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Katya Richardson

Katya Richardson

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Katya Richardson is a composer, best known for her looping vocals and mix of genres. Hailing from a diverse background of classical and jazz, she creates collaborative scores for dance and film that blur the line of acoustic and electronic music. Originally trained as a pianist, Katya has worked with acclaimed ensembles from all over the world, having written for the Los Angeles Philharmonic and premiered dance pieces at The Royal Opera House and Sadler's Wells in London. In 2016, her "Fanfare for Orchestra" opened for Steely Dan at the Hollywood Bowl - a work which Billboard deemed an "impressive composition." Katya has scored a number of commercials and documentaries as a film composer, most notably working as a studio assistant for Danny Elfman on "The Grinch" (2018). Her cinematic vocals can be heard on John Debney's horror-score to "Lake of Death" (2019) and as the folky, ethereal voice of Mt. Everest in an upcoming National Geographic feature. She also produces for synth-pop duo LightHouse, which FLAUNT Magazine describes as "a seemingly flawless combination of various synthetics that not only pleases the ears but causes listeners to get up and dance." Katya is currently scoring a movement film on plastic pollution, in partnership with KO Productions (UK), and recently released her debut electrojazz EP, "Left From Write." She graduated with a degree in composition and film-scoring at the University of Southern California and resides in Los Angeles.

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Katya Richardson

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Musician

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in America for girls and women.

Orchestrator

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in America for girls and women.

Original Music Composer

Told by her daughter Wendy, MINK! chronicles the remarkable Patsy Takemoto Mink, a Japanese American from Hawai'i who became the first woman of color elected to the U.S. Congress, on her harrowing mission to co-author and defend Title IX, the law that transformed athletics for generations in America for girls and women.

Music

Our “true” life path decisions are heavily influenced by many external factors (known as the imposed choice) such as our environment, our friends/families, and spiritual inclinations. However, this internal compass (known as our independent choice) such as personal passions and feelings that help guide us to our mind’s “true” path.

Music

A Cuban-American girl uses a school assignment to ask her dad about his upbringing. NALIP Official Selection.

Music

In a world where women must prove they are capable of caring for a child before being allowed to conceive, a hopeful mom recruits the help of her BFF to pass the state's rigorous test: to take care of a bag of flour for an entire year.

Music

In a remote mountain cabin, a young man named Ashkan is stalked by a ruthless killer, known for deceiving his victims into sharing their locations on a dating app.