---
name: "Laura Karpman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/laura-karpman"
fi1m_id: "laura-karpman"
imdb_id: "nm0440017"
tmdb_id: 52515
wikidata_id: "Q512541"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 March 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 65
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-23T04:09:03.253601+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Laura Karpman

## Identity

Laura Karpman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/laura-karpman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** laura-karpman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0440017
- **TMDB ID:** 52515
- **Wikidata ID:** Q512541
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Karpman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512541, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52515

Composer. Born 1 March 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 March 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2008–present
- **Also known as:** Laura Anne Karpman
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeffrey Wright](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-wright.md), [Kevin Feige](https://film.one/person/kevin-feige.md), [Raphael Saadiq](https://film.one/person/raphael-saadiq.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 67 to 69 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action 2, Comedy 2, Mystery 2, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $644m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Karpman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q512541, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440017/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/52515

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Marvels*](https://film.one/film/the-marvels.md) (63), [*What If...?*](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md) (63), [*Captain America: Brave New World*](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md) (46)
- **Apple TV:** [*Down Cemetery Road*](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md) (82)
- **HBO Max:** [*Lovecraft Country*](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md) (74)
- **The Roku Channel:** [*American Fiction*](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Laura Karpman is an American composer of music for film, television, video games, theatre and concert halls. She was born on 1 March 1959 in Los Angeles and trained at the Juilliard School.

Her film scores include *The Marvels* (2023) and *American Fiction* (2023), for which she received an Academy Award nomination. She has composed for the Marvel series *What If...?* (2021) and *Ms. Marvel* (2022), as well as *Lovecraft Country* (2020) and the upcoming series *Down Cemetery Road* (2025). Karpman has won five Emmy Awards and a Grammy Award for her album *Ask Your Mama*.

She co-founded the Alliance for Women Film Composers and is married to composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, vanityfair.com, laurakarpman.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *The Love Hypothesis* (2026), Fi1m 53, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-hypothesis.md)
- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), Fi1m 46, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)
- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), Fi1m 82, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *American Fiction* (2023), Fi1m 73, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *The Marvels* (2023), Fi1m 63, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-marvels.md)
- *What If...?* (2021), Fi1m 63, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)

## Complete filmography (101)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Miss Representation: Rise Up* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *East of Eden* (2026), series, Original Music Composer — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/east-of-eden.md)
- *The Love Hypothesis* (2026), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/the-love-hypothesis.md)
- *Cosmic Symphony* (2026), Director, Original Music Composer
- *Ask E. Jean* (2026), Main Title Theme Composer
- *Give Me the Ball!* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Down Cemetery Road* (2025), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/down-cemetery-road.md)
- *Marvel Zombies* (2025), series, Original Music Composer, Music
- *Duster* (2025), series, Original Music Composer
- *Captain America: Brave New World* (2025), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 46, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-america-brave-new-world.md)
- *You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment* (2024), series, Original Music Composer
- *American Fiction* (2023), Original Music Composer, Musician — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/american-fiction.md)
- *The Only Girl in the Orchestra* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *The Marvels* (2023), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-marvels.md)
- *In the Company of Rose* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Justice* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *From Scratch* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Ms. Marvel* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *61st Street* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *Epic Bill* (2022), Music
- *Love Is Love Is Love* (2021), Original Music Composer, Musician, Lyricist
- *What If...?* (2021), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/what-if.md)
- *Resort to Love* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Pray Away* (2021), Original Music Composer
- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), series, Original Music Composer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)
- *Miss Virginia* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Why We Hate* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Sitara: Let Girls Dream* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Sid & Judy* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *L.A.'s Finest* (2019), series, Original Music Composer
- *Walk Run Cha-Cha* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Inventing Tomorrow* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Set It Up* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *93Queen* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Every Act of Life* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Half the Picture* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Step* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *The Reagan Show* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Paris Can Wait* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *The Cinema Travellers* (2016), Music
- *Underground* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *Code: Debugging the Gender Gap* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart* (2016), Original Music Composer
- *A Christmas Melody* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Regarding Susan Sontag* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden* (2014), Original Music Composer
- *Black Nativity* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Innocent* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Last Man Standing* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Babbitt: Portrait of a Serial Composer* (2011), Editor
- *Sins of the Mother* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Nothing Special* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *The Butch Factor* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *The Tournament* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Ace Ventura Jr: Pet Detective* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Center Stage: Turn It Up* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Out at the Wedding* (2007), Music
- *What If God Were the Sun?* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Man in the Chair* (2007), Music Producer, Music Score Producer, Music Arranger
- *A Monkey's Tale* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *In Justice* (2006), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Sandlot 2* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Fathers and Sons* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Reversible Errors* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Last Run* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *Carrie* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Scared Silent* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Fish Don't Blink* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Within These Walls* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Princess & the Marine* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *Restless* (2001), Original Music Composer
- *The Moving of Sophia Myles* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Frankie & Hazel* (2000), Original Music Composer
- *Brotherhood of Murder* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *The Annihilation of Fish* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Dash and Lilly* (1999), Original Music Composer
- *Journey Into Amazonia* (1999), series, Music
- *Emma's Wish* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Break Up* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Labor of Love* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen* (1996), series, Original Music Composer
- *Lover's Knot* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *A Stranger to Love* (1996), Music
- *A Promise to Carolyn* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Abandoned and Deceived* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *A Woman of Independent Means* (1995), series, Original Music Composer
- *Moment of Truth: Broken Pledges* (1994), Original Music Composer
- *A Mother's Revenge* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Shameful Secrets* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Based on an Untrue Story* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *Doing Time on Maple Drive* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Broken Cord* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *The Sitter* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *My Brother's Wife* (1989), Original Music Composer

## Gallery

- ![Laura Karpman and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum at the 2026 2026 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Give Me The Ball!.](https://film.one/media/person/12082/gallery-7a2e0863b21b.jpg) Laura Karpman and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum at the 2026 2026 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Give Me The Ball!. — Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Laura_Karpman_and_Nora_Kroll-Rosenbaum_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21.jpg/1280px-Laura_Karpman_and_Nora_Kroll-Rosenbaum_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Laura Karpman and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum at the 2026 2026 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Give Me The Ball!.](https://film.one/media/person/12082/gallery-d42ba94da0b2.jpg) Laura Karpman and Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum at the 2026 2026 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Give Me The Ball!. — Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Laura_Karpman_and_Nora_Kroll-Rosenbaum_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Laura_Karpman_and_Nora_Kroll-Rosenbaum_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Laura Karpman at the 2026 2026 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Give Me The Ball! .](https://film.one/media/person/12082/gallery-99651cc72171.jpg) Laura Karpman at the 2026 2026 Sundance Film Festival for the movie Give Me The Ball! . — Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Laura_Karpman_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21.jpg/1280px-Laura_Karpman_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Laura Karpman](https://film.one/media/person/12082/gallery-7d0327cbf675.jpg) Laura Karpman — Claire Fridkin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Laura_Karpman_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Laura_Karpman_at_the_2026_Sundance_Film_Festival_for_Give_Me_The_Ball%21_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2024: Best Original Score (nominated), for *American Fiction*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series 2017: Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a TV Show/Limited Series (won), for *Underground*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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