Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded	2019
Currently held by	Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (2023)
Website	emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score).

The category was created in 2019. Documentary programs previously competed for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special.^[1]

Winners and nominations

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2010s

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Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
2019 (71st) ^[2]
	Free Solo		Marco Beltrami and Brandon Roberts	Nat Geo
	Game of Thrones: The Last Watch		Hannah Peel	HBO
	Hostile Planet	"Oceans"	Benjamin Wallfisch	Nat Geo
	Love, Gilda		Miriam Cutler	CNN
	Our Planet	"One Planet"	Steven Price	Netflix
	RBG		Miriam Cutler	CNN

2020s

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Year	Program	Episode	Nominee(s)	Network
2020 (72nd) ^[3]
	Why We Hate	"Tools & Tactics"	Laura Karpman	Discovery
	Becoming		Kamasi Washington	Netflix
	Home	"Maine"	Amanda Jones	Apple TV+
	McMillion$	"Episode 1"	Alex Kovacs and Pinar Toprak	HBO
	Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness	"Not Your Average Joe"	John Enroth, Albert Fox and Mark Mothersbaugh	Netflix
2021 (73rd) ^[4]
	David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet		Steven Price	Netflix
	Allen v. Farrow	"Episode 4"	Michael Abels	HBO
	American Masters	"Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir"	Kathryn Bostic	PBS
	The Social Dilemma		Mark Crawford	Netflix
	Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre		Branford Marsalis	History
2022 (74th) ^[5]
	Lucy and Desi		David Schwartz	Prime Video
	14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible		Nainita Desai	Netflix
	Return to Space		Mychael Danna and Harry Gregson-Williams	Netflix
	They Call Me Magic	"Earvin"	Terence Blanchard	Apple TV+
	The Tinder Swindler		Jessica Jones	Netflix
2023 (75th) ^[6]
	Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie		John Powell	Apple TV+
	Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico	"Veracruz"	Tony Morales	CNN
	Light & Magic	"Gang of Outsiders"	James Newton Howard	Disney+
	Pamela, a Love Story		Blake Neely	Netflix
	Prehistoric Planet	"Badlands"	Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve	Apple TV+
2024 (76th) ^[7]
	Albert Brooks: Defending My Life		Marc Shaiman	Max
	Beckham	"Seeing Red"	Anže Rozman and Camilo Forero	Netflix
	Jim Henson Idea Man		David Fleming	Disney+
	Planet Earth III	"Extremes"	Jacob Shea, Sara Barone and Hans Zimmer	BBC America
	Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed		Laura Karpman	HBO

Multiple nominations

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2 nominations

References

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^ "Television Academy Rules Changes for 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. December 13, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 19, 2024.

v t e Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
Marco Beltrami & Brandon Roberts (2019) Laura Karpman (2020) Steven Price (2021) David Schwartz (2022) John Powell (2023)

v t e Primetime Emmy Award categories
Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited or Anthology Series Television Movie Reality Competition Program Talk Series Scripted Variety Series Animated Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Game Show Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special (Live) Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)
Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Performer in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Game Show Host for a Reality or Reality Competition Program Narrator
Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program Directing for a Reality Program
Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for a Nonfiction Program
Animation	Individual Achievement in Animation
Casting	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Casting for a Reality Program
Choreography	Choreography for Scripted Programming Choreography for Variety and Reality Programming
Cinematography	Cinematography for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program Cinematography for a Reality Program Cinematography for a Series (Half-Hour) Cinematography for a Series (One Hour)
Commercials	Commercial
Costume Design	Contemporary Costumes Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes Period Costumes Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Programming
Hairstyling	Contemporary Hairstyling Hairstyling for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling
Lighting	Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Special
Main Title / Motion Design	Main Title Design Motion Design
Makeup	Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Prosthetic Makeup
Music	Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) Music Direction Music Supervision Original Main Title Theme Music Original Music and Lyrics
Picture Editing	Picture Editing for a Multi-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series Picture Editing for a Drama Series Picture Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Picture Editing for a Nonfiction Program Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Picture Editing for Variety Programming
Production Design	Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Variety or Reality Series Production Design for a Variety Special
Sound Editing	Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program
Sound Mixing	Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program Sound Mixing for a Reality Program Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special
Special Effects	Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie / Special and Visual Effects in a Single Episode
Stunts	Stunt Coordination Stunt Performance
Technical Direction	Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Series Technical Direction and Camerawork for a Special
Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award
Retired	Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie Art Direction for a Single-Camera Series Children's Program Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Interactive Program Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) New Series Program of the Year Short Form Animated Program Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Variety Series Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance
Emmy categories Primetime Daytime International Sports Children's and Family