A celebration of women in film music
Matthew Sweet's exclusive interview with composer Laura Karpman for International Women's Day. Laura was nominated for an Academy Award in 2024 and for a Grammy Award in 2025.
In an exclusive interview, Matthew Sweet is joined by composer Laura Karpman who was nominated for an Academy Award in 2024 and for a Grammy Award in 2025 for her score for "American Fiction". She talks about co-founding the Alliance for Women Film Composers, for an International Women's Day programme celebrating the outstanding music by women in the film industry today.
We hear about her highly innovative work on the latest Marvel blockbuster "Captain America: Brave New World". She describes how she recorded the score for "The Only Girl In the Orchestra", adapting classical favourites for double basses. The film itself has just won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Film.
Laura tells us about being mentored by two remarkable woman composers - Nadia Boulanger and the perhaps less well-known Louise Talma, about whose work she is passionate. We hear from her mentees Emily Rice and Carla Patullo, and about her professional collaboration with her wife Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum.
Laura's choice of Classic Score is "The Cider House Rules" which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999, by the British composer Rachel Portman who was the first female composer to win an Academy Award.
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Louise Talma
The Ambient Air: II. Driving Rain
Ensemble: Ambache Ensemble.- Talma: Ambient Air / Soundshots / Full Circle.
- Naxos.
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Laura Karpman
Captain America "Brave New World: Main Title"
Performer: Laura Karpman.- Captain America: Brave New World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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Laura Karpman
Captain America "Brave New World"
Performer: Laura Karpman.- Captain America: Brave New World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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Laura Karpman
Captain America "White House Confusion"
Performer: Laura Karpman.- Captain America: Brave New World (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Meditation on Largo from Dvorak Symphony No. 9 Op. 95
Performer: Laura Karpman. Music Arranger: Laura Karpman.- The Only Girl in the Orchestra.
- Netflix Music.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Meditation 1 on Allegretto from Beethoven Symphony No. 7 Op. 92
Performer: Laura Karpman. Music Arranger: Laura Karpman.- The Only Girl in the Orchestra.
- Netflix Music.
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Laura Karpman
Rock Hudson - all that Heaven Allowed "Showbiz"
Performer: Laura Karpman.- Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Lakeshore Records.
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Laura Karpman
American Fiction "Family Is, Monk Is"
Performer: Laura Karpman.- American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Masterworks.
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Laura Karpman
American Fiction "My Pafology"
Performer: Laura Karpman.- American Fiction (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- Masterworks.
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Carla Patullo
Everybody Dies... Sometimes: Alone
Performer: Carla Patullo.- The Soundry.
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Laura Karpman
What If "Lessons"
Composer: Nora Kroll鈥怰osenbaum. Performer: Laura Karpman. Performer: Nora Kroll鈥怰osenbaum.- What If...?: Season 3 (Original Soundtrack).
- Hollywood Records.
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- Sat 8 Mar 2025 16:00成人快手 Radio 3
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