Here Are the 2024 Primetime Emmy Nominees in All 7 Music Categories

In the nominations for the 76th annual Emmy Awards, which were announced on Wednesday (July 17), Rickey Minor has two of the five nods for outstanding music direction. Minor is nominated for his work on The Oscars and The 46th Kennedy Center Honors. He has won twice in the category, for his work on Taking the Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America (2017) and The Kennedy Center Honors (2020).

The other nominees in the category this year include the 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which had three music directors – Adam Blackstone, Don Was and Omar Edwards. Like Minor, Blackstone and Was are past winners in this category.

Two-time Oscar winner Hans Zimmer has three nominations across the seven music categories in the Primetime Emmy nods. He’s up for two awards (alongside Kara Talve) for his work on The Tattoist of Auschwitz and for a third for his work on Planet Earth III.

Others with two nods in music categories, besides Minor and Talve, include Marc Shaiman, Saturday Night Live’s Eli Brueggemann and the team of Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross and Nick Chuba.

Maya Rudolph, who is nominated for outstanding music and lyrics for co-writing “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue” for her hosting turn on Saturday Night Live, has three other nominations this year in non-music categories. She is nominated in performance categories for SNL and Loot and character voiceover for Big Mouth.

Final-round online voting begins Aug. 15. The 76th Emmy Awards will broadcast live on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 8 to 11 p.m. ET/5 to 8 p.m. PT, from the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live, and stream the next day on Hulu. The 76th Creative Arts Emmy Awards take place at the Peacock Theater over two nights on Saturday, Sept. 7, and Sunday, Sept. 8, with an edited presentation to air on Saturday, Sept. 14, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FXX.

Emmy Award winners Jesse Collins and Dionne Harmon along with Emmy-nominated Jeannae Rouzan-Clay of Jesse Collins Entertainment are set to return as executive producers of the 76th Emmy Awards.

Outstanding music direction

The 46th Kennedy Center Honors • CBS • Done + Dusted in association with ROK Productions; Rickey Minor, Music Director

Late Night With Seth Meyers • Episode 1488 • NBC • Universal Television and Broadway Video; Fred Armisen, Eli Janney, Music Directors

The Oscars • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Rickey Minor, Music Director

2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony • ABC • Tenth Planet Productions; Adam Blackstone, Don Was, Omar Edwards, Music Directors

Saturday Night Live • Host: Ryan Gosling • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann, Music Directors

Outstanding original music and lyrics

Girls5eva • “New York” / Song Title: “The Medium Time” • Netflix • Universal Television for Netflix; Sara Bareilles, Music & Lyrics

Only Murders In The Building • “Sitzprobe” / Song Title: “Which of the Pickwick Triplets Did It?” • Hulu • 20th Television; Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman, Music & Lyrics

Saturday Night Live • “Host: Maya Rudolph” / Song Title: “Maya Rudolph Mother’s Day Monologue” • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Eli Brueggemann, Music; Maya Rudolph, Auguste White, Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Lyrics

The Tattooist of Auschwitz • “Episode 6” / Song Title: “Love Will Survive” • Peacock • Synchronicity Films, Peacock, SKY Studios; Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer, Walter Afanasieff, Music; Charlie Midnight, Lyrics

True Detective: Night Country • “Part 5” / Song Title: “No Use” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger; John Hawkes, Music & Lyrics

Outstanding music composition for a series (original dramatic score)

The Crown • “Sleep, Dearie Sleep” • Netflix • Left Bank Pictures and Sony Pictures Television for Netflix; Martin Phipps, Composer

Mr. & Mrs. Smith • “First Date” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Big Indie Pictures; David Fleming, Composer

Only Murders in the Building • “Sitzprobe” • Hulu • 20th Television; Siddhartha Khosla, Composer

Palm Royale • “Maxine Saves a Cat” • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Jeff Toyne, Composer

Shōgun • “Servants of Two Masters” • FX • FX Productions; Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, Composers

Silo • “Freedom Day” • Apple TV+ • AMC Studios in association with Apple; Atli Örvarsson, Composer

Slow Horses • “Strange Games” • Apple TV+ • See-Saw Films in association with Apple; Daniel Pemberton, Toydrum, Composers

Outstanding music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special (original dramatic score)

All The Light We Cannot See • “Episode 4” • Netflix • 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix; James Newton Howard, Composer

Fargo • “Blanket” • FX • FX Presents an MGM/FXP Production; Jeff Russo, Composer

Lawmen: Bass Reeves • “Part I” • Paramount+ • MTV Entertainment Studios, 101 Studios, Bosque Ranch Productions and Yoruba Saxon; Chanda Dancy, Composer

Lessons in Chemistry • “Book of Calvin” • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Carlos Rafael Rivera, Composer

The Tattooist of Auschwitz • “Episode 1” • Peacock • Synchronicity Films, Peacock, SKY Studios; Kara Talve, Hans Zimmer, Composers

Outstanding music composition for a documentary series or special (original dramatic score)

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films and Castle Rock Entertainment; Marc Shaiman, Composer

Beckham • “Seeing Red” • Netflix • A Netflix Documentary Series / A Studio 99 Production in association with Ventureland; Anže Rozman, Camilo Forero, Composers

Jim Henson Idea Man • Disney+ • Imagine Documentaries Productions, Disney Branded Television; David Fleming, Composer

Planet Earth III • “Extremes” • BBC America • A BBC Studios Natural History Unit Production co-produced with BBC America, ZDF and France Télévisions for BBC; Jacob Shea, Sara Barone, Hans Zimmer, Composers

Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed • HBO | Max • HBO Documentary Films presents an Altitude Film Entertainment; Production in association with Berlanti/Schechter Films and Dog Star Films; Laura Karpman, Composer

Outstanding original main title theme music

Feud: Capote vs. the Swans • FX • FX Productions, 20th Television; Thomas Newman, Composer

Lessons in Chemistry • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Carlos Rafael Rivera, Composer

Masters of the Air • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios with Amblin Television / Playtone; Blake Neely, Composer

Palm Royale • Apple TV+ • Apple Studios; Jeff Toyne, Composer

Shōgun • FX • FX Productions; Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, Nick Chuba, Composers

Outstanding music supervision

Baby Reindeer • “Episode 4” • Netflix • A Netflix Series / A Clerkenwell Films Production; Catherine Grieves, Music Supervisor

Fallout • “The End” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios and Kilter Films in association with Bethesda Game Studios and Bethesda Softworks; Trygge Toven, Music Supervisor

Fargo • “The Tragedy of the Commons” • FX • FX Presents an MGM/FXP Production; Maggie Phillips, Music Supervisor

Mr. & Mrs. Smith • “A Breakup” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Big Indie Pictures; Jen Malone, Music Supervisor

Only Murders in the Building • “Grab Your Hankies” • Hulu • 20th Television; Bruce Gilbert, Lauren Marie Mikus, Music Supervisors

True Detective: Night Country • “Part 4” • HBO | Max • HBO in association with Peligrosa, Neon Black, Anonymous Content, Parliament of Owls and Passenger; Susan Jacobs, Music Supervisor