Abstract
Laura Karpman’s compositional voice is immediately recognisable whether she is writing for film and television, interactive gaming, theatre, or the concert stage. Her musical vocabulary challenges preconceptions of genre by blending orchestral, jazz, electronics, samples, and spoken word, and by combining media across a variety of platforms. This chapter examines Karpman’s mastery of the recording studio as multi-faceted instrument for the layering of disparate sound elements, and refers to several of her major works– Taken (television series), Regarding Susan Sontag (documentary), Paris Can Wait (feature film), EverQuest II (video game), and Ask Your Mamma (concert work). Karpman’s sense of direction and purpose extends beyond techniques of composition. She is committed to instigating positive change in industries that are only now starting to acknowledge the gendered limitations that have traditionally limited women’s contributions. Along with a growing list of credentials lecturing in film composition at major American universities, she is the first female to be elected to the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.
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