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| birth_name = Laura Anne Karpman
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|03|01}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| occupation = [[Film composer]]
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| years_active = 1994{{ndash}}present
| spouse = Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum
| website = {{URL|http://laurakarpman.com}}
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'''Laura Anne Karpman''' (born March 1, 1959) is an American [[composer]], whose work has included music for [[film]], [[television]], [[video game]]s, [[theater]], and the [[concert|concert hall]]. 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 [[Scat singing|scatting]] in bars at night.

==Early life and education==
Karpman was born in Los Angeles and grew up singing opera and jazz.<ref name="pop disciple">{{cite web |date=8 June 2018 |title=Laura Karpman |url=https://www.popdisciple.com/interviews/laura-karpman |website=Pop Disciple {{!}} Film Music & Music Supervision Interviews {{!}} Music in Media News}}</ref> Her mother, a painter and sculptor, wanted her to grow up to be a composer and surrounded Karpman with music even before she was born.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bamigboye |first1=Baz |title=Breaking Baz: Composer Laura Karpman Discusses Infusing ''American Fiction'' with Hot Jazz & Rekindling a Classic Movie by Pioneering Filmmaker Dorothy Arzner |url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/american-fiction-laura-karpman-dorothy-arzner-interview-breaking-bad-1235671256/ |access-date=20 January 2024 |work=Deadline |date=18 December 2023 |language=en-SG}}</ref> Karpman began her first compositions at the age of 7.<ref name="auto3">{{cite web |title=15 questions {{!}} Interview {{!}} Laura Karpman {{!}} Let's Hear it for the Girls |url=https://15questions.net/interview/fifteen-questions-interview-laura-karpman/page-1/ |website=15questions.net}}</ref>

She worked with [[John Harbison]] at the [[Tanglewood Music Center]], and attended Aspen Music School and the Ecole des Arts Americaines. At the [[University of Michigan]], she graduated [[magna cum laude]] with a Bachelor of Music degree studying with [[William Bolcom]] and [[Leslie Bassett]]. She received both her Doctorate and Master's Degree in Music Composition at [[the Juilliard School]], where her principal teacher was [[Milton Babbitt]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Karpman |first1=Laura |title=Documentary: Avant-Garde Composer Milton Babbitt |url=https://www.wbur.org/npr/133372983/npr-exclusive-new-documentary-on-the-late-composer-milton-babbitt |website=www.wbur.org |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=en |date=31 January 2011}}</ref> At Juilliard, Karpman also received mentorship from [[Nadia Boulanger]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Womack |first=Catherine |date=2019-08-21 |title=History forgot these female composers. An L.A. music writer is helping us remember |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-08-20/composer-laura-karpman-on-all-american |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Career==
Compositions by Karpman have been commissioned by [[Tonya Pinkins]], [[Los Angeles Opera]], [[American Composers Orchestra]], [[Czech Philharmonic]], the Juilliard Choral Union, Pacific Serenades,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pacser.org/v2/premieres/|title=Premieres – Pacific Serenades|publisher=}}</ref> and percussionist [[Evelyn Glennie]]. They have been performed internationally.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Composer |url=http://www.laurakarpman.com/about |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=Laura Karpman |language=en-US}}</ref> Karpman's theater catalog includes three musicals for Los Angeles's "A Noise Within" theater company, as well as underscores for dozens of classic plays.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Laura Karpman |url=https://dworkincompany.com/site/artist/laura-karpman/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=dworkincompany.com}}</ref> Among her media music credits are [[Steven Spielberg]]'s Emmy-winning, 20-hour TV miniseries, ''[[Taken (miniseries)|Taken]]''; and [[PBS]]'s series ''[[The Living Edens]]'' (for which she received nine [[Emmy Awards|Emmy]] nominations). She has scored numerous films, television programs and video games (including music for supplemental ''[[Halo 3]]'' materials and her award-winning score for ''[[EverQuest II]]'').<ref name="auto2">{{cite web |last1=Greening |first1=Chris |title=Laura Karpman Interview: Returning to Game Music |url=http://www.vgmonline.net/laurakarpmaninterview/ |website=VGMO -Video Game Music Online- |access-date=20 January 2024 |date=1 June 2011}}</ref>

She has held a residency at Sony Online Entertainment.<ref name="auto2" /> Karpman received an [[Annie Award]] nomination for ''[[A Monkey's Tale]]'', a short film commissioned by the Chinese government, which later premiered in the US and was performed by the [[Detroit Symphony]].

Karpman's Grammy-winning ''Ask Your Mama''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.AskYourMama.com|title=MAMA|website=AskYourMama.com}}</ref> premiered at [[Carnegie Hall]] on March 16, 2009, with performances by [[Jessye Norman]], [[Cassandra Wilson]], [[The Roots]], and the [[Orchestra of St. Luke's]] conducted by [[George Manahan]]. With [[Langston Hughes]]'s epic poem for a libretto, Karpman also took passages from [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Big Maybelle]], [[Pigmeat Markham]] and [[Bill "Bojangles" Robinson]], integrated with projected images by [[Rico Gatson]] and additional archival video, as well as Hughes's own poetry. ''Ask Your Mama'' was released by Avie Records in July 2016. Later, Karpman created "The 110 Project", an opera work commissioned by the L.A. Opera as a homage to the city's first freeway, [[Arroyo Seco Parkway|I-110]], as seen through four characters from 1940-2010, the lifespan of the freeway.<ref name="auto2" />

In 2014, Karpman co-founded the [[Alliance for Women Film Composers]] with [[Lolita Ritmanis]] and [[Miriam Cutler]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/news/starr-parodi-president-alliance-for-women-film-composers-1203153992/|title=Starr Parodi Named President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers|last=Burlingame|first=Jon|date=2019-03-03|website=Variety|language=en|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> The organization provides visibility and advocacy for women composers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/movies/female-film-composers.html|title=Female Composers Are Trying to Break Film's Sound Barrier|last=Greiving|first=Tim|date=2019-01-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-10|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2016, Karpman became the first woman elected to the music branch of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Board of Governors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/motion-picture-academy-2016-2017-911981|title=Academy Elects Steven Spielberg, Laura Dern to Board of Governors|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2017-07-03|language=en}}</ref>

Karpman composed the score for the [[Marvel Studios]] animated anthology series ''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]'' in 2021'',''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/lists/varietys-l-a-womens-impact-report-2020/laura-karpman/|title=Variety's L.A. Women's Impact Report 2020
|last=Garrett|first=Diane|date=2020-10-28|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=2020-10-29|language=en-US}}</ref> the streaming series ''[[Ms. Marvel (miniseries)|Ms. Marvel]]'' in 2022<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tangcay |first=Jazz |date=2022-05-16 |title='The Marvels' Composer Laura Karpman Scores 'Ms. Marvel' on Disney+ (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/ms-marvel-composer-score-music-laura-karpman-1235268151/ |access-date=2022-05-16 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |language=en-US}}</ref> and the score for the superhero film ''[[The Marvels]]'' in 2023''.''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/the-marvels-mcu-what-if-composer-1235152926/|title='The Marvels' Lands Laura Karpman From 'What If…?' as Composer (EXCLUSIVE)|last=Tangcay|first=Jazz|date=2022-01-13|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=2022-01-13|language=en-US}}</ref> She composed the score for the 2023 film ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]'', for which she received her first Academy Award nomination for [[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/american-fiction-composer-laura-karpman-jazz-score-1235599269/|title='American Fiction' Composer Laura Karpman Jazzed Up Score For TIFF's People's Choice Award Winner – Sound & Screen Film|first=Lynette|last=Rice|date=November 10, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thefilmstage.com/american-fiction-trailer-jeffrey-wright-finds-undesired-success-in-tiff-audience-award-winner/|title=American Fiction Trailer: Jeffrey Wright Finds Undesired Success in TIFF Audience Award Winner|first=Jordan|last=Raup|date=October 16, 2023}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=96TH OSCARS® NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED |url=http://press.oscars.org/news/96th-oscarsr-nominations-announced |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=press.oscars.org |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Karpman is married to composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, a fellow Milton Babbitt student.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kroll-Rosenbaum |first1=Nora |title=VNPAC: A Seat At The Table - New Music USA |url=https://newmusicusa.org/nmbx/vnpac-a-seat-at-the-table/ |website=newmusicusa.org |access-date=20 January 2024 |date=15 June 2010}}</ref> They have one son and live in [[Playa del Rey, Los Angeles|Playa del Rey]], California, in a duplex with an ocean view and a built-in studio.<ref name="auto3" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-08-20/composer-laura-karpman-on-all-american|title=History forgot these female composers. An L.A. music writer is helping us remember.|last=Womack|first=Carolyn|date=2019-08-21|work=[[The Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2019-08-21}}</ref>

She has a self-described lifelong obsession for drama, including soap opera, classical operas, and plays.<ref name="auto3"/>

==Filmography==

===Films===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Director
! Studio(s)
|-
|1999
|''[[The Annihilation of Fish]]''
|[[Charles Burnett (director)|Charles Burnett]]
|
|-
| 2009
| ''[[The Tournament (2009 film)|The Tournament]]''
| [[Scott Mann (director)|Scott Mann]]
| [[Entertainment Film Distributors]]
|-
| 2010
| ''Nothing Special''
| [[Angela Garcia Combs]]
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Something Ventured]]''
| Dayna Goldfine Daniel Geller
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2013
| ''[[Black Nativity (film)|Black Nativity]]''
| [[Kasi Lemmons]]
|
|-
| ''[[The Galapagos Affair]]''
| Dayna Goldfine Daniel Geller
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2014
| ''States of Grace''
| Helen Cohen Mark Lipman
|
|-
| ''[[Regarding Susan Sontag]]''
| [[Nancy Kates]]
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2015
| ''[[The State of Marriage]]''
| [[Jeff Kaufman]]
|
|-
| ''[[Code: Debugging the Gender Gap]]''
| Robin Hauser
|
|-
| rowspan=2| 2016
| ''[[Paris Can Wait]]''
| [[Eleanor Coppola]]
| Lifetime Films [[American Zoetrope]]
|-
| ''[[The Cinema Travellers]]''
| Shirley Abraham Amit Madheshiya
|
|-
| 2017
| [[Step (film)|''Step'']]
| [[Amanda Lipitz]]
| [[Artemis Rising Foundation]]
|-
| rowspan=3| 2018
| ''Phil's Camino: So Far, So Good''
| Annie O'Neil
|
|-
| ''[[Set It Up]]''
| [[Claire Scanlon]]
| Treehouse Pictures
|-
| ''Inventing Tomorrow''
| Laura Nix
| Fishbowl Films [[HHMI Tangled Bank Studios]]
|-
| 2019
| ''Sid & Judy''
| Stephen Kijak
| [[Passion Pictures]]
|-
| rowspan=3| 2020
| ''Paper Children''
| Alexandra Codina
| CineMia
|-
| ''[[Love Is Love Is Love (film)|Love Is Love Is Love]]''
| [[Eleanor Coppola]]
| [[American Zoetrope]]
|-
| ''[[Senior Moment]]''
| Giorgio Serafini
| Goff Productions
|-
| rowspan=2| 2021
| ''[[Pray Away]]''
| Kristine Stolakis
| Artemis Rising Foundation [[Blumhouse Productions]] [[Chicken & Egg Pictures]]
|-
| ''[[Resort to Love]]''
| [[Steven Tsuchida]]
| AK Worldwide The Malina Yarn Company Story Ink
|-
| 2022
| ''Epic Bill''
| Quinnolyn Benson-Yates
| Red Wrap Productions
|-
| rowspan=3| 2023
| ''[[The Marvels]]''
| [[Nia DaCosta]]
| [[Marvel Studios]]
|-
| ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''
| [[Cord Jefferson]]
| [[Orion Pictures]] [[MRC (company)|MRC Film]] [[T-Street Productions]] [[3 Arts Entertainment]]
|-
| ''[[The Only Girl in the Orchestra]]''
| Molly O'Brien
| LFR INDUSTRIES
|-
| 2025
| ''[[Captain America: Brave New World]]''
| [[Julius Onah]]
| [[Marvel Studios]]
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
!Studio(s)
!Notes
|-
|1997–2003
|''[[The Living Edens]]''
|[[CBS Productions]] / [[BBC]]
|24 episodes
|-
|2002
|''[[Taken (miniseries)|Taken]]''
|[[DreamWorks Television]]
|10 episodes
|-
|2002–2003
|''[[Odyssey 5]]''
|[[Columbia TriStar Domestic Television]]
|19 episodes
|-
|2007–2022
|''[[Craft in America]]''
|{{N/A}}
|18 episodes
|-
|2016–2017
|''[[Underground (TV series)|Underground]]''
|[[Sony Pictures Television]]
|20 episodes
|-
|2019
|''[[L.A.'s Finest]]''
|[[Sony Pictures Television]] [[Jerry Bruckheimer Television]]
|13 episodes
|-
|2019
|''[[Why We Hate]]''
|[[Amblin Television]]
|6 episodes Won - [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special]]
|-
|2020
|''[[Lovecraft Country (TV series)|Lovecraft Country]]''
|[[Warner Bros. Television Studios]] [[Monkeypaw Productions]] [[Bad Robot]]
|10 episodes
|-
|2021–2024
|''[[What If...? (TV series)|What If...?]]''
|[[Marvel Studios Animation]]
|26 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[From Scratch (TV series)|From Scratch]]''
|[[Netflix]]
|8 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[61st Street (TV series)|61st Street]]''
|AMC
[[BBC Studios]]
|16 episodes
|-
|2022
|''[[Ms. Marvel (miniseries)|Ms. Marvel]]''
|[[Marvel Studios]]
|6 episodes
|}

=== Video games ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Title
|-
|2004
|''[[EverQuest II]]''
|-
|2005
|''[[EverQuest II: The Splitpaw Saga]]''
|-
|rowspan="5"|2006
|''[[EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky]]''
|-
|''[[Field Commander]]''
|-
|''[[EverQuest II: The Fallen Dynasty]]''
|-
|''[[Untold Legends: Dark Kingdom]]''
|-
|''[[EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro]]''
|-
|2007
|''[[EverQuest: The Buried Sea]]''
|-
|2011
|''[[Kung Fu Panda 2 (video game)|Kung Fu Panda 2]]''
|-
|2012
|''[[Guardians of Middle-earth]]''
|-
|2014
|''[[Project Spark]]''
|}

==Awards and nominations==

'''[[Academy Awards]]'''
* 2024 nomination, "[[Academy Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]]" for ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''<ref name=":1" />

'''[[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]]'''
* 2015 Membership Induction

'''[[American Academy of Arts and Letters]]'''
* 1984 win, "[[Charles Ives Prize|Charles Ives Award]]"

'''[[Annie Awards]]'''
* 2007 nomination, "Best Music in an Animated Feature Production" for ''A Monkey's Tale''

'''[[BMI Film & TV Awards]]'''
* 2003 win, "BMI Cable Mini-Series Award" for ''Taken''

'''[[Game Audio Network Guild Awards]]'''
* 2004 win, "Best Arrangement of a Non-Original Score" for ''Everquest II''
* 2004 nomination, "Best Music of the Year" for ''Everquest II''

'''[[Hollywood Music in Media Awards]]'''
* 2023 nomination, "[[Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Feature Film|Best Original Score in a Feature Film]]" for ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2023-hmma-nominations/|title=2023 HMMA Nominations}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2023-hollywood-music-in-media-awards-billie-eilish-robbie-robertson-win-1235473365/|title=Billie Eilish's 'Barbie' Song, Robbie Robertson's Scorsese Score Honored at 2023 Hollywood Music in Media Awards|first=Paul|last=Grein|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 16, 2023}}</ref>
* 2023 win, "[[Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film|Best Original Score in a Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film]]" for ''[[The Marvels]]''<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>

'''[[News and Documentary Emmy Awards|News & Documentary Emmy Awards]]'''
* 2008 nomination, "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound" for ''[[Craft in America]]''
* 2003 nomination, "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Music and Sound" for ''The Living Edens'' for "Big Sur: California's Wild Coast". Nomination shared with Nancy Severinsen, Clifford Hoelscher, Mark Linden, and Tara Paul.
* 2001 nomination, "Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft – Music" for ''The Living Edens'' episode "Kamchatka: Siberia's Forbidden Wilderness"
* 2000 nominations, "Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming – Music"
** for ''The Living Edens'' episode "Costa Rica: Land of Pure Life"
** for ''The Living Edens'' episode "Palau: Paradise of the Pacific"
* 1999 win, "Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming – Music" for ''The Living Edens'' episode "Madagascar: A World Apart"
* 1998 win, "Outstanding Achievement in a Craft in News and Documentary Programming – Music" for ''The Living Edens'' episodes "Denali: Alaska's Great Wilderness", "Manu: Peru's Hidden Rain Forest", "Patagonia: Life at the End of the Earth"

'''[[Primetime Emmy Awards]]'''
* 2024 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special|Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)]]" for ''[[Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed]]''
* 2023 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special|Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score)]]" for ''[[Ms. Marvel (miniseries)|Ms. Marvel]]'': Time and Again<ref name=":0" />
* 2023 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]]" for ''[[Ms. Marvel (miniseries)|Ms. Marvel]]''<ref name=":0" />
* 2021 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)]]" for ''[[Lovecraft Country (TV series)|Lovecraft Country]]'': Rewind 1921<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Laura Karpman |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/laura-karpman |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref>
* 2020 win, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special|Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)]]" for ''[[Why We Hate]]'': Tools & Tactics<ref name=":0" />
* 2020 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music|Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music]]" for ''[[Why We Hate]]''<ref name=":0" />
* 2008 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie or Special|Outstanding Music Composition for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Original Dramatic Score)]]" for ''[[Masters of Science Fiction]]'': Jerry Was a Man<ref name=":0" />
* 2003 nomination, "[[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series|Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score)]]" for ''[[Odyssey 5]]'': Pilot<ref name=":0" />

'''[[Satellite Awards]]'''
* 2024 win, [[Satellite Award for Best Original Score|Best Original Score]], for ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-satellite-award-ipa-winners/|title=The 2023 Satellite Award (IPA) Winners|first=Matt|last=Neglia|date=March 4, 2024|website=Next Best Picture}}</ref>

'''[[Society of Composers & Lyricists|Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards]]'''
* 2023 nomination, "Outstanding Original Score for a Studio Film" for ''[[American Fiction (film)|American Fiction]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awardswatch.com/society-of-composers-lyricists-scl-nominations-jon-batiste-nicholas-britell-barbie-top-list/|title=AwardsWatch - Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL) Nominations: Jon Batiste, Nicholas Britell, ''Barbie'' Top List|date=December 21, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://awardswatch.com/5th-society-of-composers-and-lyricists-scl-awards-oppenheimer-billie-eilish-nicholas-britell-score-wins/|title=5th Society of Composers and Lyricists (SCL) Awards: ''Oppenheimer'', Billie Eilish, Nicholas Britell Score Wins|date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Vivien Lejeune, "Laura Karpman Taken by Steven Spielberg", ''Cinefonia'', No. 2, November 2003.
* Jeff Bond, "Taken With Her Music", ''[[Film Score Monthly]]'', July 2003.
* Jon Burlingame, "Women in Showbiz: TV, Film Composer Not Confined to Any One Medium", ''[[Daily Variety]]'', November 14, 2001.
* Jon Burlingame, "Women in Showbiz: Composers Curry Kudos", ''Daily Variety'', November 8, 1999.
* "Fast Track—Composers Worth Listening to: Laura Karpman", ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', January 26, 1998.
* Michael Kamensky, "Spotlight: Laura Karpman", ''The Hollywood Reporter'', January 26, 1995.
* [[Fred Karlin]], ''On The Track: A Guide to Contemporary Film Scoring'', 2nd edn, Routledge, 2004.
* "Composer Laura Karpman Receives 4 Emmy Nominations", ''[[Pro Sound News]]'', 1998.
* Rudy Kopl, "Taken With Her Music", ''Film Score Monthly'', June 1997.
* Jennifer Seidel, "Keeping Score", ''[[Electronic Musician]]'', November 1995.
* Curt Schleier, "Composer Can't Help but Make Her Music Sound Jewish", ''[[The Jewish Transcript]]'', June 25, 1999.
* Curt Schleier, "East of Eden", ''[[The Jewish Week]]'', April 23, 1999.
* "Laura Karpman", ''The Advocate'', May 2, 1995.
* K. Robert Schwartz, "A Woman of Independent Themes", ''[[Out (magazine)|Out]]'', November 1995.
* David G. Taylor, "Duet for the Emmys", ''The Advocate'', September 30, 2003.

By Laura Karpman:
* "An Interview with [[Milton Babbitt]]", ''[[Perspectives of New Music]]'', vol. 24, no. 213, Spring–Summer 1986.

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.laurakarpman.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|0440017|Laura Karpman}}
* [http://www.askyourmama.com Ask Your Mama]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120213101746/http://www.tft.ucla.edu/faculty/laura-karpman/ UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television: Laura Karpman]

===Articles and interviews===
* [http://www.allbusiness.com/services/motion-pictures/4939622-1.html "Settling the Score"]
* [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/search/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002385097 "Ode to Joystick"]
* [http://www.newmusicbox.org/page.nmbx?id=46hf03 "Viewpoint"]

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