Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song
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.
From 1980 to 2011, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards; 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 | ||||
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | ||||
| No award presented | ||||
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | ||||
| Stéphane Venne | "Il était une fois des gens heureux" | The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) | ||
| Ann Mortifee | "Gypsy Born" | Surfacing | ||
| Neil Young | "Comes a Time" | Silence of the North | ||
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | ||||
| Burton Cummings | "You Saved My Soul" | Melanie | ||
| , Raoul Duguay | "Le quéteux d'amour" | Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) | ||
| , Fernand Dansereau | "Doux aveux" | Sweet Lies and Loving Oaths (Doux aveux) | ||
| Fred Mollin | "Just One Chance to Be Free" | Spring Fever | ||
| Luc Plamondon, | "Call Girl" | Scandale | ||
| "My Love for You" | Harry Tracy, Desperado | |||
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | ||||
| Bo Harwood, | "Ups & Downs" | Ups and Downs | ||
| Jimmy Bond | "Feel It" | Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) | ||
| "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) | ||
| , Robert Léger, | "L'Amour a pris son temps" | The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) | ||
| , Charles Dennis | "A Little Piece of Forever" | Reno and the Doc | ||
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | ||||
| Lewis Furey, Leonard Cohen | "Angel Eyes" | Night Magic | ||
| Lewis Furey, Leonard Cohen | "Fire" | Night Magic | ||
| Lewis Furey, , , | "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 | ||||
| "De la main gauche" | Anne Trister | |||
| Robert Joy, Andy Jones | "Show Goin' On" | The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood | ||
| Peter Pringle, | "Cold As Ice" | Toby McTeague | ||
| Gilles Vigneault | "Les îles de l'enfance" | Equinox (Équinoxe) | ||
| , Paul Zaza | "Out of the Fire" | Bullies | ||
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | ||||
| , , , | "Lost in a Hurricane" | Night Zoo (Un zoo la nuit) | ||
| William D. MacGillivray | "Mary's Lament" | Life Classes | ||
| Maribeth Solomon | "Rise and Shine" | The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland | ||
| "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 | ||||
| , Anne Wheeler | "Cowboys Don't Cry" | Cowboys Don't Cry | ||
| , , | "We Are the One" | The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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) | ||
| , Barney Bentall, | "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 | ||
| Rémy Girard, Claire Wojas | "C'est plus fort que nous" | Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) | ||
| 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 | ||
| "Midnight Ride" | North of Pittsburgh | |||
| , | "Oh What a Fool You Made of Me" | The Shower | ||
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | ||||
| No award presented | ||||
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | ||||
| Rheostatics | "Claire" | Whale Music | ||
| , Michael Conway Baker | "Far Away" | Savage Land | ||
| , 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, , | "Every Road" | Max | ||
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | ||||
| No award presented | ||||
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | ||||
| Michael Turner, Swamp Baby, Peter J. Moore | "Who the Hell Do You Think You Are?" | Hard Core Logo | ||
| Steven Drake, Bruce McCulloch, Craig Northey | "Some Days It's Dark" | Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy | ||
| Michael Timmins | "House on the Horizon" | House | ||
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | ||||
| Luc Plamondon, François Dompierre | "L'Homme idéal" | The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) | ||
| Mychael Danna, Sarah Polley | "The Sweet Hereafter" | The Sweet Hereafter | ||
| Kristy Thirsk | "Bounds of Love" | Kissed | ||
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | ||||
| Suzie Ungerleider | "River Blue" | The Fishing Trip | ||
| Daniel Lavoie, Claude Gauthier | "Est-ce si loin Québec" | Now or Never (Aujourd'hui ou jamais) | ||
| 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 | ||
| Daniel Bélanger | "Le Dernier souffle" | The Last Breath (Le Dernier souffle) | ||
| 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 | ||
| , Joel Feeney | "Falling Forward" | Treed Murray | ||
| "La niebla del tiempo" | On Your Head (Le Ciel sur la tête) | |||
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | ||||
| "Com Estas Asas" | Saint Monica | |||
| Laura Doyle | "Let You Go" | Suddenly Naked | ||
| Laura Doyle | "Your Love" | Suddenly Naked | ||
| "Ab (Father)" | Khaled | |||
| "Just Say Goodbye" | Turning Paige | |||
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | ||||
| Ken Whiteley | "Tell Me" | Falling Angels | ||
| , , Steve Galluccio, FM Le Sieur | "Montréal Italiano" | Mambo Italiano | ||
| , David Martin, LeVar Burton | "Center of My Heart" | Blizzard | ||
| Luc Plamondon, | "Depuis le premier jour" | Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) | ||
| , Mark Anthony | "La Vie" | Saved by the Belles | ||
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | ||||
| Jacob Tierney, | "Pantaloon in Black" | Twist | ||
| Pierre Houle, , | "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 | ||||
| , Margaret Sweatman | "When Wintertime" | Seven Times Lucky | ||
| Daniel Bélanger | "Tourner" | Audition (L'Audition) | ||
| Sylvain Cossette, , | "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 | ||||
| "Have Hope" | Unnatural & Accidental | |||
| Dan Bigras | "L'Astronaute" | Angel's Rage (La Rage de l'ange) | ||
| Eric Lapointe, , 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[1] | ||||
| , 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) | ||
| , , , | "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 | ||
| , | "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 | ||
| , 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 | ||
| "À la claire fontaine" | The Storm Within (Rouge sang) | |||
| "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, | "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 | ||||
| "C'est aujourd'hui que je sors" | Scratch | |||
| Kris Elgstrand | "Asshole Dave" | Songs She Wrote About People She Knows | ||
| Peter Katz and | "Where the Light Used to Be" | 88 | ||
| "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 | ||
| "Sokecimyekw" | Before the Streets (Avant les rues) | |||
| Camille Poliquin and Laurence Lafond-Beaulne | "Natalie" | King Dave | ||
| Matthew Schellenberg | "Draw Blood" | Lovesick | ||
| "Almost Had It All" | A Date with Miss Fortune | |||
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | ||||
| Qais Essar, | "The Crown Sleeps" | The Breadwinner | ||
| "Rid the Dark" | Hunting Pignut | |||
| , , | "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! | ||
| "Help Is on the Way" | Sashinka | |||
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | ||||
| Howard Shore | "The Song of Names (Cantor Prayer)" | The Song of Names | ||
| Peter Chapman, Leslie Seaforth | "We Run the World" | Riot Girls | [2] | |
| Ian LeFeuvre | "Travel Through" | James vs. His Future Self | ||
| Bramwell Tovey, Richard Bell | "I've Got a Big One" | Brotherhood |
2020s[]
| Year | Nominees | Song | Films | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | ||||
| Marie-Hélène L. Delorme | "Timid Joyous Atrocious" | Sugar Daddy | [3] | |
| Lowell Boland, Evan Bogart, Justin Gray | "Grey Singing in Auditorium" | Bloodthirsty | [4] | |
| Hilario Durán | "El Milagro" | The Cuban | ||
| Hilario Durán | "Mambo in Dominante" | The Cuban | ||
| Ariane Moffatt | "Merci pour tout" | Thanks for Everything (Merci pour tout) | ||
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | ||||
| Erika Angell, Simon Angell | "Lovers Are Falling" | Woman in Car | [5] | |
| David Braid | "Ring Them Fantasy" | Delia's Gone | ||
| Nicolas Errèra, Craig Walker | "Drop the Rock" | Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur) | ||
| , Tanya Tagaq | "Surface Nord" | Bootlegger | ||
| Tika Simone, Casey Manierka-Quaile | "And Then We Don't" | Learn to Swim |
See also[]
- Prix Iris for Best Original Music
References[]
- ^ "Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner, March 3, 2008.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
Categories:
- Best Original Song Genie and Canadian Screen Award winners
- Film awards for Best Song
- Canadian Screen Award film categories