| Rank/Composer(s) | Series | Show Debut/Genre |
| 40: Mike Post and Peter Carpeneter | |
| 39: Joe Raposo, Jon Stone and Bruce Hart | |
| 38: Tom Wells and Hugh Wilson | |
| 37: Paul Williams and Charles Fox | |
| 36: Harry Nilsson | |
| 35: Alabama 3 | |
| 34: Waylon Jennings | |
| 33: Henry Mancini | |
| 32: Mark Snow | |
| 31: Sherwood Schwarz | |
| 30: Mike Post and Stephen Geyer | |
| 29: John Sebastian | |
| 28: Mike Post | |
| 27: Jack Elliott | |
| 26: Jack Elliott | |
| 25: Norman Gimbel and Charles Fox | |
| 24: Ned Washington and Dimitri Tiomkin | |
| 23: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans | |
| 22: Jay Livingston and Ray Evans | |
| 21: Mike Post | |
| | Rank/Composer(s) | Series | Show Debut/Genre |
| 20: Danny Elfman | |
| 19: They Might Be Giants | |
| 18: The Waitresses | |
| 17: Jim Henson and Sam Pottle | |
| 16: Paul Henning | |
| 15: Vic Mizzy | |
| 14: Alexander Courage and Jerry Goldsmith | |
| 13: Ron Grainer | |
| 12: Lalo Schifrin | |
| 11: Will Smith and Quincy Jones III | |
| 10: John Williams | |
| 9: Sherwood Schwartz and George Wyle | |
| 8: Morton Stevens | |
| 7: Earle Hagen, Herbert Spencer and Everett Sloane | |
| 6: Ja'net Du Bois | |
| 5: Lee Adams and Charles Strouse | |
| 4: Henry Mancini | |
| 3: Quincy Jones | |
| 2: Johnny Mandel | |
| 1: Gary Portnoy | |
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