Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score).

Starting in 2019, the category recognizes scripted programs. Unscripted programs compete for Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score).

1950s
Note: The award presented in 1955 was for "Best Original Music Composed for TV"

1960s
Note: Award titled Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composed for Television 1962–64

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 5 nominations
 * Fargo


 * 3 nominations
 * Sherlock


 * 2 nominations
 * American Horror Story
 * Black Mirror
 * Masada
 * Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

Composers with multiple awards

 * 6 awards
 * Bruce Broughton (3 consecutive)


 * 5 awards
 * Laurence Rosenthal (3 consecutive)


 * 4 awards
 * Jerry Goldsmith (2 consecutive)


 * 2 awards
 * Jeff Beal (consecutive)
 * Leonard Rosenman
 * Patrick Williams

Composers with multiple nominations

 * 11 nominations
 * Bruce Broughton


 * 10 nominations
 * Billy Goldenberg


 * 8 nominations
 * Laurence Rosenthal
 * Patrick Williams


 * 6 nominations
 * Jeff Beal
 * Allyn Ferguson
 * Lee Holdridge
 * Jeff Russo


 * 5 nominations
 * Jerry Goldsmith
 * Fred Karlin
 * David Shire
 * Mark Snow
 * Ernest Troost


 * 4 nominations
 * David Arnold
 * Robert Lane


 * 3 nominations
 * Richard Bellis
 * Don Davis
 * Johnny Mandel
 * Peter Matz
 * Michael Price
 * Carlos Rafael Rivera
 * Pete Rugolo
 * John Williams


 * 2 nominations
 * John Addison
 * John Altman
 * Nathan Barr
 * John Barry
 * Robert Russell Bennett
 * Charles Bernstein
 * Chris Boardman
 * Todd Boekelheide
 * Kris Bowers
 * Sean Callery
 * Joseph Conlan
 * Normand Corbeil
 * Mychael Danna
 * Dick DeBenedictis
 * John Debney
 * James Di Pasquale
 * Gerald Fried
 * Richard Hartley
 * John Kander
 * Laura Karpman
 * Michel Legrand
 * John Lunn
 * Rob Mathes
 * Gian-Carlo Menotti
 * James Newton Howard
 * Lennie Niehaus
 * Alex North
 * Mac Quayle
 * Martin Phipps
 * Rachel Portman
 * Leonard Rosenman
 * Lawrence Shragge
 * Harry Sukman
 * Cristobal Tapia de Veer
 * Brian Tyler
 * Alex Wurman
 * Christopher Young
 * Victor Young
 * Geoff Zanelli
 * Marcelo Zarvos
 * Hans Zimmer