The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television presents an annual award for Best Achievement in Music: Original Song to the best original song in a Canadian motion picture.
First presented at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards until 2011. Since 2012, it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
1980s
Year |
Nominees |
Song |
Film |
Ref |
1980
1st Genie Awards |
No award presented |
[1] |
1981
2nd Genie Awards |
No award presented |
[1] |
1982
3rd Genie Awards |
Stéphane Venne |
"Il était une fois des gens heureux" |
The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) |
[1] |
Ann Mortifee |
"Gypsy Born" |
Surfacing |
[2] |
Neil Young |
"Comes a Time" |
Silence of the North |
1983
4th Genie Awards |
Burton Cummings |
"You Saved My Soul" |
Melanie |
[1] |
Claude Fonfrède, Raoul Duguay |
"Le quéteux d'amour" |
Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) |
[3] |
Réjean Marois, Fernand Dansereau |
"Doux aveux" |
Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths (Doux aveux) |
Fred Mollin |
"Just One Chance to Be Free" |
Spring Fever |
Luc Plamondon, Germain Gauthier |
"Call Girl" |
Scandale |
Leslie Pouliot |
"My Love for You" |
Harry Tracy, Desperado |
1984
5th Genie Awards |
Bo Harwood, Bobby Pollard |
"Ups & Downs" |
Ups and Downs |
[1] |
Jimmy Bond |
"Feel It" |
Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) |
[4] |
André Vincelli |
"Talk About It" |
A 20th Century Chocolate Cake |
1985
6th Genie Awards |
Yves Laferrière, Marjolène Morin, Paule Baillargeon |
"Touch Me" |
A Woman in Transit (La Femme de l'hôtel) |
[1] |
Germain Gauthier, Robert Léger, Daniele Faubert |
"L'Amour a pris son temps" |
The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) |
[5] |
Betty Lazebnik, Charles Dennis |
"A Little Piece of Forever" |
Reno and the Doc |
1986
7th Genie Awards |
Lewis Furey, Leonard Cohen |
"Angel Eyes" |
Night Magic |
[1] |
Lewis Furey, Leonard Cohen |
"Fire" |
Night Magic |
[6] |
Lewis Furey, Eddy Marney, Howard Foreman, Judy Richard |
"Michael's Song" |
The Peanut Butter Solution (Opération beurre de pinottes) |
Michel Rivard |
"Le temps nous dépasse" |
Jacques and November (Jacques et novembre) |
John Sebastian |
"Nobody Cares Like a Bear" |
The Care Bears Movie |
1987
8th Genie Awards |
Danielle Messia |
"De la main gauche" |
Anne Trister |
[1] |
Robert Joy, Andy Jones |
"Show Goin' On" |
The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood |
[7] |
Peter Pringle, Kevin Hunter |
"Cold As Ice" |
Toby McTeague |
Gilles Vigneault |
"Les îles de l'enfance" |
Equinox (Équinoxe) |
Peter R. Simpson, Paul Zaza |
"Out of the Fire" |
Bullies |
1988
9th Genie Awards |
Jean-Pierre Bonin, Daniel De Shaimes, Jean Corriveau, Robert Stanley |
"Lost in a Hurricane" |
Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) |
[1] |
William D. MacGillivray |
"Mary's Lament" |
Life Classes |
[8] |
Maribeth Solomon |
"Rise and Shine" |
The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland |
Guy Trépanier |
"The Great Land of Small" |
The Great Land of Small (C'est pas parce qu'on est petit qu'on peut pas être grand!) |
Howard Forman, Krzesimir Dębski |
"When We're Together" |
The Young Magician (Le jeune magicien) |
1989
10th Genie Awards |
Louis Natale, Anne Wheeler |
"Cowboys Don't Cry" |
Cowboys Don't Cry |
[1] |
Normand Dubé, Guy Trépanier, Nathalie Carson |
"We Are the One" |
The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine) |
[9] |
Louise Bennett |
"You're Going Home" |
Milk and Honey |
Jay Gruska, Marc Jordan |
"Shadow Dance" |
Shadow Dancing |
Rufus Wainwright |
"I'm Running" |
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller |
1990s
Year |
Nominees |
Song |
Film |
Ref |
1990
11th Genie Awards |
Bill Henderson |
"When I Sing" |
Bye Bye Blues |
[1] |
Claude Dubois, Dany Laferrière |
"On vit de femmes" |
How to Make Love to a Negro Without Getting Tired (Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer) |
[10] |
Colin Nairne, Barney Bentall, Gary Fraser |
"Restless Dreamer" |
American Boyfriends |
Jane Siberry |
"This Old Earth" |
The Top of His Head |
Maribeth Solomon |
"The Best We Both Can Be" |
Babar: The Movie |
Maribeth Solomon |
"Elephant March" |
Babar: The Movie |
1991
12th Genie Awards |
George Blondheim, Anne Wheeler |
"Such Magic" |
Angel Square |
[1] |
Rémy Girard, Claire Wojas |
"C'est plus fort que nous" |
Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) |
[11] |
Daniel Lavoie, Jean Pierre Lefebvre |
"Quand tu partiras" |
The Fabulous Voyage of the Angel (Le fabuleux voyage de l'ange) |
Patricia Rozema, Mark Korven |
"A Certain Slant of Light" |
White Room |
Patricia Rozema, Mark Korven |
"Hello I'm Nobody" |
White Room |
1992
13th Genie Awards |
Ron Hynes |
"The Final Breath" |
Secret Nation |
[1] |
Cam Wagner |
"Midnight Ride" |
North of Pittsburgh |
[12] |
Gord Norris, Larry Harvey |
"Oh What a Fool You Made of Me" |
The Shower |
1993
14th Genie Awards |
No award presented |
[1] |
1994
15th Genie Awards |
Rheostatics |
"Claire" |
Whale Music |
[1] |
Penny Anne Baker, Michael Conway Baker |
"Far Away" |
Savage Land |
[13] |
Brad Hayes, Ray Bonneville |
"Say Those Things" |
The Myth of the Male Orgasm |
Rheostatics |
"Song of Courtship" |
Whale Music |
Glenn Schellenberg, John Greyson |
"Just Like Scheherazade" |
Zero Patience |
Shari Ulrich, Graeme Coleman, David Graff |
"Every Road" |
Max |
1995
16th Genie Awards |
No award presented |
[1] |
1996
17th Genie Awards |
Michael Turner, Swamp Baby, Peter J. Moore |
"Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?" |
Hard Core Logo |
[1] |
Steven Drake, Bruce McCulloch, Craig Northey |
"Some Days It's Dark" |
Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy |
[14] |
Michael Timmins |
"House on the Horizon" |
House |
1997
18th Genie Awards |
Luc Plamondon, François Dompierre |
"L'Homme idéal" |
The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) |
[1] |
Mychael Danna, Sarah Polley |
"The Sweet Hereafter" |
The Sweet Hereafter |
[15] |
Kristy Thirsk |
"Bounds of Love" |
Kissed |
1998
19th Genie Awards |
Suzie Ungerleider |
"River Blue" |
The Fishing Trip |
[1] |
Daniel Lavoie, Claude Gauthier |
"Est-ce si loin Québec" |
Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) |
[16] |
Michel Tremblay, François Dompierre |
"Laura la Belle" |
It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux) |
1999
20th Genie Awards |
Peter Luciano, Glenn Coulson, Joe Heslip, Marty Beecroft |
"One Thing to Say" |
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang |
[1] |
Daniel Bélanger |
"Le Dernier souffle" |
The Last Breath (Le Dernier souffle) |
[17] |
Tim Burns |
"It's a Treat to be a Creep" |
Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang |
John Wesley Chisholm |
"Beefcake" |
Beefcake |
Benoit Jutras, René Dupéré |
"Alegría" |
Alegría |
2000s
Year |
Nominees |
Song |
Film |
Ref |
2000
21st Genie Awards |
François Dompierre |
"Fortuna" |
Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) |
Michael Bublé |
"Dumb Ol' Heart" |
Here's to Life! |
Michael Bublé |
"I've Never Been in Love Before" |
Here's to Life! |
Lascelles Stephens, Keith Andes, Deborah Cox |
"29" |
Love Come Down |
Lascelles Stephens, Keith Andes, Deborah Cox |
"Our Love" |
Love Come Down |
2001
22nd Genie Awards |
Ron Sexsmith |
"Love Is Free" |
The Art of Woo |
Simon Kendall, Tom Landa, Geoffrey Kelly |
"Parting Glass" |
Lunch with Charles |
Chantal Kreviazuk, Raine Maida |
"Can't Make It Good" |
Century Hotel |
James McGrath, Joel Feeney |
"Falling Forward" |
Treed Murray |
Osvaldo Montes |
"La niebla del tiempo" |
On Your Head (Le Ciel sur la tête) |
2002
23rd Genie Awards |
Carlos Lopes |
"Com Estas Asas" |
Saint Monica |
Laura Doyle |
"Let You Go" |
Suddenly Naked |
Laura Doyle |
"Your Love" |
Suddenly Naked |
Mel M'Rabet |
"Ab (Father)" |
Khaled |
Michael Shields |
"Just Say Goodbye" |
Turning Paige |
2003
24th Genie Awards |
Ken Whiteley |
"Tell Me" |
Falling Angels |
Adam James Broughton, Jeanne Dompierre, Steve Galluccio, FM Le Sieur |
"Montréal Italiano" |
Mambo Italiano |
Pamela Phillips-Oland, David Martin, LeVar Burton |
"Center of My Heart" |
Blizzard |
Luc Plamondon, Michel Cusson |
"Depuis le premier jour" |
Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) |
Brian C. Warren, Mark Anthony |
"La Vie" |
Saved by the Belles |
2004
25th Genie Awards |
Jacob Tierney, Ron Proulx |
"Pantaloon in Black" |
Twist |
Pierre Houle, Lorraine Richard, Michel Cusson |
"Le Blues de Monica" |
Machine Gun Molly (Monica la mitraille) |
Rebecca Jenkins |
"Something's Coming" |
Wilby Wonderful |
Kyprios |
"Ignorance Is Beautiful (Help Me)" |
Childstar |
Luc Plamondon, Patrick Doyle |
"Ma Nouvelle France" |
Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France) |
2005
26th Genie Awards |
Glenn Buhr, Margaret Sweatman |
"When Wintertime" |
Seven Times Lucky |
[18] |
Daniel Bélanger |
"Tourner" |
Audition (L'Audition) |
[19] |
Sylvain Cossette, Robert Marchand, Michel Corriveau |
"Comme un plume au vent" |
The Outlander (Le Survenant) |
Matt Murphy, Michael Mabbott |
"Just a Show" |
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico |
Matt Murphy, Michael Mabbott |
"Make Believe" |
The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico |
2006
27th Genie Awards |
Jennifer Kreisberg |
"Have Hope" |
Unnatural & Accidental |
Dan Bigras |
"L'Astronaute" |
Angel's Rage (La Rage de l'ange) |
Eric Lapointe, Stéphane Dufour, Jamil |
"Tattoo" |
Bon Cop, Bad Cop |
Bramwell Tovey, Richard Bell |
"In a Heartbeat" |
Eighteen |
Patrick Watson, Caroline Dhavernas |
"Trace-moi" |
The Beautiful Beast (La belle bête) |
2007
28th Genie Awards[20] |
Valanga Khoza, David Hirschfelder |
"Kaya" |
Shake Hands with the Devil |
Alan Doyle |
"Young Triffie's Been Made Away With" |
Young Triffie |
Byron Wong, Luke Nicholson |
"Breathe" |
Poor Boy's Game |
2008
29th Genie Awards |
Dr. Shiva |
"Rahi Nagufta" |
Amal |
Loco Locass |
"M'Accrocher?" |
Everything Is Fine (Tout est parfait) |
Bry Webb |
"Big Smoke" |
This Beautiful City |
2009
30th Genie Awards |
John Welsman, Cherie Camp |
"Oh Love" |
Nurse.Fighter.Boy |
Susan Avingaq |
"Pamani" |
Before Tomorrow (Le jour avant le lendemain) |
Sari Dajani, Iohann Martin, Rudy Toussaint, John Von Aichlinger |
"Bon Swa" |
Heat Wave (Les grandes chaleurs) |
2010s
Year |
Nominees |
Song |
Films |
Ref |
2010
31st Genie Awards |
Mary Milne |
"Already Gone" |
The Trotsky |
Buck 65 |
"What's Wrong with That?" |
Year of the Carnivore |
Cherie Pyne, Matthew J. Thomson |
"Tender Steps" |
Crackie |
Mark Sasso, Casey Laforet, Stephen Pitkin |
"West End Sky" |
Grown Up Movie Star |
Paul Spence |
"There's No Place Like Christmas" |
FUBAR 2 |
2011
32nd Genie Awards |
Carole Facal |
"Quelque part" |
Starbuck |
Jay Brannan |
"My Love My Love" |
Cloudburst |
Malajube |
"Œil pour œil" |
Good Neighbours |
Steven Page |
"A Different Sort of Solitude" |
French Immersion |
Jean Robitaille, Steve Galluccio |
"Waiting for Your Touch" |
Funkytown |
2012
1st Canadian Screen Awards |
Emily Haines, James Shaw, Howard Shore |
"Long to Live" |
Cosmopolis |
Erland and the Carnival |
"Out of Sight" |
Rufus |
Erland and the Carnival |
"Wanting" |
Rufus |
2013
2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
Jimmy Harry, Serena Ryder |
"It's No Mistake" |
The Right Kind of Wrong |
Michel Cusson |
"À la claire fontaine" |
The Storm Within (Rouge sang) |
Maerin Hunting |
"Iva/Moses" |
Stay |
Elisapie Isaac |
"Far Away" |
The Legend of Sarila |
Colleen Rennison |
"Molly" |
Down River |
2014
3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
Manjeet Ral |
"Dal Makhani" |
Dr. Cabbie |
Patric Caird, Sonya Côté |
"Danse Elegant" |
Tru Love |
Lewis Furey |
"Road to Rainbow's End" |
Love Project |
Ian LeFeuvre |
"The Whisper in Me" |
Dirty Singles |
Dan Mangan |
"Wants" |
The Valley Below |
2015
4th Canadian Screen Awards |
Jenny Salgado |
"C'est aujourd'hui que je sors" |
Scratch |
Kris Elgstrand |
"Asshole Dave" |
Songs She Wrote About People She Knows |
Peter Katz and Karen Kowsowski |
"Where the Light Used to Be" |
88 |
Martin Léon |
"Red and Yellow" |
Our Loved Ones (Les Êtres chers) |
Noah Reid |
"People Hold On" |
People Hold On |
2016
5th Canadian Screen Awards |
David Braid |
"Could Have Been" |
Born to Be Blue |
Nikan Boivin |
"Sokecimyekw" |
Before the Streets (Avant les rues) |
Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne |
"Natalie" |
King Dave |
Matthew Schellenberg |
"Draw Blood" |
Lovesick |
Daniel Stimac |
"Almost Had It All" |
A Date with Miss Fortune |
2017
6th Canadian Screen Awards |
Qais Essar, Joshua Hill |
"The Crown Sleeps" |
The Breadwinner |
Dani Bailey |
"Rid the Dark" |
Hunting Pignut |
Joey Sherrett, Chris Gordon, Nathaniel Huskinson |
"CTS Thief" |
Boost |
2018
7th Canadian Screen Awards |
Dan General, Thomas Lambe, Adam Tanuyak |
"Trials" |
The Grizzlies |
Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Litovitz, Alia O'Brien |
"Ghost of Love (Onakabazien Remix)" |
Octavio Is Dead! |
Jean-Sébastien Williams |
"Help Is on the Way" |
Sashinka |
2019
8th Canadian Screen Awards |
Howard Shore |
"The Song of Names (Cantor Prayer)" |
The Song of Names |
[21] |
Peter Chapman, Leslie Seaforth |
"We Run the World" |
Riot Girls |
[22] |
Ian LeFeuvre |
"Travel Through" |
James vs. His Future Self |
Bramwell Tovey, Richard Bell |
"I've Got a Big One" |
Brotherhood |
2020s
See also
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1.
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- ↑ "C.R.A.Z.Y. night at Genie Awards: Family epic captures 10 awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, March 14, 2006.
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- ↑ "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020.
- ↑ Naman Ramachandran, "‘Schitt’s Creek,’ ‘Blood Quantum’ Triumph at Canadian Screen Awards". Variety, May 21, 2021.
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- ↑ "Night Raiders, Scarborough emerge victorious at 5th night of Canadian Screen Awards". CBC News, April 8, 2022.
- ↑ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.