Jeffrey William Toyne was born on January 7,1975 and is a Canadian film composer and recipient of Playback Magazine's 'Ten to Watch' honour.
10 Facts About Jeff Toyne
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Marie, Ontario, Canada, Toyne earned a bachelor's degree in music composition from the University of Western Ontario.
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Jeff Toyne pursued graduate studies in composition at the University of British Columbia, graduating with a master's degree in 1999.
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Jeff Toyne then enrolled in the Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television post-graduate program at the University of Southern California in August 2000.
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Jeff Toyne completed the score to his first feature film, Maxwell's Demon, in 1998.
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In 2011, Jeff Toyne scored of his first internationally distributed feature film Dirty Girl, directed by Abe Sylvia and distributed by The Weinstein Company.
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For television, Jeff Toyne has composed music for various programs including the pilot The Daily Blade, which received its premiere at the 1999 Atlantic Film Festival, and aired on CTV in January 2000.
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Jeff Toyne has received numerous commissions for new works by several noted organizations including: the Canadian Armed Forces, for which he composed Splendor Sine Occasu, the Official March of the British Columbia Brigade, and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, for which he composed "No Fanfare" as part of their celebration of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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In 2013, Jeff Toyne was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for his work on Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story.
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In 2024, Jeff Toyne won an Emmy Award for his work on the Apple TV+ streaming series, Palm Royale, in the Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music category.