Gary Koftinoff

Gary Koftinoff is an award winning composer of music for film and television.

Photographer: Liam Sharp

In 2005, he received a Gemini Award for Best Original Score for a Dramatic Series for “Dark Oracle” (YTV), and in 2007 he won a Film & TV Music Award for Best Score for a Non-Animated Children’s TV Program for the 70 episode Disney Channel series “Life With Derek” (Disney/Family Channel). He also just received a Canada Screen Award Nomination (2014) for Best Score in a Dramatic Series for “Saving Hope” (CTV).

Additionally, Gary has had three other Gemini nominations for his work on over 30 films and over 200 episodes of television, all composed for a client list that includes NBC, CTV, Lifetime/Sony, Chesler/Perlmutter Ent., Shaftesbury Films, Screendoor, Cloud Ten Productions and Peace Arch Entertainment.^[1]

Recent work includes his scores for “Salem Falls” (Lifetime), “The Devil’s Teardrop” (Lifetime/Sony), and “Valemont” (MTV).

For the film “Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story” (CBC) Gary created the large-scale sound of the original score which earned him a Gemini nomination for Best Original Music Score for a Program or Mini-Series in 2007. Some of his more traditional, “big Hollywood-type” scores such as for the feature films “Left Behind II” and “Judgment”, were written for live orchestral performance, using between 45 and 60 musicians. Gary is also capable of writing, recording and singing songs for the productions he works on.^[2]

From his early studies of piano and guitar, Gary moved on to harmony, composition and conducting under the tutelage of Roman Toi at the Royal Conservatory of Music. Having also picked up a Recording Engineer Certificate at the Trebas Institute for the Recording Arts, Gary provides the complete range of services required to produce a top quality score.

Gary lives and works in Toronto, Ontario.

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