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

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).

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
CountryUnited States
Presented byAcademy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded2019
Currently held byJim Henson Idea Man (2024)
Websiteemmys.com

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
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]
Jim Henson Idea Man David Fleming Disney+
Albert Brooks: Defending My Life Marc Shaiman HBO
Beckham "Seeing Red" Anže Rozman and Camilo Forero Netflix
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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  1. ^ "Television Academy Rules Changes for 2019 Primetime Emmy Awards" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. December 13, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 19, 2019.
  3. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
  6. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 14, 2023.
  7. ^ "Nominees/Winners | Television Academy". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved July 19, 2024.