Jon Burlingame Last year, the Television Academy added a seventh category for music: composition for a documentary series or special, long sought by composers as music for non-fiction programming can have very different demands than that for dramatic narratives.The streaming services offered numerous docs during the 2019-20 season, from explorations of nature to profiles of politicians.
And, like last year, docs that were eligible for 2019 Oscars have been newly entered in this category (including Alex Heffes’ score for “Elephant Queen,” which aired on Apple TV Plus, and Matt Morton’s music for “Apollo 11,” on CNN).Disney Plus debuted two Disneynature docs that were intended for theatrical release but sidelined because of the pandemic:.
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