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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special
...| Primetime Emmy Award for Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1955 |
| Currently held by | Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2023) |
| Website | emmys |
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special.
Starting in 2019, the category recognizes scripted programs. Unscripted programs compete for Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special.[1]
Winners and nominations
1950s
| Year | Program | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Dragnet | Walter Schumann | NBC |
| Amahl and the Night Visitors | Gian-Carlo Menotti | NBC | |
| A Christmas Carol | Bernard Herrmann | CBS | |
| Light's Diamond Jubilee | Victor Young | [note 1] | |
| Medic | NBC | ||
| 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 | Program | Nominee(s) | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | No Award Given | ||
| 1961 | No Award Given | ||
| 1962 | Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years | Richard Rodgers | ABC |
| The Price of Tomatoes | Leith Stevens | NBC | |
| Project XX | Robert Russell Bennett | ||
| Second Chance | John Williams | ABC | |
| Vincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait | Jacques Belasco | NBC | |
| 1963 | Project XX | Robert Russell Bennett | NBC |
| The Dick Powell Show | Joseph Mullendore | NBC | |
| Flashing Spikes | John Williams | ABC | |
| Labyrinth | Gian-Carlo Menotti | NBC | |
| 1964 | |||
| The Making of the President 1960 | Elmer Bernstein | ABC | |
| East Side/West Side | Kenyon Hopkins | CBS | |
| Elizabeth Taylor in London | John Barry | ||
| Greece: The Golden Age | George Kleinsinger | NBC | |
| The Kremlin | Georges Auric | ||
| Saga of a Western Man | Ulpio Minucci, Joe Moon and Rayburn Wright | ABC | |
| 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