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The series adaptation of Fallout confirmed 16 nominations for the TV Emmy Awards in mid-July. It went head-to-head with other series for top honors in categories such as Best Drama Series or Best Actor in a Drama Series, and two nominations eventually turned into awards. But not in categories that might be considered traditional or well-known. As we hinted at in our previous article on the nominations, one of the big favorites was the Shogun series, which broke historical records with the number of awards, leaving Fallout with two awards (via PC Gamer) that need to be explained in more detail.
Music of Fallout: A Unique Tribute
The first award is originally called Outstanding Music Supervision and goes to the person responsible for selecting the licensed music that accompanies the series or a particular episode. In this case, the award was given for the music in the episode The End, which, despite its title, opened the entire series on April 10 of this year. The premiere episode featured music written by composer Ramin Djawadi for the series and several licensed tracks, such as Nat King Cole’s Orange Colored Sky and Johnny Cash’s All Over Again.
Interactive Innovation: Fallout Vault 33 Award
The second prize was awarded to Fallout in the Outstanding Emerging Media Program category, specifically the Fallout Project Award: Vault 33. If you’ve never heard of it, don’t feel weird because it’s an interactive web presentation that—among other things—features some Vault-Tec commercials, the design, and the preparation of which can be seen in a series of flashbacks that constantly intersperse the series. On the website above, you can listen to some of the music tracks or read the biographies of the main characters.
