An annual award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Score is presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian original score for the previous year. Prior to 2012, the award was presented as part of the Genie Awards; since 2012 it has been presented as part of the expanded Canadian Screen Awards.
1970s Year Nominee Film Ref 197022nd Canadian Film Awards Harry Freedman The Act of the Heart Maria Topalovich, And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards. Stoddart Publishing, 2000. . 197123rd Canadian Film Awards Jean Cousineau Mon oncle Antoine 197224th Canadian Film Awards Pierre F. Brault The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette) 197325th Canadian Film Awards Willie Lamothe, Tristan Hansinger, Chick Peabody, Peter Van Ginkel The Death of a Lumberjack (La mort d'un bûcheron) 1974No award presented 197526th Canadian Film Awards Nick Whitehead Lions for Breakfast 197627th Canadian Film Awards Lewis Furey Normande (La tête de Normande St-Onge) 197728th Canadian Film Awards Paul Hoffert Outrageous! 197829th Canadian Film Awards Oscar Peterson The Silent Partner Paul Zaza, Jim Caverhill Three Card Monte Paul Hoffert The Third Walker Maurice Marshall Marie-Anne
1980s Year Nominee Film Ref 1980 1st Genie Awards Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza Murder By Decree Hagood Hardy Jack London's Klondike Fever Jay Scott, "Changeling leads Canadian Film Award nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 8, 1980. Paul Hoffert Wild Horse Hank Alain Leroux It Rained All Night the Day I Left Howard Shore The Brood 1981 2nd Genie Awards Art Philips The Lucky Star Matthew McCauley Middle Age Crazy John Mills-Cockell Terror Train Kenneth Wannberg Tribute 1982 3rd Genie Awards Claude Denjean, Stéphane Venne The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) Jean Cousineau Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs) Jay Scott, "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack: Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982. Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon Ticket to Heaven Bo Harwood, Lance Rubin Happy Birthday to Me 1983 4th Genie Awards Michael Conway Baker The Grey Fox Jonathan Goldsmith Visiting Hours Jay Scott, "Top Genie prospects for Jack Miner move". The Globe and Mail, February 10, 1983. Maribeth Solomon, Micky Erbe Threshold 1984 5th Genie Awards Lewis Furey Maria Chapdelaine Michael Conway Baker Deserters Joël Bienvenue Au clair de la lune Karl Kobylansky Dead Wrong André Vincelli A 20th Century Chocolate Cake 1985 6th Genie Awards François Dompierre Mario J. Douglas Dodd, Michael Oczko Walls Germain Gauthier The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) François Lanctôt Sonatine Betty Lazebnik Reno and the Doc Paul Zaza Isaac Littlefeathers 1986 7th Genie Awards François Dompierre The Alley Cat (Le Matou) Lewis Furey Night Magic Lewis Furey The Peanut Butter Solution Philippe Sarde Joshua Then and Now 1987 8th Genie Awards Michael Conway Baker John and the Missus Marie Bernard, Richard Grégoire Exit Marvin Dolgay The Blue Man 1988 9th Genie Awards Jean Corriveau Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) Mychael Danna Family Viewing Tim McCauley Blue City Slammers 1989 10th Genie Awards Howard Shore Dead Ringers Aaron Davis, Billy Bryans Office Party Jay Scott, "Cronenberg film earns a dozen nominations: Dead Ringers tops Genie list". The Globe and Mail, February 14, 1989. François Dompierre The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) Richard Grégoire The Heat Line (La ligne de chaleur) Osvaldo Montes Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu) Maribeth Solomon, Micky Erbe Milk and Honey
1990s Year Nominee Film Ref 1990 11th Genie Awards Yves Laferrière Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna Cold Comfort Mychael Danna Speaking Parts Milan Kymlicka Babar: The Movie Lawrence Schragge Palais Royale 1991 12th Genie Awards Jean Corriveau The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) Marie Bernard Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) Georges Delerue Black Robe Jonathan Goldsmith Diplomatic Immunity Mark Korven White Room 1992 13th Genie Awards Richard Grégoire Being at Home with Claude Michael Becker Solitaire Graeme Coleman North of Pittsburgh Pierre Desrochers The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) Howard Shore Naked Lunch 1993 14th Genie Awards Simon Kendall Cadillac Girls Todd Boekelheide Digger "The Lotus Eaters strong contender at Genies". The Globe and Mail, December 11, 1993. Pierre Desrochers Women in Love (Les Amoureuses) Mark Korven The Grocer's Wife Yves Laferrière The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) 1994 15th Genie Awards Mychael Danna Exotica George Blondheim Whale Music Mark Korven Henry & Verlin Milan Kymlicka A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros) Milan Kymlicka Matusalem 1995 16th Genie Awards Milan Kymlicka Margaret's Museum Serge Arcuri, Luc Aubry Black List (Liste noire) Aaron Davis, John Lang Rude Richard Grégoire Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau) Mark Korven The Michelle Apartments 1996 17th Genie Awards Mark Korven Curtis's Charm Richard Rodney Bennett Swann Normand Corbeil Screamers Mychael Danna Lilies Ron Sures Joe's So Mean to Josephine 1997 18th Genie Awards Mychael Danna The Sweet Hereafter François Dompierre The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) Serge Laforest, Gaëtan Gravel Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) Robert Marcel Lepage The Human Plant (La Plante humaine) Don MacDonald Kissed 1998 19th Genie Awards John Corigliano The Red Violin Mychael Danna Regeneration Jonathan Goldsmith Such a Long Journey Mark Korven Cube Alexina Louie, Alex Pauk Last Night 1999 20th Genie Awards Mychael Danna Felicia's Journey John Wesley Chisholm, Michael Diabo, John Roby Beefcake Gayle MacDonald, "Sunshine floods Genies International co-production sweeps award nominations, with Felicia's Journey, Five Senses, eXistenZ also in running for best picture prize to be announced next month". The Globe and Mail, December 8, 1999. Nick Dyer, Eric Cadesky Extraordinary Visitor Jono Grant Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang Maurice Jarre Sunshine
2000s Year Nominee Film Ref 2000 21st Genie Awards Patric Caird Here's to Life! Normand Corbeil The Art of War Aaron Davis, John Lang Love Come Down François Dompierre Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) Alan Reeves To Walk with Lions 2001 22nd Genie Awards Chris Crilly Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner "Inuit film runs away with five Genies; Atanarjuat takes best picture, director, screenplay, editing and original score". Waterloo Region Record, February 8, 2002. Alexander Balanescu Eisenstein Bertrand Chénier Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron) Pierre Duchesne A Girl at the Window (Une jeune fille à la fenêtre) Andrew Zealley, Don Pyle The Law of Enclosures 2002 23rd Genie Awards Mychael Danna Ararat Chris Ainscough Suddenly Naked Michel Cusson The Collector (Le Collectionneur) Glenn Morley Duct Tape Forever Zbigniew Preisner Between Strangers 2003 24th Genie Awards Christopher Dedrick The Saddest Music in the World Michel Cusson Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) Mychael Danna The Snow Walker Richard Grassby-Lewis, Jon Hassell, Bob Locke, Tim Norfolk Owning Mahowny Sandy Moore The Wild Dogs 2004 25th Genie Awards Terry Frewer Head in the Clouds Benoit Charest The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) Michel Corriveau The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel) Pierre Duchesne Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) Charles Papasoff So the Moon Rises (La lune viendra d'elle-même) 2005 26th Genie Awards Mychael Danna Water Mychael Danna Where the Truth Lies Longo Hai, Geoff Bennett, Ben Johannesen Sabah Éric Pfalzgraf Manners of Dying Byron Wong Lie With Me 2006 27th Genie Awards Jean Robitaille Without Her (Sans elle) Normand Corbeil Cheech Michel Cusson The Rocket (Maurice Richard) Pierre Desrochers The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson Beowulf & Grendel 2007 28th Genie Awards Howard Shore Eastern Promises David Hirschfelder Shake Hands with the Devil "Genie Awards in brief". Daily Gleaner, March 3, 2008. Steve London That Beautiful Somewhere Don MacDonald Fido Ryûichi Sakamoto Silk 2008 29th Genie Awards John McCarthy The Stone Angel Normand Corbeil Emotional Arithmetic Laurent Eyquem Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) Nikos Kypourgos Fugitive Pieces Robert Marcel Lepage The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) 2009 30th Genie Awards Normand Corbeil The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles) Benoît Charest Polytechnique Bertrand Chénier Love and Savagery Christian Clermont 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des Ormes) Ben Mink Fifty Dead Men Walking
2010s Year Nominee Film Ref 2010 31st Genie Awards Pasquale Catalano Barney's Version Brendan Canning Trigger Jonathan Goldsmith High Life Keegan Jessamy, Bryce Mitchell At Home by Myself...With You Sook-Yin Lee, Buck 65, Adam Litovitz Year of the Carnivore 2011 32nd Genie Awards Howard Shore A Dangerous Method Ramachandra Borcar Suspicions (Jaloux) Mychael Danna The Whistleblower Martin Léon Monsieur Lazhar Philip Miller The Bang Bang Club 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards Howard Shore Cosmopolis Benoit Charest Mars and April (Mars et Avril) Noia Laurence Anyways Don Rooke, Hugh Marsh, Michelle Willis Still Mine E. C. Woodley Antiviral 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans Enemy Ramachandra Borcar Rock Paper Scissors (Roche papier ciseaux) Michel Cusson The Storm Within (Rouge sang) Kim Gaboury, Michel Cusson Maïna Gabriel Yared Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards Howard Shore Maps to the Stars Patrice Dubuc, Gaëtan Gravel Meetings with a Young Poet Patrick Lavoie Henri Henri Dan Mangan, Jesse Zubot Hector and the Search for Happiness Jeffrey Morrow Cast No Shadow 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards Michael Brook Brooklyn Michel Corriveau Anna Brent Furdyk, "2016 Canadian Screen Awards Nominees Announced". ET Canada, January 19, 2016. François Dompierre The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine) Chris Gestrin Songs She Wrote About People She Knows Stephen Rennicks Room 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards Todor Kobakov, Steve London, David Braid Born to Be Blue Alain Mayrand Numb Taymaz Saba Window Horses Michael White Hevn (Revenge) Jesse Zubot Two Lovers and a Bear 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna The Breadwinner Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool, Alexis Martin Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) Pierre-Philippe Côté Ravenous (Les Affamés) Ben Fox Never Steady, Never Still Terry Riley, Gyan Riley Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards Alaska B Through Black Spruce Olivier Alary Allure Philippe Brault The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor Black Kite Yves Gourmeur The Hummingbird Project 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards Howard Shore The Song of Names Robert Carli Lie Exposed "Écrans canadiens : Song of Names, The Twentieth Century et Antigone en tête des nominations". Ici Radio-Canada, February 18, 2020. Peter Chapman Riot Girls Ian LeFeuvre, Stephen Krecklo James vs. His Future Self Andrew Lockington The Kindness of Strangers
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