Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

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Primetime Emmy Award category television award

The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music is a television industry honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional original theme music composed specifically for a TV program’s main title sequence.

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Label	Occurrences
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music	9
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music canonical	9
Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music	1
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for The West Wing	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T614825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Context triple: [Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, isDifferentFrom, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series is a major television accolade honoring exceptional original musical scores created specifically for episodic TV series.
B. Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards are annual honors recognizing outstanding artistic and technical achievements in American television production, including areas such as cinematography, editing, sound, and guest acting.
C. Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards are prestigious annual honors recognizing outstanding achievements in American primetime television programming.
D. Emmy Award
The Emmy Award is a prestigious American television accolade recognizing excellence in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment, news, and documentary programming.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series is a major television honor recognizing excellence in regularly scheduled variety programs that blend comedy, music, and other entertainment elements.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
Target entity description: The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music is a television industry honor presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences to recognize exceptional original theme music composed specifically for a TV program’s main title sequence.

A. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series is a major television accolade honoring exceptional original musical scores created specifically for episodic TV series.
B. Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
The Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards are annual honors recognizing outstanding artistic and technical achievements in American television production, including areas such as cinematography, editing, sound, and guest acting.
C. Primetime Emmy Awards
The Primetime Emmy Awards are prestigious annual honors recognizing outstanding achievements in American primetime television programming.
D. Emmy Award
The Emmy Award is a prestigious American television accolade recognizing excellence in various sectors of the television industry, including entertainment, news, and documentary programming.
E. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series is a major television honor recognizing excellence in regularly scheduled variety programs that blend comedy, music, and other entertainment elements.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Primetime Emmy Award category ⓘ television award ⓘ
administeredBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Music Peer Group
alsoKnownAs	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ surface form: Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
associatedWithOrganization	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ surface form: Television Academy
awardedFor	original theme music composed specifically for a television program’s main title sequence ⓘ outstanding original main title theme music ⓘ
awardLevel	national television award in the United States ⓘ
categoryGroup	music categories of the Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
categoryType	creative arts category ⓘ
ceremonyLocationTypical	Los Angeles ⓘ
componentOf	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
eligibility	composers of main title theme music ⓘ original main title theme music written for television ⓘ
excludes	previously released music not written for the program’s main title ⓘ
field	television ⓘ
focus	main title sequence music ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
genre	television production ⓘ
hasAudience	television industry professionals ⓘ
hasAwardCategoryType	music award ⓘ theme music award ⓘ
hasCriterion	effectiveness in representing the program’s identity ⓘ originality of composition ⓘ overall musical excellence ⓘ
industry	television industry ⓘ
languageOfAwardingBody	English ⓘ
medium	television miniseries ⓘ television series ⓘ television specials ⓘ
notableRegionOfBroadcast	United States television market ⓘ
organizer	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
originalLanguageRequirement	original composition ⓘ
partOf	Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
presentedBy	Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
recognizes	artistic excellence in television theme composition ⓘ
relatedTo	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series ⓘ Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Direction ⓘ
reward	Emmy statuette ⓘ
scope	American television programs ⓘ
selectionProcess	voting by members of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences ⓘ
status	active award category ⓘ
symbolizes	recognition of excellence in TV main title theme music ⓘ
targetProfession	music arrangers for television ⓘ television composers ⓘ

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series → isDifferentFrom → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

W. G. Snuffy Walden → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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W. G. Snuffy Walden → awardReceivedForWork → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

this entity surface form: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music for The West Wing

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Trevor Morris → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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Dustin O’Halloran → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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Kyle Dixon → notableAward → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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Rolfe Kent → awardNomination → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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Alf Clausen → nominatedFor → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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John Lunn → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics → distinguishedFrom → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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It’s a Jungle Out There → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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Nicholas Britell → awardReceived → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design → relatedTo → Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music ⓘ

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