Jon Burlingame One of the most remarkable statistics to emerge from this year’s Emmy nominations is the number of women cited in the music categories: nearly 27 percent (14 of 52 noms) are female, the highest percentage in any Emmy competition to date.
Another first: the category of music composition for a limited or anthology series, movie or special, was dominated by women.
They scored three of the five nominated shows: “Ms. Marvel” by Laura Karpman, “Prey” by Sarah Schachner, and “A Small Light” by Ariel Marx.
Schachner is well-known in the video game field (“Assassin’s Creed,” “Call of Duty”) while Marx has been quietly making a name for herself in both TV (“A Friend of the Family”) and in the indie world (“Shiva Baby”).
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