| Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding Music Direction |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| Currently held by | Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Joni Mitchell (2023) |
| Website | emmys |
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction is awarded to one television series or special each year.
In the following list, the first titles listed in gold are the winners; those not in gold are nominees, which are listed in alphabetical order. The years given are those in which the ceremonies took place.
| Year | Program | Episode | Nominees | Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 [1] | ||||
| Kraft Music Hall | "The Sound of Burt Bacharach" | Peter Matz | NBC | |
| The Merv Griffin Show | "Chuck Connors, Joey Heatherton, Buddy Greco and Jack E. Leonard" | Mort Lindsey | CBS | |
| This Is Tom Jones | "Mary Hopkins, Shelley Berman and José Feliciano" | Johnnie Spence | ABC | |
| 1971 [2] | ||||
| Swing Out, Sweet Land | Dominic Frontiere | NBC | ||
| Hamlet | John Addison | NBC | ||
| The Merv Griffin Show | "Big Band Salute" | Mort Lindsey | CBS | |
| 1972 [3] | ||||
| Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin | Elliot Lawrence | CBS | ||
| The Golddiggers Chevrolet Show | "Fess Parker" | Van Alexander | Syndicated | |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | "Jean Stapleton and Mike Connors" | James E. Dale | CBS | |
| 1973 [4] | ||||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "Anthony Newley and Bernadette Peters" | Peter Matz | CBS | |
| Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Irwin Kostal | NBC | ||
| The Wacky World of Jonathan Winters | "Debbie Reynolds" | Van Alexander | Syndicated | |
| 1974 [5] | ||||
| Barbra Streisand...and Other Musical Instruments | Jack Parnell, Mitzie Welch and Ken Welch | CBS | ||
| The Carol Burnett Show | "The Australia Show" | Peter Matz | CBS | |
| The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour | "The Sonny and Cher Years" | Marty Paich | ||
| 1976 [6] | ||||
| Evening at Symphony | "Central Park in the Dark/A Hero's Life" | Seiji Ozawa | PBS | |
| Gypsy in My Soul | Cy Coleman and Donn Trenner | CBS | ||
| 1977 [7] | ||||
| America Salutes Richard Rodgers: The Sound of His Music | Ian Fraser | CBS | ||
| Bronk | "The Vigilante" | Jacques Urbont | CBS | |
| The New York Philharmonic: Rafael Kubelik (Live from Lincoln Center) | Rafael Kubelík | PBS | ||
| Previn and the Pittsburgh | "Mozart as Keyboard Prodigy" | André Previn | ||
| Sills and Burnett at the Met | Peter Matz | CBS | ||
| 1978 [8] | ||||
| The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots | Ian Fraser | ABC | ||
| The New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Shirley Verrett (Live from Lincoln Center) | Zubin Mehta | PBS | ||
| Previn and the Pittsburgh | "The Music That Made the Movies" | André Previn | ||
| The Second Barry Manilow Special | Jimmie Haskell | ABC | ||