| Year | Nominees | Song | Film | Ref |
|---|
1980
1st Genie Awards |
| No award presented | [1] |
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 | [2] |
| 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) | [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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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) | [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" | |
| Maribeth Solomon | "Elephant March" | |
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) | [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 | |
| 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 | |
1994
15th Genie Awards |
| Rheostatics | "Claire" | Whale Music | |
| 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 | |
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" | | [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) | |
| 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 | |
| "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 | |
| Daniel Bélanger | "Le Dernier souffle" | The Last Breath (Le Dernier souffle) | [17] |
| "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 | |
| 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: 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) | |
| 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 | |
| Year | Nominees | Song | Films | Ref |
|---|
2020
9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| Marie-Hélène L. Delorme | "Timid Joyous Atrocious" | Sugar Daddy | [23] |
| Lowell Boland, Evan Bogart, Justin Gray | "Grey Singing in Auditorium" | Bloodthirsty | [24] |
| 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 |
| Tika Simone, Casey Manierka-Quaile | "And Then We Don't" | Learn to Swim | [25] |
| Erika Angell, Simon Angell | "Lovers Are Falling" | Woman in Car | [26] |
| David Braid | "Ring Them Fantasy" | Delia's Gone |
| Nicolas Errèra, Craig Walker | "Drop the Rock" | Goodbye Happiness (Au revoir le bonheur) |
| Jean Martin, Tanya Tagaq | "Surface Nord" | Bootlegger |
2022
11th Canadian Screen Awards |
| Kate Hewlett | "The Swearing Song" | The Swearing Jar | [27] |
| Chuck Baker, Tony Burgess | "The Ascension Song" | Cult Hero | [28] |
| Marie Clements, Wayne Lavallee, Jesse Zubot | "You Are My Bones" | Bones of Crows |
| Rose Cousins, Breagh Isabel | "Get Home" | Dawn, Her Dad and the Tractor |
| Ian LeFeuvre | "The Weight" | Ashgrove |
2023
12th Canadian Screen Awards |
| Qurram Hussain | "Ishq Ki Na Koi Bhi Hud Hai" | The Queen of My Dreams | [29] |
| Kamel Bushnaq, Ashley Jane, Suad Bushnaq | "I Won't Break" | Queen Tut | [30] |
| Suad Bushnaq, Omar El-Deeb | "Chez Habibi (Kul illi Batmannah)" | Queen Tut |
| Melissa D'Agostino, David Brock, Rebecca Everett | "Mothers and Daughters, Daughters and Moms" | Mother of All Shows |
| Lawrence Gowan | "Zombie Hideout" | Zombie Town | |
