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![]() FMS FEATURE... ![]() September 13, 2016 Diane Warren Wins the Emmy Other music honors go to Callery, Quayle, Reyes, Elfman by Jon Burlingame ![]() Diane Warren Warren – who became the first writer ever to be nominated for an Oscar, a Grammy and an Emmy for the same song – penned the tune (with contributions by Lady Gaga, who sang the original) for the documentary The Hunting Ground, about sexual assault on college campuses. Originally released to theaters, it later played on CNN, which under Television Academy rules made it eligible for the honor. ![]() Sean Callery Also on Saturday, Sean P. Callery won his fourth Emmy, this time for his noirish main-title theme for Netflix's Marvel's Jessica Jones. All of his previous Emmys were for scoring the popular Kiefer Sutherland series 24. ![]() Victor Reyes Danny Elfman won his second-ever Emmy for music direction on the PBS Live From Lincoln Center broadcast of Danny Elfman's Music From the Films of Tim Burton. His last win was for the Desperate Housewives theme in 2005. ![]() Mac Quayle Honorees were presented with their official nomination certificates, and amusing video clips of several of the nominees were screened. Paul Leonard-Morgan, nominated for CBS's Limitless, spotted hotel guests looking down at the party from several floors above. His comment – "We're composers down here, no one actually worth looking at" – elicited laughter from the attendees. An edited version of the Creative Arts Emmy show will air on Saturday, Sept. 17, on FXX. The 68th annual Primetime Emmy Awards will air on ABC Sunday, Sept. 18. ©2016 Jon Burlingame ![]() |
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