Winners of the 74th Annual Emmy Awards Music Categories

This year’s Emmy Awards were hosted by Kenan Thompson in person at L.A.’s Microsoft Theater. The big winners of the 74th Annual Emmy Awards were Succession, Ted Lasso, and The White Lotus. Ted Lasso won Outstanding Comedy for the second year in a row, The White Lotus won Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series, and Succession won Outstanding Drama Series. HBO’s Euphoria took home an Emmy in 6 categories this year, including Zendaya’s win for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Drama Series.

Music Supervisor Nora Felder

The Emmy for Outstanding Music Supervision was first introduced five years ago. The award was presented for the first three years in a row to Amazon Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for the music supervision by Robin Urdang, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and Dan Palladino. Last year a new winner emerged when the Emmy was awarded to Matt Biffa and Ciara Elwis for the HBO series I May Destroy You. After Stranger Things season 4 took over Tunefind and the internet as a whole, music supervisor Nora Felder took home the Emmy this year in the category of Outstanding Music Supervision. Felder has been recognized in the category a total of 4 times for her work in Stranger Things. This year is her first win in the category. Upon release of Stranger Things season 4, ‘Running Up That Hill’ by Kate Bush surged in popularity and made the 80s song a hit again. It started climbing the charts and reached no. 1 on iTunes. Season 4 of Stranger Things has reminded the world what a great sync placement can do for a project, thanks to Nora’s work as the music supervisor. 

The 2022 Creative Arts Emmy Awards ceremony was held over two nights on September 3rd and 4th. An edited presentation of the ceremonies was broadcast on Saturday, Sept. 10 on FXX, and will be available to stream on Hulu from Sept. 11 – 27. The 74th Primetime Emmy Awards aired Monday, September 12th, live on NBC and on the Peacock streaming service for the first time. In terms of the Creative Arts and Primetime Emmy awards combined, HBO and HBOMax grabbed 37 trophies, while Netflix earned 26. Hulu and Apple TV+ nabbed 10 and 9 wins across the board, respectively. Disney+ also had 9 wins, and Amazon Prime Video won 7 awards. 

Series composer Cristobal Tapia de Veer took home two Emmys this year for Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score), and Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music, for his work in HBO’s The White Lotus. Composer Theodore Shapiro took home his first Emmy in the Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score) category for his work in Apple TV+’s Severance.

First-time Emmy winners included Theodore Shapiro and Cristobal Tapia de Veer, as well as Cinco Paul, who won the Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics category for his work in Apple TV+’s Schmigadoon!, and David Schwartz for Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) for his work in Amazon Prime Video’s Lucy And Desi.

Adam Blackstone was awarded the Emmy for outstanding music direction for his work on the Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent.

Review all of the nominees and winners in the 74th Annual Emmy Award music categories below.

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION

Nora Felder for Stranger Things: Episode 404 “Dear Billy”
Thomas Golubić for Better Call Saul: Episode 605 “Black and Blue”
Jen Malone for Euphoria: Episode 201 “Trying To Get To Heaven Before They Close The Door”
Gabe Hilfer for Ozark: Episode 408 “The Cousin of Death”
Robin Urdang for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Episode 408 “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?”
Janet Lopez for The White Lotus: Episode 106 “Departures”

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

Theodore Shapiro for Severance: Episode 109 “The We We Are”
Natalie Holt for Loki: Episode 101 “Glorious Purpose”
Siddhartha Khosla for Only Murders In The Building: Episode 107 “The Boy from 6B”
Christopher Willis for Schmigadoon!: Episode 101 “Schmigadoon!”
Nicholas Britell for Succession: Episode 308 “Chiantishire”
Blake Neely for The Flight Attendant: Episode 203 “The Reykjavík Ice Sculpture Festival Is Lovely This Time Of Year”

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A LIMITED SERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

Cristobal Tapia de Veer for The White Lotus: Episode 103 “Mysterious Monkeys”
Brian Tyler and Breton Vivian for 1883: Episode 101 “1899”
Nathan Barr for A Very British Scandal: Episode 101 “Episode 1”
Hesham Nazih for Moon Knight: Episode 105 “Asylum”
Dan Romer for Station Eleven: Episode 110 “Unbroken Circle”

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A DOCUMENTARY SERIES OR SPECIAL (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

David Schwartz for Lucy And Desi
Nainita Desai for 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
Mychael Danna and Harry Gregson-Williams for Return To Space
Jessica Jones for The Tinder Swindler
Terence Blanchard for They Call Me Magic: Episode 103 “Earvin”

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC

‘Aloha! (Main Title Theme)
Performed by Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Featured in The White Lotus, HBO

‘TVA Title Card’
Performed by Natalie Holt
Featured in Loki, Disney+

‘Main Title’
Performed by Siddhartha Khosla
Featured in The Only Murders in the Building, Hulu

‘Main Titles’
Performed by Theodore Shapiro
Featured in Severance, Apple TV +

‘Way Back Then’
Performed by Jung Jae Il
Featured in Squid Game, Netflix

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS

Schmigadoon!’
Performed by Alan Cumming and Kristin Chenoweth
Featured in Schmigadoon!: Episode 101 “Schmigadoon!”
Music and lyrics by: Cinco Paul

Elliot’s Song
Performed by Dominic Fike and Zendaya
Featured in Euphoria: Episode 208 “All My Life, My Heart Has Yearned For A Thing I Cannot Name”
Music and lyrics by: Labrinth
Lyrics by: Muzhda Zemar-McKenzie and Zendaya

‘​​I’m Tired
Performed by Labrinth and Zendaya
Featured in Euphoria
Music and lyrics by: Labrinth
Lyrics by Zendaya and Sam Levinson

Maybe Monica
Performed by Josh A. Dawson
Featured in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Episode 405 “How To Chew Quietly And Influence People”
Music and lyrics by: Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore

​‘The Forever Now
Performed by Mandy Moore
Featured in This Is Us: Episode 613 “Day Of The Wedding”
Music by: Siddhartha Khosla
Lyrics by: Taylor Goldsmith

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