• Lord of the Flies (BBC) - Composer

• The Tattooist of Auschwitz (SkyTV/Peacock) - Composer

• The Americas (NBC) - Composer

• Secrets of the Neanderthals (Netflix) - Composer

• Adrift (Rory Kennedy) - Composer

• Faraway Downs (Hulu) - Composer

• The Simpsons (Fox) - Composer

• Prehistoric Planet, Seasons 1 and 2 (Apple TV+) - Composer

• Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Composer

• The Planets (BBC) - Composer

• Unidentified (The History Channel) - Composer

• 12 Days of Christmas Eve (Lifetime) - Composer

• My Norwegian Holiday (Hallmark) - Composer

• The Finnish Line (Hallmark) - Composer

• Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Ocean (Nat Geo) - Composer

• History's Greatest Mysteries: Houdini's Lost Diaries (The History Channel) - Composer

Clio Music Award Silver - 2026 Use of Music Craft - When Bart and Lisa Loved Us (The Simpsons)

Clio Music Award Bronze - 2026 Use of Music Craft - Treehouse of Horror XXXVI (The Simpsons)

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) Nominee - 2025 Score Documentary Series - TV/Digital - The Americas (NBC)

Emmy Award Nominee - 2025 Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) - The Americas (NBC)

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) Winner - 2024 Outstanding Original Song for a TV Show/Limited Series - "Love Will Survive" (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz)

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) Nominee - 2024 Outstanding Score for a TV Show/Limited Series - The Tattooist of Auschwitz (SkyTV)

Grammy Award Nominee - 2024 Best Song Written for Visual Media - "Love Will Survive" (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz) 

Emmy Award Nominee - 2024 Outstanding Music Composition For A Limited Or Anthology Series, Movie Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) - The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Sky TV) 

Emmy Award Nominee - 2024 Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics - “Love Will Survive” (from The Tattooist of Auschwitz) 

Emmy Award Nominee - 2023 Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series - Prehistoric Planet S2 (BBC)

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA) Winner - 2022 Outstanding Original Score for TV/Miniseries - Prehistoric Planet S1 (BBC)

Televisual Bulldog Award Nominee - 2022 Best Original Score - Prehistoric Planet S1 (BBC)

Home Turf:

America; currently based in Los Angeles

Education:

Berklee College of Music

Instruments:

Piano/Vocals

Musical Influences:

Bill Evans, Allan Holdsworth, Thomas Newman, Stravinsky, Debussy 

Kara Talve is a Grammy and four-time Emmy Award-nominated composer for film and television, and she is a principal composer at Bleeding Fingers Music.

Most recently, Kara’s work on NBC’s The Americas received a 2025 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special. Prior to this, she scored The Tattooist of Auschwitz for Sky TV alongside Hans Zimmer, and she co-wrote Barbra Streisand’s song “Love Will Survive”, which was nominated for a Grammy in 2024. Kara is known for scoring the first two seasons of Apple TV+’s Prehistoric Planet, narrated by David Attenborough and produced by Jon Favreau in collaboration with BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. The score received global acclaim, including a Primetime Emmy Nomination, win for Best Original Score for a Documentary Series at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards and nomination for the 2022 Bulldog Television Broadcast Awards; and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score).

Other notable projects include her score for Faraway Downs (Hulu), directed by Baz Luhrmann; Unidentified (A&E); and she has served as the principal composer on the iconic animated series The Simpsons since season 30.

Growing up as a classically trained pianist, Kara continued her musical education and refined her skills in film scoring and jazz composition at Berklee College of Music in Boston. She was recognized early in her professional career by BMI and was awarded a film scoring scholarship for her exceptional musical talent and potential for success.