The 77th Primetime Emmy Awards took place on September 14, 2025, live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with comedian Nate Bargatze as host and CBS/Paramount+ airing the ceremony. While television’s biggest night celebrated the best in storytelling, acting, and production, the music categories once again stole the spotlight by honoring the creative forces that shape television’s sound.
One of the biggest headlines was Kendrick Lamar’s historic Emmy win. The rap icon earned Outstanding Music Direction for his Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show, making him an official Emmy winner.
Here are all the winners for the 2025 Emmys in the music categories.
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Outstanding Music Direction
• The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar (FOX) – Roc Nation, DPS, Jesse Collins Entertainment, pgLang; Music Directors: Kendrick Lamar, Tony Russell *WINNER*
• The Kennedy Center Honors (CBS) – Done + Dusted with Rok Productions; Music Director: Rickey Minor
• The Oscars (ABC) – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Music Director: Michael Bearden
• SNL50: The Anniversary Special (NBC) – SNL Studios, Universal Television, Broadway Video; Music Directors: Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann
• SNL50: The Homecoming Concert (Peacock) – SNL Studios, Universal Television, Broadway Video; Music Directors: James Poyser, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
• Andor – “Who Are You?” (Disney+) – Lucasfilm Ltd.; Composer: Brandon Roberts
• Based on a True Story – “Relapse” (Peacock) – UCP, Aggregate Films, Parasox; Composer: Sherri Chung
• Cobra Kai – “Blood In Blood Out” (Netflix) – Sony Pictures Television; Composers: Leo Birenberg, Zach Robinson
• Severance – “Cold Harbor” (Apple TV+) – Fifth Season, Apple; Composer: Theodore Shapiro *WINNER*
• The Studio – “The Missing Reel” (Apple TV+) – Lionsgate Television, Apple; Composer: Antonio Sánchez
• The White Lotus – “Amor Fati” (HBO | Max) – HBO, Rip Cord, MC Pictures; Composer: Cristobal Tapia de Veer
Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
• Black Mirror – “Hotel Reverie” (Netflix) – Broke & Bones; Composer: Ariel Marx
• Black Mirror – “USS Callister: Into Infinity” (Netflix) – Broke & Bones; Composer: Daniel Pemberton
• Dying for Sex – “It’s Not That Serious” (FX on Hulu) – 20th Television; Composer: Ariel Marx
• Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story – “Spree” (Netflix) – Ryan Murphy Productions; Composers: Thomas Newman, Julia Newman
• The Penguin – “After Hours” (HBO | Max) – HBO, multiple producers; Composer: Mick Giacchino *WINNER*
• The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat (Hulu) – Searchlight Pictures, Temple Hill; Composer: Kathryn Bostic
Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
• The Americas – “Andes” (NBC) – BBC Studios Natural History Unit, Universal Television; Composers: Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman, Kara Talve
• Chef’s Table – “José Andrés” (Netflix) – Boardwalk Pictures, David Gelb Planetarium; Composers: Duncan Thum, David Bertok *WINNER*
• Leonardo da Vinci (PBS) – Florentine Films & WETA; Composer: Caroline Shaw
• Planet Earth: Asia – “Beneath the Waves” (BBC America) – BBC Studios, BBC America, ZDF; Composers: Jacob Shea, Laurentia Editha
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (HBO | Max) – DC Studios, HBO Documentary Films, CNN Films; Composer: Ilan Eshkeri
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
• Agatha All Along – Song: “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” (Disney+) – Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
• Andor – “Who Are You?” – Song: “We Are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)” (Disney+) – Nicholas Britell, Tony Gilroy
• The Boys – Song: “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas” (Prime Video) – Christopher Lennertz *WINNER*
• SNL50: The Anniversary Special – Song: “Adam Sandler’s Song: 50 Years” (NBC) – Adam Sandler, Dan Bulla
• Will & Harper – Song: “Harper and Will Go West” (Netflix) – Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig (music & lyrics), Josh Greenbaum (lyrics)
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
• Dept. Q (Netflix) – Carlos Rafael Rivera, Scott Frank
• Dune: Prophecy (HBO | Max) – Volker Bertelmann
• Lazarus (Adult Swim) – Kamasi Washington
• The Residence (Netflix) – Mark Mothersbaugh
• The White Lotus (HBO | Max) – Cristobal Tapia de Veer *WINNER*
• Your Friends & Neighbors (Apple TV+) – Dominic Lewis, Hamilton Leithauser
Outstanding Music Supervision
• Hacks – “I Love LA” (HBO | Max) – Matt Biffa
• The Last of Us – “The Price” (HBO | Max) – Evyen Klean, Ian Broucek
• The Righteous Gemstones – “You Hurled Me Into the Depths…” (HBO | Max) – DeVoe Yates, Gabe Hilfer
• Severance – “Cold Harbor” (Apple TV+) – George Drakoulias
• The Studio – “The Promotion” (Apple TV+) – Gabe Hilfer *WINNER*
• The White Lotus – “Same Spirits, New Forms” (HBO | Max) – Gabe Hilfer
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