Die Nominierungen im Bereich Musik lesen sich wie folgt:

Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score):

John Keane – Law Of Gravity (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
Mark Snow – Love Never Dies (Ghost Whisperer)
WG Snuffy Walden – Pilot (Kidnapped)
George Fenton – Pole To Pole (Planet Earth)
Jeff Beal – Philippi (Rome)
Sean Callery (24)

Outstanding Music Composition For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Special (Original Dramatic Score):

Todd Boekelheide – Boffo! Tinseltown’s Bombs And Blockbusters
Dave Mansfield & Van Dyke Parks – Broken Trail
George S. Clinton – Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee
Joseph LeDuca – The Librarian: Return To King Solomon’s Mines
Rob Lane – Longford
Jeff Beal – Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From The Stories Of Stephen King
John Cameron – The Path To 9/11

Outstanding Music Direction:

William Ross – 79th Annual Academy Awards
Harold Wheeler – Dancing With The Stars
Jan Stevens – My Musical (Scrubs)
Elliott Lawrence – The 60th Annual Tony Awards 2006

Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics:

Danny Smith & Walter Murphy – Peter’s Two Dads (Family Guy), Song: “My Drunken Irish Dad”
Greg O’Connor, Jim Wise & Bruce McCoy – Episode 1209 (MADtv), Song: “Merry X-Mas”
Justin Timberlake, Jorma Taccone, Katreese Barnes, Asa Taccone, Akiva Schaffer & Andy Samberg – Saturday Night Live, Song: “Dick In A Box”
Debra Fordham, Robert Lopez & Jeff Marx – My Musical (Scrubs), Song: “Everything Comes Down To Poo”
Debra Fordham & Paul F. Perry – My Musical (Scrubs), Song: “Guy Love”

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music:

Rolfe Kent – Dexter
Simon Rogers – Hu$tle
Mark T. Williams & Jeff Lippenscott – On The Lot
Jeff Richmond – 30 Rock
Trevor Morris – The Tudors, Episode 5

Weitere Nominierungen, u.a. aus dem Bereich Sound Editing, können auf der Emmys-Homepage herunter geladen werden. Die Emmys werden am 8. und am 16. September im Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles verliehen.