On June 6, 2025, the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television unveiled the full list of nominees for this year’s 40th annual Gémeaux Awards. Eighteen SOCAN #ComposersWhoScore are finalists across three music categories. New this year: the Academy has separated original music for fiction and documentary productions into two distinct categories.
In the category Best Original Music: Fiction, the nominees are:
- Philippe Brault, for Bête noire — Season 2 (Encore Télévision, published by Royale Montagne, Éditions Encore Inc.)
- Ramachandra Borcar, for IXE-13 : la course à l’uranium — Episode 2 (Sphère Média)
- Philippe Brault, for Qui a poussé Mélodie — Episode 1 (Trio Orange, published by Idea3 Inc.)
- Fanny Bloom, Thomas Hébert, for Sorcières — Season 2 (Amalga, published by Fanny Bloom Inc., Éditions Musicales Amalga Inc., 9057-0581 Québec Inc.)
- Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool, Alexis Martin, François Richard, for Temps de chien — Season 2 (A Media, published by Éditions A Media)
In the Best Original Music: Documentary category, the nominees are:
- Marc Vincent, for Alphas (A Media, published by Éditions A Media, Éditions Laurea)
- Sasha Léger, for Bientôt dans nos hopitaux — Episode 2 (Productions du milieu)
- Marc Gravel, for La bataille de Saint-Léonard (Picbois Productions)
- Antoine Félix Rochette, for La peur au ventre (Les productions d’octobre/Babel films/Déferlantes)
- Claudie Bertounesque, for Libre de choisir (Picbois Productions)
In the Best Theme Music: All Categories, the nominees are:
- Jean-Sébastien Houle, for Ciné-cadeau présente : le beau chaos — Episode 3 (Bien Joué Films)
- Lauren Bellec, for Coco Bou — Episode 1 (Image-in Atlantique, published by Image-in Atlantique Inc.)
- Serge Nakauchi Pelletier, for L’aréna — Season 2 (Entourage Production TV)
- Andrina Turenne, for Manaachihtow — à la rescousse des animaux sauvages — Episode 1 (Wookey Films)
- Gaëtan Essiambre, for Un gars, une fille — Season9 (Productions Mélomanie, published by Éditions Mélomanie, Pomme d’Étoile)
The recipients of all three music categories will be announced at the Documentary and Industry Gala on Sept. 12, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., hosted by Nicolas Ouellet – who’ll also host the Opening Gala on Sept. 14 at 2:00 p.m. The awards will be broadcast live on Sunday, Sept. 14, at 8:00 p.m. on ICI TÉLÉ.
For the full list of nominees of this edition of the Prix Gémeaux Gala, visit the Gémeaux website. Good luck to them all!
