Laura Karpman
Composer · Born March 1, 1959 (67) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Primetime Emmy winner · Oscar nominee · 1 other major award body
Laura Anne Karpman (born March 1, 1959) is an American composer whose work has included music for film, television, video games, theatre, and concert halls. She has won five Emmy Awards for her work. Karpman was trained at the Juilliard School, where she played jazz by day and honed her skills scatting in bars at night. Description above from the Wikipedia article Laura Karpman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 1, 1959 (67)
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Composer
- 84 on MovieCove · 111 credits in all
What are Laura Karpman's films like?
Across their 72 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 3 · Wry 2 · Earnest 62
A split, not a type: Light 32 · Serious 19 · Dark 16
Grounded 53 · Stylized 9 · Heightened 5
Gentle 25 · Charged 29 · Intense 13
Steady 42 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 3
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 40 · Some laughs 16 · Funny 11
Slow burn 42 · Even-paced 22 · Relentless 3
Casual 38 · Engaged 26 · Full focus 3
A split, not a type: Easy watch 30 · Affecting 15 · Heavy 22
Resolved 56 · Open-ended 8 · Ambiguous 3
Moods and endings
- Happy22
- Bittersweet33
- Tragic3
- Ambiguous13
- Other1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Laura Karpman's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 54 of their 84 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (24).
- Every Act of Life (2018) · composer · free
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) · composer · free
- Half the Picture (2018) · composer · free
- Regarding Susan Sontag (2014) · composer · free
- Sins of the Mother (2010) · composer · free
- The Princess & the Marine (2001) · composer · free
- The Reagan Show (2017) · composer · free
- Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016) · composer · free
- Center Stage: Turn It Up (2008) · composer · free
- Senior Moment (2021) · composer · free
- Out at the Wedding (2007) · composer · free
- A Woman of Independent Means (1995) · composer · free
- +12 more
- American Fiction (2023) · composer
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) · composer
- Half the Picture (2018) · composer
- Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016) · composer
- Love by the 10th Date (2017) · composer
- Senior Moment (2021) · composer
- A Woman of Independent Means (1995) · composer
- A Mother's Revenge (1993) · composer
- The Tournament (2009) · composer
- Love Lessons (2000) · composer
- L.A.'s Finest (2019) · composer
- Carrie (2002) · composer
- +5 more
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923) · composer · free
- Half the Picture (2018) · composer · free
- A Woman of Independent Means (1995) · composer · free
- A Mother's Revenge (1993) · composer · free
- The Tournament (2009) · composer · free
- Love Lessons (2000) · composer · free
- Shameful Secrets (1993) · composer · free
- My Brother's Wife (1989) · composer · free
- Lover's Knot (1995) · composer · free
- Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. (2009) · composer · free
- East of Eden (2026) · composer
- From Scratch (2022) · composer
- Sitara: Let Girls Dream (2019) · composer
- Set It Up (2018) · composer
- Pray Away (2021) · composer
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023) · composer
- Resort to Love (2021) · composer
- Step Sisters (2018) · composer
- You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024) · composer
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- Howdy, show their 2 titles on Howdy
- Lifetime Movie Club, show their 2 titles on Lifetime Movie Club
- Cineverse, show their title on Cineverse
- Great American Pure Flix, show their title on Great American Pure Flix
- IndieFlix, show their title on IndieFlix
- Kino Film Collection, show their title on Kino Film Collection
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Subscription and free streaming for Laura Karpman's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
111 credits, 84 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
East of Eden(2026)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows
The Love Hypothesis(2026)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Ask E. Jean (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Give Me the Ball!(2026)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Down Cemetery Road(2025)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
Marvel Zombies(2025)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
Duster(2025)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all shows
American Fiction(2023)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
The Marvels(2023)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
In the Company of Rose(2022)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
A Tree of Life(2022)
Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films
From Scratch(2022)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
Ms. Marvel(2022)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
61st Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Epic Bill(2022)
Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Love Is Love Is Love(2020)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
What If...?(2021)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
Resort to Love(2021)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films
Pray Away(2021)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
Senior Moment(2021)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Lovecraft Country(2020)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Miss Virginia(2019)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Why We Hate(2019)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
Sitara: Let Girls Dream(2019)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Sid & Judy(2019)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
L.A.'s Finest(2019)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
Walk Run Cha-Cha (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Inventing Tomorrow(2018)
Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
Set It Up(2018)
Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films
93Queen(2018)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Every Act of Life(2018)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Half the Picture(2018)
Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
Step Sisters(2018)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Step(2017)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
The Reagan Show(2017)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Love by the 10th Date(2017)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Love of My Life(2017)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Paris Can Wait(2016)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
The Cinema Travellers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Underground(2016)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
Code: Debugging the Gender Gap (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
A Christmas Melody(2015)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
The State of Marriage(2015)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Regarding Susan Sontag(2014)
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Black Nativity(2013)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Left to Die(2012)
Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films
Innocent(2011)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Last Man Standing(2011)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Babbitt: Portrait of a Serial Composer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Something Ventured(2011)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Sins of the Mother(2010)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Nothing Special (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Butch Factor(2009)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
The Tournament(2009)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Center Stage: Turn It Up(2008)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
Out at the Wedding(2007)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Man in the Chair(2007)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Craft in America(2007)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
A Monkey's Tale (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
In Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
The Sandlot 2(2005)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films
Fathers and Sons(2005)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Reversible Errors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Girl Play(2004)
Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films
The Last Run(2004)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Carrie(2002)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Scared Silent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Fish Don't Blink(2002)
Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Within These Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Restless (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
The Moving of Sophia Myles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Frankie & Hazel(2000)
Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films
Love Lessons(2000)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Brotherhood of Murder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
The Annihilation of Fish(1999)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Dash and Lilly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Journey Into Amazonia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)
Emma's Wish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Break Up(1998)
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
Labor of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
The Enchanted Island Madagascar: The Living Edens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Alaska's Great Wilderness Denali: The Living Edens (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Lover's Knot(1995)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
A Stranger to Love(1996)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
A Promise to Carolyn(1996)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Abandoned and Deceived (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
If Someone Had Known(1995)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films
A Mother's Revenge(1993)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Shameful Secrets(1993)
Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films
Based on an Untrue Story(1993)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
The Broken Cord (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Sitter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
My Brother's Wife(1989)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 99 titles from 1989 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Highest rated
American Fiction (2023)
Most popular right now
Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy from 10 major nominations, 2003–2025.
- Grammy Award, nominated · Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media
- Oscar, nominated · Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore)
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Laura Karpman's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 70; across their 67 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 48th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up17
- 50th to 74th28
- 25th to 49th24
- Below 25th15
Shape of the crowd
44 of their 84 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved1
- Divisive2
- Cult Classic9
- Crowd Pleaser25
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed44
Reviewers score the sound and music 53/100 in their films, across 33 reviewed titles; fans 64, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as a composer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Laura Karpman's work okay for kids?
Across up to 13 MovieCove titles with content scores, every category sits near the median of all films.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.
Who does Laura Karpman work with?
People who share at least 2 of Laura Karpman's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum shares the most, 8.
Directors
- Mike RobeShared titles: Innocent (2011), More Than Meets the Eye: The Joan Brock Story (2003), The Princess & the Marine (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Mike Robe
- Lee FriedlanderShared titles: Out at the Wedding (2007), Girl Play (2004), Fish Don't Blink (2002)See all 3 shared titles with Lee Friedlander
- Eleanor CoppolaShared titles: Love Is Love Is Love (2020), Paris Can Wait (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Eleanor Coppola
- Jeff KaufmanShared titles: Every Act of Life (2018), The State of Marriage (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Jeff Kaufman
Writers
- Jack KirbyShared titles: Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Marvel Zombies (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Kirby
- Joe SimonShared titles: Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Marvel Zombies (2025)See all 2 shared titles with Joe Simon
- Stephanie LissShared titles: Shameful Secrets (1993), A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (1992)See all 2 shared titles with Stephanie Liss
Actors
- David ByronShared titles: A Mother's Revenge (1993), Based on an Untrue Story (1993), Doing Time on Maple Drive (1992), My Brother's Wife (1989)See all 4 shared titles with David Byron
- Ashley PeldonShared titles: Marvel Zombies (2025), Shameful Secrets (1993)See all 2 shared titles with Ashley Peldon
- Iman VellaniShared titles: Marvel Zombies (2025), The Marvels (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Iman Vellani
- Kathy BakerShared titles: Love Is Love Is Love (2020), Fathers and Sons (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Kathy Baker
Composers and cinematographers
- Nora Kroll-RosenbaumShared titles: Marvel Zombies (2025), Epic Bill (2022), In the Company of Rose (2022), Pray Away (2021), Every Act of Life (2018), The State of Marriage (2015), Regarding Susan Sontag (2014), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)See all 8 shared titles with Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
- Raphael SaadiqShared titles: Step Sisters (2018), Love by the 10th Date (2017), Step (2017), Black Nativity (2013)See all 4 shared titles with Raphael Saadiq
- Amelia AllenShared titles: You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment (2024), A Tree of Life (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Amelia Allen
- Martina RadwanShared titles: The Only Girl in the Orchestra (2023), Inventing Tomorrow (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Martina Radwan
Producers
- Dan CoganShared titles: Give Me the Ball! (2026), Step (2017), The Reagan Show (2017)See all 3 shared titles with Dan Cogan
- Kevin FeigeShared titles: Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Marvel Zombies (2025), The Marvels (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Kevin Feige
- Louis D'EspositoShared titles: Captain America: Brave New World (2025), Marvel Zombies (2025), The Marvels (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Louis D'Esposito
- Gina G. GoffShared titles: Senior Moment (2021), Out at the Wedding (2007), Girl Play (2004)See all 3 shared titles with Gina G. Goff
Mixed roles
- Geeta GandbhirShared titles: A Tree of Life (2022), Why We Hate (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Geeta Gandbhir
- Vondie Curtis-HallShared titles: Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart (2016), Black Nativity (2013)See all 2 shared titles with Vondie Curtis-Hall
