This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score).
The category was created in 2019. Documentary programs previously competed for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special.
Winners and nominations 2010s Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network 2019(71st) Free Solo Marco Beltrami and Brandon Roberts Nat Geo Game of Thrones: The Last Watch Hannah Peel HBO Hostile Planet "Oceans" Benjamin Wallfisch Nat Geo Love, Gilda Miriam Cutler CNN Our Planet "One Planet" Steven Price Netflix RBG Miriam Cutler CNN
2020s Year Program Episode Nominee(s) Network 2020(72nd) Why We Hate "Tools & Tactics" Laura Karpman Discovery Becoming Kamasi Washington Netflix Home "Maine" Amanda Jones Apple TV+ McMillion$ "Episode 1" Alex Kovacs and Pinar Toprak HBO Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness "Not Your Average Joe" John Enroth, Albert Fox and Mark Mothersbaugh Netflix 2021(73rd) David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet Steven Price Netflix Allen v. Farrow "Episode 4" Michael Abels HBO American Masters "Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir" Kathryn Bostic PBS The Social Dilemma Mark Crawford NetflixTulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre Branford Marsalis History 2022(74th) Lucy and Desi David Schwartz Prime Video 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible Nainita Desai Netflix Return to Space Mychael Danna and Harry Gregson-Williams They Call Me Magic "Earvin" Terence Blanchard Apple TV+The Tinder Swindler Jessica Jones Netflix 2023(75th)Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie John Powell Apple TV+ Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico"Veracruz" Tony Morales CNN Light & Magic"Gang of Outsiders" James Newton Howard Disney+Pamela, a Love Story Blake Neely Netflix Prehistoric Planet"Badlands" Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve Apple TV+ 2024(76th)Jim Henson Idea Man David Fleming Disney+Albert Brooks: Defending My Life Marc Shaiman HBO Beckham"Seeing Red" Anže Rozman and Camilo Forero Netflix Planet Earth III"Extremes" Jacob Shea, Sara Barone and Hans Zimmer BBC AmericaRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed Laura Karpman HBO 2025(77th) Chef's Table: Legends"José Andrés" Duncan Thum and David Bertok Netflix The Americas"The Andes" Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve NBCLeonardo da Vinci Caroline Shaw PBS Planet Earth: Asia"Beneath the Waves" Jacob Shea and Laurentia Editha BBC AmericaSuper/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Ilan Eshkeri HBO 2026(78th)John Candy: I Like Me Tyler Strickland Prime Video High Horse: The Black Cowboy"F*ck Westerns" Raphael Saadiq Peacock Kingdom"Episode 2" Segun Akinola BBC AmericaMel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! Jeff Morrow HBO MaxOcean with David Attenborough Steven Price Nat Geo Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age"The Big Freeze" Kara Talve, Anže Rozman and Hans Zimmer Apple TV
Multiple nominations
4 nominations Anže Rozman Hans Zimmer
3 nominations Steven Price Kara Talve
2 nominations Miriam Cutler Laura Karpman Jacob Shea
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