Malcolm Forsyth, CM (December 8, 1936 – July 5, 2011) was a South African and Canadian trombonist and composer.

His daughter is former National Arts Centre Orchestra principal cellist Amanda Forsyth.

He studied trombone, conducting, and composition at the University of Cape Town from which he received a Bachelor of Music in 1963.

In 1968, he emigrated to Canada and joined the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra with which he played bass trombone for 11 years.

Some of his other works include Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1979), Sagittarius (1975), Quinquefid (1976), African Ode (Symphony No.