MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES
“Arrested Development”
David Schwartz
â?? Two previous noms
â?? Episode: “Flight of the Phoenix”
â?? Series’ signature Tahitian ukelele, jazzy themes return; rare score nod for a comedy
“The Borgias”
Trevor Morris (1)
â?? Two wins, two other noms
â?? Episode: “The Prince,” third-season finale
â?? Orchestra and choir set 15th-century tone
as Cesare lays siege to Forli, grows closer
to sister Lucrezia
“Downton Abbey”
John Lunn
â?? One win, one other nom
â?? Episode 6, “A Carnival”
â?? Warm, emotional music (strings, piano,
English horn) for Bates’ return, Tom’s decision
to remain at Downton
“House of Cards”
Jeff Beal (2)
â?? Three wins, eight other noms
â?? Pilot for Netflix contempo political drama
starring Kevin Spacey
â?? Strings and piano strike dark, edgy, sometimes
mysterious mood
“Last Resort”
Robert Duncan
â?? Two other noms
â?? Episode: “Captain”
â?? Orchestral drama with percussion samples
created by recording noises made inside
a submarine.
“Mr. Selfridge”
Charlie Mole
â?? First nom
â?? Episode 1, two-hour opener
â?? Lightly jazzy turn-of-the-century ambience
for brash American entrepreneur in London
MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR SPECIAL
“The Girl”
Philip Miller
â?? First nom
â?? HBO feature about Alfred Hitchcock’s
inappropriate relationship with actress
Tippi Hedren
â?? Jazzy ’60s ambience, including sexy sax for
Hedren, moody strings for malevolent Hitch
“Mea Maxima Culpa:
Silence in the House of God”
Ivor Guest, Robert Logan
â?? First nom for each
â?? HBO documentary on child sex abuse by priests
â?? Guitar, cello and solo voice provide intimate
setting for harrowing doc
“Parade’s End”
Dirk Brosse
â?? First nom
â?? Finale of BBC-HBO World War I mini
â?? Piano, strings, solo trumpet strike elegiac chord for death, destruction and redemption
“Restless”
Lorne Balfe
â?? First nom
â?? Finale of Sundance Channel World War II
spy story
â?? Orchestral suspense for edge-of-seat,
nobody’s-safe saga set in 1941 and 1976
“Ring of Fire”
Anton Sanko
â?? First nom
â?? Lifetime biopic of country singer
June Carter Cash
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â?? Country flavors (guitars, mandolin, dulcimer,
fiddle) mesh harmoniously with Carter &
Cash songs
“World Without End”
Mychael Danna (3)
â?? One previous nom
â?? “Medieval Life and Death,” from ReelzChannel
mini set in 14th-century England
â?? Period instruments, ominous choirs, Latin vocals
for early-classical style
MUSIC DIRECTION
“Christmas in Washington”
Ian Fraser (4), music director
â?? 11 wins, 20 other noms
â?? Annual TNT holiday special
â?? Orchestra, three choirs, plus Diana Ross,
Megan Hilty, Demi Lovato, Scotty McCreery, etc.
“The Kennedy Center Honors”
Rob Berman, Rob Mathes, music directors
â?? Six prior noms for Mathes, four prior for Berman
â?? Annual CBS celebration of nation’s top
artistic talent
â?? Blues, ballet, rock ‘n’ roll all featured in this
year’s edition
“85th Annual Academy Awards”
William Ross, music director
â?? Three wins, one other nom
â?? ABC telecast of 85th annual Academy Awards
â?? Live orchestra during three-hour show
plus Adele, Streisand, Bassey, MacFarlane,
all singing live.
“Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel”
Rob Fisher, music director
â?? First nom
â?? “Live From Lincoln Center” telecast of 1945
musical
â?? Conducted N.Y. Philharmonic in concert staging
of R&H; classic
“66th Annual Tony Awards”
Elliot Lawrence, music director
â?? Three wins, 14 other noms
â?? Annual CBS telecast of top Broadway honors
â?? Supervised and/or conducted excerpts from
“Once,” “Leap of Faith,” “Newsies,” “Nice Work
If You Can Get It”
MUSIC AND LYRICS
“The Neighbors”
Alan Menken (music), Glenn Slater (lyrics)
â?? First nom for each
â?? “More or Less the Kind of Thing You May or
May Not Possibly See on Broadway”
â?? Big, splashy, Broadway-style number sung by
Simon Templeman, Toks Olagundoye
“Smash”
Marc Shaiman (5) (music and lyrics),
Scott Wittman (lyrics)
â?? One win, eight other noms for Shaiman;
third nom for Wittman
â?? “Hang the Moon,” song in “The Parents” episode
â?? Bernadette Peters, as Marilyn Monroe’s
mom, sings with regret about her failures ,
as a mother
“Smash”
Andrew McMahon
â?? First nom
â?? “I Hear Your Voice in a Dream,” in “The Bells
and Whistles” episode
â?? Rock ballad sung by Jeremy Jordan as part
of show’s new musical “Hit List”
“30 Rock”
Jeff Richmond (music and lyrics), Tina Fey (lyrics), Tracey Wigfield (lyrics)
â?? Three wins, five other noms for Richmond;
seven wins, 16 other noms for Fey; one previous
nom for Wigfield
â?? “Rural Juror” from series finale
â?? Jane Krakowski sings tongue-twisting nonsense
lyrics in final Tracy Jordan show
“66th Annual Tony Awards”
Adam Schlesinger (lyrics), David Javerbaum (music)
â?? One win, one other nom for Schlesinger;
12 wins, six other noms for Javerbaum
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â?? “If I Had Time” from last few minutes of
Tony show
â?? Neil Patrick Harris recaps winners and losers
in song while end credits roll.
MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
“The Americans”
Nathan W. Barr (6)
â?? First nom (of two this year)
â?? Soviet spies pose as married American couple
â?? Urgent celli with cimbalum colors for U.S.-Soviet
1980s imagery
“Copper”
Brian A. Keane (7)
â?? First nom
â?? Series about immigrant Irish cop in 1860s
New York
â?? Hard-edged rock guitar gives way to Irish flavors,
including fiddle and banjo
“Da Vinci’s Demons”
Bear McCreary
â?? One previous nom
â?? Starz series about the young Leonardo da Vinci
â?? Renaissance instruments play musical
palindrome, suggesting the artist’s mirror
writing
“Elementary”
Sean P. Callery (8)
â?? Three wins, nine other noms
â?? CBS series recasting Sherlock Holmes
and Watson in contempo NYC
â?? Classically styled theme for strings and
harpsichord for elaborate Rube Goldberg
contraption
“Hemlock Grove”
Nathan W. Barr (6)
â?? Second nom (of two this year)
â?? Supernatural mystery set in small
Pennsylvania town
â?? Melancholy, ominous cello-and-piano theme
set against weird, blood-red-tinted imagery
“House of Cards”
Jeff Beal (2)
â?? Three wins, eight other noms
â?? Political drama starring Kevin Spacey,
Robin Wright
â?? Distant trumpet over propulsive rhythm
as shadows overtake iconic Washington, D.C.,
buildings
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