Theodore Shapiro has received the 2025 Emmy Award for Excellent Music Composition for a Collection (Authentic Dramatic Rating). Throughout final weekend’s 2025 Artistic Arts Emmys, the composer was honored for his work on Severance, beating out fellow nominees Brandon Roberts (Andor), Sherri Chung (Based mostly on a True Story), Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson (Cobra Kai), Antonio Sánchez (The Studio), and Cristobal Tapia de Veer (The White Lotus). It’s Shapiro’s second Emmy Award, following his win in the identical class with Severance in 2022.
Shapiro’s award is to not be confused with Excellent Music Composition for a Restricted or Anthology Collection, Film, or Particular (Authentic Dramatic Rating), which went to Mick Giacchino for The Penguin. In the meantime, the Emmy Award for Excellent Authentic Music and Lyrics was given to Christopher Lennertz for “Let’s Put the Christ Again in Christmas” from The Boys.
This 12 months, numerous musicians had been nominated for Emmy Awards, together with Kendrick Lamar, Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Kamasi Washington, Caroline Shaw, Hamilton Leithauser, Mark Ronson, Hans Zimmer, Devo co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh, and the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Final week, Lamar ended up winning his second Emmy, taking house the Artistic Emmy for Excellent Music Route for The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, which was within the working for seven potential awards.
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