Screen Scoring Alumni

Alumni Highlights

Marsha Bowe (MM 2012)

Serving as Music Score Supervisor for one of the longest running American animated programs "The Simpsons" (2018-2023) as well as the critically acclaimed "Planet Earth III" (2023). The Simpsons nabbed another Emmy Award with its win for Outstanding Animated Program at the 75th Emmy Awards this year for episode "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII."

Apple TV+'s "Prehistoric Planet" Season 2, with showrunner Jon Favreau and narrated by Sir David Attenborough, was also nominated at the Primetime Emmys this year for Original Dramatic Score, where Marsha served as music Score Supervisor. This year also brought a collaboration with Bastille and Hans Zimmer on the piece "Pompeii MMXXIII," which Marsha served as Orchestral Supervisor with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Most recently, Marsha served as Score Supervisor on “Jeopardy!” (2024), “Nova” (2020-2024), and “Sven” (2024).

Marsha is Senior Producer, Manager and music Score Supervisor for Bleeding Fingers Music. She mentors composers in composition, production, and mix for film and television music placements and collaborates with wonderful composers and musicians all over the world.

Ariel Marx (MM 2015)

Ariel Marx is an Emmy-nominated composer and multi-instrumentalist, known for her eclectic and inventive scores for film and television. Some of her recent projects include National Geographic’s A Small Light (2023) , Peacock’s A Friend of the Family (2022), Hulu’s Candy (2022) (ranked number 3 in Indiewire’s Best TV scores of 2022), Netflix’s Black Mirror (2023), and FX/Hulu’s American Horror Stories (2022). She is also known for her critically-acclaimed work in film, such as Neon’s Sanctuary (2022), Utopia’s Shiva Baby (2020), Shudder’s Birth/Rebirth (2023), and HBO’s The Tale (2018). Most recently, Ariel composed the scores for Lilly (2024) and The White House Effect (2024).

As a solo artist, Ariel recently released her solo album Luthier with Node Records. She is a member of the music branch of both the Television Academy and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and is a Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab alum. Ariel is currently an adjunct professor at NYU’s screen scoring program.

Herdís Stefánsdóttir (MM 2017)

Herdís Stefánsdóttir is a composer of music for multimedia, a songwriter, and an electronic musician. Her compositional endeavors — installations in museums, dance, theatre, and a successful electronic music duet she is a part of – are establishing her as an expansive artist.

Herdís graduated with an M.A. degree in film scoring from New York University in 2017. Since graduation she has scored two feature films, an HBO series and a few short films.

Her scoring work includes Ry Russo – Young’s MGM/Warner Bros. feature film, The Sun Is Also A Star (2019) and the HBO series We’re Here (2020). Herdís was nominated for The Icelandic Music Awards for her score in The Sun Is Also A Star. Herdis also composed the score for the hit series Y: The Last Man (2021). Most recently, Herdis composed the orignal scores for M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin (2023) and Trap (2024).

Herdís interned for the Oscar nominated composer Jóhann Jóhannsson in Berlin while he was working on the film Arrival (2016) and she has scored numerous short films that have premiered at top-tier festivals around the world like Berlinale, TIFF, Sundance and Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Herdís formed her electro-pop duo East of My Youth in 2015. East of My Youth’s music has been described as sensual and addictive as getting your tongue frozen to a glacier of pure honey (jajaja music). The duo has showcased at SxSW, Eurosonic Noorderslag, KEXP, Sonar Reykjavík and Iceland Airwaves.

Watch her discuss her score for Y: The Last Man here: https://youtu.be/bQ29ZMrsZoI

Dara Taylor (MM 2011)

Dara Taylor has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of film music as the composer of The Tender Bar (2021), directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker George Clooney. You can hear her music in the hit Charles Shyer Netflix feature The Noel Diary (2022) starring Justin Hartley, Sony Screen Gem’s The Invitation (2022) for director Jessica Thompson for which she received a 2023 SCL Award Nomination, the hit Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar (2021) starring Kristen Wiig and Jamie Dornan, as well as HBO Max’s Little Ellen (2022), Blumhouse’s American Refugee (2021), Universal’s Curious George: Cape Ahoy (2021) and Amazon’s The Boys Presents: Diabolical (2022) and Universal’s comedy Strays (2023) starring Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx. Most recently, Dara scored Dawn Porter’s documentary Power of the Dream (2024).

Dara’s previous work includes the action crime drama Echo Boomers starring Michael Shannon, the Netflix series Bookmarks, the Netflix docu-series Trial By Media, the FX series Pride, and the Karen Allen-starred film Colewell, for which she won a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media award.

Gavin Brivik (MM 2018)

Forest Christenson is a mixer and composer of motion picture and television scores in Los Angeles. He has also worked extensively as an additional music composer with a filmography that includes The Last Of Us, Aquaman, and Abominable. Forest is also known for his work as a scoring mixer, mixing projects such as Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024), Damsel (2024), The Perfect Couple (2024), Wonder Woman (2017), The Crown (2016-2017), and The Guilded Age (2022). Forest’s credits as a composer include documentary film Grandpa Was An Emperor (2021), Sri Lankan arthouse film House of my Fathers (2018), and Korean sci-fi series Sisyphus (2017).

Forest was a founding member and drummer in several bands - notable among them “chamber rock” trio Pretty Balanced, which toured multiple times in the US and UK. In 2009, Forest joined forces with fellow composer/musician John Also Bennett to form the experimental synth duo Seabat.

Forest Christenson

Forest Christenson is a mixer and composer of motion picture and television scores in Los Angeles. He has also worked extensively as an additional music composer with a filmography that includes The Last Of Us, Aquaman, and Abominable. Forest is also known for his work as a scoring mixer, mixing projects such as Wonder Woman, The Crown, and Murder Mystery 2. Forest’s credits as a composer include documentary film Grandpa Was An Emperor, Sri Lankan arthouse film House of my Fathers, and Korean sci-fi series Sisyphus.

Forest was a founding member and drummer in several bands - notable among them “chamber rock” trio Pretty Balanced, which toured multiple times in the US and UK. In 2009, Forest joined forces with fellow composer/musician John Also Bennett to form the experimental synth duo Seabat.

Jennifer Rowekamp (MM 2018)

Jennifer Rowekamp is a composer and music editor based in San Francisco, CA and is currently working as a Music Editor at Pixar Animation Studios. Her music editing credits include Lightyear (2022), Turning Red (2022), and the short Nona (2021).

Most recently, Rowekamp composed the song “Bloofy’s House Theme Song” for “Inside Out 2” (2024).

In addition to her music editing and songwriting, Jennifer has written music for the sample library company Cinesamples and the award-winning podcast production company Gen-Z Media, including the Peabody and Ambie-nominated Treasure Island 2020. She previously assisted media composer Jeff Russo.

Jacob Yoffee (MM 2011)

Currently the Resident Composer for the American Studio Orchestra, Jacob Yoffee is an award winning saxophonist and concert and film composer based in Los Angeles. Yoffee composed the scores to a variety of tv shows and movies including Bel-Air (2023-2024), Whitney Houston in Focus (2023), Shark beach with Anthony Mackie (2024), and ABC’s The Wonder Years (2021-2023).

In addition to scoring dozens of films and TV shows such as ABC’s The Wonder Years (2021), Jacob composes trailer music for blockbuster films such as Aladdin (2019), Ready Player One, and Rogue One. His concert music has been performed in the US and Great Britain at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the Royal Academy of Music and on BBC Radio.

Gabriel Hays (MM 2011)

Gabriel Hays has an MFA in composition from NYU and a BM from Denver’s Lamont School of Music. He got his start in film scoring in Los Angeles working as an assistant and arranger at Hans Zimmer’s Remote Control Productions.

Most recently, Hays scored the tv series The Smurfs (2024), Chibi Tiny Tales (2022-2024), and The Valley of Hearts Delight (2024). He has also scored the Netflix original film: Secret Magic Control Agency (2021) (which was number 1 in the world on Netflix upon its release in March 2021) as well as for numerous Disney projects such as the As Told By Emoji (2015) series, Star Darlings (2015-2016), and Whisker Haven (2015-2018). He has also contributed music to numerous other animated movies and series, including Puppy Dog Pals (2017-2020; Disney), Pickle and Peanut (2017-2018; Disney), We Bare Bears (2020; Cartoon Network), and Voltron (2018; Dreamworks).

More Alumni

Diana Valero (BM 2024) currently works as a composer and sound designer at Ant Food in New York City.

Carlotta Romano (MM 2024) currently works as a composer and media coordinator at Konsonant Music in New York City.

Lindsay Dievert (BM 2024) currently works as a junior composer with Duotone Audio Group in New York City.

Noah Penkrat (BM 2024) currently works as Director of Digital Marketing at Mpath Music in Los Angeles.

Gage Behnkendorf (BM 2024) currently works as Gage Behnkendorf at Mpath Music in Los Angeles.

Cassiel McEvoy (BM 2023) composed additional music to the score for “Wild Wild Space” (2024).

Aurelie Webb (MM 2019) worked as assistant music editor on FX horror series “What We Do In the Shadows” (2022-2024)

Jackie Andresen (BM 2023) composed additional music to the score for “The Front Room” (2024).

Gabriella Hirsch (MM 2023) is currently assisting composer Christopher Lennertz in Los Angeles.

Cassiel McEvoy (MM 2023) currently works as a Post-Production coordinator for Konsonant Music.

Louis Stevens (MM 2023) currently works as a member of the Joy Music House (orchestration and score preparation) team in Los Angeles.

Noah Horowitz (BM 2022) is currently assisting composer James S. Levine at Remote Control.

Jake Dieli (BM 2022) and Brittany Harris (MM 2022) are full time members of the 4 Elements Music team.

Shuhui Yao (MM 2022) is a part time instructor at Columbia College Hollywood.

Evan Foley (MM 2021) is an assistant to composer Sherri Chung in Los Angeles.

Silvio Buchmeier (MM 2020) is an assistant to orchestrator David Krystal, working on projects with composers such as Benjamin Wallfisch (Mortal Kombat) and Trevor Gureckis (Old).

Dallin Burns (MM 2020) and Ching-Shan Chang (MM 2019) are currently working as assistants to Tom Holkenberg (aka Junkie XL) and have worked on such scores as the Justice League: The Snyder Cut, Godzilla vs Kong, and other blockbuster films.

Andrea Celeste (MM 2020) is an assistant to composer Marty Beller (They Might Be Giants, American Rust) in Nashville, TN.

Juan Dussán (MM 2020) composed the score for the trailer for “Lee” (2023).

Hunter Hanson Hunter Hanson (MM 2020) assists and works as a music editor for composer Tamar-kali, and composed additional music to the score for “Blink” (2024).

Peter Kohrman (MM 2020) works as an assistant to composer Bear McCreary at Sparks and Shadows. Kohrman previously assisted composer Danny Elfman on the Netflix series Wednesday and Noah Baumbach’s White Noise as well as composer Junkie XL on blockbusters Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Zack Snyder’s Justice League.

Judith Moy (MM 2020) currently works as a composer assistant at Hans Zimmer and Sony/ATV's Bleeding Fingers Music.

Jacob Snider (MM 2020) Jacob’s original music has been featured at South by Southwest and on the BBC and his scores have premiered in films at Sundance and Tribeca.
Recent projects include Common Ground (winner of the 2023 Human/Nature Award at Tribeca Film Festival), Training Wheels (2022 Sundance Film Festival selection), and #XMAS (Hallmark) (co-scored with Jim Fairchild).

John Baxter (MM 2019) completed a DMA in Music Composition at the University of Miami Frost School of Music in 2022.

Mark Benis (MM 2019) is co-director of the video game studio Moon Moon Moon and has contributed to games like Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Lamplight City for which his score was nominated for a Game Audio Network Guild (G.A.N.G.) Award for “Best Original Choral Composition.”

Derek Zeoli (BM 2019) is an assistant to composer Joseph Trapanese (Shadow and Bone, Prisoners of the Ghostland).

Tanis Chalopin (BM 2016) is a songwriter and composer whose song “Ce N’est Pas Moi” was featured in the film Thoroughbreds.

James Newberry (MM 2016) and Jordi Nus (MM 2016) work with Danny Bensi and Saunder Jurriaans. They have written additional music and assisted on projects such as Netflix's Ozark, HBO’s The Outsider, and AMC's Fear the Walking Dead.

Trey Toy (MM 2016) collaborates with composers such as Bear McCreary, Trevor Morris, Danny Bensi, and Saunder Jurriaans. He has assisted and provided additional music on series such as Foundation, Vikings, and Castlevania.

Shawn Choi (MM 2014) is a composer in South Korea whose work includes over 40 feature film scores including Oldboy, Lady Vengeance, and Wide Awake.

Ian Chen (MM 2013) is a composer in Los Angeles whose score for the game Fantastic Creatures was nominated for “Music of The Year” at the 2020 Game Audio Network Guild Awards and won “Best Film/TV/Game Score” at the 18th Independent Music Awards. His work can be heard on the Netflix series Green Door (2019 Golden Bell Award nominee) and film Futmalls.com.

André Miranda (MM 2013) is the founder and CEO of Musiversal, a revolutionary music production platform that allows film composers and music producers to record their music with world-class musicians around the world.

Tomàs Peire (MM 2013) is a composer and orchestrator. He has orchestrated for composers such as Michael Abels on projects such as Allen V. Farrow.

Jillian Abood (MM 2012) is an executive at Bleeding Fingers / EXTREME Music

Marsha Bowe (MM 2012) is the Sr. Creative Manager and Score Supervisor at Bleeding Fingers Music.

Jessie Montgomery (MM 2012) is a Graduate Fellow in Music Composition at Princeton University. She is Professor of violin and composition at The New School. In May 2021, she began her appointment as the Mead Composer-in-Residence with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Alexander Bornstein (MM 2011) Alexander's recent credits include the 2023 thriller The Tutor, the popular Netflix animated series Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy, Edge of the Unknown with Jimmy Chin (as co-composer with Marco Beltrami and Brandon Roberts) and the second season of Nickelodeon's Are You Afraid of the Dark (as co-composer with Punch Brothers alum Gabe Witcher).
Alexander has also assisted composer Christopher Lennertz on several episodes of the series 'Lost in Space' and 'Supernatural’ and served as arranger on Sausage Party.

Gabriel Hays (MM 2011) is most well-known for writing music for the Netflix original film: Secret Magic Control Agency (which was number 1 in the world on Netflix upon its release in March 2021) as well as for numerous Disney projects such as the As Told By Emoji series, Star Darlings, and Whisker Haven. He has also contributed music to numerous other animated movies and series, including Puppy Dog Pals (Disney), Pickle and Peanut (Disney), We Bare Bears (Cartoon Network), and Voltron (Dreamworks) among others.

Agatha Kaspar (MM 2011) Agatha’s film scores have played at festivals including Cannes, Tribeca, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Agatha recently provided the title music for Ginny & Georgia (Netflix), and for Stuff The British Stole (ABC/CBC), and an original score for the series Moonshine (CBC/Entertainment One).

Shruti Kumar (MM 2011) has collaborated with composer Daniel Hart on the scores for AMC’s Interview With The Vampire and Disney’s Peter Pan & Wendy. She is currently composing for Disney Imagineering projects. She is a board member of the Composers Diversity Collective and member of the AWFC, SCL, and The Recording Academy.

Jacob Yoffee (MM 2011) is the Resident Composer for the American Studio Orchestra, Jacob Yoffee is an award winning saxophonist and concert and film composer based in Los Angeles. In addition to scoring dozens of films and T.V. shows such as ABC’s The Wonder Years (2021), Jacob composes trailer music for blockbuster films such as Aladdin (2019), Ready Player One, and Rogue One. His concert music has been performed in the US and Great Britain at the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, the Royal Academy of Music and on BBC Radio.

Lydia Ainsworth (MM 2010) Ainsworth’s "Earth Song," her collaboration with Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein, appeared in the last episode of Season 3 of Stranger Things.

Jonathan Hartman (MM 2008) has scored TV shows and games, breaking into the scene with his contributions to the first season of Outlander. In 2020, his work on DARK/WEB (Amazon Prime) was nominated for the Daytime Emmy awards for "Outstanding Music Direction & Composition for a Drama or Digital Drama Series.”