Saturday Night Live Submits 8 Songs for Best Original Music and Lyrics, Including “Mother’s Day Monologue” by Maya Rudolph – GoldDerby

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The 2024 Emmy category for Best Original Music and Lyrics could be completely dominated by Saturday Night Live, as the late-night classic has submitted eight songs for voting for season 49. Led by music director Eli Brueggemann and music producer Jake Procanik (JP)This year’s catchy and satirical contributions include Maya Rudolph‘s “Mother’s Day Monologue”, Ryan Gosling‘s “Get That Boy Back” with Chris Stapletonand “Dune Popcorn Bucket” from the Ayo Edebiri-moderated episode. The full list can be found below..

Note that Saturday Night Live has already won this race three times, for the songs “Dick in a Box” (2007), “Justin Timberlake Monologue” (2011) and “Come Back Barack” (2018). Will the 2024 Emmys give the long-running program another gold statuette for best original music and lyrics?

The nine other “SNL” songs nominated over the years are “Motherlover” (2009), “Shy Ronnie” (2010), “I Just Had Sex” (2011), “Jack Sparrow” (2011), “3-Way (The Golden Rule)” (2011), “I Can’t Believe I’m Hosting” (2012), “Home for the Holiday (Twin Bed)” (2014), “Last Christmas” (2017) and “The Upper East Side” (2019).

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Below are the eight Saturday Night Live song nominations for Best Original Score and Best Lyrics at the 2024 Emmys. Click on each link to watch the video on YouTube.

“Sea beach”
Episode: Nate Bargatze
Music and lyrics by: James Austin Johnson, Andrew Dismukes, Streeter Seidell, Dan Bulla, Brueggemann

“Rome Song”
Episode: Jason Momoa
Music and lyrics by: Seidell, Bulla, Procanik

“Dune Popcorn Bucket”
Episode: Ayo Edebiri
Music and lyrics by: Bulla, Steven Castillo, Procanik

“Farmer’s Song”
Episode: Kate McKinnon
Music and lyrics by: McKinnon, Alison Gates, Brueggemann

“Airplane Song”
Episode: Josh Brolin
Music and lyrics by: Auguste White, Dismukes, Gary Richardson, Brueggemann

“We were too high”
Episode: Ramy Youssef
Music and lyrics by: John Higgins, Martin Herlihy, Ben Marshall, Bulla, Procanik

“Bring the boy back”
Episode: Ryan Gosling
Music and lyrics: Marshall, Ceara O’Sullivan, Higgins, Chloe Troast, Brueggemann

“Monologue for Mother’s Day”
Music and lyrics by: Rudolph, White, Mike DiCenzo, Jake Nordwind, Brueggemann
Episode: Maya Rudolph

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