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The following is a list of female film score composers. * Anita Andreis, Croatian * Rachita Arora, Indian *
Malini Awasthi Malini Awasthi (born 11 February 1967) is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Bhojpuri, Awadhi and Hindi, She also presents Thumri and Kajri. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of the Padma Shri in 2016. She is known for her ...
, Indian *
Lesley Barber Lesley Barber (born 1962) is a Canadian composer of music for film, theatre, chamber and orchestral ensembles and she is also a conductor, pianist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Barber is best known for composing the film scores for '' M ...
(born 1962), Canadian *
Elsa Barraine Elsa Jacqueline Barraine (13 February 1910, in Paris – 20 March 1999, in Strasbourg) was a composer of French music in the time after the Neoclassicism#In music, neoclassicist movement of Les Six, Ravel, and Stravinsky. Despite being considered ...
(1910–1999), French *
Bebe Barron Bebe Barron ( – ) and Louis Barron ( – ) were two American pioneers in the field of electronic music. They are credited with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape composed in the United States, and the first entirely elec ...
(born 1926), American *
P. Bhanumathi P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna (7 September 1925 – 24 December 2005) was an Indian actress, singer, film producer, director, music composer, and novelist. She is regarded as the first female super star of Telugu cinema. She is also considered the ...
(1925-2005), Indian *
Bhavatharini Bhavatharani Raja is an Indian singer and music composer. She is the daughter of Ilaiyaraaja and her brothers are the noted film composers Karthik Raja and Yuvan Shankar Raja. She has mostly sung songs under the direction of her father and br ...
, Indian *
Björk Björk Guðmundsdóttir ( , ; born 21 November 1965), known mononymously as Björk, is an Icelandic singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and actress. Noted for her distinct three-octave vocal range and eccentric persona, she has de ...
(born 1965), Icelandic * Kathryn Bostic, American * Joanna Bruzdowicz (born 1943), Polish *
Wendy Carlos Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for her electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving ...
(born 1939), American * Doreen Carwithen (1922–2003), British *
Suzanne Ciani Suzanne Ciani (; born June 4, 1946) is an American musician, sound designer, composer, and record label executive who found early success in the 1970s with her electronic music and sound effects for films and television commercials. Her career ha ...
(born 1946), American *
Dolores Claman Dolores Olga Claman (July 6, 1927July 17, 2021) was a Canadian composer and pianist. She is best known for having composed the 1968 theme song for Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) ''Hockey Night In Canada'' show, known simply as "The ...
(1927–2021), Canadian * Siobhán Cleary (born 1970), Irish * Lisa Coleman (born 1960), American * Miriam Cutler, American * Evelyne Datl, Canadian *
Alokananda Dasgupta Alokananda Dasgupta is a contemporary music composer. She was pursuing her Masters in English Literature at Calcutta University when she decided to pursue her lifelong passion for music in Toronto, where she completed a Bachelors of Music with ...
, Indian * Anne-Kathrin Dern (born 1987), German *
Payal Dev Payal Dev is an Indian playback singer and music composer who sings and composes music for Bollywood films. She sang "Ab Tohe Jane Na Doongi" from the film '' Bajirao Mastani,'' as well as "Bhare Bazaar" from ''Namaste England''. Dev made her de ...
, Indian * Saraswati Devi, Indian *
Sussan Deyhim Sussan Deyhim (born December 14, 1958) is an Iranian American composer, vocalist, performance artist and activist. She is internationally known for her invention of a unique sonic/vocal language. LA Times quotes her as "One of Iran's most potent ...
(born 1958), Iranian * Michelle DiBucci (born 1961), American * Violeta Dinescu (born 1953), Romanian *
Elizabeth Drake Elizabeth Drake is an Australian composer. Her film soundtrack credits include ''Road to Nhill'' and '' Japanese Story'' Discography Albums Awards and nominations AACTA Awards *Nominated. 1997 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score for '' ...
, Australian *
Anne Dudley Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genr ...
(born 1956), English *
Sharon Farber Sharon Farber is an Israeli composer. She was born in Bat Yam, Israel. Early career Farber began her musical career at the age of seven, as a classical pianist. After graduating from Thelma-Yelin High School for the Arts, she served in the Isr ...
, Israeli *
Samantha Fonti Samantha Fonti (born 12 February 1973) is an Australian film composer and classically trained violinist. Fonti was raised and born in Sydney, Australia. She started her classical music training at the age of 3 and completed her Bachelor of Musi ...
(born 1973), Australian *
Felicity Fox Felicity Wilcox (working as a film composer under the alias Felicity Fox) is an Australian composer and musician. Accolades Australian Film Institute Awards :Nominated. 1992 AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score for '' Redheads'' :Nominated. ...
, Australian * Germaine Franco, American *
Lisa Gerrard Lisa Germaine Gerrard (; born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. She is known for her unique singing style technique ...
(born 1961), Australian *
Julie Giroux Julie Ann Giroux (born December 12, 1961 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts) is an American pianist and composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and numerous concert band works. Biography Giroux graduated from Ouachita Parish High School, in Mon ...
(born 1961), American *
Sofia Gubaidulina Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina (russian: Софи́я Асгáтовна Губaйду́лина, link=no , tt-Cyrl, София Әсгать кызы Гобәйдуллина; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established ...
(born 1931), Russian *
Hildur Guðnadóttir Hildur Ingveldardóttir Guðnadóttir (born 4 September 1982) is an Icelandic musician and composer. A classically trained cellist, she has played and recorded with the bands Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Múm, and Stórsveit Nix Noltes, and ...
(born 1982), Icelandic * Dulcie Holland (1913–2000), Australian *
Natalie Holt Natalie Ann Holt is a British composer who has worked on numerous film and television projects. She is primarily recognised for her work on several notable productions, including ''Paddington'' (2014) and ''Loki'' (2021). She trained at the Roy ...
, British *
Jaddan Bai Jaddanbai Hussain ( Hindi: जद्दनबाई हुसैन, Punjabi: ਜੱਦਨਬਾਈ ਹੁਸੈਨ, Urdu: ; 1892 – April 8, 1949; known professionally as Jaddanbai) was an Indian singer, music composer, dancer, actress, film ...
, Indian *
Yoko Kanno is a Japanese composer, arranger and Record producer, music producer best known for her work on the soundtracks of anime series, television series, live-action films, video games, and Television advertisement, advertisements. She was born in Se ...
(born 1963), Japanese *
Kanika Kapoor Kanika Kapoor (born 21 August 1978) is an Indian singer. She was born and raised in Lucknow. In 2012, she relocated to Mumbai to become a singer. Kapoor's first song "Jugni Ji" (2012) was for a music videowhich became a commercial success. In 2 ...
, Indian/British *
Eleni Karaindrou Eleni Karaindrou ( el, Ελένη Καραΐνδρου, born 25 November 1941) is a Greek composer. She is best known for scoring the films of the Greek director Theo Angelopoulos. Biography Karaindrou moved with her family to Athens when she wa ...
(born 1941), Greek * Laura Karpman (born 1959), American *
Shibani Kashyap Shibani Kashyap is an Indian singer who works in the Bollywood film industry. She has judged the reality singing show '' Bathroom Singer''. Kashyap achieved fame by singing the signature tune of the AIR FM channel of All India Radio and Amul I ...
, Indian *
Elena Kats-Chernin Elena Davidovna Kats-Chernin (born 4 November 1957) is a Soviet-born Australian pianist and composer, best known for her ballet '' Wild Swans''. Early life and career Elena Kats-Chernin was born in Tashkent (now the capital of independent Uzb ...
, (born 1957), Australian * Victoria Kelly, New Zealand *
Usha Khanna Usha Khanna (born 7 October 1941) is an Indian music director in Hindi cinema. She is the third female music director to enter the Hindi film industry, after Jaddan Bai and Saraswati Devi and is one of the most commercially successful music di ...
, Indian *
Sneha Khanwalkar Sneha Khanwalkar is an Indian music director who works in Hindi films. She is best known for her score for the film, '' Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!'', and also for ''Gangs of Wasseypur Part 1, Part 2''. She had been nominated in Best Music Director ...
, Indian *
Morgan Kibby Morgan Grace Kibby (born May 3, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and former actress based in Los Angeles, California. She is best known as a member and collaborator of the French electronic group M83 between 2008 and 201 ...
(born 1984), American *
Samira Koppikar Samira Koppikar is a music director, composer, singer and songwriter. In 2015 she made her debut as a Bollywood music composer with the song "Maati Ka Palang" for the film '' NH10''. As a Bollywood playback singer she made a big bang entry into ...
, Indian *
Penka Kouneva Penka Kouneva ( bg, Пенка Кунева) (/ˈpɛŋkɑː kuːˈnɛvɑː/; born February 25, 1967, in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-American composer, orchestrator and soundtrack producer. In 1999, she began working in film and television an ...
(born 1967), Bulgarian-American *
Vivian Kubrick Vivian Vanessa Kubrick (born August 5, 1960), also credited under the pseudonym Abigail Mead, is an American-British filmmaker and composer. She is the daughter of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Early life Vivian Vanessa Kubrick was born on August ...
(born 1960), American * Runa Laila (born 1952), Bangladeshi *
Gowry Lekshmi Gowry Lekshmi (born 2 August 1993) is an Indian composer, singer, songwriter, and music producer from Cherthala, Kerala. Early life She is from Cherthala, a village in Alappuzha of Kerala. She studied in St. Mary of Leuca Senior Secondary School ...
(born 1993), Indian * Mica Levi, British *
Deborah Lurie Deborah Ruth Lurie is an American composer, arranger, and music producer. Her work has appeared in films such as '' Dear John'', '' An Unfinished Life'', ''Safe Haven'', and '' 9''. She has also been a string arranger for rock and pop performers ...
(born 1974), American *
Elisabeth Lutyens Agnes Elisabeth Lutyens, CBE (9 July 190614 April 1983) was an English composer. Early life and education Elisabeth Lutyens was born in London on 9 July 1906. She was one of the five children of Lady Emily Bulwer-Lytton (1874–1964), a me ...
(1906–1983), English *
Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...
(1929–2022), Indian * Meena Mangeshkar (born 1931), Indian *
Noriko Matsueda is a Japanese former video game composer. She is best known for her work on the '' Front Mission'' series, '' The Bouncer'', and ''Final Fantasy X-2''. Matsueda collaborated with fellow composer Takahito Eguchi on several games. Composing music ...
(born 1971), Japanese *
Wendy Melvoin Wendy Ann Melvoin (born January 26, 1964) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter, best known for her work with Prince as part of his backing band The Revolution, and for her collaboration with Lisa Coleman as one half of the duo Wendy ...
(born 1964), American * Nami Melumad (born 1988), Israeli-Dutch * Anna Meredith (born 1978), Scottish *
Angela Morley Angela Morley (10 March 192414 January 2009) was an English composer and conductor who became a familiar household name to BBC Radio listeners in the 1950s. She attributed her entry into composing and arranging largely to the influence and en ...
(1924–2009), English *
Rika Muranaka Rika Muranaka is a Japanese composer and music producer renowned for her songs in Konami’s ''Metal Gear'' video game series. Some of her most notable works include "The Best Is Yet to Come" (''Metal Gear Solid''), "Can't Say Goodbye to Yesterday" ...
, Japanese *
Jennie Muskett Jennifer Jean Muskett is a British Emmy winning and Bafta nominated film and TV composer. Biography Jennie Muskett has lived in London, South Africa and LA and has established an international reputation as a composer for film and television, ...
, British * Selma Mutal, Franco-Dutch *
Olga Neuwirth Olga Neuwirth (born 4 August 1968 in Graz) is an Austrian classical composer, visual artist and author. She gained fame mainly through her operas and music theater works, which often deal with topical and decidedly political themes of identity, ...
(born 1968), Austrian *
Nora Orlandi Nora Orlandi (born 28 June 1933; pseudonym: Joan Christian) is an Italian pianist, violinist, soprano vocalist, composer and occasional actress. As the first female film composer of Italian cinema, she composed scores for Spaghetti Westerns, ...
(born 1933), Italian *
Michiru Ōshima is a Japanese composer and arranger. She works on music in wide range of areas, such as anime, films, television series, video games and concerts. She has written scores for over 100 movies, over 200 television titles, video games, various type ...
, Japanese *
Christine Ott Christine Ott (born 10 August 1963) is a French pianist, vocalist, ondist,
(born 1963), French *
Starr Parodi Starr Parodi (born in Los Angeles, California) is an American composer, pianist, conductor, arranger, music director and former president of The Alliance For Women Film Composers. Parodi has won multiple BMI most performed music awards, Key Art ...
, American *
Jocelyn Pook Jocelyn Pook (, rhyming with "book"; born 14 February 1960) is an English composer and viola player. She is known for her scores for many films, including ''Eyes Wide Shut'', ''The Merchant of Venice'' and '' The Wife''. Education Pook gradua ...
(born 1960), English * Rachel Portman (born 1960), English *
Ferdousi Rahman Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) also known as Ferdausi Begum is a Bangladeshi playback singer. She is the daughter of folk singer Abbas Uddin. She sang some popular film songs for Pakistani films also in the 1960s especially working with th ...
(born 1941), Bangladeshi * A. R. Reihana, Indian *
Diana Ringo Diana Ringo (born 8 March 1992) is a Finnish film director, composer and visual artist. Her director debut is dystopian feature film drama '' Quarantine'' (2021) which was shortlisted for the 2022 Golden Globes as a foreign entry. She was also ...
(born 1992), Finnish *
Lolita Ritmanis Lolita Ritmanis (born November 1, 1962) is a Latvian-American composer, known for her film and television scores, including her work on the animated series '' Batman Beyond''. Early life Born on November 1, 1962, in Portland, Oregon, Ritmanis ...
(born 1962), Latvian-American *
Ann Ronell Ann Ronell (née Rosenblatt; December 25, 1905 — December 25, 1993) was an American composer and lyricist. She was best known for the standards " Willow Weep for Me" (1932) and " Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf" (1933). Early life Ronell was b ...
(1905–1993), American *
Laura Rossi Laura Rossi is a British composer of film and concert works. Originally from Devon, she graduated with a master's degree from The London College of Music, having previously studied at the University of Liverpool. Work Her credits include score ...
, British *
Jasleen Royal Jasleen Kaur Royal, known professionally as Jasleen Royal, is an Indian singer, songwriter and composer who sings in Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati as well as in English. She has received many awards and nominations including a Filmfare Awar ...
, Indian * Sandrine Rudaz, Swiss French * Sarah Schachner (born 1988), American * Gaili Schoen, American * Michelle Scullion (born 1957), New Zealand *
Ilona Sekacz Ilona Sekacz (born 6 April 1948) is a British composer of concert, film, television and theatre music. Biography Sekacz was born in Blackpool, Lancashire to a Polish father and an English mother. She studied violin and was a member of the Nationa ...
(born 1948), British * Neeta Sen, Indian *
Anoushka Shankar Anoushka Shankar (born 9 June 1981) is a British-American sitar player, producer, film composer and activist. She was the youngest and first woman to receive a British House of Commons Shield; she has had 7 Grammy Awards nominations and was the ...
, Indian/American *
Chitra Singh Chitra Singh () is an Indian ghazal singer. She, alongside her husband, Jagjit Singh, popularized the ghazal genre. Respectfully known as the "king and queen of the Ghazal world," the husband and wife duo created some of the most successful Indi ...
, Indian *
Maribeth Solomon Maribeth Solomon (born June 23, 1950) is a Canadian film and television composer and songwriter.Laurie Spiegel Laurie Spiegel (born September 20, 1945) is an American composer. She has worked at Bell Laboratories, in computer graphics, and is known primarily for her electronic-music compositions and her algorithmic composition software '' Music Mouse''. ...
(born 1945), American * M. M. Srilekha, Indian *
Peggy Stuart Coolidge Peggy Stuart Coolidge (19 July 1913 – 7 May 1981) was an American composer and conductor. She was one of the first female American composers to have a recording devoted to her symphonic works, and the first American composer (male or female ...
(1913–1981), American * Meenakshi Subramanyam, Indian *
Germaine Tailleferre Germaine Tailleferre (; born Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse; 19 April 18927 November 1983) was a French composer and the only female member of the group of composers known as '' Les Six''. Biography Marcelle Germaine Taillefesse was born at Sain ...
(1892–1983), French * Parampara Thakur, Indian * Katia Tchemberdji (born 1960), Russian *
Jennifer Thomas (pianist) Jennifer Thomas (born June 23, 1977) is an American pianist, violinist, composer, performing artist, and recording artist. She was classically trained starting at the age of 5, and began composing in 2003, later releasing her debut album in 2007. ...
(born 1977), American * Beatrice Thiriet (born 1960) *
Pinar Toprak Pinar Toprak (born 18 October 1980) is a Turkish-American composer for film, television and video games. She is most well known for composing the score to the hit Marvel movie '' Captain Marvel'' (2019). She has won three International Film Mus ...
(born 1980), Turkish-American * Nerida Tyson-Chew (born 1965), Australian *
Shirley Walker Shirley Anne Walker (née Rogers; April 10, 1945 – November 30, 2006) was an American film and television composer and conductor. She was one of the few female film score composers working in Hollywood. Walker was one of the first female c ...
(1945–2006), American *
Amelia Warner Amelia Warner (born Amelia Catherine Bennett; 4 June 1982) is an English musician, composer, and former actress. Early life Warner was born Amelia Catherine Bennett in Birkenhead, Merseyside, the only child of actors Annette Ekblom and Alun Lew ...
(born 1982), English *
Debbie Wiseman Debbie Wiseman, OBE (born 10 May 1963) is a British composer for film and television, known also as a conductor and a radio and television presenter. Biography Wiseman was born in London. She studied at Trinity College of Music Junior Depart ...
(born 1963), British * Jill Wisoff (born 1956), American * Caitlin Yeo, Australian *
Shimul Yousuf Shimul Yousuf (born 24 March 1957) is a Bangladeshi actress, director and singer. She was awarded the Ekushey Padak, the second most important award for civilians in Bangladesh in 2023. Early life Yousuf was born in Dhaka on 24 March 1957 and i ...
, Bangladeshi {{DEFAULTSORT:Female film score composers, List of Women film score composers Female film Lists of women by occupation