Dara Taylor(II)
- Composer
- Music Department
Dara Taylor has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of scoring music to picture as evidenced by her score to Amazon Studios film The Tender Bar, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker George Clooney and her co-score to the Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar starring Kristen Wiig and Jamie Dornan. Her credits include 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. She most recently worked on Sony Pictures/Screen Gems' The Invitation, Netflix's The Noel Diary, and Universal Picture's Strays
In 2015, Dara was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for her score on the short film Undetectable, and in 2016, she participated in the Women in Film's Women Composers in Media concert. In 2018, Dara was chosen as a fellow for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab and the following year she was chosen as one of the BMI Conducting for Composers Fellows. In 2021 she was chosen for both the Grammy NEXT program and the coveted Universal Composers Initiative.
Dara is a proud Governor of the Recording Academy's LA Chapter, as well as a member of the Television Academy, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Composers Diversity Collective, Alliance of Women Film Composers, and Women in Media.
In 2015, Dara was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for her score on the short film Undetectable, and in 2016, she participated in the Women in Film's Women Composers in Media concert. In 2018, Dara was chosen as a fellow for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab and the following year she was chosen as one of the BMI Conducting for Composers Fellows. In 2021 she was chosen for both the Grammy NEXT program and the coveted Universal Composers Initiative.
Dara is a proud Governor of the Recording Academy's LA Chapter, as well as a member of the Television Academy, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Composers Diversity Collective, Alliance of Women Film Composers, and Women in Media.
