# Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

This is a list of winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score).
The category was created in 2019. Documentary programs previously competed for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special.

## Winners and nominations
### 2010s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
| 2019 (71st) |
| 2019 (71st) | Free Solo | Free Solo | Marco Beltrami and Brandon Roberts | Nat Geo |
| 2019 (71st) | Game of Thrones: The Last Watch | Game of Thrones: The Last Watch | Hannah Peel | HBO |
| 2019 (71st) | Hostile Planet | "Oceans" | Benjamin Wallfisch | Nat Geo |
| 2019 (71st) | Love, Gilda | Love, Gilda | Miriam Cutler | CNN |
| 2019 (71st) | Our Planet | "One Planet" | Steven Price | Netflix |
| 2019 (71st) | RBG | RBG | Miriam Cutler | CNN |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Episode | Nominee(s) | Network |
| 2020 (72nd) |
| 2020 (72nd) | Why We Hate | "Tools & Tactics" | Laura Karpman | Discovery |
| 2020 (72nd) | Becoming | Becoming | Kamasi Washington | Netflix |
| 2020 (72nd) | Home | "Maine" | Amanda Jones | Apple TV+ |
| 2020 (72nd) | McMillion$ | "Episode 1" | Alex Kovacs and Pinar Toprak | HBO |
| 2020 (72nd) | Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness | "Not Your Average Joe" | John Enroth, Albert Fox and Mark Mothersbaugh | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) |
| 2021 (73rd) | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet | Steven Price | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) | Allen v. Farrow | "Episode 4" | Michael Abels | HBO |
| 2021 (73rd) | American Masters | "Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir" | Kathryn Bostic | PBS |
| 2021 (73rd) | The Social Dilemma | The Social Dilemma | Mark Crawford | Netflix |
| 2021 (73rd) | Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | Tulsa Burning: The 1921 Race Massacre | Branford Marsalis | History |
| 2022 (74th) |
| 2022 (74th) | Lucy and Desi | Lucy and Desi | David Schwartz | Prime Video |
| 2022 (74th) | 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible | 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible | Nainita Desai | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | Return to Space | Return to Space | Mychael Danna and Harry Gregson-Williams | Netflix |
| 2022 (74th) | They Call Me Magic | "Earvin" | Terence Blanchard | Apple TV+ |
| 2022 (74th) | The Tinder Swindler | The Tinder Swindler | Jessica Jones | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) |
| 2023 (75th) | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | John Powell | Apple TV+ |
| 2023 (75th) | Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico | "Veracruz" | Tony Morales | CNN |
| 2023 (75th) | Light & Magic | "Gang of Outsiders" | James Newton Howard | Disney+ |
| 2023 (75th) | Pamela, a Love Story | Pamela, a Love Story | Blake Neely | Netflix |
| 2023 (75th) | Prehistoric Planet | "Badlands" | Hans Zimmer, Anže Rozman and Kara Talve | Apple TV+ |
| 2024 (76th) |
| 2024 (76th) | Jim Henson Idea Man | Jim Henson Idea Man | David Fleming | Disney+ |
| 2024 (76th) | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Albert Brooks: Defending My Life | Marc Shaiman | HBO |
| 2024 (76th) | Beckham | "Seeing Red" | Anže Rozman and Camilo Forero | Netflix |
| 2024 (76th) | Planet Earth III | "Extremes" | Jacob Shea, Sara Barone and Hans Zimmer | BBC America |
| 2024 (76th) | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed | Laura Karpman | HBO |

## Multiple nominations
### 2 nominations

* Miriam Cutler
* Laura Karpman
* Steven Price
* Anže Rozman
* Hans Zimmer