Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

This is a list of the winning and nominated programs of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music. In the 1980s and early 1990s, the award was presented with the "possibility of one, more than one, or no award given," resulting in several years where there were nominees without a winner.

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:

Individuals with multiple wins

 * 2 wins
 * Danny Elfman
 * Trevor Morris

Individuals with multiple nominations

 * 7 nominations
 * W. G. Snuffy Walden


 * 5 nominations
 * Jeff Beal


 * 4 nominations
 * Nathan Barr
 * Sean Callery
 * John Debney
 * Mark Isham
 * Thomas Newman
 * Mike Post


 * 3 nominations
 * Bruce Broughton
 * Mychael Danna
 * Danny Elfman
 * Lee Holdridge
 * James Newton Howard
 * Bear McCreary
 * Blake Neely


 * 2 nominations
 * Rachel Bloom
 * Nicholas Britell
 * Stanley Clarke
 * Lisa Coleman
 * Jeff Danna
 * Ramin Djawadi
 * Jay Gruska
 * Laura Karpman
 * Christopher Klatman
 * Russ Landau
 * Mark Leggett
 * Stewart Levin
 * Jeff Lippencott
 * Joseph LoDuca
 * Daniele Luppi
 * Danny Lux
 * Wendy Melvoin
 * Trevor Morris
 * Martin Phipps
 * Carlos Rafael Rivera
 * Adam Schlesinger
 * David Schwartz
 * Michael Skloff
 * Mark Snow
 * Jonathan Tunick
 * Mark Williams

Programs with multiple wins

 * 2 wins
 * Monk

Programs with multiple nominations

 * 2 nominations
 * Chicago Hope
 * Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
 * Feud
 * Great Performances
 * Monk