#Women Composers
Trailer Watch: Cate Blanchett Is a Conductor in Crisis in “Tár”
A trailer has arrived for Cate Blanchett’s latest awards contender. The seven-time Oscar nominee and two-time winner toplines “Tár,” the story of a trailblazing conductor who...
Teaser Watch: Cate Blanchett Is a Conductor Fixated on Time, Power, and Art in Venice Pic “TÁR”
Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchett) understands the power she wields — and the power she doesn’t — in an atmospheric teaser for “TÁR.” The Venice Competition title appears to...
Sally El Hosaini and Hildur Guðnadóttir to Receive TIFF Tribute Awards
Egyptian filmmaker and screenwriter Sally El Hosaini and Academy Award-winning Icelandic artist and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir are set to be honored with TIFF Tribute Awards. The former will be...
Composer to Watch: Aiko Fukushima of “Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles”
Not everyone can trace their career back to the town of their birth, but Aiko Fukushima’s origin story starts in the Japanese town where Yamaha, Kawaii, and Suzuki were all produced. “I started...
Laura Karpman Enlisted as Composer for “The Marvels,” Nia DaCosta’s “Captain Marvel” Sequel
Laura Karpman is joining Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris, and Nia DaCosta for “The Marvels,” the sequel to 2019’s “Captain Marvel.” Variety announced that Karpman, a...
Composer to Watch: Tamar-kali of “Shirley,” “The Assistant,” and “Mudbound”
Tamar-kali did not plan on becoming a film composer, but she has quickly become a standout voice in the industry. The Brooklyn-based musician was a figure of the Afropunk movement in the 1990s, and...
Oscars 2020: Female Composers Make History, Natalie Portman Honors Women Directors
Exactly zero women were up for Best Director at last night’s Academy Awards, but Natalie Portman helped ensure that some of 2019’s leading female filmmakers got attention on film’s...
Golden Globes: Awkwafina Makes History, Kate McKinnon Pays Tribute To Ellen DeGeneres
Awkwafina celebrated a historic win at last night’s Golden Globe Awards. The “Crazy Rich Asians” breakout was named best lead actress in a movie comedy/musical for “The...
Guest Post: How I’m Honoring Women in Space — and Music — at the Hollywood Bowl
Guest Post by Penka Kouneva On August 15, Los Angeles Philharmonic will present a concert titled “America in Space” at the Hollywood Bowl. This one-night-only event will celebrate the...
Pinar Toprak Will Score “Captain Marvel,” Marking a Major Milestone
Pinar Toprak is about to make history alongside Brie Larson and Anna Boden. “Captain Marvel” marks Marvel’s first female-centric release, with Oscar-winning “Room” star...
The Mission to Get Female Composers More Visibility
Women are underrepresented in many positions in the film industry, and while the press is finally starting to pay attention to the unacceptable numbers of films by and about women, there hasn’t...
Guest Post: How London’s Underwire Festival is Supporting the Next Generation of Female Filmmakers
In March 2010, over a caramel latte in aShoreditch café in London, the idea for the Underwire Festival was born. Since setting it up with Gemma Mitchell, I am co-producing Underwire, now in its...
Find a Female Composer in Newly Launched Online Directory
The Alliance for Women Film Composers has launched a helpful and important new resource: an online directory of women composers working in film, television, video games and media. The first of its...
Fall 2015 Theater Preview: A Step Backward for Women
The2015–2016 Broadway season is underway, and an uproar has already begun overthe question, Where are the women? Their absence comes after a particularlystrong spring when three female...
Study: Fewer Women Directing and Writing Movies Than 17 Years Ago
If Hollywood were graded on how well it excluded women directors from making films, it’d receive an A. The newest Celluloid Ceiling Report from Dr. Martha Lauzen at San Diego State finds that men...
Only 5% of Oscar-Qualifying Scores Composed by Women
The statistics for women directors in the film industry are abysmal, but the statics for women composers are even worse. A recent study found that, of the 250 top-grossing films last year, only 2%...
Winners of Women Composers Competition Announced
The League of American Orchestras and EarShot have named Julia Adolphe and Melody Eotvos the winners of a new program designed to promote women composers. Adolphe and Eotvos will each be awarded...
The Four Things I Learned on My Recent Trip to Hollywood
From my latest Forbes post on the four things I learned on my recent trip to Hollywood: People are talking and looking for ways to make in roads all across the business. From what I’ve noticed,...
Opera America Announces Eight Winners of Women Composers Competition
Any Women and Hollywood readers who wade into the gender politics of the classical music world will find the same types of issues as the movie business. Women are underrepresented in the prestigious...
Dispatch from the Game Developers Conference: #1ReasonToBe a Woman in Gaming
Last week, I attended the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. This is a yearlypilgrimage for most people in games. I love writing music for games,and I do at least one major game project a...
A Woman Astronaut: Life as a Woman Composer in Hollywood
When I first arrived in Hollywood, I had a Ph.D. in music composition, a keyboard, and one connection. While that might not seem like much, it was more than I had when I moved to the United States...