2008 Primetime Emmy Awards & Nominations for SCL Members

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE SCL MEMBERS 2008 PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINEES AND AWARD WINNERS* IN A MUSIC CATEGORY.

The Society of Composers & Lyricists and the Television Academy once again hosted the annual Primetime EMMY Reception to honor the Nominees in the Music categories on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008.

The Primetime EMMY Awards for Music and other crafts were awarded on Saturday, September 13th, with segments airing on the live telecast on Sunday, September 21st.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE PRIMETIME EMMY NOMINEES & WINNERS* IN THE MUSIC CATEGORIES:

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE THEME MUSIC
“Canterbury’s Law” (FOX) – Tree Adams
“Disney Phineas And Ferb” (Disney Channel) – Carl Hill Williams, Michael Walker, Michael Culross, Jr.
“Kid Nation” (Episode 101) (CBS) – Jeff Lippencott, Mark T. Williams
* “Pirate Master” (Episode 102) (CBS) – Russ Landau
“Saving Grace” (Pilot) (TNT) – Eric “Everlast” Schrody

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (Original Dramatic Underscore)
“Family Guy” – “Lois Kills Stewie” (FOX) – Ronald Neal Jones, Composer
“House” – “Guardian Angels” (FOX) – Jon Ehrlich, Jason Derlatka
“Little People, Big World” – “Roloff Road Trip: Grand Canyon” (TLC) – Joey Newman
“Lost” – “The Constant” (ABC) – Michael Giacchino
* “Pushing Daisies” – “Pigeon” (ABC) – Jim Dooley
“The Simpsons” – “Treehouse of Horror XVIII” (FOX) Alf Clausen

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A MINISERIES, MOVIE OR A SPECIAL (Original Dramatic Underscore)
“Bernard And Doris” (HBO) -Alex Wurman
* “The Company” (Night 1) (TNT) -Jeff Beal
“John Adams” – “Independence” (HBO) – Rob Lane
“Masters Of Science Fiction” – “Jerry Was A Man” (ABC) -Laura Karpman
“Oprah Winfrey Presents: Mitch Albom’s For One More Day” (ABC) – Lennie Niehaus
“Sense & Sensibility” (Masterpiece Theatre) (PBS) – Martin Phipps

MUSIC DIRECTION
“80th Annual Academy Awards” (ABC) – Bill Conti
“Barry Manilow: Songs From The Seventies” (PBS) – Ron Walters, Jr.
“Christmas In Washington” (TNT) – Ian Fraser
“50th Annual Grammy Awards” (CBS) – Rickey Minor
* “Movies Rock” (CBS) – Steve Jordan, Mark Watters

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL MUSIC AND LYRICS
“Disney Phineas And Ferb” – Song: “I Ain’t Got No Rhythm” (Disney Channel) – Danny Jacob, Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, Robert F. Hughes, Martin Olson, Dan Povenmire

“Flight Of The Conchords” – Song: “The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)” (HBO) – Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement?

“Flight Of The Conchords” -Song: “Inner City Pressure” (HBO) – Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement, James Bobin?

* “Jimmy Kimmel Live” – Song: “I’m F***ing Matt Damon” (ABC) – Sarah Silverman, Tony Baubirei, Wayne McClaucey, Sal Lacono, Dan Warner

“MADtv” – Song: “Sad Fitty Cent” (FOX) – Greg O’Connor, Jordan Peele, Jim Wise

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THE SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS & LYRICISTS (SCL) is the non-profit and primary organization for professional film, TV and video game composers and lyricists, with a distinguished 60-year history in the fine art of creating music for motion pictures and television. The predecessor organization, the Screen Composers Association, began in 1945 with such legendary icons as Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dimitri Tiomkin and David Raksin among others. Current SCL Members include the top creative professionals whose experience and expertise is focused on many of the creative, technological, legal, newsworthy and pressing issues of the film/television/game music industry today. http://www.TheSCL.com

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