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Kara Talve


The Tattooist of Auschwitz (SkyTV/Peacock) - Main Theme
3:52
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XXXV (Fox)
0:46
Faraway Downs (Hulu) - Main Theme
3:41
Prehistoric Planet (Apple TV+) - Bioluminescent Ammonite
4:16
Houdini's Lost Diaries (The History Channel) - Becoming Houdini
2:20
Faraway Downs (Hulu) - Bombing of Darwin
3:08
The Simpsons (Fox) – A Serious Flanders
1:41
Secrets of the Neanderthals (Netflix) - Flower Burial
2:52
The Simpsons (Fox) - Clan of the Cave Mom
0:48
Credits
  • The Tattooist of Auschwitz (SkyTV/Peacock) - Composer
  • The Americas (BBC) - Composer
  • Secrets of the Neanderthals (Netflix) - Composer
  • Adrift (Rory Kennedy) - Composer
  • Faraway Downs (Hulu) - Composer
  • The Simpsons (Fox) - Composer
  • Prehistoric Planet (Apple TV+) - Composer
  • Prehistoric Planet Immersive - Composer
  • History's Greatest Mysteries: Houdini's Lost Diaries (The History Channel) - Composer
  • The Planets (BBC) - Composer
  • Unidentified (The History Channel) - Composer
  • 12 Days of Christmas Eve (Lifetime) - Composer
  • Perpetual Planet: Heroes of the Ocean (Nat Geo) - Composer
Awards & Nominations

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 Aucshwitz) 

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)

Fact Check

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 

Vibe Check

What did you think was cool when you were a kid that you cringe at now?                                                           What is the best thing you've ever splurged on?

Jazz fusion                                                                                                                                                                                                         The dress I wore to the Emmys

What genre of music have you never been able to get into?                                                                                            What TV show did you love as a kid?

12 tone music                                                                                                                                                                                                  Spongebob Squarepants