"Hay Amores" () is a song recorded by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira for the extended play (EP) and soundtrack Love in the Time of Cholera (2008). The song was written by her for the Mike Newell -directed 2007 movie adaptation of Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez's 1985 novel Love in the Time of Cholera. Brazilian film score composer Antonio Pinto produced the song and composed it with Shakira. Shakira was initially offered a role by the producers of the movie to take part as the main protagonist. However, she refused the offer and accepted to collaborate with the musical team due to her friendship with García Márquez. "Hay Amores" is a romantic and elegiac bolero song, a music genre born in the late 1800s. Lyrically, the song inscribes the kind of love that only grows fonder as time passes by. The song has won a Premios Nuestra Tierra award in the Best Movie Soundtrack category. Background and release In 1999, Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez met Shakira. He conducted an interview with her for Colombian magazine Cambio. At the time of the publication of the article, García Márquez expressed Shakira's originality in the music scene. Following this, both of them established friendly relations with one another. During late 2006, the filming of the 2007 movie adaptation of García Márquez's novel Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) started. The story revolves around the character of Florentino Ariza and "his unconditional love for the beautiful Fermina Daza and the sentimental triangle that develops with the regional doctor". Initially, the producers of the movie offered Shakira a role in it, which would mark her cinematic debut. However, she turned down the offer, claiming that she was not comfortable with the nude scenes that were featured in the movie. Nevertheless, Shakira offered to compose the score of the movie due to her friendship with García Márquez and his influence on her. She started working for the material of the movie with Argentine composer Pedro Aznar in London, England during the second half of 2007. Shakira spontaneously came up with the melody of "Hay Amores'" chorus after seeing an early cut of the film, humming it to the film's director Mike Newell. Later during the recording sessions, Shakira recorded "Despedida" and "Hay Amores", the latter being the movie's theme song. Shakira commented on the song's genre that bolero is "the pinnacle of romantic music" and