Missouri State University music alumnus Tyler Durham and the entire team from the nature documentary, “Our Living World,” have been nominated for two Emmy® awards.

The Netflix series has been nominated for Outstanding Nature Documentary and Outstanding Cinematography – Documentary.

The 46th annual awards ceremony takes place June 25-26 in New York City, New York. Documentary awards will be handed out on June 26.

“It’s simply amazing,” Durham said about the nomination. “Everyone worked so hard on this series, and seeing it nominated was more than we could have ever hoped for.”

Durham, along with the musical production team, Pinar Toprak and Emir Işilay, co-composed the soundtrack for the four-part series. He graduated from Missouri State in 2015 with a degree in music composition and a concentration in recording arts. In 2017, he earned an MFA degree in music composition for the screen at Columbia College Chicago.

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