Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics is an award presented annually by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. It is awarded to the best original song or score created specifically for a television program.

The award has gone by several names:

• Outstanding Achievement in Music, Lyrics and Special Material (1970–1973)
• Best Song or Theme (1974)
• Outstanding Achievement in Special Musical Material (1975–1978)
• Outstanding Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1981–1991)
• Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics (1992–1995)
• Outstanding Music and Lyrics (1996–2005)
• Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics (2006–present)

Winners and nominations

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s