Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music

This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are shaded in blue.

1980s

Year	Series	Network	Nominee(s)
1988	Beauty and the Beast	CBS	Lee Holdridge
	Great Performances	PBS	John Corigliano
	The Law & Harry McGraw	CBS	Richard Markowitz
	thirtysomething	ABC	Stewart Levin W. G. Snuffy Walden
1989	Knightwatch	ABC	Stanley Clarke
	Men	ABC	James Newton Howard
	Paradise	CBS	Jerrold Immel
	Tattingers	NBC	Jonathan Tunick
	Unsub	NBC	Mike Post

1990s

Year	Series	Network	Recipient(s)
1990	Carol & Company	NBC	Dan Foliart Howard Pearl
	FM	NBC	Patrick Williams
	The Simpsons	Fox	Danny Elfman
	The Young Riders	ABC	John Debney
	Twin Peaks	ABC	Angelo Badalamenti David Lynch
1991	ABC World of Discovery	ABC	Lee Holdridge
	Against the Law	Fox	Thomas Newman
	Dream On	HBO	Michael Skloff
	Hull High	NBC	Stanley Clarke Maureen Crowe Lawrence Edwards Peggy Holmes Kenny Ortega Charles Spellman David Weiss
	Singer and Sons	NBC	Ray Colcord
1992	Brooklyn Bridge	CBS	Alan Bergman Marilyn Bergman Marvin Hamlisch
	I'll Fly Away	NBC	W. G. Snuffy Walden
	Major Dad	CBS	Steve Dorff
	Silk Stalkings	USA	Mike Post
	The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	ABC	Laurence Rosenthal
1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Syndicated	Dennis McCarthy
	Bob	CBS	Lee Holdridge
	Bodies of Evidence	CBS	Christopher Klatman
	Covington Cross	ABC	Carl Davis
	Love & War	CBS	Jonathan Tunick
	Picket Fences	CBS	Stewart Levin
1994	seaQuest DSV	NBC	John Debney
	Frasier	NBC	Bruce Miller Darryl Phinnessee
	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	ABC	Jay Gruska
	NYPD Blue	ABC	Mike Post
	The X-Files	Fox	Mark Snow
1995	Star Trek: Voyager	UPN	Jerry Goldsmith
	Chicago Hope	CBS	Mark Isham
	ER	NBC	James Newton Howard
	Friends	NBC	Michael Skloff Allee Willis
	My So-Called Life	ABC	W. G. Snuffy Walden
1996	Murder One	ABC	Mike Post
	Central Park West	CBS	Tim Truman
	Chicago Hope	CBS	Mark Isham
	JAG	NBC	Bruce Broughton
	Nowhere Man	UPN	Mark Snow
1997	EZ Streets	CBS	Mark Isham
	Crisis Center	NBC	Danny Lux
	Dark Skies	NBC	Michael Hoenig
	Early Edition	CBS	W. G. Snuffy Walden
	The Cape	Syndicated	John Debney
1998	Fame L.A.	Syndicated	Robbie Buchanan Maribeth Derry Richard Barton Lewis Tom Snow
	Four Corners	CBS	Christopher Klatman
	Earth: Final Conflict	Syndicated	Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon
	Nothing Sacred	ABC	Mark Isham
	Sessions at West 54th	PBS	Mitchell Froom
1999	Trinity	NBC	Martin Davich
	Profiler	NBC	Danny Lux
	The PJs	Fox	George Clinton Quincy Jones III La Rita Norman Marie Norman
	V.I.P.	Syndicated	Frankie Blue
	Viva Variety	Comedy Central	Robert Ben Garant Glen Roven

2000s

Year	Series	Network	Nominee(s)
2000	The West Wing	NBC	W. G. Snuffy Walden
	Falcone	CBS	Jay Gruska
	Jack London's Call of the Wild	Animal Planet	Hal Foxton Beckett
	Jack of All Trades	Syndicated	Joseph LoDuca
	The Pretender	NBC	Velton Ray Bunch Mark Leggett
2001	Gideon's Crossing	ABC	James Newton Howard
	Big Apple	CBS	Marc Bonilla
	Soul Food	Showtime	Kenneth Edmonds Al Green
	Survivor	CBS	Russ Landau
	Thoroughbred	Animal Planet	Michael Josephs
2002	Six Feet Under	HBO	Thomas Newman
	A Day in Their Lives	The History Channel	Mark Leggett
	First Monday	CBS	Bruce Broughton
	Justice League	Cartoon Network	Lolita Ritmanis
	Wolf Lake	CBS	David Schwartz
2003	Monk	USA	Jeff Beal
	Boomtown	NBC	Philip Giffin
	Everwood	The WB	Blake Neely
	Miracles	ABC	W. G. Snuffy Walden Joseph Williams
	Penn & Teller: Bullshit!	Showtime	Gary Stockdale
2004	Monk	USA	Randy Newman
	Deadwood	HBO	David Schwartz
	Monster House	Discovery Channel	Daniel Mackenzie
	Nip/Tuck	FX	Jeffrey Cain Cedric Lemoyne Gregory Slay
	Two and a Half Men	CBS	Lee Aronsohn Grant Geissman Chuck Lorre
2005	Desperate Housewives	ABC	Danny Elfman
	Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends	Cartoon Network	James Venable
	Huff	Showtime	W. G. Snuffy Walden
	Justice League Unlimited	Cartoon Network	Michael McCuistion
	Stargate Atlantis	Sci-Fi Channel	Joel Goldsmith
2006	Masters of Horror	Showtime	Edward Shearmur
	Get Ed	Toon Disney	Amin Bhatia Ari Posner
	Over There	FX	Chris Gerolmo
	Prison Break	Fox Broadcasting Company	Ramin Djawadi
	Rome	HBO	Jeff Beal
2007	The Tudors	Showtime	Trevor Morris
	30 Rock	NBC	Jeff Richmond
	Dexter	Showtime	Rolfe Kent
	Hu$tle	AMC	Simon Rogers
	On the Lot	Fox	Mark Williams Jeff Lippencott
2008	Pirate Master	CBS	Russ Landau
	Canterbury's Law	Fox	Tree Adams
	Kid Nation	CBS	Jeff Lippencott Mark Williams
	Phineas and Ferb	Disney Channel	Dan Povenmire Jeff “Swampy” Marsh Michael Hirano Culross Carl Hill Williams Michael Walker
	Saving Grace	TNT	Eric “Everlast” Schrody
2009	Great Performances	PBS	John Williams
	The Mole	ABC	David Michael Frank
	Sons of Anarchy	FX	Bob Thiele Dave Kushner Curtis Stigers Kurt Sutter
	Story Makers	AMC	Bill Sherman
	United States of Tara	Showtime	Tim DeLaughter

2010s

Year	Program	Nominee(s)	Network
2009–10 (62nd)
	Nurse Jackie	Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin	Showtime
	Human Target	Bear McCreary	Fox
	Justified	Jason Keaton & Oscar Owens	FX
	Legend of the Seeker	Joseph LoDuca	Syndicated
	Warehouse 13	Edward Rogers	Syfy
2010–11 (63rd)
	The Borgias	Trevor Morris	Showtime
	Any Human Heart	Dan Jones	PBS
	Camelot	Jeff Danna & Mychael Danna	Starz
	Episodes	Mark Thomas	Showtime
	The Kennedys	Sean Callery	ReelzChannel
	Mildred Pierce	Carter Burwell	HBO
2011–12 (64th)
	Page Eight	Paul Englishby	PBS
	Great Expectations	Martin Phipps	PBS
	Hell on Wheels	Gustavo Santaolalla	AMC
	Homeland	Sean Callery	Showtime
	Touch	Lisa Coleman & Wendy Melvoin	Fox
2012–13 (65th)
	Da Vinci's Demons	Bear McCreary	Starz
	The Americans	Nathan Barr	FX
	Copper	Brian Keane	BBC America
	Elementary	Sean Callery	CBS
	Hemlock Grove	Nathan Barr	Netflix
	House of Cards	Jeff Beal	Netflix
2013–14 (66th)

	Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey	Alan Silvestri	Fox / Nat Geo
	Black Sails	Bear McCreary	Starz
	Magic City	Daniele Luppi	Starz
	Sleepy Hollow	Brian Tyler & Robert Lydecker	Fox
The Spoils of Babylon	Andrew Feltenstein & John Nau	IFC
2014–15 (67th)
	Transparent	Dustin O'Halloran	Amazon
	The Dovekeepers	Jeff Beal	CBS
	Marco Polo	Daniele Luppi	Netflix
	Penny Dreadful	Abel Korzeniowski	Showtime
	Texas Rising	Bruce Broughton & John Debney	History
	Tyrant	Jeff Danna & Mychael Danna	FX

References

↑ "Nominations Search". Retrieved 2015-09-16.

Primetime Emmy Award categories

Programs	Comedy Series Drama Series Miniseries Television Movie Reality-Competition Program Structured Reality Program Unstructured Reality Program Animated Program Short-Format Animation Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program Variety Talk Series Variety Sketch Series Variety Special Children's Program

Performance	Lead Actor in a Comedy Series Lead Actor in a Drama Series Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Lead Actress in a Drama Series Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series Supporting Actress in a Drama Series Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Guest Actor in a Comedy Series Guest Actor in a Drama Series Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Guest Actress in a Drama Series Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program Character Voice-Over Performance Narrator

Directing	Directing for a Comedy Series Directing for a Drama Series Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special

Writing	Writing for a Comedy Series Writing for a Drama Series Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special Writing for a Variety Series

Creative Arts	Art Direction for a Contemporary or Fantasy Series (Single-Camera) Art Direction for a Contemporary Program (Half-Hour or less) Art Direction for a Period Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Single-Camera) Casting for a Comedy Series Casting for a Drama Series Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Choreography Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie Cinematography for a Multi-Camera Series Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series Main Title Design Main Title Theme Music Music and Lyrics Music Composition for a Series Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Drama Series Sound Editing for a Series Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Special and Visual Effects Special and Visual Effects in a Supporting Role

Retired	Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series Animated Program (One Hour or More) Cinematography for a Half-Hour Series Cinematography for a One Hour Series Costumes for a Series Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program Miniseries or Movie New Series Program of the Year Reality Program Stunt Coordination Super Emmy Variety Series Voice-Over Performance

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