We love telling stories through music.

BRYAN BINDON, co-founder

Bryan Bindon is a film composer with a background in Recording Engineering, Mastering, and Jazz trumpet performance. Bryan’s passion for synthesizers has led him to work on projects that feature synths not only as a textural element, but as a driving tool for character and world-building. Bryan is equally comfortable working with orchestras and large ensembles, to create symphonic scores with emotional depth. He has several projects and accolades in his rapidly evolving career. They include the Lionsgate/AGC TV series Gray (starring Patricia Clarkson), the feature film for Universal Pictures entitled Relax, I’m From The Future (starring Rhys Darby), as well as Apocalypse Plan B (narrated by Jane Fonda). His film work can be seen on Apple TV, Paramount +, Netflix UK, SKY TV UK, Prime Video, CBC, and Shortverse.

In a past life, he was also a Mechanical Engineer with a Master’s Degree in Motorsport Engineering, working in engine design and new technology research.

His favourite film is Blade Runner. 

Bryan is a member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, The Canadian Academy of Film and Television, and the Society of Composers and Lyricists.

DEANNA H. CHOI, co-founder

Deanna is a film composer and theatrical sound designer. A classically-trained violinist, Deanna infuses her work with lush string sections and playful aleatoric extended techniques. Her background in neuroscience informs her storytelling approach to delve into the behaviour of characters. Deanna’s sound designs can be seen across North America - she has designed for productions at the Stratford Festival, Shaw Festival, Ballet West, Canadian Stage, Soulpepper, and others, as well as designing immersive sound installations for commercial projects including Van Gogh Immersive New York. She scored LAST OF THE RIGHT WHALES, a nature documentary that the National Post called, “a vital and important call to action […] backed by lovely ocean photography and a stirring soundtrack”, and was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music for Documentary Television. She is an associate artist and instructor with the National Theatre School of Canada. Deanna has won 2 Dora Awards, a SOCAN Award, the Pauline McGibbon Award, and has been nominated for the Louis Applebaum Award, a CASMA Award, and 4 Robert Merritt Awards. Her favourite films include Atonement, Pan’s Labyrinth, Parasite, and Muppet Treasure Island.

Deanna is a member of the Screen Composers Guild of Canada, IATSE ADC 659, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and the Canadian Federation of Musicians.

Learn more about Deanna: www.splitbrainsound.com

AMIN BHATIA, senior composer

With hundreds of scores to his credit, Emmy-nominated composer Amin Bhatia has written music for film, television, radio, theatre, and albums, for several decades, composing with as much passion as the day he started.His solo albums The Interstellar Suite and Virtuality pay homage to his love of science fiction TV and film scores, and many album tracks have become standard repertoire in music competitions. Amin recently became the first Canadian on the Board of Advisors for the Bob Moog Foundation. Film and television projects include Anne with an E (CBC/Netflix); Sullivan’s Crossing (CTV/Bell Media), the internationally-acclaimed Flashpoint for CTV and CBS as well as the CBC series X Company, all while creating guest compositions for the hit series The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu/MGM Television), Fellow Travelers (Showtime/Paramount+), Queer as Folk (Alliance Atlantis/Bravo) and The Ray Bradbury Theatre (Showtime/Amazon). His feature film credits include Storm (Cannon Films/Groundstar), Iron Eagle II (Alliance Atlantis/Tri-star/Carolco), Rescue Heroes: The Movie (Nelvana/Fisher Price), John Woo’s Once a Thief (Alliance Atlantis/CTV) and many IMAX orchestral scores for award-winning filmmaker David Lickley.

Amin (and co-writer Ari Posner), has won numerous Canadian Screen Awards for his work on Anne with an E (CBC/Netflix), Detention Adventure (CBC/HBO Max/Broken Compass Films), Flashpoint (CTV/CBS) and Let’s Go Luna (PBS/TVO/9 Storey Entertainment/Brown Bag Films), as well as an Emmy Award Nomination for the Disney sci-fi anime series Get Ed. Amin has been nominated twice for the Louis Applebaum Composers Award.

Amin’s music is as diverse as his own personal journey. “I’ve always been an outsider”, he admits “and music has been the only place where I can just be me. We’re slowly making progress in many forms of diversity and I love making music that serves those stories.” He is also an advocate for screen composers and serves on the Board of Directors for the Screen Composers Guild of Canada.

Learn more about Amin: www.aminbhatia.com

KAÏA KATER, composer & songwriter

Kaïa Kater is a Canadian Academy Award-winning and Juno Award-nominated songwriter and composer. Her voice, instrumental skills and deft songcraft have garnered acclaim from CBC, BBC Music, and Rolling Stone. Kaia's recent film and television work includes songwriting for CBC/BET’s The Porter as well as a co-write with Dan Romer (Beasts of The Southern Wild, Station Eleven) for the upcoming feature film My Dead Friend Zoe. Kaia has toured internationally, including notable performances at NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and Carnegie Hall. Kaia’s fourth studio album is due for release in May 2024, and has be hailed as “a radical celebration of Kater reclaiming her inner power, while also shedding light on those relegated to the margins of history” in CBC Music’s Spring 2024 “15 new releases you need to hear".

When she’s not working, Kaia loves to cook new dishes, see concerts, and re-watch old television shows.

Learn more about Kaïa: www.kaiakater.com @kaiakater

Walker Grimshaw is known for the diversity of his sound, combining traditional acoustic instruments with a more experimental palette. Recent credits include AMI's Breaking Character, VICE's Net Worth, Paramount+'s 26th Street Garage, and The National Film Board of Canada's Dear Audrey for which he received a Canadian Screen Award nomination and Prix Iris nomination. His album release for Atmospheric Studies II was supported by a live light show exhibited at multiple venues across Canada.

Recent composer collaborations have found success with a colourful blending of complimentary styles. Collaboratively, he has scored feature films The Legacy of Cloudy Falls, and Mother Father Sister Brother Frank, as well as TV movies We're Scrooged, and TV series Believe, Cursed Histories, & Revolutions That Changed History.

During his downtime, Walker indulges in his love for cartography, ventures through local trails, and enjoys quality time with his cats, Bob and Moe.

Walker is a member of the Screen Composer Guild of Canada, as well as the Toronto Musicians Association.

Learn more about Walker: www.walkergrimshaw.com

ABIGAIL NEALE, associate composer

Abigail Neale is a SOCAN Award-winning media composer based in Toronto known for her emotionally evocative scores for film and animation and her extensive musical pedigree as a jazz saxophone player. Abigail scored THEY CAN’T. SO I MUST, a hard-hitting documentary on Canadian racism and police abuse featuring Toronto Argonauts football star Orlando Bowen, which won Best Documentary Short Film at the Montreal International Black Film Festival, and 1st Place in TVO Today’s Short Doc Contest. Abigail created a playful and witty score to the comedy short WOKE, propelling it to the Best Comedy award at the CaribbeanTales Festival. For the drama-fantasy JEFFREY, winner of four awards including “Best Picture” and nominated for “Best Sound” at the Run N Gun Festival, Abigail contributed an expressive textural score using manipulated saxophone and flute sounds. She has created commercial music for international and local companies including Leica Camera, Yazdani Aesthetics, and Prospect Fighting Championships. As an experienced collaborator, she has provided musical assistance on several TV series including SLASHER: RIPPER (Shudder), SURREAL ESTATE (Syfy), GRAY (Lionsgate/AGC), and THE NATURE OF THINGS (CBC).

Abigail is a graduate of Humber College's program for woodwind performance and Sheridan College's Music Scoring for Screen and Stage program. She is a member of the Screen Composer's Guild of Canada.

Learn more about Abigail: www.abigailneale.com