Primetime Emmy Awards: Every Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) Winner & Nominee

Primetime Emmy Awards 1991

The Young Riders The Young Riders

John Debney For episode "Kansas".

Winner

All nominees

8.2

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Dennis McCarthy For episode "Half A Life".

Jake and the Fatman Jake and the Fatman

Joel Rosenbaum For episode "God Bless The Child".

My Life and Times My Life and Times

Don Davis For episode "The Collapse of '98".

Father Dowling Mysteries Father Dowling Mysteries

Bruce Babcock For episode "The Consulting Detective Mystery".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1989

Falcon Crest Falcon Crest

Joel Rosenbaum For episode "Dust To Dust".

Winner

All nominees

Blue Skies Blue Skies

Angela Morley For episode "The White Horse".

6.6

Moonlighting

Alf Clausen For episode "A Womb With A View".

8.2

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Dennis McCarthy For The Child (1988)

8.2

Columbo

Patrick Williams For episode "Murder, Smoke and Shadows (#8.2)".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1988

Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast

Lee Holdridge For the pilot episode.

Winner

All nominees

6.6

Moonlighting

Alf Clausen For episode "Here's Living With You, Kid".

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Patrick Williams For episode "Here's Why You Shouldn't Get Too Attached to Your Cat".

Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast

Don Davis For episode "To Reign In Hell".

Dallas Dallas

Angela Morley For episode "Hustling"

Primetime Emmy Awards 1987

Knots Landing Knots Landing

Joel Rosenbaum For episode "Cement the Relationship".

Winner

All nominees

Jack and Mike Jack and Mike

Nan Schwartz For episode "Come Together".

Matlock Matlock

Dick DeBenedictis For episode "The Chef".

The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

Patrick Williams For episode "Here's Why You Should Never Wear High Heels to the Bank".

Dallas Dallas

Angela Morley For episode "A Death in the Family".

6.6

Moonlighting

Alf Clausen For episode "Atomic Shakespeare".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1986

Scarecrow and Mrs. King Scarecrow and Mrs. King

Arthur B. Rubinstein For episode "We're Off to See the Wizard".

Winner

All nominees

Dynasty Dynasty

Angela Morley For episode "The Subpoenas".

Miami Vice Miami Vice

Jan Hammer For episode "Bushido".

6.6

Moonlighting

Alf Clausen For episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1984

Dallas Dallas

Bruce Broughton For episode "The Letter".

Winner

All nominees

Trapper John, M.D. Trapper John, M.D.

John Carl Parker For episode "Send in the Clowns".

Mr. Smith Mr. Smith

Patrick Williams For episode "Mr. Smith Falls in Love".

Emerald Point N.A.S. Emerald Point N.A.S.

Angela Morley For episode "The Homecoming".

St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere

J.A.C. Redford For episode "In Sickness and in Health".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1983

Dallas Dallas

Bruce Broughton For episode "The Ewing Blues".

Winner

All nominees

Fame Fame

William Goldstein For episode "Not in Kansas Anymore".

Father Murphy Father Murphy

David Rose For episode "Sweet Sixteen".

The Devlin Connection The Devlin Connection

Nan Schwartz For episode "Ring of Kings, Ring of Thieves".

Knots Landing Knots Landing

Jerrold Immel For episode "Loss of Innocence".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1982

Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie

David Rose For episode "He Was Only Twelve", part II.

Winner

All nominees

The Incredible Hulk The Incredible Hulk

Joseph Harnell For episode "Triangle".

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Patrick Williams For episode "Hometown".

Dallas Dallas

Bruce Broughton For episode "The Search".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1981

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

Bruce Broughton For episode "The Satyr".

Winner

All nominees

Little House on the Prairie Little House on the Prairie

David Rose For episode "The Lost Ones", part I.

Lou Grant Lou Grant

Patrick Williams For episode "Stroke".

The Gangster Chronicles The Gangster Chronicles

Billy Goldenberg For episode "Chapter 1".

Hill Street Blues Hill Street Blues

Mike Post For premiere episode "Hill Street Station".

Primetime Emmy Awards 1978

King King

Billy Goldenberg

Winner

All nominees

7.8

Holocaust

Morton Gould

The Awakening Land The Awakening Land

Fred Karlin

8.2

Columbo

Patrick Williams For episode "Try and Catch Me (#7.1)".

Wheels Wheels

Morton Stevens

Primetime Emmy Awards 1977

Roots Roots

Quincy Jones, Gerald Fried For part I.

Winner

All nominees

Roots Roots

Gerald Fried For part VIII.

Bronk Bronk

Jack Urbont For episode "The Vigilante".

Police Story Police Story

Dick DeBenedictis For episode "Monster Manor".

Captains and the Kings Captains and the Kings

Elmer Bernstein For chapter 8.

Year

Nominations

Other awards and film festivals

Academy Awards, USA

1929-2026

Cannes Film Festival

Festival international du film de Cannes

1939-2026

Golden Globes, USA

Golden Globe Award

1944-2026

BAFTA Awards

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts

1949-2026

Venice Film Festival

Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica

1932-2026

Razzie Awards

Razzie

1981-2026

MTV Movie + TV Awards

MTV Movie & TV Awards

1992-2026

Sundance Film Festival

1982-2026

St. Petersburg Message to Man Film Festival

1993-2026

Berlin International Film Festival

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

1951-2026

Sochi International Film Festival

Sochi International Film Festival & Awards — SIFFA

1994-2026

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Screen Actors Guild Award

1963-2026

KinoBravo International Film Festival of Mainstream Films

2024-2026

Sochi Open Russian Film Festival

Sochi Open Russian Film Festival (Kinotavr)

1990-2026

Moscow International Film Festival

Moscow International Film Festival (MIFF)

1959-2026

Window to Europe

1993-2026

Toronto International Film Festival

1978-2026

Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival

1998-2026

Laureates of the awards Primetime Emmy Awards in the category “Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)”

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