Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Primetime Emmy Award for Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | |
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Awarded for | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
First awarded | 1955 |
Currently held by | Lessons in Chemistry (2024) |
Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score).
Starting in 2019, the category recognizes scripted programs. Unscripted programs compete for Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score).[1]
Winners and nominations
1950s
Year | Program | Nominee(s) | Network |
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1955 | Dragnet | Walter Schumann | NBC |
Amahl and the Night Visitors | Gian-Carlo Menotti | NBC | |
A Christmas Carol | Bernard Herrmann | CBS | |
Light's Diamond Jubilee | Victor Young | [note 1] | |
Medic | NBC | ||
1956 | No Award Given | ||
1957 | No Award Given | ||
1958 | No Award Given | ||
1959 | No Award Given |
Note: The award presented in 1955 was for "Best Original Music Composed for TV"
1960s
Year | Program | Nominee(s) | Network |
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1960 | No Award Given | ||
1961 | No Award Given | ||
1962 | Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years | Richard Rodgers | ABC |
The Price of Tomatoes | Leith Stevens | NBC | |
Project XX | Robert Russell Bennett | ||
Second Chance | John Williams | ABC | |
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait | Jacques Belasco | NBC | |
1963 | Project XX | Robert Russell Bennett | NBC |
The Dick Powell Show | Joseph Mullendore | NBC | |
Flashing Spikes | John Williams | ABC | |
Labyrinth | Gian-Carlo Menotti | NBC | |
1964 | |||
The Making of the President 1960 | Elmer Bernstein | ABC | |
East Side/West Side | Kenyon Hopkins | CBS | |
Elizabeth Taylor in London | John Barry | ||
Greece: The Golden Age | George Kleinsinger | NBC | |
The Kremlin | Georges Auric | ||
Saga of a Western Man | Ulpio Minucci, Joe Moon and Rayburn Wright | ABC | |
1965 | No Award Given | ||
1966 | No Award Given | ||
1967 | No Award Given | ||
1968 | No Award Given | ||
1969 | No Award Given |
Note: Award titled Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television 1962–64
1970s
1980s
1990s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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1990 (42nd) [2] | ||||
The Shell Seekers | James Di Pasquale | ABC | ||
Do You Know the Muffin Man? | Lee Holdridge | CBS | ||
The Kennedys of Massachusetts | "Part 3" | David Shire | ABC | |
Last Flight Out | Christopher Young | NBC | ||
The Old Man and the Sea | Bruce Broughton | |||
People Like Us | "Part 2" | Billy Goldenberg | ||
The Phantom of the Opera | "Part 2" | John Addison | ||
1991 (43rd) [3] | ||||
It | "Part 1" | Richard Bellis | ABC | |
Decoration Day | Patrick Williams | NBC | ||
Johnny Ryan | Chris Boardman | |||
The Killing Mind | James Di Pasquale | Lifetime | ||
Lies Before Kisses | Don Davis | CBS | ||
1992 (44th) [4] | ||||
O Pioneers! | Bruce Broughton | CBS | ||
Doublecrossed | Richard Bellis | HBO | ||
Fire in the Dark | Arthur Kempel | CBS | ||
A Little Piece of Heaven | Don Davis | NBC | ||
Survive the Savage Sea | Fred Karlin | ABC | ||
1993 (45th) [5] | ||||
Danielle Steele's Jewels | "Part 1" | Patrick Williams | NBC | |
An American Story | Mark Snow | CBS | ||
Call of the Wild | Lee Holdridge | |||
Mortal Sins | Joseph Conlan | USA | ||
The Sea Wolf | Charles Bernstein | TNT | ||
1994 (46th) [6] | ||||
Lush Life | Lennie Niehaus | Showtime | ||
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Richard Bellis | ABC | ||
Geronimo | Patrick Williams | TNT | ||
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All | "Part 1" | Mark Snow | CBS | |
Stephen King's The Stand | "Part 4" | W. G. Snuffy Walden | ABC | |
1995 (47th) [7] | ||||
Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies | Laurence Rosenthal | Family | ||
Buffalo Girls | "Part 1" | Lee Holdridge | CBS | |
Children of the Dust | "Part 1" | Mark Snow | ||
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long | Patrick Williams | TNT | ||
30 Years of National Geographic Specials | Jay Chattaway | NBC | ||
1996 (48th) [8] | ||||
The Canterville Ghost | Ernest Troost | ABC | ||
Annie: A Royal Adventure! | David Michael Frank | ABC | ||
Larry McMurtry's Dead Man's Walk | "Part 1" | David Bell | ||
Norma Jean & Marilyn | Christopher Young | HBO | ||
The Tuskegee Airmen | Lee Holdridge | |||
1997 (49th) [9] | ||||
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Travels with Father | Laurence Rosenthal | Family | ||
After Jimmy | Patrick Williams | CBS | ||
Calm at Sunset | Ernest Troost | |||
Quicksilver Highway | Mark Mothersbaugh | Fox | ||
True Women | Bruce Broughton | CBS | ||
1998 (50th) [10] | ||||
Glory & Honor | Bruce Broughton | TNT | ||
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone | Mark Adler | ABC | ||
From the Earth to the Moon | "1968" | Michael Kamen | HBO | |
House of Frankenstein | "Part 2" | Don Davis | NBC | |
Merlin | "Part 1" | Trevor Jones | ||
1999 (51st) [11] | ||||
Alice in Wonderland | Richard Hartley | NBC | ||
David and Lisa | Marco Beltrami | ABC | ||
Mutiny | Lee Holdridge | NBC | ||
Rear Window | David Shire | ABC | ||
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | Carl Johnson |
2000s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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2000 (52nd) [12] | ||||
RKO 281 | John Altman | HBO | ||
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder | Ernest Troost | CBS | ||
Don Quixote | Richard Hartley | TNT | ||
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble | Charles Bernstein | Showtime | ||
Walking with Dinosaurs | Ben Bartlett | Discovery | ||
2001 (53rd) [13] | ||||
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story | Arturo Sandoval | HBO | ||
Bailey's Mistake | Mason Daring | ABC | ||
Haven | Lawrence Shragge | CBS | ||
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot | Martin Davich | NBC | ||
Papa's Angels | Velton Ray Bunch | CBS | ||
2002 (54th) [14] | ||||
Shackleton | "Part 2" | Adrian Johnston | A&E | |
Dinner with Friends | Dave Grusin | HBO | ||
Last Call | Brian Tyler | Showtime | ||
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story | "Part 2" | Rupert Gregson-Williams | CBS | |
The Mists of Avalon | "Part 1" | Lee Holdridge | TNT | |
We Were the Mulvaneys | Patrick Williams | Lifetime | ||
2003 (55th) [15] | ||||
Eloise at the Plaza | Bruce Broughton | ABC | ||
Hitler: The Rise of Evil | Normand Corbeil | CBS | ||
The Lost World | "Part 2" | Robert Lane | A&E | |
Martin and Lewis | Ernest Troost | CBS | ||
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone | John Altman | Showtime | ||
2004 (56th) [16] | ||||
Eloise at Christmastime | Bruce Broughton | ABC | ||
Dance in America: Lar Lubovitch's Othello (Great Performances) | Elliot Goldenthal | PBS | ||
Fallen Angel | Ernest Troost | CBS | ||
Helter Skelter | Mark Snow | |||
The Last King | "Part 2" | Robert Lane | A&E | |
The Nazi Officer's Wife | Sheldon Mirowitz | |||
2005 (57th) [17] | ||||
Warm Springs | Bruce Broughton | HBO | ||
Miracle Run | Joseph Conlan | Lifetime | ||
Pride | George Fenton | A&E | ||
Revelations | "Part 1" | Joseph Vitarelli | NBC | |
Salem's Lot | Christopher Gordon and Lisa Gerrard | TNT | ||
Sometimes in April | Bruno Coulais | HBO | ||
2006 (58th) [18] | ||||
Into the West | Geoff Zanelli | TNT | ||
The Dive from Clausen's Pier | Bruce Broughton | Lifetime | ||
Human Trafficking | "Part 1" | Normand Corbeil | ||
Sleeper Cell | "Al-Faitha" | Paul Haslinger | Showtime | |
The Water Is Wide | Jeff Beal | CBS | ||
2007 (59th) [19] | ||||
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King | "Battleground" | Jeff Beal | TNT | |
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters | Todd Boekelheide | HBO | ||
Broken Trail | David Mansfield and Van Dyke Parks | AMC | ||
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | George S. Clinton | HBO | ||
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines | Joseph LoDuca | TNT | ||
Longford | Robert Lane | HBO | ||
The Path to 9/11 | John Cameron | ABC | ||
2008 (60th) [20] | ||||
The Company | "Part 1" | Jeff Beal | TNT | |
Bernard and Doris | Alex Wurman | HBO | ||
For One More Day | Lennie Niehaus | ABC | ||
John Adams | "Independence" | Robert Lane | HBO | |
Masters of Science Fiction | "Jerry Was a Man" | Laura Karpman | Showtime | |
Sense and Sensibility | Martin Phipps | PBS | ||
2009 (61st) [21] | ||||
Into the Storm | Howard Goodall | HBO | ||
Grey Gardens | Rachel Portman | HBO | ||
Little Dorrit | "Part 5" | John Lunn | PBS | |
Loving Leah | Jeff Beal | CBS | ||
Taking Chance | Marcelo Zarvos | HBO | ||
24: Redemption | Sean Callery | Fox |
2010s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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2010 (62nd) [22] | ||||
Temple Grandin | Alex Wurman | HBO | ||
Blessed Is the Match (Independent Lens) | Todd Boekelheide | PBS | ||
Georgia O'Keeffe | Jeff Beal | Lifetime | ||
The Pacific | "Part 10" | Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, and Hans Zimmer | HBO | |
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story | Lawrence Shragge | CBS | ||
You Don't Know Jack | Marcelo Zarvos | HBO | ||
2011 (63rd) [23] | ||||
Mildred Pierce | "Part 5" | Carter Burwell | HBO | |
Any Human Heart | "Part 2" | Dan Jones | PBS | |
The Pillars of the Earth | "Anarchy" | Trevor Morris | Starz | |
Sherlock | A Study in Pink | David Arnold and Michael Price | PBS | |
Thurgood | Rob Mathes | HBO | ||
2012 (64th) [24] | ||||
Hemingway & Gellhorn | Javier Navarrete | HBO | ||
Game Change | Theodore Shapiro | HBO | ||
Hatfields & McCoys | "Part 1" | John Debney and Tony Morales | History | |
Missing | "The Hard Drive" | Robert Duncan and Kim Planert | ABC | |
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice | Michael Giacchino | |||
Sherlock | A Scandal in Belgravia | David Arnold and Michael Price | PBS | |
2013 (65th) [25] | ||||
World Without End | "Medieval Life and Death" | Mychael Danna | Reelz | |
The Girl | Phillip Miller | HBO | ||
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God | Ivor Guest and Robert Logan | |||
Parade's End | "Part 5" | Dirk Brossé | ||
Restless | Lorne Balfe | Sundance | ||
Ring of Fire | Anton Sanko | Lifetime | ||
2014 (66th) [26] | ||||
Sherlock | "His Last Vow" | David Arnold and Michael Price | PBS | |
American Horror Story: Coven | "The Seven Wonders" | James S. Levine | FX | |
Clear History | Ludovic Bource | HBO | ||
Fargo | "The Crocodile's Dilemma" | Jeff Russo | FX | |
Herblock: The Black & the White | Rob Mathes | HBO | ||
The White Queen | "The Final Battle" | John Lunn | Starz | |
2015 (67th) [27] | ||||
Bessie | Rachel Portman | HBO | ||
American Horror Story: Freak Show | "Orphans" | Mac Quayle | FX | |
Away and Back | William Ross | Hallmark | ||
The Missing | "Eden" | Dominik Scherrer | Starz | |
Sofia the First | "The Curse of Princess Ivy" | Kevin Kliesch | Disney Channel | |
24: Live Another Day | "11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m." | Sean Callery | Fox | |
2016 (68th) [28] | ||||
The Night Manager | "Part 2" | Victor Reyes | AMC | |
All the Way | James Newton Howard | HBO | ||
Descendants | David Lawrence | Disney | ||
Fargo | "Loplop" | Jeff Russo | FX | |
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise | Jeff Beal | Hallmark | ||
War & Peace | "Part 1" | Martin Phipps | Lifetime | |
2017 (69th) [29] | ||||
Fargo | "Aporia" | Jeff Russo | FX | |
Feud: Bette and Joan | "Pilot" | Mac Quayle | FX | |
Five Came Back | "The Price of Victory" | Jeremy Turner | Netflix | |
O.J.: Made in America | "Part 3" | Gary Lionelli | ESPN | |
Suite Française | Rael Jones | Lifetime | ||
The White Helmets | Patrick Jonsson | Netflix | ||
2018 (70th) [30] | ||||
March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step | Cyril Aufort | Hulu | ||
Alias Grace | "Part 1" | Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna | Netflix | |
The Commuter (Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams) | Harry Gregson-Williams | Prime Video | ||
Crazy Diamond (Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams) | Cristobal Tapia de Veer | |||
Godless | "Homecoming" | Carlos Rafael Rivera | Netflix | |
USS Callister (Black Mirror) | Daniel Pemberton | |||
2019 (71st) [31] | ||||
Chernobyl | "Please Remain Calm" | Hildur Guðnadóttir | HBO | |
Escape at Dannemora | "Episode 5" | Edward Shearmur | Showtime | |
Good Omens | "In the Beginning" | David Arnold | Prime Video | |
True Detective | "The Final Country" | T Bone Burnett and Keefus Ciancia | HBO | |
When They See Us | "Part 2" | Kris Bowers | Netflix |
2020s
Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
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2020 (72nd) [32] | ||||
Watchmen | "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice" | Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross | HBO | |
Hollywood | "Hooray for Hollywood, Part 2" | Nathan Barr | Netflix | |
Little Fires Everywhere | "The Spider Web" | Mark Isham and Isabella Summers | Hulu | |
Mrs. America | "Reagan" | Kris Bowers | FX | |
Unorthodox | "Part 1" | Antonio Gambale | Netflix | |
2021 (73rd) [33] | ||||
The Queen's Gambit | "End Game" | Carlos Rafael Rivera | Netflix | |
Fargo | "East/West" | Jeff Russo | FX | |
Oslo | Jeff Russo and Zoë Keating | HBO | ||
The Underground Railroad | "Chapter 2: South Carolina" | Nicholas Britell | Prime Video | |
WandaVision | "Previously On" | Christophe Beck | Disney+ | |
2022 (74th) [34] | ||||
The White Lotus | "Mysterious Monkeys" | Cristobal Tapia de Veer | HBO | |
1883 | "1883" | Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian | Paramount+ | |
Moon Knight | "Asylum" | Hesham Nazih | Disney+ | |
Station Eleven | "Unbroken Circle" | Dan Romer | HBO Max | |
A Very British Scandal | "Episode 1" | Nathan Barr | Prime Video | |
2023 (75th) [35] | ||||
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson | Roku | ||
Hocus Pocus 2 | John Debney | Disney+ | ||
Ms. Marvel | "Time and Again" | Laura Karpman | ||
Prey | Sarah Schachner | Hulu | ||
A Small Light | "What Can Be Saved" | Ariel Marx | Nat Geo | |
2024 (76th) [36] | ||||
Lessons in Chemistry | "Book of Calvin" | Carlos Rafael Rivera | Apple TV+ | |
All the Light We Cannot See | "Episode 4" | James Newton Howard | Netflix | |
Fargo | "Blanket" | Jeff Russo | FX | |
Lawmen: Bass Reeves | "Part I" | Chanda Dancy | Paramount+ | |
The Tattooist of Auschwitz | "Episode 1" | Kara Talve and Hans Zimmer | Peacock |
Notes
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Walter Schumann (1955)
- No Award (1956–1959)
- No Award (1960–1961)
- Richard Rodgers (1962)
- Robert Russell Bennett (1963)
- Elmer Bernstein (1964)
- No Award (1965–1969)
- Pete Rugolo (1970)
- Walter Scharf (1971)
- John Williams (1972)
- Jerry Goldsmith (1973)
- Fred Karlin (1974)
- Jerry Goldsmith (1975)
- Jerry Goldsmith (1976)
- Leonard Rosenman, Alan and Marilyn Bergman (1977)
- Jimmie Haskell (1978)
- Leonard Rosenman (1979)
- Jerry Fielding (1980)
- Jerry Goldsmith (1981)
- Patrick Williams (1982)
- Billy Goldenberg (1983)
- Bruce Broughton (1984)
- Allyn Ferguson (1985)
- Laurence Rosenthal (1986)
- Laurence Rosenthal (1987)
- Laurence Rosenthal (1988)
- Basil Poledouris (1989)
- James Di Pasquale (1990)
- Richard Bellis (1991)
- Bruce Broughton (1992)
- Patrick Williams (1993)
- Lennie Niehaus (1994)
- Laurence Rosenthal (1995)
- Ernest Troost (1996)
- Laurence Rosenthal (1997)
- Bruce Broughton (1998)
- Richard Hartley (1999)
- John Altman (2000)
- Arturo Sandoval (2001)
- Adrian Johnston (2002)
- Bruce Broughton (2003)
- Bruce Broughton (2004)
- Bruce Broughton (2005)
- Geoff Zanelli (2006)
- Jeff Beal (2007)
- Jeff Beal (2008)
- Howard Goodall (2009)
- Alex Wurman (2010)
- Carter Burwell (2011)
- Javier Navarrete (2012)
- Mychael Danna (2013)
- David Arnold and Michael Price (2014)
- Rachel Portman (2015)
- Victor Reyes (2016)
- Jeff Russo (2017)
- Cyril Aufort (2018)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (2019)
- Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (2020)
- Carlos Rafael Rivera (2021)
- Cristobal Tapia de Veer (2022)
- Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson (2023)
- Carlos Rafael Rivera (2024)