Three months from now, the Weeknd may simply have an Emmy to position alongside his 4 Grammys and his Oscar nomination.
That’s as a result of he joins a dozen different music superstars — together with Dolly Parton, Frequent, Ryan Tedder, “Bizarre Al” Yankovic and Meshell Ndegeocello — who’ve entered work on this yr’s Emmy competitors.
Voting started yesterday within the seven music classes. Roughly 550 members of the Academy’s music department (composers, songwriters, music administrators, orchestrators or music supervisors) will solid ballots, though viewing the tons of of entries earlier than voting ends on June 26 is an unattainable job, Academy officers privately concede.
The Weeknd, aka Abel Tesfaye, is among the many 19 entries within the Music Course class. He submitted “The Weeknd Reside at Sofi Stadium,” an HBO particular that aired in February. If nominated, he’s prone to be up in opposition to such previous winners as Adam Blackstone (entered for the “Tremendous Bowl LVII Half-time Present,” “Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame” ceremony and Rihanna’s “Savage X Fenty Present”) and Rickey Minor (“The Oscars”).
A lot of the big-name performers have entered the music class (formally Excellent Unique Music and Lyrics). Parton, who gained an Emmy two years in the past as a producer of her TV film “Christmas on the Sq.,” submitted songs from NBC’s “Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas” and HBO’s “Rock & Roll Corridor of Fame Induction Ceremony.”
Additionally getting into songs are Child Cudi from Netflix’s “Entergalactic,” David Byrne from Netflix’s “John Mulaney: Child J,” Ryan Tedder from Peacock’s “Pitch Excellent: Bumper in Berlin,” Donald Glover from Prime Video’s “Swarm,” Yankovic from Roku’s “Bizarre: The Al Yankovic Story,” Steve Martin from Hulu’s “Solely Murders within the Constructing” and Lainey Wilson from Paramount’s “Yellowstone.”
In all, 80 songs are entered, together with three every from Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones & the Six” (together with one by Marcus Mumford) and Paramount+’s “Grease: Rise of the Pink Women.” Oscar winners Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz entered a music from Disney+’s “Disenchanted,” and fellow Oscar winners Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez entered Hulu’s “Up Right here” in two classes: unique music and primary title theme.
Music-heavy “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (Thomas Mizer and Curtis Moore, on Prime Video) and “Schmigadoon!” (Cinco Paul, on Apple TV+) entered one music apiece.
The high-profile musicians among the many 158 entries for Excellent Music Composition for a Sequence embody Frequent for Netflix’s “Mo,” P.J. Harvey for Apple TV+’s “Dangerous Sisters,” Meshell Ndegeocello for Starz’s “BMF,” T Bone Burnett for FX’s “The Outdated Man” and Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis for Hulu’s “Unprisoned.”
That class is very attention-grabbing for the precise episodes submitted. Nicholas Britell entered episode 12, the finale, of Disney+’s “Andor” however episode 3 – curiously, not the much-watched finale – of HBO’s “Succession.” Episode 3, “Connor’s Marriage ceremony,” is the one wherein Logan Roy dies.
Among the many fantasy and sci-fi entries, Bear McCreary entered episode 1 of Prime Video’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy,” whereas Ramin Djawadi submitted episode 10, the finale, of HBO’s “Home of the Dragon.” Joseph Shirley and Ludwig Goransson entered episode 24, the finale, of Disney+’s “The Mandalorian,” however Stephen Barton entered episode 4 of Paramount+’s “Star Trek: Picard,” not the extensively acclaimed finale of the collection. And Tom Howe entered the finale of “Ted Lasso” on Apple TV+.
Among the many 69 entries within the class of Music for a Restricted or Anthology Sequence, Film or Particular, probably the most notable is “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” with music by John Williams and Natalie Holt. Williams, who already has three Primetime Emmys, didn’t submit his theme for the Disney+ collection within the main-title theme class.
Observers speculated that it could have been a strategic transfer on the a part of Lucasfilm to draw votes to this particular entry fairly than cut up the votes between two music classes citing the legendary “Star Wars” composer.
The 71 entries in Predominant Title Theme additionally embody a handful of notables: Jarvis Cocker for AMC+’s “This Is Going to Harm,” Danny Elfman for Netflix’s “Wednesday” and Howard Shore (who already has three Oscars for “Lord of the Rings” movies) for “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Energy.”
Oscar-winning songwriting groups have entered this class as effectively. Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez entered their theme for “Up Right here,” and Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (with Lizzy McAlpine) submitted the Apple TV+ collection “Expensive Edward.”
Three high-profile movie composers are included among the many 75 entries for Music Composition for a Documentary Sequence or Particular: Hans Zimmer, one in all three composers for Apple TV+’s “Prehistoric Planet,” James Newton Howard for Disney+’s doc “Gentle & Magic,” and John Powell for Apple TV+’s “Nonetheless: A Michael J. Fox Film.”
There are 138 entries within the Music Supervision class. This would be the seventh yr that an Emmy has been awarded to music supervisors; three of them have gone to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and supervisor Robin Urdang may win a fourth; she has entered the collection finale.
