Justin Delorme

Justin Delorme is a Canadian film and television composer.[1]

A member of the Red River Métis nation, he is based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2]

He received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Non-Fiction Program or Series at the 7th Canadian Screen Awards in 2019, for his work on the television documentary series Taken.[3] He received two Canadian Screen Music Award nominations in 2023, in Best Original Main Title Theme Music for the feature film Diaspora, and Best Original Score for a Documentary, Factual or Reality Series or Special for "Grizzly Rewild", an episode of the television documentary series The Nature of Things.[4]

His other credits have included the films Buffy Sainte-Marie: Carry It On, WaaPaKe, Finality of Dusk and Angela's Shadow, and the television series Best & Bester, Wolf Joe and Querencia.[5] He was also one of the first contributors to Bedtracks, a project of Nagamo Publishing and the imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival to create a database of licenseable music by indigenous composers for film and television projects.[2]

  1. ^ Jennie Punter and Katherine Brodsky, "Meet Variety’s 10 Canadians to Watch Set to be Honored at the Whistler Film Festival". Variety, November 22, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Kim Kaschor, "Demand for Indigenous composers is growing worldwide, say industry insiders". Unreserved, March 9, 2023.
  3. ^ Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Non-Fiction TV Programming: The Complete List Of Winners". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 26, 2019. Archived October 27, 2023.
  4. ^ Howard Druckman, "Peter Chapman earns five nominations in 2023 Canadian Screen Music Awards". Words & Music, September 19, 2023.
  5. ^ "Variety Announces Métis Composer Justin Delorme as One of Their 10 Canadians to Watch". Occhimag, November 28, 2022.