Jeffrey William Toyne (born January 7, 1975) is a Canadian film composer and recipient of Playback Magazine's 'Ten to Watch' honour.
There, while writing and conducting several new works, he had the opportunity to study with such jazz and film artists as Jerry Goldsmith, Jack Smalley, Manny Albam, Michael Abene, Bob Florence, Jim McNeely, John Clayton (bassist), Alf Clausen and Horace Silver.
This experience was pivotal in broadening Toyne's compositional scope to encompass not only a classical twentieth century idiom, but also jazz, blues and popular music.
[2] For television, 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.
[3][4] In 2013, Toyne was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Music Score for his work on Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story[5] In 2024, 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.