2020 Emmy Nominees for Main Title Design, Music
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2020 Emmy Nominees for Main Title Design, Music 07.30.2020 In the so-called Golden Age of television, main titles elevated into an art form all their own, with the opening sequences for shows such as Mad Men, The Sopranos and Game of Thrones all becoming iconic in their own right. Today, it's important for shows to have distinctive main titles as they work to grab notice in a very crowded TV landscape. In 2020, the TV Academy nominated seven opening title sequences for outstanding main title design-with four of them created by agency Elastic-and another six for outstanding main title theme music. The sequences, where available, are below. And the nominees for outstanding main title design are: Outstanding Main Title Design Netflix's Abstract: The Art Of Design A RadicalMedia Production in association with Tremolo Productions & Godfrey Dadich Partners Below is the opening title sequence for the first episode of season two, which aired in 2019. This series, which premiered in 2017, offers a different sequence for each episode and each of these sequences is in the style of the designer featured in the episode. Creative Director: Allie Fisher Animator/Director: Anthony Zazzi Amazon Prime Video's Carnival Row Produced by Legendary Pictures TV and Amazon Studios This fantastical main-title sequence perfectly captures the vibe of this series, about a world in which magical creatures cohabitate with human beings, although not without strife. RELATED: Fantastical Creatures Populate Amazon's 'Carnival Row' Agency: Elastic Creative Director: Lisa Bolan Art Director: Henry DeLeon, Mert Kizilay Designer: Kaya Thomas Animator/Compositor: Yongsub Song Animator: Alex Silver Epix's Godfather Of Harlem Produced by ABC Signature Studios This sequence takes viewers on a mixed-media tour through Harlem scored with uplifting choral music. Creative Director/Editor: Mason Nicoll Designer/Lead Animator/Art Director: Peter Pak Designer: Giovana Pham Animator: Cisco Torres Apple TV+'s The Morning Show Produced by Media Res Adapted from Brian Stelter's book, Top of the Morning, the Apple TV+ series tells the story of a morning news show that looks perfect on viewers' TV screens but is actually a broiling mess of scandal behind the scenes. Elastic got lots of attention for this simple but brilliant main-title sequence that casts colorful dots as characters from the show. The Morning Show earned Apple TV+ eight Emmy nominations, including acting nods for Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass and Martin Short. RELATED: Elastic Does A Lot With Dots Agency: Elastic Creative Director: Angus Wall, Hazel Baird Lead Designer: Emanuele Marani Lead Animator: EJ Kang Animator: Peter Murphy, Erik Righetti Netflix's The Politician A Fox21 Television Studios Production The old saying goes "politicians are born not made" but Elastic's main-title sequence for Netflix's The Politician, starring Broadway darling Ben Platt, would beg to differ. This also marks Elastic lead animator Youngsub Song's second Emmy nomination this year in this category. RELATED: It Takes More Than Objects to Make a Man in Netflix's 'The Politician' Agency: Elastic Creative Director: Heidi Berg, Felix Soletic Lead Designer: Carlo Sa Lead Animator: Yongsub Song 3D Artist: Joe Paniagua Editor: Rachel Fowler HBO's Watchmen Produced by HBO Entertainment in association with White Rabbit, Paramount Television, Warner Bros. Television & DC Comics Each episode of Damon Lindelof's electric and oh-so-timely retelling of the graphic novels, Watchmen had its own quick main-title sequence that reflected the episode's theme. Although as in all things Lindelof, that theme was rarely obvious. Agency: Elastic Creative Director: Paul Mitchell Art Director: Olga Midlenko Lead Compositor: Maciek Sokalski Animator: Gabe Perez Designer: Benjamin Woodlock HBO's Westworld Produced by HBO Entertainment in association with Kilter Films, Bad Robot and Warner Bros. Television Nominated twice before, Patrick Clair brought back his delicately crafted main titles for Westworld with some fresh notes and Easter eggs that fans spent time picking through to try to garner some clues ahead of season three. RELATED: 'Westworld' Returns with Revamped Main Titles Creative Director: Patrick Clair, Pinar Yanadarg Delul Lead Animator and Compositor: Raoul Marks Designer: Lance Slaton Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music Amazon Prime Video's Carnival Row Produced by Legendary Pictures TV and Amazon Studios Theme Music by Nathan Barr Apple TV+'s Defending Jacob Produced by Anonymous Content / Paramount Television Studios Theme Music by Ólafur Arnalds RELATED: Nothing is as it Seems in Apple TV+'s 'Defending Jacob' Netflix's Hollywood Theme Music by Nathan Barr Netflix's Unorthodox Produced by Studio Airlift and RealFilm Theme Music by Antonio Gambale Discovery's Why We Hate Produced by South Cove Productions Theme Music by Laura Karpman Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga Produced by Imagine Television Studios Theme Music by The Rza.