Laura Karpman

Nascimento : 1959-03-01, Los Angeles, California, USA

História

Laura Anne Karpman is an American composer, whose work has included music for film, television, video games, theater, and the concert hall. She has won five Emmy Awards for her work. Karpman was trained at The Juilliard School, where she played jazz, and honed her skills scatting in bars.

Filmes

As Marvels
Original Music Composer
Quando suas obrigações a levam a uma fenda espacial anômala ligada a um revolucionário Kree, os poderes de Carol Danvers, a Capitã Marvel, se entrelaçam aos de Kamala Khan, a Ms. Marvel, e aos da sobrinha de Carol, astronauta da S.A.B.E.R., Capitã Monica Rambeau. Juntas, esse trio improvável deve ser unir para salvar o universo como "As Marvels".
Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed
Original Music Composer
This timely exploration of Hollywood and LGBTQ+ identity examines the life of legendary actor Rock Hudson, from his public "ladies' man" persona to his private life as a gay man.
A Tree of Life: Ataque à Sinagoga Pittsburgh
Original Music Composer
On October 27th, 2018, a gunman opened fire inside a Pittsburgh synagogue, killing eleven people as they prayed, in what would become the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history. This documentary is a deeply personal portrait of the survivors, victims and family members, who share their harrowing first-hand accounts of the impact of the shooting on the community.
Todas as Formas de Amor
Original Music Composer
Um conto entrelaçado de três histórias, todas unidas pelo amor, perdão, comprometimento e lealdade entre casais, parentes e amigos. Enquanto novas jornadas começam, o amor persiste e evoluiu, tomando várias formas.
What If…?
Music
A Marvel Hit TV Show Starring Jeffrey Wright as The Watcher
Fugindo do Amor
Original Music Composer
Esta comédia romântica gira em torno de Erica (Christina Milian). A moça sonha em ser uma estrela do pop, mas acaba aceitando fazer um show em um resort de luxo nas Ilhas Maurício, sem saber que o evento é o casamento do ex, Jason (Jay Pharoah). Quando percebe onde se meteu, Erica tenta evitar que a noiva, Beverly, descubra essa história, mas se dá conta de que ainda está apaixonada pelo ex. Ainda por cima, o irmão do noivo, Caleb (Sinqua Walls) faz de tudo para impedir que os dois voltem a estar juntos. Essa história romântica, emocionante e divertida explora os laços amorosos e de família. Mas a grande pergunta é: no fim das contas, quem vai se casar com Jason?
Pray Away
Original Music Composer
Sobreviventes e ex-líderes do movimento da "terapia de conversão" falam sobre seus efeitos nocivos sobre a comunidade LGBTQIAP+ e a terrível persistência da prática.
Miss Virginia
Original Music Composer
A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay in a dangerous school, she launches a movement that could save his future - and that of thousands like him.
Sitara: Sonhando com as Estrelas
Original Music Composer
Uma jornada pela cidade de Lahore, no Paquistão, onde uma menina de quatorze anos, Pari, sonha em se tornar piloto. Sua história é contada sob a perspectiva de sua irmã de seis anos, Mehr, que desconhece as tradições e barreiras que se colocam no caminho das mulheres de sua família. É uma história sobre os encargos de uma família e o impacto de uma cultura em que as meninas ainda lutam para realizar plenamente seus sonhos.
Sid & Judy
Music
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, never-heard-before voice recordings and personal photos.
Ande, Corra, Cha-Cha
Original Music Composer
Paul e Millie Cao perderam a juventude após a Guerra do Vietnã. Quarenta anos depois, eles se tornaram profissionais de sucesso no sul da Califórnia - e estão se redescobrindo na pista de dança.
Inventando o Amanhã
Music
Take a journey with young minds from around the globe as they prepare their projects for the largest convening of high school scientists in the world, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). Watch these passionate innovators find the courage to face the planet’s environmental threats while navigating adolescence.
O Plano Imperfeito
Original Music Composer
Desesperados por um pouco de sossego, dois assistentes exaustos unem forças para fazer com que seus chefes workaholics se apaixonem.
Every Act of Life
Original Music Composer
The life of Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally (Master Class, Ragtime): 60 years of groundbreaking plays and musicals, the struggle for gay rights, addiction and recovery, finding true love, and the relentless pursuit of inspiration.
93Queen
Music
Set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, "93Queen" follows a group of tenacious Hasidic women who are smashing the patriarchy in their community by creating the first all-female volunteer ambulance corps in New York City. With unprecedented-and insider-access, "93Queen" offers up a unique portrayal of a group of religious women who are taking matters into their own hands to change their own community from within.
Step
Original Music Composer
O documentário acompanha a trajetória de um grupo de alunas prestes a se formar em um colégio de Baltimore. Formando um time de dança de Step, elas batalham diariamente para conseguir um lugar na faculdade enquanto lidam com os problemas raciais que estão estourando em sua cidade.
The Reagan Show
Music
Comprised entirely of archival footage taken during those pre-reality-television years, The Reagan Show looks at how Ronald Reagan redefined the look and feel of what it means to be the POTUS.
Paris Pode Esperar
Music
Uma mulher de um produtor de cinema negligenciada tem sua vida alterada para sempre depois de dois dias pela França. Agora ela é seguida por um misterioso homem.
CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap
Music
At a time in the United States when the tech sector outpaces the overall growth of the employment market, CODE asks the important question: Where are all the women?
Sobre Susan Sontag
Original Music Composer
Documentário sobre Susan Sontag (1933-2004), umas das escritoras americanas mais influentes de sua geração. Ícone literário, político e feminista, manteve seu olhar sobre assuntos como os direitos humandos, a arte, a doença e a guerra.
The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden
Music
Darwin meets Hitchcock in this documentary. Directors Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have created a parable about the search for paradise, set in the brutal yet alluring landscape of the Galapagos Islands, which interweaves an unsolved 1930s murder mystery with stories of present day Galapagos pioneers. A gripping tale of idealistic dreams gone awry, featuring voice-over performances by Cate Blanchett, Diane Kruger, and Gustaf Skarsgard.
Black Nativity
Original Music Composer
A street-wise teen from Baltimore who has been raised by a single mother travels to New York City to spend the Christmas holiday with his estranged relatives, where he embarks on a surprising and inspirational journey.
Inocente
Music
O juiz Rusty Sabich mais uma vez se vê no centro de uma investigação de assassinato quando é acusado de matar sua esposa.
O Último a Cair
Original Music Composer
Abby é uma mulher feliz, uma mãe dedicada e mora no subúrbio, mas oculta o seu passado como agente de operações especiais. Após o sequestro do seu marido ela deverá arriscar tudo para salvá-lo, além de proteger a sua filha.
Babbitt: Portrait of a Serial Composer
Editor
The American composer and teacher Milton Babbitt died Saturday, Jan. 29 2011 at age 94. For years, New York-based journalist and filmmaker Robert Hilferty had been constructing a documentary on Babbitt. It was a quirky, loving look at a man regarded by many as a composer of "difficult" music. Hilferty left the film unfinished when he died in 2009. Composer and former Babbitt student Laura Karpman has now completed Hilferty's film.
Pecados de uma Mãe
Music
Shay is a young African-American college student whom is forced to take a year off from school to return to her hometown where she struggles with her anger and insecurity when she's forced to confront her alcoholic mother, Nona, whom is currently in AA and a churchgoer, over her entire childhood of abuse and neglect which Shay is both unwilling and unable to let go of.
Por Uma Vida Especial
Original Music Composer
Um escuro conto duma mulher num punto crucial da sua carreira e da sua relação com sua mãe, que é bi-polar.
The Butch Factor
Original Music Composer
What does mean to be gay and be a man? There's no straight answer for sure. From the Castro culture of the 1970s to today’s Bears and gym rats, this fascinating investigation of gay men and sexuality blows the lid off old stereotypes and showcases a battalion of interviewees including muscle men, rodeo riders, rugby players and cops. The men speak candidly on topics from homophobia to metrosexuality to embracing effeminacy as they reveal what it means to be a gay man in America today.
Vingança Entre Assassinos
Music
A cada sete anos acontece The Tournament. O evento é uma espécie de campeonato entre os maiores assassinos do mundo. Reunidos em uma pequena cidade, eles devem exterminar os concorrentes, até que apenas um sobreviva. O vencedor recebe um prêmio em dinheiro, torna-se lenda e tem seu passe inflacionado no submundo do crime de aluguel.
O Filho do Ace Ventura
Original Music Composer
Parece brincadeira. O detetive de animais mais famoso do mundo agora tem um filho. A história é a seguinte: depois da aventura na Mama África, Ace Ventura retorna à Flórida e casa com a namorada Melissa Robinson (interpretada no primeiro filme pela friend Courteney Cox, e na seqüência por Ann Cusack), e tem com ela um filho. Mas como o detetive não consegue parar quieto, a curiosidade acabou o levando a um caso bem remoto, e nunca mais ninguém viu nem ouviu falar no topetudo.
What If God Were the Sun?
Original Music Composer
A grieving nurse finds comfort and inspiration in her new assignment, where she meets a terminally ill woman with a quick with and strong faith.
A Monkey's Tale
Music
Three monkeys unwisely attempt to take a fresh peach from the statue of the fabled Monkey King.
Uma Turma Divertida
Music
Dez anos se passaram desde a história original, e o terreno baldio agora é o "lar" de um novo grupo de adolescentes do bairro, que se reúne para rir, se exibir... e jogar bola! Mas a turma se vê às voltas com o mais duro dos desafios, pois eles precisam recuperar um insubstituível modelo de foguete que caiu no quintal do Sr. Mertle no território proibido guardado pela lendária, feroz e implacável besta conhecida como a "Grande Fera".
A Última Aventura
Original Music Composer
Quando um jovem contador fica devastado após descobrir que sua bela namorada o trai, seu melhor amigo, casado com uma garota a qual não ama, o convence a partir numa aventura e dormir com todas as mulheres possíveis para aliviar seu coração partido.
Carrie: A Estranha
Original Music Composer
Carrie White é uma adolescente solitária. Ela sofre constantemente com os abusos da mãe, uma mulher religiosa, e dos colegas da sua escola. Aos poucos, a garota vai perdendo a sanidade mental, até que descobre os seus poderes telecinéticos. A noite da formatura do colégio está chegando e tudo pode acontecer.
Scared Silent
Original Music Composer
When the newlywed wife of a Minnesota police chief accuses a new officer on his force of raping her several years earlier, it sets the stage for a tense confrontation in this riveting story. Penelope Ann Miller and Reed Diamond star as Kathy and Doug Clifson, a hard-working couple whose lives are torn apart when a new officer, John McCrane, joins the force. Kathy recognizes him as the man who raped her when she was a teenager, and while other women soon come forward saying that McCrane also raped them, the police force closes ranks to protect one of their own.
Fish Don't Blink
Original Music Composer
Surviving Gilligan's Island
Music
Within These Walls
Music
Female prisoners train dogs to aid people with disabilities in a program started by a nun (Laura Dern).
The Princess & the Marine
Original Music Composer
Based on a true story, American Marine Jason Johnson (Goselaar) is sent on assignment to the Emirate of Bahrain. While there, he meets and falls in love with a spirited, lovely young woman, Meriam (Nichols), without realizing she is really a member of the Bahraini Royal Family. Meriam, who does not wish to consent to an arranged marriage, knows her love affair with Jason is dangerous, as he is a Mormon Christian and she a Muslim. Her parents would never consent to their match, and so Meriam and Jason race against time to escape Bahrain and make it to the United States, where they can marry. If Meriam is sent back, however, her life may be in jeopardy.
The Moving of Sophia Myles
Music
A pastor's cherished wife is thrown into despair and experiences a crisis of faith after his mysterious death.
Brotherhood of Murder
Original Music Composer
Set against the backdrop of the true story of the largest cash robbery in the history of the USA.
Dash and Lilly
Original Music Composer
Biographical look at the bombastic love affair that writers Dashiell Hammett and Lillian Hellman shared in 1940 and 50's Hollywood. Refusing to marry, but deeply in love, the two engaged in many affairs and battled alcoholism.
Emma's Wish
Music
A lonely retirement home resident obtains a magical ring on her 75th birthday which grants her wish to again be young. Awakening the next morning she finds herself to be 40 years old again. She leaves the home and takes a position as a housekeeper for her daughter, who does not recognize her.
Relação Explosiva
Music
Mulher é casada com um homem que a abusa constantemente. Quando ela consegue fugir dele passa a ser ajudada por um policial enquanto passa a ser perseguida novamente.
Lover's Knot
Original Music Composer
A pair of lovers have no idea that their affair is overseen and orchestrated by an angel sent by Cupid to see that they remain together in this romantic comedy.
Em Busca Da Verdade
Original Music Composer
Em 1995, duas irmãs quarentonas decidem resgatar uma dívida do passado: desvendar o mistério que cercou a morte da irmã Carolyn, em 1955, que elas acreditam ter sido vitimada pelos maus tratos da perversa madrasta. Baseado em fatos reais.
Based on an Untrue Story
Music
Perfume creator Satin Chau is about to reveal her new designer scent, 'Puppy,' when she is cruelly struck down by a rare condition called anosmia, which robs her of her sense of smell and could even kill her. With time fast running out, she begins a frantic search for the only people who can provide the tissue-donations she desperately needs: her long-lost sisters, Corduroy and Velour.
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
Original Music Composer
A teenage mother is forced to give up her baby for adoption and, 19 years later, when she tries to contact her son, she learns that he died, under questionable circumstances when he was three years old.
Casos de Família
Original Music Composer
É um drama familiar e o ponto de partida é a chegada de um estudante universitário de Yale que vem apresentar a namorada para a família. Enquanto isso, começam a desmoronar as relações entre os membros dessa família considerada perfeita.
The Broken Cord
Original Music Composer
Fact-based story of an idealistic single dad who discovers that his beloved Native American adopted son is afflicted with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and complicates his life with the woman who becomes his wife.
My Brother's Wife
Original Music Composer
Barney is a guy who comes home for his father's funeral. Eleanor, his brother's wife who is Barney first love meets him and they go to the club where they first met. And Barney recalls how things kept them apart like his need to act out at his father. And his fear of commitment.