The 2018 Emmy nominees for music composition for a series, original dramatic score, could hardly be more diverse: the grim cliffhanger episode of a popular cable serial; a small-combo score for a Marvel Comics heroine; the series finale of a fantasy based on Disney characters; an internationally flavored episode of a freshman broadcast series; an animated “Star Wars” spinoff; and Eastern colors for a cable series that imagines a world of sword-wielding warriors. What they all have in common, though, is how they enhanced complicated tales with emotional melodies.
Game of Thrones
HBO
Composer Ramin Djawadi received two nominations this year, his fifth and sixth noms since 2006. One was for “The Dragon and the Wolf,” the seventh-season finale for the HBO juggernaut, which included musical payoffs for themes hinted at earlier in the season: a love theme for Jon and Daenerys, and a horrifying march for the Army of the Dead.
Game of Thrones
HBO
Composer Ramin Djawadi received two nominations this year, his fifth and sixth noms since 2006. One was for “The Dragon and the Wolf,” the seventh-season finale for the HBO juggernaut, which included musical payoffs for themes hinted at earlier in the season: a love theme for Jon and Daenerys, and a horrifying march for the Army of the Dead.
- 8/13/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
The 2018 Emmy for Best Music Composition for a Series could realistically go to any of the six shows nominated. This year’s category, equivalent to Best Original Score at the Oscars, includes the following nominees: “Game of Thrones” (HBO), “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” (Netflix), “Once Upon a Time” (ABC), “Seal Team” (CBS), “Star Wars Rebels” (Disney Xd) and “Westworld” (HBO).
Ramin Djawadi has the honor of being one of few composers in Emmy history to earn two nominations in this category in the same year, for “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld.” Other nominees this year include past Emmy champs like Sean Callery, Mark Isham and W.G. Snuffy Walden.
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So which Emmy-nominated composer will prevail? Let’s take a look at all six of this year’s nominated Music Composition submissions.
Ramin Djawadi has the honor of being one of few composers in Emmy history to earn two nominations in this category in the same year, for “Game of Thrones” and “Westworld.” Other nominees this year include past Emmy champs like Sean Callery, Mark Isham and W.G. Snuffy Walden.
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So which Emmy-nominated composer will prevail? Let’s take a look at all six of this year’s nominated Music Composition submissions.
- 8/11/2018
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
At this year’s Emmys Ramin Djawadi is nominated twice for Best Music Composition for a Series, once for the “Game of Thrones” episode “The Dragon and the Wolf” and once for the “Westworld” episode “Akane No Mai.” The composer has now been nominated a total of six times, following prior bids for “Westworld” (main title theme in 2017), “Game of Thrones” (music composition in 2014), “FlashForward” (music composition in 2010) and “Prison Break” (main title theme in 2006), but he has yet to take home the big prize. Will this finally be his year?
Djawadi is up against Sean Callery (“Marvel’s Jessica Jones”), Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor and Michael Simon (“Once Upon a Time”), W.G. Snuffy Walden and A. Patrick Rose (“Seal Team”) and Kevin Kiner (“Star Wars Rebels”). According to our predictions, Djawadi is in first place for “Game of Thrones” with odds of 1/4 and in second place for “Westworld...
Djawadi is up against Sean Callery (“Marvel’s Jessica Jones”), Mark Isham, Cindy O’Connor and Michael Simon (“Once Upon a Time”), W.G. Snuffy Walden and A. Patrick Rose (“Seal Team”) and Kevin Kiner (“Star Wars Rebels”). According to our predictions, Djawadi is in first place for “Game of Thrones” with odds of 1/4 and in second place for “Westworld...
- 8/2/2018
- by Luca Giliberti
- Gold Derby
This year’s Emmy race in the music categories takes on greater interest because a win in the song category could instantly give songwriters Benj Pasek and Justin Paul an Egot, having already won Oscar, Tony and Grammy awards.
Pasek and Paul — whose “La La Land,” “Greatest Showman” and “Dear Evan Hansen” songs have catapulted them into the front ranks of American songwriters in the past two years — are nominated for their new song, “In the Market for a Miracle,” written for Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live,” an adaptation of their 2012 stage musical.
They are just two of 28 first-time nominees in the six music categories, announced Thursday morning by the Television Academy for 2017-18 programs. Nearly 60 percent of all the music nominees are newcomers to the Emmy race. Ironically, several musicians were nominated for non-music categories: Donald Glover (“Atlanta”), John Legend and Sara Bareilles all received acting nods — and...
Pasek and Paul — whose “La La Land,” “Greatest Showman” and “Dear Evan Hansen” songs have catapulted them into the front ranks of American songwriters in the past two years — are nominated for their new song, “In the Market for a Miracle,” written for Fox’s “A Christmas Story Live,” an adaptation of their 2012 stage musical.
They are just two of 28 first-time nominees in the six music categories, announced Thursday morning by the Television Academy for 2017-18 programs. Nearly 60 percent of all the music nominees are newcomers to the Emmy race. Ironically, several musicians were nominated for non-music categories: Donald Glover (“Atlanta”), John Legend and Sara Bareilles all received acting nods — and...
- 7/12/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
Michael Barker and Patrick Wachsberger were among executives to discuss the importance of early pre-buys during a Zurich Summit panel.
“The business is in a better place than it has ever been,” according to Sony Pictures Classics co-founder Michael Barker.
Speaking on a heavyweight Zurich Summit panel about independent film financing and releasing, Blue Jasmine and Son Of Saul distributor Barker expressed optimism about the large number of revenue streams currently available to filmmakers and financiers.
“Right now, we have to pay attention to every revenue stream. Airlines are better, TV offers a different mosaic, there is DVD, streaming, international…there’s a big future in China,” he said.
Black Swan and Jackie producer Scott Franklin said he “saw more promise” in the market than a year ago: “I see more pre-buys than a year ago. There is more competition. It’s promising and exciting.”
Saturation
However, Barker cautioned that the Us market continues to suffer from saturation...
“The business is in a better place than it has ever been,” according to Sony Pictures Classics co-founder Michael Barker.
Speaking on a heavyweight Zurich Summit panel about independent film financing and releasing, Blue Jasmine and Son Of Saul distributor Barker expressed optimism about the large number of revenue streams currently available to filmmakers and financiers.
“Right now, we have to pay attention to every revenue stream. Airlines are better, TV offers a different mosaic, there is DVD, streaming, international…there’s a big future in China,” he said.
Black Swan and Jackie producer Scott Franklin said he “saw more promise” in the market than a year ago: “I see more pre-buys than a year ago. There is more competition. It’s promising and exciting.”
Saturation
However, Barker cautioned that the Us market continues to suffer from saturation...
- 9/24/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Michael Barker and Patrick Wachsberger were among executives to discuss the importance of early pre-buys during a Zurich Summit panel.
“The business is in a better place than it has ever been,” according to Sony Pictures Classics co-founder Michael Barker.
Speaking on a heavyweight Zurich Summit panel about independent film financing and releasing, Blue Jasmine and Son Of Saul distributor Barker expressed optimism about the large number of revenue streams currently available to filmmakers and financiers.
“Right now, we have to pay attention to every revenue stream. Airlines are better, TV offers a different mosaic, there is DVD, streaming, international…there’s a big future in China,” he said.
Black Swan and Jackie producer Scott Franklin said he “saw more promise” in the market than a year ago: “I see more pre-buys than a year ago. There is more competition. It’s promising and exciting.”
Saturation
However, Barker cautioned that the Us market continues to suffer from saturation...
“The business is in a better place than it has ever been,” according to Sony Pictures Classics co-founder Michael Barker.
Speaking on a heavyweight Zurich Summit panel about independent film financing and releasing, Blue Jasmine and Son Of Saul distributor Barker expressed optimism about the large number of revenue streams currently available to filmmakers and financiers.
“Right now, we have to pay attention to every revenue stream. Airlines are better, TV offers a different mosaic, there is DVD, streaming, international…there’s a big future in China,” he said.
Black Swan and Jackie producer Scott Franklin said he “saw more promise” in the market than a year ago: “I see more pre-buys than a year ago. There is more competition. It’s promising and exciting.”
Saturation
However, Barker cautioned that the Us market continues to suffer from saturation...
- 9/24/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Michael Barker and Patrick Wachsberger were among executives to discuss the importance of early pre-buys in a crowded Us market.
“The business is in a better place than it has ever been,” according to Sony Picture Classics co-founder Michael Barker.
Speaking on a heavyweight Zurich Summit panel about independent film financing and releasing, Blue Jasmine and Son Of Saul distributor Barker expressed optimism about the large number of revenue streams currently available to filmmakers and financiers.
“Right now, we have to pay attention to every revenue stream. Airlines are better, TV offers a different mosaic, there is DVD, streaming, international…there’s a big future in China,” he said.
Black Swan and Jackie producer Scott Franklin said he “saw more promise” in the market than a year ago: “I see more pre-buys than a year ago. There is more competition. It’s promising and exciting.”
Saturation
However, Barker cautioned that the Us market continues to suffer from saturation...
“The business is in a better place than it has ever been,” according to Sony Picture Classics co-founder Michael Barker.
Speaking on a heavyweight Zurich Summit panel about independent film financing and releasing, Blue Jasmine and Son Of Saul distributor Barker expressed optimism about the large number of revenue streams currently available to filmmakers and financiers.
“Right now, we have to pay attention to every revenue stream. Airlines are better, TV offers a different mosaic, there is DVD, streaming, international…there’s a big future in China,” he said.
Black Swan and Jackie producer Scott Franklin said he “saw more promise” in the market than a year ago: “I see more pre-buys than a year ago. There is more competition. It’s promising and exciting.”
Saturation
However, Barker cautioned that the Us market continues to suffer from saturation...
- 9/24/2016
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
In tonight's episode, the story continues after the two revelations from last week's episode involving Phineas and rat sushi, separately. Episode 4.02, "Infected," was written by Angela Kang and directed by Guy Ferland.
Spoiler Alert: Do not read any further if you haven’t watched the episode yet. This is a recap with specific details from this episode. Continue only if you have already watched it.
This episode started like how it ended last week. The walkers at the fence were being teased and fed a live rat by a mysterious person with a flashlight hiding their identity.
It's still nighttime, and Tyreese and Karen tried to have an intimate moment together but they were both still distracted by Zach's death the day before. These people were no longer acquaintances, Tyreese thought out loud, as they might be the only people left. Karen was very understanding even when Tyreese started to sing.
Spoiler Alert: Do not read any further if you haven’t watched the episode yet. This is a recap with specific details from this episode. Continue only if you have already watched it.
This episode started like how it ended last week. The walkers at the fence were being teased and fed a live rat by a mysterious person with a flashlight hiding their identity.
It's still nighttime, and Tyreese and Karen tried to have an intimate moment together but they were both still distracted by Zach's death the day before. These people were no longer acquaintances, Tyreese thought out loud, as they might be the only people left. Karen was very understanding even when Tyreese started to sing.
- 10/21/2013
- by KW Low
- DreadCentral.com
In our final part of our roundup of this summer’s television scores, we’ll take a look at the shows on TNT, Syfy, HBO and Lifetime. Also check out Part 1 and Part 2 of the series for the composers on all the other major network and cable shows of the summer.
TNT:
The most successful new show of the summer on TNT is the sci-fi series Falling Skies. The project starring Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Sarah Carter and Maxim Knight is produced by Steven Spielberg and centers on an alien invasion of Earth and the resistance formed by the survivor. Also producing are Graham Yost (Justified) and Robert Rodat (writer of Saving Private Ryan). Noah Sorota is scoring the show. Check out our announcement from earlier this year here and visit Tracksounds for an audio interview with the composer. The two-hour season finale is airing tonight on TNT.
TNT:
The most successful new show of the summer on TNT is the sci-fi series Falling Skies. The project starring Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Sarah Carter and Maxim Knight is produced by Steven Spielberg and centers on an alien invasion of Earth and the resistance formed by the survivor. Also producing are Graham Yost (Justified) and Robert Rodat (writer of Saving Private Ryan). Noah Sorota is scoring the show. Check out our announcement from earlier this year here and visit Tracksounds for an audio interview with the composer. The two-hour season finale is airing tonight on TNT.
- 8/7/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
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