Emmys 71st edition – Nominees

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)

• Barry – ‘What?!’ – David Wingo
• Game Of Thrones – ‘The Long Night’ – Ramin Djawadi
• House of Cards – ‘Chapter 73’ – Jeff Beal
• The Handmaid’s Tale – ‘The Word’ – Adam Taylor
• This Is Us – ‘Songbird Road: Part One’ – Siddhartha Khosla

 

Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

• Chernobyl – ‘Please Remain Calm’ – Hildur Guðnadóttir
• Escape At Dannemora – ‘Episode 5’ – Edward Shearmur
• Good Omens – ‘In The Beginning’ – David Arnold
• True Detective – ‘The Final Country’ – T Bone Burnett, Keefus Ciancia
• When They See Us – ‘Part Two’ – Kris Bowers

 

Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) – NEW CATEGORY THIS YEAR!

• Free Solo – Marco Beltrami, Brandon Roberts
• Game Of Thrones: The Last Watch – Hannah Peel
• Hostile Planet – Oceans – Benjamin Wallfisch
• Love, Gilda – Miriam Cutler
• Our Planet – Steven Price
• RBG – Miriam Cutler

 

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

• Castle Rock – Thomas Newman
• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, Adam Schlesinger
• Good Omens – David Arnold
• Our Planet – Steven Price
• Succession – Nicholas Britell

 

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

• Crazy Ex-Girlfriend – I Have To Get Out – ‘Antidepressants Are So Not A Big Deal’ – Music & Lyrics Adam Schlesinger, Rachel Bloom, Lyrics by Jack Dolgen
• Documentary Now! – Original Cast Album: Co-op – ‘Holiday Party (I Did A Little Cocaine Tonight)’ – Music by Eli Bolin, Lyrics by John Mulaney, Seth Meyers
• Flight Of The Conchords: Live In London – ‘Father & Son’ – Music & Lyrics Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement
• Saturday Night Live – Host: James McAvoy – ‘The Upper East Side’ – Music by Eli Brueggemann, Lyrics by Bryan Tucker, Leslie Jones
• Song Of Parkland – ‘Beautiful Things Can Grow’ – Music by Mark Sonnenblick, Lyrics by Ashley Paseltiner, Molly Reichard
• 72nd Annual Tony Awards – ‘This One’s For You’ – Music & Lyrics Sara Bareilles, Josh Groban

 

Outstanding Music Direction

• Aretha! A Grammy Celebration For The Queen Of Soul – Rickey Minor
• Fosse/Verdon – Life Is A Cabaret – Alex Lacamoire
• Homecoming: A Film By Beyoncé – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Derek Dixie
• The Oscars – Rickey Minor
• Q85: A Musical Celebration For Quincy Jones – Part 1 – Greg Phillinganes
• Saturday Night Live – Host: Adam Sandler – Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann

 

Outstanding Music Supervision

• Better Call Saul – Something Stupid – Thomas Golubić
• Fosse/Verdon – Life Is A Cabaret – Steven Gizicki
• The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – We’re Going To The Catskills! – Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino
• Quincy – Jasper Leak
• Russian Doll – Nothing In This World Is Easy – Brienne Rose