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Berklee Alumni Receive Emmy Award Nominations

13/07/2023

Berklee Alumni Receive Emmy Award Nominations Twenty Berklee alumni received Emmy nominations this year for sound mixing, sound editing, and music composition.

By

Tori Donahue

July 13, 2023

Lena Glikson B.M. '15, who won her first Emmy last year, for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) for her work on Netflix's Stranger Things, is nominated for an Emmy Award this year in the same category.

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The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences nominated 20 Berklee alumni for Emmy Awards on Wednesday, July 12. This years nominees were recognized for their mixing, editing, and music composition contributions to the industry's biggest programs and events.

Lena Glikson B.M. '15, who won her first Emmy last year, for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour) for her work on Netflix's Stranger Things, is nominated again for the same program and category. Darrin Mann '91, David W. Collins '99, and Stephanie McNally '10 are nominated in the category of Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation for their work on Barry (Mann) and The Mandalorian, (Collins and McNally); Mann won an Emmy in the same category last year.

Tony Morales B.M. '95 received his second Emmy nomination, for his compositions on the CNN series Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score). An e Rozman M.M. '14, a Berklee Valencia graduate, and Kara Talve B.M. '18 were nominated in the same category for their work with Hans Zimmer on the Apple TV series Prehistoric Planet.

Alumni received Emmy nominations for work across a variety of critically acclaimed programs on various channels and platforms, including NBC's Saturday Night Live, Peacock's Mrs. Davis, the Roku Channel's Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, and MTV's RuPauls Drag Race, among others.

The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, September 18, at 8:00 p.m. on Fox.

Below is the full list of Berklee Emmy Award nominees. Please note the list is subject to change as we receive updated information.

Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Tony Morales B.M. '95, composer, Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, Veracruz (CNN)

An e Rozman M.M. '14, composer, Prehistoric Planet, Badlands (Apple TV )

Kara Talve B.M. '18, composer, Prehistoric Planet, Badlands (Apple TV )

Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics

Ben Bromfield B.M. '10, music and lyrics, Ginny & Georgia, Hark! Darkness Descends! ; song title: Marriage Is a Dungeon (Netflix)

Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Howard Shore B.M. '68, composer, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (Prime Video)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One-Hour)

Christopher Brooks B.M. '80, music editor, The Boys, The Instant White-Hot Wild (Prime Video)

Lena Glikson-Nezhelskaya B.M '15, music editor, Stranger Things, Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (Netflix)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

Darrin Mann '91, Foley editor, Barry, wow (HBO Max)

David W. Collins '99, sound designer, The Mandalorian, Chapter 24: The Return (Disney )

Stephanie McNally '10, music editor, The Mandalorian, Chapter 24: The Return (Disney )

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

Elmo Ponsdomenech '83, CAS, rerecording mixer, Barry, wow (HBO Max)

Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special

Bryan Parker B.M. '89, supervising sound editor, Mrs. Davis, Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse (Peacock)

Matt Decker B.M. '10, music editor, Mrs. Davis, Mother of Mercy: The Call of the Horse (Peacock)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Sarah Schachner B.M. '07, composer, Prey (Hulu)

Tony Solis '06, rerecording mixer, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

Phil McGowan B.M. '09, score mixer, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (The Roku Channel)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera)

Sal Ojeda B.M. '09, rerecording mixer, RuPauls Drag Race, Wigloose: The Rusical! (MTV)

Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special

Brian Riordan B.M. '95, rerecording mixer, Bono & The Edge: A Sort Of Homecoming with Dave Letterman (Disney )

Juan Pablo Velasco B.M. '99, playback mixer, the 65th Annual Grammy Awards (CBS)

Ezra Matychak B.M. '01, production mixer, Saturday Night Live, Co-Hosts: Steve Martin & Martin Short (NBC)

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