Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

Primetime Emmy Award for Main Title Theme Music
Awarded for	Outstanding Main Title Theme Music
Country	United States
Presented by	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Currently held by	Sean Callery, Marvel's Jessica Jones (2016)
Official website	emmys.com

This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.^[1]

In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place:

Winners and nominations

1980s

Year	Program	Nominee(s)	Network
1988^[2]	Beauty and the Beast	Lee Holdridge	CBS
	Great Performances	John Corigliano	PBS
	The Law and Harry McGraw	Richard Markowitz	CBS
	thirtysomething	Stewart Levin and W. G. Snuffy Walden	ABC
1989^[3]	Knightwatch	Stanley Clarke
	Men	James Newton Howard
	Paradise	Jerrold Immel	CBS
	Tattingers	Jonathan Tunick	NBC
	Unsub	Mike Post	NBC

1990s

Year	Program	Nominee(s)	Network
1990^[4]	Carol and Company	Dan Foliart and Howard Pearl	NBC
	FM	Patrick Williams	NBC
	The Simpsons	Danny Elfman	Fox
	The Young Riders	John Debney	ABC
	Twin Peaks	Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch
1991^[5]	ABC World of Discovery	Lee Holdridge
	Against the Law	Thomas Newman	Fox
	Dream On	Michael Skloff	HBO
	Hull High	Stanley Clarke, Maureen Crowe, Lawrence Edwards, Peggy Holmes, Kenny Ortega, Charles Spellman, and David Weiss	NBC
	Singer and Sons	Ray Colcord	NBC
1992^[6]	Brooklyn Bridge	Alan Bergman, Marilyn Bergman, and Marvin Hamlisch	CBS
	I'll Fly Away	W. G. Snuffy Walden	NBC
	Major Dad	Steve Dorff	CBS
	Silk Stalkings	Mike Post	USA
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Laurence Rosenthal	ABC
1993^[7]	*Star Trek: Deep Space Nine*	Dennis McCarthy	Syndicated
	Bob	Lee Holdridge	CBS
	Bodies of Evidence	Christopher Klatman	CBS
	Covington Cross	Carl Davis	ABC
	Love and War	Jonathan Tunick	CBS
	Picket Fences	Stewart Levin	CBS
1994^[8]	*seaQuest DSV*	John Debney	NBC
	Frasier	Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnessee	NBC
	Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Jay Gruska	ABC
	NYPD Blue	Mike Post	ABC
	The X-Files	Mark Snow	Fox
1995^[9]	*Star Trek: Voyager*	Jerry Goldsmith	UPN
	Chicago Hope	Mark Isham	CBS
	ER	James Newton Howard	NBC
	Friends	Michael Skloff and Allee Willis	NBC
	My So-Called Life	W. G. Snuffy Walden	ABC
1996^[10]	*Murder One*	Mike Post	ABC
	Central Park West	Tim Truman	CBS
	Chicago Hope	Mark Isham	CBS
	JAG	Bruce Broughton	NBC
	Nowhere Man	Mark Snow	UPN
1997^[11]	*EZ Streets*	Mark Isham	CBS
	Crisis Center	Danny Lux	NBC
	Dark Skies	Michael Hoenig	NBC
	Early Edition	W. G. Snuffy Walden	CBS
	The Cape	John Debney	Syndicated
1998^[12]	*Fame L.A.*	Robbie Buchanan, Maribeth Derry, Richard Barton Lewis, and Tom Snow	Syndicated
	Four Corners	Christopher Klatman	CBS
	Earth: Final Conflict	Micky Erbe and Maribeth Solomon	Syndicated
	Nothing Sacred	Mark Isham	ABC
	Sessions at West 54th	Mitchell Froom	PBS
1999^[13]	*Trinity*	Martin Davich	NBC
	Profiler	Danny Lux	NBC
	The PJs	George Clinton, Quincy Jones III, La Rita Norman, and Marie Norman	Fox
	V.I.P.	Frankie Blue	Syndicated
	Viva Variety	Robert Ben Garant and Glen Roven	Comedy Central

2000s

Year	Program	Nominee(s)	Network
2000^[14]	*The West Wing*	W. G. Snuffy Walden	NBC
	Falcone	Jay Gruska	CBS
	Jack London's Call of the Wild	Hal Foxton Beckett	Animal Planet
	Jack of All Trades	Joseph LoDuca	Syndicated
	The Pretender	Velton Ray Bunch and Mark Leggett	NBC
2001^[15]	*Gideon's Crossing*	James Newton Howard	ABC
	Big Apple	Marc Bonilla	CBS
	Soul Food	Kenneth Edmonds and Al Green	Showtime
	Survivor	Russ Landau	CBS
	Thoroughbred	Michael Josephs	Animal Planet
2002^[16]	*Six Feet Under*	Thomas Newman	HBO
	A Day in Their Lives	Mark Leggett	History Channel
	First Monday	Bruce Broughton	CBS
	Justice League	Lolita Ritmanis	Cartoon Network
	Wolf Lake	David Schwartz	CBS
2003^[17]	*Monk*	Jeff Beal	USA
	Boomtown	Philip Giffin	NBC
	Everwood	Blake Neely	The WB
	Miracles	W. G. Snuffy Walden and Joseph Williams	ABC
	Penn and Teller: Bullshit!	Gary Stockdale	Showtime
2004^[18]	*Monk*	Randy Newman	USA
	Deadwood	David Schwartz	HBO
	Monster House	Daniel Mackenzie	Discovery Channel
	Nip/Tuck	Jeffrey Cain, Cedric Lemoyne, and Gregory Slay	FX
	Two and a Half Men	Lee Aronsohn, Grant Geissman, and Chuck Lorre	CBS
2005^[19]	*Desperate Housewives*	Danny Elfman	ABC
	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	James Venable	Cartoon Network
	Huff	W. G. Snuffy Walden	Showtime
	Justice League Unlimited	Michael McCuistion	Cartoon Network
	Stargate Atlantis	Joel Goldsmith	Sci Fi
2006^[20]	*Masters of Horror*	Edward Shearmur	Showtime
	Get Ed	Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner	Toon Disney
	Over There	Chris Gerolmo	FX
	Prison Break	Ramin Djawadi	Fox
	Rome	Jeff Beal	HBO
2007^[21]	*The Tudors*	Trevor Morris	Showtime
	30 Rock	Jeff Richmond	NBC
	Dexter	Rolfe Kent	Showtime
	Hu$tle	Simon Rogers	AMC
	On the Lot	Mark Williams and Jeff Lippencott	Fox
2008^[22]	*Pirate Master*	Russ Landau	CBS
	Canterbury's Law	Tree Adams	Fox
	Kid Nation	Jeff Lippencott and Mark Williams	CBS
	Phineas and Ferb	Dan Povenmire, Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, Michael Hirano Culross, Carl Hill Williams, and Michael Walker	Disney Channel
	Saving Grace	Eric "Everlast" Schrody	TNT
2009^[23]	*Great Performances*	John Williams	PBS
	The Mole	David Michael Frank	ABC
	Sons of Anarchy	Bob Thiele, Dave Kushner, Curtis Stigers, and Kurt Sutter	FX
	Story Makers	Bill Sherman	AMC
	United States of Tara	Tim DeLaughter	Showtime

2010s

Year	Program	Nominee(s)	Network
2009–10 (62nd)^[24]
	*Nurse Jackie*	Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin	Showtime
	Human Target	Bear McCreary	Fox
	Justified	Jason Keaton and Oscar Owens	FX
	Legend of the Seeker^{[note 1]}^[25]	Joseph LoDuca	Syndicated
	Warehouse 13	Edward Rogers	Syfy
2010–11 (63rd)^[26]
	*The Borgias*	Trevor Morris	Showtime
	Any Human Heart	Dan Jones	PBS
	Camelot	Jeff Danna and Mychael Danna	Starz
	Episodes	Mark Thomas	Showtime
	The Kennedys	Sean Callery	ReelzChannel
	Mildred Pierce	Carter Burwell	HBO
2011–12 (64th)^[27]
	*Page Eight*	Paul Englishby	PBS
	Great Expectations	Martin Phipps	PBS
	Hell on Wheels	Gustavo Santaolalla	AMC
	Homeland	Sean Callery	Showtime
	Touch	Lisa Coleman and Wendy Melvoin	Fox
2012–13 (65th)^[28]
	*Da Vinci's Demons*	Bear McCreary	Starz
	The Americans	Nathan Barr	FX
	Copper	Brian Keane	BBC America
	Elementary	Sean Callery	CBS
	Hemlock Grove	Nathan Barr	Netflix
	House of Cards	Jeff Beal	Netflix
2013–14 (66th)^[29]

	*Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey*	Alan Silvestri	Fox
	Black Sails	Bear McCreary	Starz
	Magic City	Daniele Luppi	Starz
	Sleepy Hollow	Brian Tyler and Robert Lydecker	Fox
The Spoils of Babylon	Andrew Feltenstein and John Nau	IFC
2014–15 (67th)^[30]
	*Transparent*	Dustin O'Halloran	Amazon
	The Dovekeepers	Jeff Beal	CBS
	Marco Polo	Daniele Luppi	Netflix
	Penny Dreadful	Abel Korzeniowski	Showtime
	Texas Rising	Bruce Broughton and John Debney	History
	Tyrant	Jeff Danna and Mychael Danna	FX
2015–2016 (68th)^[31]
	*Marvel's Jessica Jones*	Sean Callery	Netflix
	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger	The CW
	Narcos	Rodrigo Amarante	Netflix
	The Night Manager	Victor Reyes	AMC
	Sense8	Johnny Klimek and Tom Tykwer	Netflix
	The Whispers	Robert Duncan	ABC

Individuals with multiple nominations

7 nominations

W. G. Snuffy Walden

4 nominations

3 nominations

2 nominations

Notes

↑ In 2010, Gaby Moreno and Vincent Jones were nominated for the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation. After learning the same theme music had been submitted for the show the previous year, the theme was ruled ineligible and sixth place finisher Joseph LoDuca received the nomination.

References

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Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Limited Series Television Movie Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Reality-Competition Program Animated Program Children's Program Documentary or Nonfiction Series Documentary or Nonfiction Special Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking Informational Series or Special Short-Format Animation Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series Short Form Variety Series Special Class Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Variety Special

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Limited 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 Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series Character Voice-Over Performance Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Directing for a Variety Series Directing for a Variety Special Directing for Nonfiction Programming

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series Writing for a Variety Special Writing for Nonfiction Programming

Creative Arts	Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Cinematography for a Reality Program Commercial Costumes for a Contemporary Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Period/Fantasy Series, Limited Series, or Movie Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Hairstyling for a Limited Series or Movie Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Hairstyling for a Single-Camera Series Individual Achievement in Animation Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Multi-Camera Series or Special (Non-Prosthetic) Makeup for a Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Music Composition for a Series Picture Editing for a Structured or Competition Reality Program Picture Editing for an Unstructured Reality Program Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Limited Series or Movie Production Design for a Narrative Contemporary or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More) Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour or Less) Production Design for a Narrative Period Program (One Hour or More) Sound Editing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera) 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 Series or Movie Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special Special and Visual Effects / Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role Stunt Coordination for a Comedy Series or Variety Program Stunt Coordination for a Drama Series, Limited Series, or Movie

Engineering	Engineering Philo T. Farnsworth Award

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Picture Editing for Reality Programming Program of the Year Reality Program Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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