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 AwardsNo award presented Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . 1981 2nd Genie AwardsNo 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 Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982. Neil Young "Comes a Time" Silence of the North 1983 4th Genie Awards Burton Cummings "You Saved My Soul" Melanie Claude Fonfrède, Raoul Duguay "Le quéteux d'amour" Wild Flowers (Les fleurs sauvages) Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983. 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 Jimmy Bond "Feel It" Just a Game (Rien qu'un jeu) Jay Scott, "11 nominations for Chapdelaine in Genie race". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1984. 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) Germain Gauthier, Robert Léger, Daniele Faubert "L'Amour a pris son temps" The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) Jay Scott, "Bay Boy reels in 11 Genie nominations". The Globe and Mail, February 15, 1985. 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 Lewis Furey, Leonard Cohen "Fire" Night Magic Sid Adilman, "Genie films are coming on strong". Toronto Star, February 14, 1986. 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 Gilles Vigneault "Les îles de l'enfance" Equinox (Équinoxe) "Genie voters change their tune". The Globe and Mail, June 18, 1987. Danielle Messia "De la main gauche" Anne Trister "Academy rescinds Genie award". The Globe and Mail, May 12, 1987. Note: Messia's "De la main gauche" had been named the original winner, but its award was later rescinded when the Academy belatedly discovered that the song had not been written for the film. Vigneault's song was named the new winner in June. Robert Joy, Andy Jones "Show Goin' On" The Adventure of Faustus Bidgood "Nominees for Genie awards". Ottawa Citizen, February 5, 1987. Peter Pringle, Kevin Hunter "Cold As Ice" Toby McTeague 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) William D. MacGillivray "Mary's Lament" Life Classes Liam Lacey, "Quebec film picks up 14 nominations: Zoo paces race for Genies". The Globe and Mail, February 17, 1988. 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 Normand Dubé, Guy Trépanier, Nathalie Carson "We Are the One" The Tadpole and the Whale (La Grenouille et la baleine) "Genie award nominees: complete list". Vancouver Sun, February 14, 1989. 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) "Rundown on the Genie hopefuls". Edmonton Journal, February 14, 1990. 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 Rémy Girard, Claire Wojas "C'est plus fort que nous" Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Christopher Harris, "Black Robe leads race for Genies: Film community notes surprising omissions in list of nominees". The Globe and Mail, October 10, 1991. 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 Cam Wagner "Midnight Ride" North of Pittsburgh "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, November 20, 1992. Gord Norris, Larry Harvey "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 Penny Anne Baker, Michael Conway Baker "Far Away" Savage Land "Dreaming of Genie: Atom Egoyan's moody tale of a rock recluse tops the list". Windsor Star, October 20, 1994. 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 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 Alan Hustak, "Two Quebec movies dominate Genie race". Edmonton Journal, October 17, 1996. 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 "Sweet Hereafter leads the Genie award pack". The Province, November 5, 1997. 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) John McKay, "Two films lead Genie pack with 12 nominations each". Canadian Press, December 7, 1998. 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) "Genie Award nominations". Toronto Star, December 8, 1999. 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 "C.R.A.Z.Y. night at Genie Awards: Family epic captures 10 awards". Kingston Whig-Standard, March 14, 2006. Daniel Bélanger "Tourner" Audition (L'Audition) Guy Dixon, "Forget the awards. Watch the party". The Globe and Mail, January 26, 2006. 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"Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner, March 3, 2008. 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 Cassandra Szklarski, "'Polytechnique' sweeps Genies". Canadian Press, April 14, 2010. 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)

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