Laura Karpman

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Laura Anne Karpman (born March 1, 1959 in La Jolla , San Diego , California ) is an American composer and professor at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Life

Laura Anne Karpman was born to Harold Lew and Rodelle, née Grisor, Karpman in La Jolla, a neighborhood in San Diego. Since she received musical support at a very early age, she started composing her own songs at the age of seven. In parallel with her school days, she attended the Phillips Academy in Andover and the National Music Camp in Interlochen , Michigan. After receiving her bachelor's degree in music with magna cum laude from the University of Michigan in 1980 , she graduated with a master's degree from the Juilliard School in 1983 , where she also received her PhD in music in 1985 .

After working in New York for over a decade, she moved to Los Angeles at the invitation of the Sundance Film Scoring Workshop , where she received instruction in film composition from, among others, David Newman , Dave Grusin and Shirley Walker . Since her first independent film composition for the television drama My Brother's Wife in 1989, it was mainly television productions for which Karpman was hired. Since composing the music for the series Taken, produced by Steven Spielberg , she has been increasingly engaged for music composition in video games such as EverQuest II and Field Commander .

In addition to her composition work, Karpman has also taught at several American universities since her doctorate, including the Lincoln Center Institute (1985 to 1987), Rutgers University (1987 to 1988) and Whittier College (1989 to 1990). Since 2005 she has been a visiting lecturer at UCLA .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1989: My Brother's Wife
  • 1991: Sleep, My Child, Fall Asleep (The Sitter)
  • 1992: Appearances are deceptive (Doing Time on Maple Drive)
  • 1993: My Heart Wants Revenge (A Mother's Revenge)
  • 1993: Deadly Scent (Based on an Untrue Story)
  • 1994: Justice For My Son (Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges)
  • 1994: Willless: A Woman Under Hypnosis (Moment of Truth: A Mother's Deception)
  • 1995: Death in the Bedroom (If Someone Had Known)
  • 1995: A Woman of Independent Means
  • 1996: Lover's Knot - A Love with Obstacles (Lover's Knot)
  • 1996: When Hearts Break (A Promise to Carolyn)
  • 1998: Love is Work (Labor of Love)
  • 1998: Break Up (The Break Up)
  • 1999: The Order (Brotherhood of Murder)
  • 2000: Run the Wild Fields
  • 2000: Frankie & Hazel - Two girls take off (Frankie & Hazel)
  • 2001: The Princess & the Marine
  • 2002: Carrie
  • 2002–2003: Odyssey 5 (TV series, 19 episodes)
  • 2002: Taken (Steven Spielberg Presents Taken)
  • 2007: Divine Chance (What If God Were the Sun?)
  • 2007: Man in the Chair
  • 2007: Masters of Science Fiction
  • 2009: Ace Ventura 3 - Der Tier-Detektiv ( Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective , TV movie)
  • 2009: The Tournament
  • 2010: Sins of the Mother
  • 2016: Paris Can Wait (Bonjour Anne)
  • 2019: Walk Run Cha-Cha (short documentary film)
  • 2019: LA's Finest (TV series)
  • 2020: Pray Away (documentary)

Video games (selection)

  • 2004: EverQuest II
  • 2005: Untold Legends: Brotherhood of the Blade
  • 2006: Field Commander
  • 2011: Kung Fu Panda 2

Awards (selection)

Emmy
  • 2003: Nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore) by Odyssey 5
  • 2008: Nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score) by Masters of Science Fiction

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Laura Karpman on encyclopedia.com (English), accessed December 17, 2011
  2. ↑ Laura Karpman at tft.ucla.edu (English), accessed December 17, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Karpman, Laura
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karpman, Laura Anne (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film composer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH La Jolla , San Diego, California, United States