This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.

Contents 1 Winners and Nominees 1.1 1970s 1.2 1980s 1.3 1990s 1.4 2000s 2 External links

[edit] Winners and Nominees

[edit] 1970s

Year	Series	Network	Recipient(s)
1975	Benjamin Franklin	CBS	Billy Goldenberg
	The Streets of San Francisco	ABC	Patrick Williams
1976	Rich Man, Poor Man	ABC	Alex North
	Bronk	CBS	Jack Urbont
	Kojak	CBS	John Cacavas
	Little House on the Prairie	NBC	David Rose
1977	Roots	ABC	Quincy Jones Gerald Fried
	Bronk	CBS	Jack Urbont
	Captains and the Kings	NBC	Elmer Bernstein
	Police Story	NBC	Dick DeBenedictis
	Roots	ABC	Gerald Fried
1978	King	NBC	Billy Goldenberg
	Columbo	NBC	Patrick Williams
	Holocaust	NBC	Morton Gould
	The Awakening Land	NBC	Fred Karlin
	Wheels	NBC	Morton Stevens
1979	Little House on the Prairie	NBC	David Rose
	Dear Detective	CBS	Dick DeBenedictis Dean DeBenedictis
	Lou Grant	CBS	Patrick Williams
	The Paper Chase	CBS	Charles Fox Norman Gimbel

[edit] 1980s

Year	Series	Episode	Network	Recipient(s)
1980	Lou Grant	"Hollywood"	CBS	Patrick Williams
	Dallas	"The Lost Child"	CBS	Bruce Broughton
	Eischied	"Only the Pretty Girls Die, Part II"	NBC	John Cacavas
	Paris	"Decisions"	CBS	Fred Karlin
	Skag	"Pilot"	NBC	Billy Goldenberg
1981	Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	"The Satyr"	NBC	Bruce Broughton
	Hill Street Blues	"Hill Street Station"	NBC	Mike Post
	Little House on the Prairie	"The Lost Ones, Part I"	NBC	David Rose
	Lou Grant	"Stroke"	CBS	Patrick Williams
	The Gangster Chronicles	"Chapter 1"	NBC	Billy Goldenberg
1982	Little House on the Prairie	"He Was Only Twelve, Part II"	NBC	David Rose
	Dallas	"The Search"	CBS	Bruce Broughton
	Lou Grant	"Hometown"	CBS	Patrick Williams
	The Incredible Hulk	"The Triangle"	CBS	Joe Harnell
1983	Dallas	"The Ewing Blues"	CBS	Bruce Broughton
	Fame	"Not in Kansas Anymore"	NBC	William Goldstein
	Father Murphy	"Sweet Sixteen"	NBC	David Rose
	Knots Landing	"Loss of Innocence"	CBS	Jerrold Immel
	The Devlin Connection	"Ring of Kings, Ring of Thieves"	NBC	Nan Schwartz
1984	Dallas	"The Letter"	CBS	Bruce Broughton
	Emerald Point N.A.S.	"The Homecoming"	CBS	Angela Morley
	Mr. Smith	"Mr. Smith Falls in Love"	NBC	Patrick Williams
	St. Elsewhere	"In Sickness and in Health"	NBC	J.A.C. Redford
	Trapper John, M.D.	"Send in the Clowns"	CBS	John Parker
1985	Murder, She Wrote	"The Murder of Sherlock Holmes"	CBS	John Addison
	Cagney & Lacey	"Organized Crime"	CBS	Nan Schwartz
	Dynasty	"Triangles"	ABC	Angela Morley
	Highway to Heaven	"Thoroughbreds"	NBC	David Rose
	Miami Vice	"Evan"	NBC	Jan Hammer
	St. Elsewhere	"Fade to White"	NBC	J.A.C. Redford
1986	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	"We're Off to See the Wizard"	CBS	Arthur B. Rubinstein
	Dynasty	"The Subpoenas"	ABC	Angela Morley
	Miami Vice	"Bushido"	NBC	Jan Hammer
	Moonlighting	"The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"	ABC	Alf Clausen
1987	Knots Landing	"Cement the Relationship"	CBS	Joel Rosenbaum
	Dallas	"A Death in the Family"	CBS	Angela Morley
	Jack and Mike	"Come Together"	ABC	Nan Schwartz
	Matlock	"The Chef"	NBC	Dick DeBenedictis
	Moonlighting	"Atomic Shakespeare"	ABC	Alf Clausen
	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	"Here's Why You Should Never Wear High Heels to the Bank"	NBC	Patrick Williams
1988	Beauty and the Beast	"Pilot"	CBS	Lee Holdridge
	Beauty and the Beast	"To Reign in Hell"	CBS	Don Davis
	Dallas	"Hustling"	CBS	Angela Morley
	Moonlighting	"Here's Living with You, Kid"	ABC	Alf Clausen
	The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd	"Here's Why You Shouldn't Get Too Attached to Your Cat"	NBC	Patrick Williams
1989	Falcon Crest	"Dust to Dust"	CBS	Joel Rosenbaum
	Blue Skies	"The White Horse"	CBS	Angela Morley
	Columbo	"Murder, Smoke and Shadows"	ABC	Patrick Williams
	Moonlighting	"A Womb with a View"	ABC	Alf Clausen
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	"The Child"	Syndicated	Dennis McCarthy

[edit] 1990s

Year	Series	Episode	Network	Recipient(s)
1990	Beauty and the Beast	"A Time to Heal"	CBS	Don Davis
	Matlock	"The Clown"	NBC	Bruce Babcock
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	"Yesterday's Enterprise"	Syndicated	Dennis McCarthy
	Twin Peaks	"Traces to Nowhere"	ABC	Angelo Badalamenti
1991	The Young Riders	"Kansas"	ABC	John Debney
	Father Dowling Mysteries	"The Consulting Detective Mystery"	ABC	Bruce Babcock
	Jake and the Fatman	"God Bless the Child"	CBS	Joel Rosenbaum
	My Life and Times	"The Collapse of '98"	ABC	Don Davis
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	"Half a Life"	Syndicated	Dennis McCarthy
1992	Matlock	"The Strangler"	NBC	Bruce Babcock
	In the Heat of the Night	"Family Reunion"	NBC	Nan Schwartz
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	"Unification, Part I"	Syndicated	Dennis McCarthy
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror II"	Fox	Alf Clausen
1993	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	"Young Indiana Jones and the Scandal of 1920"	ABC	Joel McNeely
	Murder, She Wrote	"Wind Around the Tower"	CBS	Bruce Babcock
	Quantum Leap	"Lee Harvey Oswald, Part I"	NBC	Velton Ray Bunch
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror III"	Fox	Alf Clausen
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	"Vienna, 1908"	ABC	Laurence Rosenthal
1994	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	"Ireland, 1916"	ABC	Laurence Rosenthal
	Christy	"Pilot"	CBS	Ron Ramin
	SeaQuest DSV	"Whale Song"	NBC	Don Davis
	Star Trek: The Next Generation	"All Good Things..."	Syndicated	Dennis McCarthy
	The Simpsons	"Cape Feare"	Fox	Alf Clausen
1995	SeaQuest DSV	"Daggers"	NBC	Don Davis
	Murder, She Wrote	"Murder in High C"	CBS	Bruce Babcock
	Star Trek: Voyager	"Heroes and Demons"	UPN	Dennis McCarthy
	Star Trek: Voyager	"Caretaker, Part I"	UPN	Jay Chattaway
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror V"	Fox	Alf Clausen
1996	Picture Windows	"Language of the Heart"	Showtime	Hummie Mann
	Diagnosis Murder	"Mind Over Murder"	CBS	Dick DeBenedictis
	SeaQuest DSV	"Brave New World"	NBC	Russ Landau
	Space: Above and Beyond	"The River of Stars"	Fox	Shirley Walker
	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	"Our Man Bashir"	Syndicated	Jay Chattaway
1997	The Cape	"Pilot"	Syndicated	John Debney Louis Febre
	Early Edition	"The Choice"	CBS	W.G. Snuffy Walden
	Orleans	"Pilot"	CBS	David Hamilton
	The X-Files	"Paper Hearts"	Fox	Mark Snow
	Xena: Warrior Princess	"Destiny"	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca
1998	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	"Becoming, Part I"	The WB	Christophe Beck
	Roar	"Pilot"	Fox	Jon Ehrlich
	Stargate SG-1	"The Nox"	Showtime	Joel Goldsmith
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror VIII"	Fox	Alf Clausen
	The X-Files	"The Post-Modern Prometheus"	Fox	Mark Snow
1999	Invasion America	"Final Mission"	The WB	Carl Johnson
	Fantasy Island	"Pilot"	ABC	John Ottman
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror IX"	Fox	Alf Clausen
	The X-Files	S.R. 819"	Fox	Mark Snow
	Xena: Warrior Princess	"Devi"	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca

[edit] 2000s

Year	Series	Episode	Network	Recipient(s)
2000	Xena: Warrior Princess	"Fallen Angel"	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca
	Falcone	"Lealta"	CBS	Jay Gruska
	Felicity	"Help for the Lovelorn"	WB	Danny Pelfrey Snuffy Walden
	Star Trek: Voyager	"Spirit Folk"	UPN	Jay Chattaway
	The X-Files	"Thief"	Fox	Mark Snow
2001	Star Trek: Voyager	"Endgame"	UPN	Jay Chattaway
	The Simpsons	"Simpson Safari"	Fox	Alf Clausen
	Star Trek: Voyager	"Workforce, Part I"	UPN	Dennis McCarthy
	The West Wing	"In the Shadow of Two Gunmen"	NBC	Snuffy Walden
	Xena: Warrior Princess	"The Rheingold"	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca
2002	The Blue Planet	"Seas of Life: Ocean World"	Discovery Channel	George Fenton
	24	"7 a.m.-8 a.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	JAG	"Adrift, Part II"	CBS	Steven Bramson
	The X-Files	"The Truth"	Fox	Mark Snow
	Xena: Warrior Princess	"A Friend in Need, Part II"	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca
2003	24	"Day 2: 10 p.m.-11 p.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	The Agency	"The Great Game"	CBS	Jason Derlatka Jon Ehrlich
	Enterprise	"The Expanse"	UPN	Dennis McCarthy
	JAG	"Need to Know"	CBS	Steven Bramson
	Odyssey 5	"Pilot"	Showtime	Laura Karpman
2004	Enterprise	"Similitude"	UPN	Velton Ray Bunch
	24	"Day 3: 6 a.m.-7 a.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	Dead Like Me	"Pilot"	Showtime	Stewart Copeland
	Line of Fire	"Eminence Front"	ABC	Larry Groupé
	Pandemic: Facing AIDS	"Uganda/Thailand"	HBO	Philip Glass
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror XIV"	Fox	Alf Clausen
2005	Lost	"Pilot"	ABC	Michael Giacchino
	24	"Day 4: 2 a.m.-3 a.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	Carnivàle	"Lincoln Highway"	HBO	Jeff Beal
	House	"Pilot"	Fox	Christopher Hoag
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror XV"	Fox	Alf Clausen
2006	24	"Day 5: 6 a.m.-7 a.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	Masters of Horror	"Dreams in the Witch House"	Showtime	Richard Band
	Rome	"Triumph"	HBO	Jeff Beal
	Stargate: Atlantis	"Grace Under Pressure"	Sci-Fi Channel	Joel Goldsmith
	Supernatural	"Pilot"	WB	Christopher Lennertz
2007	Planet Earth	"Pole to Pole"	Discovery Channel	George Fenton
	24	"Day 6: 6 p.m.-7 p.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	"Law of Gravity"	CBS	John Keane
	Ghost Whisperer	"Love Never Dies"	CBS	Mark Snow
	Kidnapped	"Pilot"	NBC	Snuffy Walden
	Rome	"Philippi"	HBO	Jeff Beal
2008	Pushing Daisies	"Pigeon"	ABC	Jim Dooley
	Family Guy	"Lois Kills Stewie"	Fox	Ron Jones
	House	"Guardian Angels"	Fox	Jon Ehrlich Jason Derlatka
	Little People, Big World	"Roloff Road Trip: Grand Canyon"	TLC	Joey Newman
	Lost	"The Constant"	ABC	Michael Giacchino
	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror XVIII"	Fox	Alf Clausen
2009	Legend of the Seeker	"Prophecy"	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca
	24	"Day 7: 7 a.m.-8 a.m."	Fox	Sean Callery
	Castle	"Flowers from Your Grave"	ABC	Robert Duncan
	Ghost Whisperer	"Leap of Faith"	CBS	Mark Snow
	The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency	"Pilot"	HBO	Gabriel Yared
	The Simpsons	"Gone Maggie Gone"	Fox	Alf Clausen

[edit] External links

• "Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search". Emmys.org. http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php. Retrieved 2007-12-03. 
• The Emmy Awards, Information Please Database, Pearson PLC

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