At the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys last weekend (September 7 and 8), Christopher Lennertz took home the award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for his song “Let’s Put the Christ Back in Christmas” from The Boys. He beat out fellow nominees Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez for “The Ballad of the Witches’ Road” (Agatha All Along), Nicholas Britell and Tony Gilroy for “We Are the Ghor (Planetary Anthem)” (Andor), Adam Sandler and Dan Bulla for “Adam Sandler’s Song: 50 Years” (SNL50: The Anniversary Special), and Sean Douglas, Kristen Wiig, and Josh Greenbaum for “Harper and Will Go West” (Will & Harper). It’s Lennertz’s first Emmy Award and third nomination.
Lennertz’s award is not to be confused with Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score), which Theodore Shapiro won for Severance, nor Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score), which went to Mick Giacchino for The Penguin.
Plenty of musicians were nominated for Emmy Awards this year, including 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. Last week, Lamar won his second Emmy, taking home the Creative Emmy for Outstanding Music Direction for The Apple Music Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show Starring Kendrick Lamar, which was nominated for seven awards.
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