Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.
Starting in 2019, the category recognizes scripted programs. Unscripted programs compete for Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special.Winners and nominations
1960s
Note: Award titled Outstanding Individual Achievements in Music Composition1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Total awards by network
- CBS – 10
- ABC – 7
- NBC – 6
- Fox – 3
- PBS – 3
- Syndicated – 3
- Discovery Channel – 2
- HBO – 2
- Netflix – 2
- UPN – 2
- The WB – 2
- Showtime – 1
- USA – 1
Programs with multiple awards
;3 awards
;2 awards
;12 nominations
;8 nominations
;6 nominations
;5 nominations
;4 nominations
- Little House on the Prairie
- Lou Grant
- Moonlighting
;3 nominations
- Beauty and the Beast
- Downton Abbey
- Family Guy
- Game of Thrones
- I Spy
- Lost
- Matlock
- Murder, She Wrote
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
;2 nominations
- The Borgias
- Bronk
- Chef's Table
- Columbo
- The Crown
- The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd
- Dynasty
- Enterprise
- Ghost Whisperer
- House
- Knots Landing
- Miami Vice
- Penny Dreadful
- Rome
- Roots
- SeaQuest DSV
- St. Elsewhere
- 30 Rock
Composers with multiple awards
;3 awards
;2 awards
;16 nominations
;10 nominations
;8 nominations
;7 nominations
;6 nominations
- Bruce Broughton
- Billy Goldenberg
- Joseph LoDuca
- Angela Morley
- Morton Stevens
;5 nominations
- Ramin Djawadi
- Bruce Babcock
- Don Davis
- W. G. Snuffy Walden
;4 nominations
;3 nominations
;2 nominations
