# Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Score

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 |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1970 22nd Canadian Film Awards | Harry Freedman | The Act of the Heart |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards |
| 1971 23rd Canadian Film Awards | Jean Cousineau | Mon oncle Antoine |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1972 24th Canadian Film Awards | Pierre F. Brault | The True Nature of Bernadette (La vraie nature de Bernadette) |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1973 25th Canadian Film Awards | Willie Lamothe, Tristan Hansinger, Chick Peabody, Peter Van Ginkel | The Death of a Lumberjack (La mort d'un bûcheron) |
| 1974 |
| 1974 | No award presented | No award presented |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1975 26th Canadian Film Awards | Nick Whitehead | Lions for Breakfast |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1976 27th Canadian Film Awards | Lewis Furey | Normande (La tête de Normande St-Onge) |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1977 28th Canadian Film Awards | Paul Hoffert | Outrageous! |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Oscar Peterson | The Silent Partner |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Paul Zaza, Jim Caverhill | Three Card Monte |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Paul Hoffert | The Third Walker |
| 1978 29th Canadian Film Awards | Maurice Marshall | Marie-Anne |

## 1980s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Carl Zittrer, Paul Zaza | Murder By Decree |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Hagood Hardy | Jack London's Klondike Fever |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Paul Hoffert | Wild Horse Hank |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Alain Leroux | It Rained All Night the Day I Left |
| 1980 1st Genie Awards | Howard Shore | The Brood |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Art Philips | The Lucky Star |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Matthew McCauley | Middle Age Crazy |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | John Mills-Cockell | Terror Train |
| 1981 2nd Genie Awards | Kenneth Wannberg | Tribute |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Claude Denjean, Stéphane Venne | The Plouffe Family (Les Plouffe) |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Jean Cousineau | Happy Memories (Les Beaux souvenirs) |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Micky Erbe, Maribeth Solomon | Ticket to Heaven |
| 1982 3rd Genie Awards | Bo Harwood, Lance Rubin | Happy Birthday to Me |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Michael Conway Baker | The Grey Fox |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Jonathan Goldsmith | Visiting Hours |
| 1983 4th Genie Awards | Maribeth Solomon, Micky Erbe | Threshold |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Lewis Furey | Maria Chapdelaine |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Michael Conway Baker | Deserters |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Joël Bienvenue | Au clair de la lune |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | Karl Kobylansky | Dead Wrong |
| 1984 5th Genie Awards | André Vincelli | A 20th Century Chocolate Cake |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | François Dompierre | Mario |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | J. Douglas Dodd, Michael Oczko | Walls |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Germain Gauthier | The Dog Who Stopped the War (La Guerre des tuques) |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | François Lanctôt | Sonatine |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Betty Lazebnik | Reno and the Doc |
| 1985 6th Genie Awards | Paul Zaza | Isaac Littlefeathers |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | François Dompierre | The Alley Cat (Le Matou) |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Lewis Furey | Night Magic |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Lewis Furey | The Peanut Butter Solution |
| 1986 7th Genie Awards | Philippe Sarde | Joshua Then and Now |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Michael Conway Baker | John and the Missus |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Marie Bernard, Richard Grégoire | Exit |
| 1987 8th Genie Awards | Marvin Dolgay | The Blue Man |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Jean Corriveau | Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit) |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Family Viewing |
| 1988 9th Genie Awards | Tim McCauley | Blue City Slammers |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Howard Shore | Dead Ringers |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Aaron Davis, Billy Bryans | Office Party |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | François Dompierre | The Revolving Doors (Les Portes tournantes) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Richard Grégoire | The Heat Line (La ligne de chaleur) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Osvaldo Montes | Straight for the Heart (À corps perdu) |
| 1989 10th Genie Awards | Maribeth Solomon, Micky Erbe | Milk and Honey |

## 1990s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Yves Laferrière | Jesus of Montreal (Jésus de Montréal) |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna | Cold Comfort |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Speaking Parts |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Milan Kymlicka | Babar: The Movie |
| 1990 11th Genie Awards | Lawrence Schragge | Palais Royale |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Jean Corriveau | The Savage Woman (La Demoiselle sauvage) |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Marie Bernard | Love Crazy (Amoureux fou) |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Georges Delerue | Black Robe |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Jonathan Goldsmith | Diplomatic Immunity |
| 1991 12th Genie Awards | Mark Korven | White Room |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Richard Grégoire | Being at Home with Claude |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Michael Becker | Solitaire |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Graeme Coleman | North of Pittsburgh |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Pierre Desrochers | The Saracen Woman (La Sarrasine) |
| 1992 13th Genie Awards | Howard Shore | Naked Lunch |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Simon Kendall | Cadillac Girls |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Todd Boekelheide | Digger |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Pierre Desrochers | Women in Love (Les Amoureuses) |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Mark Korven | The Grocer's Wife |
| 1993 14th Genie Awards | Yves Laferrière | The Sex of the Stars (Le Sexe des étoiles) |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Exotica |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | George Blondheim | Whale Music |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Mark Korven | Henry & Verlin |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Milan Kymlicka | A Hero's Life (La Vie d'un héros) |
| 1994 15th Genie Awards | Milan Kymlicka | Matusalem |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Milan Kymlicka | Margaret's Museum |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Serge Arcuri, Luc Aubry | Black List (Liste noire) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Aaron Davis, John Lang | Rude |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Richard Grégoire | Water Child (L'Enfant d'eau) |
| 1995 16th Genie Awards | Mark Korven | The Michelle Apartments |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Mark Korven | Curtis's Charm |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Richard Rodney Bennett | Swann |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Normand Corbeil | Screamers |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Lilies |
| 1996 17th Genie Awards | Ron Sures | Joe's So Mean to Josephine |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | The Sweet Hereafter |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | François Dompierre | The Ideal Man (L'Homme idéal) |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Serge Laforest, Gaëtan Gravel | Night of the Flood (La nuit du déluge) |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Robert Marcel Lepage | The Human Plant (La Plante humaine) |
| 1997 18th Genie Awards | Don MacDonald | Kissed |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | John Corigliano | The Red Violin |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Regeneration |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Jonathan Goldsmith | Such a Long Journey |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Mark Korven | Cube |
| 1998 19th Genie Awards | Alexina Louie, Alex Pauk | Last Night |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Felicia's Journey |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | John Wesley Chisholm, Michael Diabo, John Roby | Beefcake |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Nick Dyer, Eric Cadesky | Extraordinary Visitor |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Jono Grant | Jacob Two Two Meets the Hooded Fang |
| 1999 20th Genie Awards | Maurice Jarre | Sunshine |

## 2000s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Patric Caird | Here's to Life! |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Normand Corbeil | The Art of War |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Aaron Davis, John Lang | Love Come Down |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | François Dompierre | Laura Cadieux II (Laura Cadieux...la suite) |
| 2000 21st Genie Awards | Alan Reeves | To Walk with Lions |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Chris Crilly | Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Alexander Balanescu | Eisenstein |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Bertrand Chénier | Tar Angel (L'Ange de goudron) |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Pierre Duchesne | A Girl at the Window (Une jeune fille à la fenêtre) |
| 2001 22nd Genie Awards | Andrew Zealley, Don Pyle | The Law of Enclosures |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Ararat |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Chris Ainscough | Suddenly Naked |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Michel Cusson | The Collector (Le Collectionneur) |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Glenn Morley | Duct Tape Forever |
| 2002 23rd Genie Awards | Zbigniew Preisner | Between Strangers |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Christopher Dedrick | The Saddest Music in the World |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Michel Cusson | Séraphin: Heart of Stone (Séraphin: un homme et son péché) |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | The Snow Walker |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Richard Grassby-Lewis, Jon Hassell, Bob Locke, Tim Norfolk | Owning Mahowny |
| 2003 24th Genie Awards | Sandy Moore | The Wild Dogs |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Terry Frewer | Head in the Clouds |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Benoit Charest | The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Michel Corriveau | The Last Tunnel (Le Dernier tunnel) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Pierre Duchesne | Looking for Alexander (Mémoires affectives) |
| 2004 25th Genie Awards | Charles Papasoff | So the Moon Rises (La lune viendra d'elle-même) |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Water |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | Where the Truth Lies |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Longo Hai, Geoff Bennett, Ben Johannesen | Sabah |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Éric Pfalzgraf | Manners of Dying |
| 2005 26th Genie Awards | Byron Wong | Lie With Me |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Jean Robitaille | Without Her (Sans elle) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Normand Corbeil | Cheech |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Michel Cusson | The Rocket (Maurice Richard) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Pierre Desrochers | The Secret Life of Happy People (La Vie secrète des gens heureux) |
| 2006 27th Genie Awards | Hilmar Orn Hilmarsson | Beowulf & Grendel |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Howard Shore | Eastern Promises |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | David Hirschfelder | Shake Hands with the Devil |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Steve London | That Beautiful Somewhere |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Don MacDonald | Fido |
| 2007 28th Genie Awards | Ryûichi Sakamoto | Silk |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | John McCarthy | The Stone Angel |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Normand Corbeil | Emotional Arithmetic |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Laurent Eyquem | Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's (Maman est chez le coiffeur) |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Nikos Kypourgos | Fugitive Pieces |
| 2008 29th Genie Awards | Robert Marcel Lepage | The Necessities of Life (Ce qu'il faut pour vivre) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Normand Corbeil | The Master Key (Grande Ourse: La Clé des possibles) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Benoît Charest | Polytechnique |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Bertrand Chénier | Love and Savagery |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Christian Clermont | 5150 Elm's Way (5150, rue des Ormes) |
| 2009 30th Genie Awards | Ben Mink | Fifty Dead Men Walking |

## 2010s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Pasquale Catalano | Barney's Version |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Brendan Canning | Trigger |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Jonathan Goldsmith | High Life |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Keegan Jessamy, Bryce Mitchell | At Home by Myself...With You |
| 2010 31st Genie Awards | Sook-Yin Lee, Buck 65, Adam Litovitz | Year of the Carnivore |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Howard Shore | A Dangerous Method |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Ramachandra Borcar | Suspicions (Jaloux) |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Mychael Danna | The Whistleblower |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Martin Léon | Monsieur Lazhar |
| 2011 32nd Genie Awards | Philip Miller | The Bang Bang Club |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Howard Shore | Cosmopolis |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Benoit Charest | Mars and April (Mars et Avril) |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Noia | Laurence Anyways |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | Don Rooke, Hugh Marsh, Michelle Willis | Still Mine |
| 2012 1st Canadian Screen Awards | E. C. Woodley | Antiviral |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Danny Bensi, Saunder Jurriaans | Enemy |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Ramachandra Borcar | Rock Paper Scissors (Roche papier ciseaux) |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Michel Cusson | The Storm Within (Rouge sang) |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Kim Gaboury, Michel Cusson | Maïna |
| 2013 2nd Canadian Screen Awards | Gabriel Yared | Tom at the Farm (Tom à la ferme) |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Howard Shore | Maps to the Stars |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Patrice Dubuc, Gaëtan Gravel | Meetings with a Young Poet |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Patrick Lavoie | Henri Henri |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Dan Mangan, Jesse Zubot | Hector and the Search for Happiness |
| 2014 3rd Canadian Screen Awards | Jeffrey Morrow | Cast No Shadow |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Michael Brook | Brooklyn |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Michel Corriveau | Anna |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | François Dompierre | The Passion of Augustine (La Passion d'Augustine) |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Chris Gestrin | Songs She Wrote About People She Knows |
| 2015 4th Canadian Screen Awards | Stephen Rennicks | Room |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Todor Kobakov, Steve London, David Braid | Born to Be Blue |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Alain Mayrand | Numb |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Taymaz Saba | Window Horses |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Michael White | Hevn (Revenge) |
| 2016 5th Canadian Screen Awards | Jesse Zubot | Two Lovers and a Bear |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna | The Breadwinner |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Viviane Audet, Robin-Joël Cool, Alexis Martin | Cross My Heart (Les Rois mongols) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Pierre-Philippe Côté | Ravenous (Les Affamés) |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Ben Fox | Never Steady, Never Still |
| 2017 6th Canadian Screen Awards | Terry Riley, Gyan Riley | Hochelaga, Land of Souls (Hochelaga terre des âmes) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Alaska B | Through Black Spruce |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Olivier Alary | Allure |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Philippe Brault | The Fireflies Are Gone (La disparition des lucioles) |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Naren Chandavarkar, Benedict Taylor | Black Kite |
| 2018 7th Canadian Screen Awards | Yves Gourmeur | The Hummingbird Project |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Howard Shore | The Song of Names |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Robert Carli | Lie Exposed |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Peter Chapman | Riot Girls |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Ian LeFeuvre, Stephen Krecklo | James vs. His Future Self |
| 2019 8th Canadian Screen Awards | Andrew Lockington | The Kindness of Strangers |

## 2020s

| Year | Nominee | Film |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Howard Shore | Funny Boy |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Janal Bechthold | Marlene |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Mychael Danna | Guest of Honour |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Jay McCarrol | The Kid Detective |
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | Michelle Osis, Lowell Boland | Bloodthirsty |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Jonathan Goldsmith | All My Puny Sorrows |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Suad Bushnaq | Jasmine Road |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Spencer Creaghan | Motherly |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Darren Fung | Cinema of Sleep |
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | Stephen Krecklo | Between Waves |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Todor Kobakov | Brother |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Adrian Ellis | Cult Hero |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Ian LeFeuvre | Ashgrove |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Ari Posner | The End of Sex |
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | Howard Shore | Crimes of the Future |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Jay McCarrol | BlackBerry |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Alysha Brilla | The Queen of My Dreams |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Suad Bushnaq | Queen Tut |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Steph Copeland | Cascade |
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | Ryan Shore | Zombie Town |