Lady Gaga’s “The Dead Dance” from Wednesday was a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 last September. Now the song, which Gaga co-wrote with Andrew Watt and Henry Walter Russell (Cirkut), is nominated for a Primetime Emmy for outstanding original music and lyrics. It’s Gaga’s first Emmy nod for songwriting. “Til It Happens to You,” which Gaga performed in The Hunting Ground, won in this category in 2016, but the Emmys credited only Diane Warren as the songwriter.
Gaga has received four other Primetime Emmy nods in other categories, for Lady Gaga Presents The Monster Ball Tour: At Madison Square Garden, Super Bowl LI Halftime Show Starring Lady Gaga and a pair of specials with Tony Bennett, Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga: Cheek to Cheek Live! and One Last Time: An Evening With Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga.
Trey Parker is also among the nominees for outstanding original music and lyrics for writing both music and lyrics for “Christian Woman” for South Park. It was one of three nominations for Parker this year. He’s also nominated for outstanding animated program and outstanding character voice-over performance for portraying Satan on the show. Parker has won five Primetime Emmys and this year was voted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame alongside Matt Stone, the co-creator of South Park.
Other nominees in the category include a song that last year’s winner in the category, Christopher Lennertz, co-wrote with Daveed Diggs for The Boys. Lennertz won last year for “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas,” also for The Boys.
The category also includes songs written for Hacks, The Pitt and Spider-Noir.
Hans Zimmer received his eighth Primetime Emmy nod as one of the composers of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age, which is nominated for outstanding music composition for a documentary/nonfiction or reality program (original dramatic score). Zimmer has won five Grammys and two Oscars but has yet to win a Primetime Emmy.
Nora Felder is nominated for outstanding music supervision for her work on Stranger Things. She won in that category in 2022 for her work on the show.
Michael Bearden is nominated for outstanding music direction for his work on the Oscars for the second year in a row.
Daniel Pemberton, Dave Porter and Jeff Beal were among this year’s double nominees in music categories.
Here’s a complete list of nominees in the seven music categories.
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Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics
The Boys • “The Frenchman, The Female, and the Man Called Mother’s Milk” / Song Title: “Raise Him Up” • Prime Video • Amazon; MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television with Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures; Christopher Lennertz, music & lyrics; Daveed Diggs, lyrics
Hacks • “EGOT” / Song Title: “Mis Figuritas” • HBO Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment; Carlos Rafael Rivera and David Stal, music & lyrics
The Pitt • “12:00 P.M.” / Song Title: “Need Someone” • HBO Max • HBO Max in association with John Wells Productions, R. Scott Gemmill Productions, and Warner Bros. Television; Gavin Brivik, Music; Andrew Bird, music & lyrics
South Park • “The Crap Out” / Song Title: “Christian Woman” • Comedy Central • Comedy Central; Trey Parker, music & lyrics
Spider-Noir • “A Mistake I’ll Never Make Again” / Song Title: “The Devil You Know” • MGM+/Prime Video • Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, Marvel Studios; Warren Oak Felder, Sebastian Kole, Daniel Pemberton, music & lyrics
Wednesday • “Woe Me the Money” / Song Title: “The Dead Dance” • Netflix • A Netflix Series / An MGM Television Production; Lady Gaga, Andrew Watt, Henry Walter Russell, music & lyrics
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Outstanding Music Direction
The Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Starring Bad Bunny • NBC • Roc Nation, Rimas, Jesse Collins Entertainment and DPS; Miguel Gandelman, music director
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert • “Series Finale” • CBS • CBS Studios; Louis Cato, music director
The Oscars • ABC • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Michael Bearden, music director
Saturday Night Live • “Host: Jack Black” • NBC • SNL Studios in association with Universal Television and Broadway Video; Lenny Pickett, Leon Pendarvis, Eli Brueggemann and Maddie Rice, music directors
Wicked: One Wonderful Night • NBC • Fulwell Entertainment; Stephen Oremus, music director
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Outstanding Music Supervision
The Boys • “Blood and Bone” • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Television with Kripke Enterprises, Original Film, and Point Grey Pictures; Michelle Johnson and Yvette Metoyer, music supervisors
Hacks • “Finale” • HBO Max • Universal Television in association with Paulilu, First Thought Productions, Fremulon Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment; Matt Biffa, music supervisor
Nobody Wants This • “When Noah Met Joanne” • Netflix • 20th Television in association with Steven Levitan Productions for Netflix; Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, Jonathan Leahy, music supervisors
Pluribus • “We Is Us” • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple; Thomas Golubić, music supervisor
Stranger Things • “Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up” • Netflix • Upside Down Pictures & 21 Laps Entertainment for Netflix; Nora Felder, music supervisor
Widow’s Bay • “Beach Reads” • Apple TV • Apple Studios / Chum Films; Toko Nagata, music supervisor
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Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms • “In the Name of the Mother” • HBO Max • HBO in association with GRRM and Friendly Wolf Pictures; Dan Romer, composer
Palm Royale • “Maxine Drinks Martinis Now” • Apple TV • Apple Studios; Jeff Toyne, composer
Pluribus • “We Is Us” • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple; Dave Porter, composer
Slow Horses • “Missiles” • Apple TV • See-Saw Films in association with Apple; Daniel Pemberton and Toydrum, composers
Spider-Noir • “Step Into My Office” • MGM+/Prime Video • Sony Pictures Television, Amazon MGM Studios, Marvel Studios; Kris Bowers and Michael Dean Parsons, composers
Widow’s Bay • “Our History” • Apple TV • Apple Studios / Chum Films; David Fleming, composer
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Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
All Her Fault • “Episode 7” • Peacock • Peacock Original, Universal International Studios, Carnival Films; Jeff Beal, composer
The Beast in Me • “The Beast and Me” • Netflix • 20th Television for Netflix; Sean Callery and Sara Barone, composers
Black Rabbit • “Isle of Joy” • Netflix • Netflix / Aggregate Films / Riff Raff Entertainment / Youngblood Pictures / Automatik; Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans, composers
In the Blink of an Eye • Hulu • Mighty Engine, Searchlight Pictures; Thomas Newman, composer
Washington Black • “If You See My Mama, Whisper Her This…” • Hulu • 20th Television; Cameron Moody, composer
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Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary/Nonfiction or Reality Program (Original Dramatic Score)
High Horse: The Black Cowboy • “F*ck Westerns” • Peacock • Peacock Original, Universal Television Alternative Studio, Resurgent Pictures, Monkeypaw Productions; Raphael Saadiq, composer
John Candy: I Like Me • Prime Video • Amazon MGM Studios, El Bear Productions; Tyler Strickland, composer
Kingdom • “Episode 2” • BBC America • A BBC Studios Natural History Unit production co-produced with BBC America; Segun Akinola, composer
Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man! • HBO Max • HBO Documentary Films presents an Apatow Production; Jeff Morrow, composer
Ocean With David Attenborough • National Geographic • National Geographic Presents a Silverback Films & Open Planet Studios Production in association with Altitude, All3Media International and Minderoo Pictures, co-produced with Arksen & 10% For The Ocean, Don Quixote Foundation, National Geographic Society and Pristine Seas, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Revive Our Ocean; Steven Price, composer
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age • “The Big Freeze” • Apple TV • BBC Studios in association with Apple; Kara Talve, Anže Rozman and Hans Zimmer, composers
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Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
All Her Fault • Peacock • Peacock Original, Universal International Studios, Carnival Films; Jeff Beal, composer
The Beast in Me • Netflix • 20th Television for Netflix; Sean Callery, composer
The ‘Burbs • Peacock • Peacock Original, UCP, Imagine Entertainment, Out of the Blue Productions, Fuzzy Door; Michael Abels, composer
Murderbot • Apple TV • Paramount Television Studios in association with Apple; Amanda Jones, composer
Pluribus • Apple TV • Sony Pictures Television in association with Apple; Dave Porter, composer
