Laura Karpman Talks ‘Unbelievable’ Year Scoring Both ‘The Marvels’ and ‘American Fiction’

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Jon Burlingame Laura Karpman is one of very few composers who has made a genuine difference in the scoring community. A five-time Emmy winner, she co-founded the Alliance for Women Film Composers, which is widely credited with helping to propel the nearly invisible community of female music writers into prominence.

No one asks “why aren’t there any women film composers?” anymore. As the first female music-branch governor in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Karpman implemented sweeping changes on the diversity, equity and inclusion front and was largely responsible for the admission of dozens of previously underrepresented voices.

But this year people are talking about her music as much as her advocacy, with notable scores for both “American Fiction” and “The Marvels.” She has just finished scoring the second season of the animated Marvel series “What If…?” with her wife, fellow composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (who also conducted all of “The Marvels”).

It’s slated to debut Dec. 22 on Disney+. 2023 has been a banner year for you, having music played at London’s BBC Proms, two talked-about film releases and a couple of television projects.