 win.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
And the Core 2025 Canadian Screen Award nominees for Best Original Music, Drama are... JESSE ZUBOT & WAYNE LAVALLEE, for the series Bones of Crows; and ROB MELAMED & RYAN McCLARNON, for the series Mistletoe Murders. This is Jesse's 4th CSA nom and Wayne's 2nd. Rob & Ryan have 1 previous CSA nom.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
NFB's THE NEST AT HOTDOCS 2025! At the end of her mother’s life, director Julietta Singh returns to her childhood home, where centuries of forgotten matriarchs emerge to reveal stories of resistance and resilience. Scored by Core composer JUSTIN DELORME. @hotdocs.bsky.social @socanmusic.bsky.social
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
TIFF favourite CAN I GET A WITNESS? opens in theatres March 14. Starring Sandra Oh, Keira Jang, and Joel Ouellet, Ann Marie Fleming's uto/disto-pic was scored by Core composer BRENT BELKE. #TIFF2024 #sandraoh @mongrelmedia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHFg...
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CAN I GET A WITNESS? Official Trailer | Mongrel Media
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Looking forward to the new Crave series MAFIA: MOST WANTED! Scored by Core composer Jesse Zubot with composer super group ZUBOTS & SHARP. #crave #bellmedia Click here for a first look of the show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgIe...
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Crave Original | Mafia: Most Wanted | Official Trailer
YouTube video by Crave
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
For Your Consideration at the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs): BONES OF CROWS - the 5 Part Series. Best Original Music, Drama - Jesse Zubot & Wayne Lavallee Best Original Music, Original Song - Jesse Zubot & Wayne Lavallee. Voting now until February 13. #canadianscreenawards
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
For Your Consideration at the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs): THE SECRET WORLD OF SOUND was produced for CBC’s The Nature of Things, Netflix and Sky TV, and is submitted in 4 categories. Voting is open until Feb 13th. @thecdnacademy #canadianscreenawards
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
For Your Consideration at the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs): Action / horror DARK MATCH @darkmatchmovie is entered for 17 Canadian Screen Awards, including Achievement In Music for Core composers Michelle Osis, Terry Benn and David Arcus !! #canadianscreenawards @thecdnacademy
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
FYC - MY BROTHER, SOLEIMAN (CSAs): An expose on the death of Soleiman Faqiri, who died in an Ontario jail, and his brother Yusuf's fight to uncover the shocking truth. The film is up for 4 awards including one for Core Composer Ben Fox for Best Original Music.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
FYC - Nobody Wants to Talk About Jacob Appelbaum (CSA's) Scored by Core composer Tom Third, the documentary follows Jacob Applebaum's online privacy advocacy, allegations of sexual misconduct against him, and his role exposing government surveillance programs.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
FYC at the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs)... ANY OTHER WAY: THE JACKIE SHANE STORY tells the story of the pioneering Black transgender R&B, soul singer. The documentary is up for a slew of CSA Nominations including one for 'Best Original Music, Documentary' for Core Composer Murray A. Lightburn.
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
FYC!! Voting is now underway for the Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs) Please consider the feature film "INEDIA" (achievement In Music) for Core composer JESSE ZUBOT and JOSH ZUBOT. Directed by Liz Cairns and Produced by Experimental Forest Films. #CSA
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
FYC - MISTLETOE MURDERS Voting is now underway for the 2025 #CdnScreenAwards. Please consider Core composers Rob Melamed & Ryan McLarnon (Best Original Music - Drama), as well as the whole MISTLETOE MURDERS team. #ForYourConsideration #MistletoeMurders
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Core Music Agency @coremusicagency.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Congratulations to the whole YUNAN team (including Core composer Suad Bushnaq) for their upcoming premiere at Berlinale! Directed by Ameer Fakher Eldin, starring: Georges Khabbaz, Hanna Schygulla, Sibel Kekilli, Ali Suliman, Tom Wlaschiha, Laura Sophia Landauer, and Nidal Al Achkar. #Berlinale2025
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Canadian copro Yunan to compete at Berlinale
The Canada/Germany/Italy coproduction will release in Canada later this year via Filmoption International.
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