Kara Talve is a Grammy and five-time Emmy Award-nominated composer for film and television, and she serves as Principal Composer and Vice President of Creative Development at Bleeding Fingers Music.
Currently, alongside Hans Zimmer and Anže Rozman, Kara is writing the score for the upcoming HBO Harry Potter series. In 2025, Kara’s work on NBC’s The Americas received an 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 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 two Primetime Emmy Nominations, a 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).
Kara’s other notable projects include score for Faraway Downs (Hulu), directed by Baz Luhrmann; the main title theme for Lord of the Flies (Netflix, BBC); and serving 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.