Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special

Primetime Emmy Award for Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special
Awarded for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special
Country United States
Presented by Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
First awarded 1955
Currently held by Victor Reyes,
The Night Manager (2016)
Official website emmys.com

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special.

Winners and nominations

1950s

Year Title Nominee
1955 Dragnet Walter Schumann
Amahl and the Night Visitors Gian-Carlo Menotti
A Christmas Carol Bernard Herrmann
Light's Diamond Jubilee Victor Young
Medic
1956 No Award Given
1957 No Award Given
1958 No Award Given
1959 No Award Given

Note: The award presented in 1955 was for "Best Original Music Composed for TV"

1960s

Year Title Nominee(s)
1960 No Award Given
1961 No Award Given
1962 Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years Richard Rodgers
Alcoa Premiere: Second Chance John Williams
The Dick Powell Show: The Price of Tomatoes Leith Stevens
Project XX Robert Russell Bennett
Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait Jacques Belasco
1963 Project XX Robert Russell Bennett
Alcoa Premiere: Flashing Spikes John Williams
The Dick Powell Show Joseph Mullendore
Labyrinth Gian-Carlo Menotti
1964 The Making of the President, 1960 Elmer Bernstein
East Side/West Side Kenyon Hopkins
Elizabeth Taylor in London John Barry
Greece: The Golden Age George Kleinsinger
The Kremlin Georges Auric
Saga of a Western Man Ulpio Minucci
Joe Moon
Rayburn Wright
1965 No Award Given
1966 No Award Given
1967 No Award Given
1968 No Award Given
1969 No Award Given

Note: Award titled Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television 1962–64

1970s

Year Title Nominee(s)
1970 The Challengers Pete Rugolo
Gene Kelly's Wonderful World of Girls Van Alexander
1971 The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau Walter Scharf
Do You Take This Stranger? Pete Rugolo
Hamlet John Addison
1972 Jane Eyre John Williams
Brian's Song Michel Legrand
The Snow Goose Carl Davis
1973 The Red Pony Jerry Goldsmith
A Brand New Life Billy Goldenberg
Liza with a Z John Kander
Fred Ebb
1974 The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman Fred Karlin
A Man Whose Name Was John Laurence Rosenthal
Migrants Billy Goldenberg
1975 QB VII Jerry Goldsmith
Queen of the Stardust Ballroom Billy Goldenberg
1976 Babe Jerry Goldsmith
Dark Victory Billy Goldenberg
Gypsy in My Soul Cy Coleman
The Supercops Jack Urbont
1977 Sybil Leonard Rosenman
Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Eleanor and Franklin: The White House Years John Barry
Helter Skelter Billy Goldenberg
Minstrel Man Fred Karlin
Raid on Entebbe David Shire
1978 See How She Runs Jimmie Haskell
Actor Billy Goldenberg
The Defection of Simas Kudirka David Shire
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women Dick DeBenedictis
1979 Friendly Fire Leonard Rosenman
First, You Cry Peter Matz
The Hal Linden Special Ken Welch
Mitzie Welch
The Word Alex North

1980s

Year Title Nominee
1980 High Midnight Jerry Fielding
The Last Convertible Pete Rugolo
Salem's Lot Harry Sukman
The Silent Lovers Gerald Fried
1981 Masada (Episodes I–II) Jerry Goldsmith
Father Damien: The Leper Priest Peter Matz
Dance in America – The Tempest (Great Performances) Paul Chihara
Homeward Bound Fred Karlin
Masada (Episodes III–IV) Morton Stevens
1982 The Princess and the Cabbie Patrick Williams
Ivanhoe Allyn Ferguson
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Billy Goldenberg
Killjoy Bruce Broughton
The Letter Laurence Rosenthal
A Woman Called Golda Michel Legrand
1983 Rage of Angels Billy Goldenberg
The Blue and the Gray Bruce Broughton
Drop-Out Father Peter Matz
The Thorn Birds: Part 1 Henry Mancini
V Joe Harnell
Who Will Love My Children? Laurence Rosenthal
1984 The First Olympics: Athens 1896 Bruce Broughton
Concealed Enemies Jonathan Tunick
Master of the Game Allyn Ferguson
Mystic Warrior Gerald Fried
Something About Amelia Mark Snow
1985 Camille Allyn Ferguson
Do You Remember Love David Shire
Murder with Mirrors Richard Rodney Bennett
Seduced Patrick Williams
1986 Peter the Great Laurence Rosenthal
Death of a Salesman Alex North
An Early Frost John Kander
A Letter to Three Wives Johnny Mandel
North and South Bill Conti
1987 Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna Laurence Rosenthal
The Last Days of Patton Allyn Ferguson
LBJ: The Early Years Johnny Mandel
Nutcracker: Money, Madness & Murder Billy Goldenberg
Under the Influence Nan Schwartz
1988 The Bourne Identity Laurence Rosenthal
April Morning Allyn Ferguson
Foxfire Johnny Mandel
Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story Gerald Fried
Perry Mason: The Case of the Avenging Ace Dick DeBenedictis
1989 Lonesome Dove Basil Poledouris
Bridge to Silence Fred Karlin
The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro Chris Boardman
Pancho Barnes Allyn Ferguson
War and Remembrance Bob Cobert

1990s

Year Program Episode Nominee Network
1991[1]
The Shell Seekers — James Di Pasquale ABC
Do You Know the Muffin Man? — Lee Holdridge CBS
The Kennedys of Massachusetts "Part 3" David Shire ABC
Last Flight Out — Christopher Young NBC
The Old Man and the Sea — Bruce Broughton
People Like Us "Part 2" Billy Goldenberg
The Phantom of the Opera "Part 2" John Addison
1991[2]
Stephen King's It "Part 1" Richard Bellis ABC
Decoration Day — Patrick Williams NBC
Johnny Ryan — Chris Boardman
The Killing Mind — James Di Pasquale Lifetime
Lies Before Kisses — Don Davis CBS
1992[3]
O Pioneers! — Bruce Broughton CBS
Doublecrossed — Richard Bellis HBO
Fire in the Dark — Arthur Kempel CBS
A Little Piece of Heaven — Don Davis NBC
Survive the Savage Sea — Fred Karlin ABC
1993[4]
Danielle Steele's Jewels "Part 1" Patrick Williams NBC
An American Story — Mark Snow CBS
Call of the Wild — Lee Holdridge
Mortal Sins — Joseph Conlan USA
The Sea Wolf — Charles Bernstein TNT
1994[5]
Lush Life — Lennie Niehaus Showtime
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble — Richard Bellis ABC
Geronimo — Patrick Williams TNT
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All "Part 1" Mark Snow CBS
The Stand "Part 4" W. G. Snuffy Walden ABC
1995[6]
Young Indiana Jones and the Hollywood Follies — Laurence Rosenthal Family Channel
Buffalo Girls "Part 1" Lee Holdridge CBS
Children of the Dust "Part 1" Mark Snow
Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long — Patrick Williams TNT
30 Years of National Geographic Specials — Jay Chattaway NBC
1996[7]
The Canterville Ghost — Ernest Troost ABC
Annie: A Royal Adventure! — David Michael Frank ABC
Dead Man's Walk "Part 1" David Bell
Norma Jean & Marilyn — Christopher Young HBO
The Tuskegee Airmen — Lee Holdridge
1997[8]
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Travels with Father — Laurence Rosenthal Family Channel
After Jimmy — Patrick Williams CBS
Calm at Sunset — Ernest Troost
Quicksilver Highway — Mark Mothersbaugh Fox
True Women — Bruce Broughton CBS
1998[9]
Glory & Honor — Bruce Broughton TNT
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone — Mark Adler ABC
From the Earth to the Moon "1968" Michael Kamen HBO
House of Frankenstein "Part 2" Don Davis NBC
Merlin "Part 1" Trevor Jones
1999[10]
Alice in Wonderland — Richard Hartley NBC
David and Lisa — Marco Beltrami ABC
Mutiny — Lee Holdridge NBC
Rear Window — David Shire ABC
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You — Carl Johnson

2000s

Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
2000[11]
RKO 281 — John Altman HBO
Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder — Ernest Troost CBS
Don Quixote — Richard Hartley TNT
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble — Charles Bernstein Showtime
Walking with Dinosaurs — Ben Bartlett Discovery Channel
2001[12]
For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story — Arturo Sandoval HBO
Bailey's Mistake — Mason Daring ABC
Haven — Lawrence Shragge CBS
Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot — Martin Davich NBC
Papa's Angels — Velton Ray Bunch CBS
2002[13]
Shackleton "Part 2" Adrian Johnston A&E
Dinner with Friends — Dave Grusin HBO
Last Call — Brian Tyler Showtime
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story "Part 2" Rupert Gregson-Williams CBS
The Mists of Avalon "Part 1" Lee Holdridge TNT
We Were the Mulvaneys — Patrick Williams Lifetime
2003[14]
Eloise at the Plaza — Bruce Broughton ABC
Hitler: The Rise of Evil — Normand Corbeil CBS
The Lost World "Part 2" Robert Lane A&E
Martin and Lewis — Ernest Troost CBS
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone — John Altman Showtime
2004[15]
Eloise at Christmastime — Bruce Broughton ABC
Dance in America: Lar Lubovitch's Othello (Great Performances) — Elliot Goldenthal PBS
Fallen Angel — Ernest Troost CBS
Helter Skelter — Mark Snow
The Last King "Part 2" Robert Lane A&E
The Nazi Officer's Wife — Sheldon Mirowitz
2005[16]
Warm Springs — Bruce Broughton HBO
Miracle Run — Joseph Conlan Lifetime
Pride — George Fenton A&E
Revelations "Part 1" Joseph Vitarelli NBC
Salem's Lot — Christopher Gordon and Lisa Gerrard TNT
Sometimes in April — Bruno Coulais HBO
2006[17]
Into the West — Geoff Zanelli TNT
The Dive from Clausen's Pier — Bruce Broughton Lifetime
Human Trafficking "Part 1" Normand Corbeil
Sleeper Cell "Al-Faitha" Paul Haslinger Showtime
The Water Is Wide — Jeff Beal CBS
2007[18]
Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King "Battleground" Jeff Beal TNT
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters — Todd Boekelheide HBO
Broken Trail — David Mansfield and Van Dyke Parks AMC
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — George S. Clinton HBO
The Librarian: Return to King Solomon's Mines — Joseph LoDuca TNT
Longford — Robert Lane HBO
The Path to 9/11 — John Cameron ABC
2008[19]
The Company "Part 1" Jeff Beal TNT
Bernard and Doris — Alex Wurman HBO
For One More Day — Lennie Niehaus ABC
John Adams "Independence" Robert Lane HBO
Masters of Science Fiction "Jerry Was a Man" Laura Karpman Showtime
Sense and Sensibility — Martin Phipps PBS
2009[20]
Into the Storm — Howard Goodall HBO
24: Redemption — Sean Callery Fox
Grey Gardens — Rachel Portman HBO
Little Dorrit "Part 5" John Lunn PBS
Loving Leah — Jeff Beal CBS
Taking Chance — Marcelo Zarvos HBO

2010s

Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network
2010[21]
Temple Grandin — Alex Wurman HBO
Georgia O'Keeffe — Jeff Beal Lifetime
Blessed is the Match (Independent Lens) — Todd Boekelheide PBS
The Pacific "Part 10" Blake Neely, Geoff Zanelli, and Hans Zimmer HBO
When Love Is Not Enough: The Lois Wilson Story — Lawrence Shragge CBS
You Don't Know Jack — Marcelo Zarvos HBO
2011[22]
Mildred Pierce "Part 5" Carter Burwell HBO
Any Human Heart "Part 2" Dan Jones PBS
The Pillars of the Earth "Anarchy" Trevor Morris Starz
Sherlock: A Study in Pink — David Arnold and Michael Price PBS
Thurgood — Rob Mathes HBO
2012[23]
Hemingway & Gellhorn — Javier Navarrete HBO
Game Change — Theodore Shapiro HBO
Hatfields & McCoys "Part 1" John Debney and Tony Morales History
Missing "The Hard Drive" Robert Duncan and Kim Planert ABC
Prep & Landing: Naughty vs. Nice — Michael Giacchino
Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia — David Arnold and Michael Price PBS
2013[24]
World Without End "Medieval Life and Death" Mychael Danna ReelzChannel
The Girl — Phillip Miller HBO
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God — Ivor Guest and Robert Logan
Parade's End "Part 5" Dirk Brossé
Restless — Lorne Balfe Sundance Channel
Ring of Fire — Anton Sanko Lifetime
2014[25]
Sherlock: His Last Vow — David Arnold and Michael Price PBS
American Horror Story: Coven "The Seven Wonders" James S. Levine FX
Clear History — Ludovic Bource HBO
Fargo "The Crocodile's Dilemma" Jeff Russo FX
Herblock: The Black & the White — Rob Mathes HBO
The White Queen "The Final Battle" John Lunn Starz
2015[26]
Bessie — Rachel Portman HBO
24: Live Another Day "11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m." Sean Callery Fox
American Horror Story: Freak Show "Orphans" Mac Quayle FX
Away and Back — William Ross Hallmark Channel
The Missing "Eden" Dominik Scherrer Starz
Sofia the First: The Curse of Princess Ivy — Kevin Kliesch Disney Channel
2016[27]
The Night Manager "Part 2" Victor Reyes AMC
All the Way — James Newton Howard HBO
Descendants — David Lawrence Disney Channel
Fargo "Loplop" Jeff Russo FX
Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise — Jeff Beal Hallmark Channel
War & Peace "Part 1" Martin Phipps Lifetime

Composers with multiple awards

6 awards
5 awards
4 awards
2 awards

Composers with multiple nominations

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