Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction
Primetime Emmy Awards · 110 nominations across 22 ceremonies · 21 wins
78th Emmys · 2026
- Nominee The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny
- Nominee Wicked: One Wonderful Night · Stephen Oremus
- Nominee The Late Show with Stephen Colbert · Louis Cato
- Nominee The Oscars · Michael Bearden
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Maddie Rice
77th Emmys · 2025
- Winner The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar · Kendrick Lamar
- Nominee SNL50: The Homecoming Concert · James Poyser, Questlove
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors · Rickey Minor
- Nominee SNL50: The Anniversary Special · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis
- Nominee The Oscars · Michael Bearden
76th Emmys · 2024
- Winner The Oscars · Rickey Minor
- Nominee Late Night with Seth Meyers · Fred Armisen, Eli Janney
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors
- Nominee 2023 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony · Adam Wayne Blackstone, Don Was
75th Emmys · 2023
- Winner Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Joni Mitchell · Greg Phillinganes
- Nominee 2022 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis
- Nominee The Oscars · Rickey Minor
- Nominee The Apple Music Super Bowl LVII Halftime Show Starring Rihanna · Adam Wayne Blackstone
74th Emmys · 2022
- Winner The Pepsi Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show Starring Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Kendrick Lamar and 50 Cent · Adam Wayne Blackstone
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis
- Nominee One Last Time: An Evening with Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga · Lee Musiker
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors · Rickey Minor
73rd Emmys · 2021
- Winner Bo Burnham: Inside · Bo Burnham
- Nominee Celebrating America – An Inauguration Night Special · Rickey Minor
- Nominee David Byrne's American Utopia · Mauro Refosco
- Nominee Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist · Harvey Mason Jr.
- Nominee Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry · Aron Forbes
72nd Emmys · 2020
- Winner Kennedy Center Honors · Rickey Minor
- Nominee Let's Go Crazy: The Grammy Salute to Prince · Sheila E., Jimmy Jam,, Terry Lewis
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis
- Nominee Super Bowl LIV Halftime Show Starring Jennifer Lopez and Shakira · Adam Wayne Blackstone
- Nominee The Oscars
71st Emmys · 2019
- Winner Fosse/Verdon · Alex Lacamoire
- Nominee Q85: A Musical Celebration for Quincy Jones · Greg Phillinganes
- Nominee Aretha! A Grammy Celebration for the Queen of Soul · Rickey Minor
- Nominee Saturday Night Live · Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis
- Nominee The Oscars
- Nominee Homecoming: A Film by Beyoncé · Beyoncé Knowles-Carter
70th Emmys · 2018
69th Emmys · 2017
- Winner Taking The Stage: African American Music and Stories That Changed America
- Nominee Live From Lincoln Center
- Nominee American Epic
- Nominee Tony Bennett Celebrates 90: The Best Is Yet to Come
- Nominee Stayin' Alive: A Grammy Salute to the Music of the Bee Gees
- Nominee Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga
68th Emmys · 2016
- Winner Live from Lincoln Center
- Nominee A Very Murray Christmas
- Nominee Smithsonian Salutes Ray Charles: In Performance at the White House
- Nominee Jazz at the White House
67th Emmys · 2015
- Winner Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star GRAMMY Salute
- Nominee Peter Pan Live!
- Nominee 87th Academy Awards
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors
- Nominee Live from Lincoln Center
- Nominee Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas
66th Emmys · 2014
- Winner The Beatles: The Night That Changed America
- Nominee Saturday Night Live
- Nominee Barbra Streisand: Back to Brooklyn
- Nominee The Sound of Music Live!
- Nominee 67th Tony Awards
- Nominee 86th Academy Awards
65th Emmys · 2013
- Winner 66th Tony Awards
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors
- Nominee 85th Academy Awards
- Nominee Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Live from Lincoln Center)
- Nominee Christmas in Washington
64th Emmys · 2012
62nd Emmys · 2010
61st Emmys · 2009
- Winner Streisand: The Concert
- Nominee Dancing with the Stars
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors
- Nominee Christmas in Washington
- Nominee The 51st Annual Grammy Awards
60th Emmys · 2008
- Winner Movies Rock · Steve Jordan, Mark Watters
- Nominee Christmas in Washington · Ian Fraser
- Nominee Barry Manilow: Songs from the Seventies
- Nominee 80th Academy Awards · Bill Conti
- Nominee 50th Annual Grammy Awards · Rickey Minor
59th Emmys · 2007
- Winner The 79th Annual Academy Awards · William Ross
- Nominee Scrubs
- Nominee The 60th Annual Tony Awards · Elliot Lawrence
- Nominee Dancing with the Stars · Harold Wheeler
58th Emmys · 2006
- Winner South Pacific · Paul Gemignani
- Nominee Andrea Bocelli: Amore Under the Desert Sky · David Foster
- Nominee The 59th Annual Tony Awards
- Nominee 78th Academy Awards · Bill Conti
- Nominee Kennedy Center Honors · Elliot Lawrence, Rob Mathes
57th Emmys · 2005
- Winner A Christmas Carol
- Nominee Great Performances · Rachel Portman
- Nominee Broadway: The American Musical · Matthias Gohl
- Nominee Genius: A Night For Ray Charles · Rickey Minor
- Nominee Christmas in Washington · Ian Fraser
54th Emmys · 2002
- Winner 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony
- Nominee Buffy the Vampire Slayer · Christophe Beck