[2] McCarthy's first film, Love and Human Remains, was directed by Academy Award winner Denys Arcand.

The film is a dark comedy about a group of GenX twenty-somethings (one of whom is a serial killer) who are looking for love and meaning in a big city during the 1990s.

The film was produced by the International Peace Institute, a division of the United Nations, and narrated by Patrick Stewart.

[9] In 2001, McCarthy received the Dale Melbourne Herklotz Award for Excellence in Music at the Marco Island Film Festival for Dischord.

[10] In addition, McCarthy was nominated for Gemini Awards in both 1995 and 1996 for Best Original Music Score for the television series Due South.