Thursday, September 12, 2024

Emmy wins and nominations for 'Fallout' on Video Games Day


Happy National Video Games Day!
On September 12, National Video Games Day celebrates all the ways we enjoy a good video game challenge.
I'm celebrating with the Emmy wins and nominations for most nominated TV show based on a video game at this year's Emmy Awards, Fallout, as I promised yesterday. I begin with the two Emmy Awards the series and its spinoff won on Sunday.


I covered this award in Gold Derby's predictions for TV movie and music at the Emmy Awards.
Outstanding Music Supervision
  • Baby Reindeer: "Episode 4" – Catherine Grieves (Netflix)
  • Fallout: "The End" – Trygge Toven (Prime Video)
  • Fargo: "The Tragedy of the Commons" – Maggie Phillips (FX)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Smith: "A Breakup" – Jen Malone (Prime Video)
  • Only Murders in the Building: "Grab Your Hankies" – Bruce Gilbert and Lauren Marie Mikus (Hulu)
  • True Detective: Night Country: "Part 4" – Susan Jacobs (HBO)
There is a lot less unanimity at Gold Derby for this award, as seven editors, six experts, and 20 users fell for Fallout . Three editors, one expert, and one user broke for Baby Reindeer, while two experts expect Only Murders in the Building to upset, one expert and one user found the music for Fargo fascinating, and one editor made Mr. & Mrs. Smith their choice.
The editors, experts, and top users at Gold Derby got this right, so congratulations to them and to the show! To celebrate, I'm sharing Gold Derby's interview of the winner, How music supervisor Trygge Toven captured 'Fallout's' different tones through vintage songs.

How music supervisor Trygge Toven captured 'Fallout's' different tones through vintage songs. The Emmy nominee deployed post-World War II tunes by Cole, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Perry Como and more to ironic effect. Gold Derby editor Joyce Eng hosts this webchat.
Joyce Eng and Trygge Toven reminded me that many of the people who made Westworld are creating Fallout. That's good and bad, because Westworld started out great but then fell apart during the fourth season, resulting in HBO canceling the show before its planned final season. That was a disappointment. I hope that same fate isn't awaiting Fallout. Just the same, I'm looking forward to finishing this season and watching next season.


Fallout: Vault 33 on Prime Video beat four series on Meta and/or Facebook, Emperor, The Pirate Queen with Lucy Liu, Red Rocks Live in VR, and Wallace & Gromit in The Grand Getaway. Congratulations to the series and Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who beat Meta's Mark Zuckerberg by proxy.

In addition, Fallout earned twelve more nominations in eleven categories at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards that it lost to other drama series, Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Period or Fantasy Program (One Hour or More), Outstanding Main Title Design, Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic), Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup, Outstanding Picture Editing for a Drama Series (two episodes), Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour), Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie, and Outstanding Stunt Performance, all won by Shogun, Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Drama Programming, won by Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes, which Ahsoka pleasantly surprised me by winning. Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Ahsoka on their Emmys, which I will revisit when I cover Shogun's expected wins at the main show.

Follow over the jump as I shift focus from Fallout to Shogun.

Gold Derby called one of the above awards for Shogun.
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
  • Feud: Capote vs. The Swans - Thomas Newman (FX)
  • Lessons in Chemistry - Carlos Rafael Rivera (Apple TV+)
  • Masters of the Air - Blake Neely (Apple TV+)
  • Palm Royale - Jeff Toyne (Apple TV+)
  • Shogun - Atticus Ross, Leopold Ross, and Nick Chuba (FX)
Gold Derby displays more diversity of opinion in this category, as eight editors, eight experts, and 18 users voted for Shogun. Two editors, two experts, and four users love Lessons in Chemistry enough to think it will win, while one editor has Feud: Capote vs. The Swans as their choices and one user picked Palm Royale. Sorry, nothing for Masters of the Air.
Again, congratulations to the prognosticators at Gold Derby.

I'm going to repeat what I wrote in 'Jim Henson Idea Man' and 'Girls State' win multiple Emmy Awards to drive home how dominant Shogun is.
Shogun won the one category it was contending in last night, Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series for Shogun - The Making of Shogun. I thought it would be between Hacks: Bit by Bit or Saturday Night Live Presents: Behind the Sketch. Nope. Watch for the broom as Shogun tries to pull off a sweep tonight and next Sunday.
Not including this category, which technically recognizes different shows from the main show, Shogun won 14 Emmy Awards out of 17 nominations in 16 categories, so almost a sweep. Including this award, it's already won 15 Emmy Awards.
That's already a record, as the following image from Twitter/X shows.


According to Gold Derby's editors, Shogun should sweep all six categories in which it is nominated at next Sunday's ceremony, Drama Series, Drama Actor, Drama Actress, Drama Supporting Actor, Drama Directing, and Drama Writing, for a total of 20 or 21 Emmys. Wow! Fallout should just be happy with its two Emmy Awards and its nominations for Drama Series, Drama Actor, and Drama Writing, as it almost certainly won't win any more.

That's a wrap for today. Stay tuned for Friday the 13th, which is also Blame Someone Else Day. Whose bad luck should I examine tomorrow?

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