CARLA PATULLO
”Carla’s music is vibrant, ethereal, sometimes haunting, and so often mesmerizing.” - POPAXIOM
Carla Patullo is a composer and musician based in Los Angeles. She creates diverse soundscapes for film and television, with sounds that range from raw industrial to lush orchestral. Carla’s credits include HBO’s MY NAME IS MARIA DE JESUS, the Sundance award-winning film SPA NIGHT, the SXSW horror-comedy PORNO, the Outfest selections LETTER TO ANITA and JEANNE CORDOVA, and the award winning animated documentary LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL (2018 IDA Shortlist).
In 2018, the Sundance Institute selected Carla as a Composer Fellow for the Sundance Film Music and Sound Design Lab, during which she developed her vocally driven score to Keola Racela’s delightful horror film PORNO which premiered at SXSW. In 2020, PORNO had it’s virtual theatrical release via Fangoria and Alamo Drafthouse, and is now available on VOD. VARIETY Magazine said, “Carla Patullo’s score is a nicely poker-faced channeling of fantasy-action soundtrack tropes from a generation ago.”
She has toured internationally with her band WHITE WIDOW, performing at festivals such as the Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, NXNE, and the Arezzo Wave Festival, and has music directed shows featuring artists Sandra Bernhard, Liza Minnelli, and Rufus Wainwright. Sandra described Carla on her album as “so fucking raw and groovy that it scares the shit out of me!”
In addition to composing, Carla is a prolific songwriter and has had over 100 song placements on Emmy and BAFTA award-winning shows, such as THE ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW (NBC), THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS), SKINS (E4), and in performances by Maddie Ziegler on the reality show DANCE MOMS (Lifetime).
WWW.CARLAPATULLO.COM
contact: Alexander Vangelos, 818.377.7750, [email protected] FANGORIA presents PORNO (2020)
SELECTED FEATURE FILMS: SHADOWMAKER (Documentary, TBR 2021) Composer/ Orchestrator Dir. Elizabeth Beech. Narrated by Lotte Reiniger
PORNO (Horror Comedy, 2020) Composer/ Orchestrator Dir. Keola Racela. SXSW. Sundance Institute. Theatrical Release 2020 (Fangoria/ Alamo Drafthouse) Awards: SXSW Feature in Competition (Nom.)
L.A. A QUEER HISTORY (Documentary, TBR 2021) Composer Dir. Gregorio Dávila - Narrated by Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson
CANTA DI LIBERTA (Documentary, TBR 2022) Composer Prod. Trick Studio. Narrated by Milva Biolcati
SAY YES (Drama, 2018) Composer Dir. Stewart Wade. VOD Release (Amazon Prime)
SPA NIGHT (Drama, 2016) Composer & Songwriter Dir. Andrew Ahn (None the Less Productions). Starring Joe Seo. Released with Kanopy Awards: Independent Spirit Award, Sundance Film Festival (Special Jury Prize), Outfest (Grand Jury Prize)
CLAMBAKE (Documentary, 2015) Composer Dir. Andrea Meyerson (Stand Out Productions). Starring Kate Clinton, Gloria Bigelow and Julie Goldman Awards: Boston LGBT Film Festival (Nom.), Provincetown Int.Film Festival (Nom.)
LETTER TO ANITA (Documentary, 2014) Composer Dir. Andrea Meyerson (Stand Out Productions) - Starring Meredith Baxter Awards: Outfest Film Festival (Nom.), Frameline Film Festival (Nom.), Tel Aviv LGBT Film Festival (Nom.)
FEATURE FILM ASSISTANT WORK: THE HUNTING GROUND (Documentary, 2013) Assistant to Composer Dir. Kirby Dick - Music by Miriam Cutler Awards: Academy Award for Best Original Song (Nom.), Primetime Emmy, HMMA Best Original Score - Documentary
BLACK NATIVITY (Musical, 2013) Assistant to Composer Fox Searchlight - Dir. Kasi Lemmons - Music by Laura Karpman - Starring Forest Whitaker and Angela Bassett MY NAME IS MARIA DE JESUS
SELECTED SHORT FILMS: WERE YOU GAY IN HIGH SCHOOL (Dramedy, 2020) Composer Dir. Niki Ang & Karen Du. Produced by Andrew Ahn, Diana Ward
JANE (Drama, 2020) Composer Dir. Natalija Vekic. Starring Mishel Prada
LOTTE THAT SILHOUETTE GIRL (Animated Documentary, 2018) Composer/ Orchestrator and Filmmaker Dir. Elizabeth Beech and Carla Patullo. Narrated by Lotte Reiniger Awards: Music + Sound Award Finalist, Global Music Award (Best Score), Amdocs (Best US Short), Hottest Shorts of Hot Docs, Doc NYC (Best Short, Nom.), IDA Shortlist, Scruffy Film & Music Festival (Best Short)
JEANNE CORDOVA (Documentary, 2017) Composer Dir. Gregorio Dávila. Starring Jeanne Cordova. Released Awards: Outfest (Grand Jury Award)
MY NAME IS MARIA DE JESUS (Drama, 2017) Composer & Sound Designer Dir. Marcella Ochoa. Starring Giovanni Gopradi. Released on HBO Awards: HBO Latino, Remi Award Winner, Chicano International Film Festival Winner
PIZZA FACE (Animation, 2017) Composer & Songwriter Dir. Justin Ulloa, Jamie Dwyer (Snaxtime Pictures). Starring Diane Marshall-Green Awards: Comic Con San Diego (Official Selection), New York Film & TV Fest (Best Animation), Motor City Nightmares (Best Animation), Madrid Int. Film Festival (Nom.), Nice International Film Festival (Best Score Nom.)
CINDERELLA, A SHADOW BALLET (Musical Animation, 2015) Composer/ Orchestrator and Filmmaker Dir. Elizabeth Beech andCarla Patullo. Original film by Lotte Reiniger Awards: Global Music Award (Best Score), Platinum Remi (Music), Savanah Film Festival (Nom.), HMMA (Best Score)
ADDITIONAL SHORT FILMS: WORRY DOLLS (Horror, TBR 2021) Composer. Dir. Marcella Ochoa FINJAN (Drama, TBR 2021) Composer. Dir. Rolla Selbak BEATS (Dramedy, 2020) Composer. Dir. Sara Lattis THE INTERVIEW (Comedy, 2020, 2019, 2018) Composer. Dir. Crystal Correa, Premiered LA Film Festival CHOKE (Drama, 2018) Composer, Dir. Rolla Selbak - Starring Jessica Damouni, Premiered at Outfest 2018 GETTING STARTED (Comedy, TBR 2018) Composer. Dir. Andrea Meyerson BIG SKY CRAZY (TV Series, 2018) Composer. Dir. Zena Del Lowe THE CURSE (Comedy, 2017) Composer, Dir. Danny Tayara, Premiered at the Fameline Film Festival HIGHLAND CAFE (Comedy, 2017) Composer. Dir. Yuehan Zhang ONE WAY STREET (Comedy, 2017) Songwriter. Dir. Andrea Meyerson DANCE OF THE LIVING DEAD (Musical, 2017) Composer. Dir. Chris Peters CHEESE DOG: THE MOVIE (Animation, 2015) Composer & Songwriter. Dir. Justin Ulloa, Jamie Dwyer A PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER (Horror, 2012) Songwriter. Dir. Justin Ulloa and Jamie Dwyer SKINS, TV Show (BBC & MTV)
TELEVISION CREDITS: Venice the Series (Nominated for two Daytime Emmy Awards - Best Digital Series (2017& 2018) My Name is Maria de Jesus (HBO) The Ellen DeGeneres Show (Warner Bros.) Teen Titans Go! (Cartoon Network) The Young & the Restless (CBS) True Crime: The Real Story with Maria Elana Salinas (ID/ Discovery Channel) BET News: Mandela Freedom’s Father (BET) Dance Moms (Lifetime) Skins (BBC & MTV) Secrets of the Underground (Science Channel) Makers: Women in Hollywood (PBS), Vocalist All My Children (ABC) The Baby Wait (Logo) E News Daily (E!) Nash Bridges (CBS/Paramount) Sabrina the Teenage Witch (ABC) Mob Wives of Chicago (VH1) Makers: Women Who Make America (PBS) Vocalist Craft in America (PBS) Vocalist and Guitarist Fashion Television Extreme Cribs (MTV) Teen Mom 2 (MTV) Moving In (MTV) Sex, Drugs & Rock and Roll (FX) True Life (MTV) Remodeled (VH1) Audrina (VH1) Rodeo Girls (A&E) Say Yes to the Dress (TLC) Flipping Out (Bravo)
VIDEO GAMES: St. Michaels Place (Virtual Reality Game, TBR 2020) Composer & Sound Designer. Prod. ICOM Games Project Spark (Video Game, 2014) Vocalist. Produced by Microsoft
ADVERTISEMENTS: Introducing Mirum (Advertisemnet, 2014) Composer. Produced by J Walter Thompson Verizon (Advertisement, 2014) Composer. Produced by J Walter Thompson SPA NIGHT (2016)
AWARDS: Music + Sound Award, Finalist - Best Short Film Score - Lotte that Silhouette Girl Sundance Music & Sound Design Fellowship - Porno Emmy Award, Nomination - Best Digital Series - Venice the Series Hollywood Music in Media, Nomination - Best Singer-Songwriter - The Ocean Hollywood Music in Media, Nomination - Best Original Short Film Score - CInderella A Shadow Ballet Film Independent Spirit Awards - John Cassavetes Award - Spa Night Global Music Award , Winner - Best Score - Lotte that Silhouette Girl WorldFest Houston, Winner - Platinum Remi Award for Best Music Short- Cinderella A Shadow Ballet Global Music Award, Winner - Best Short film Score - Cinderella A Shadow Ballet Los Angeles Independent Film Festival Awards Winner - Best Score - Cinderella A Shadow Ballet IDA Award - Shortlist - Lotte that Silhouette Girl
ALBUMS/ RECORDINGS: Porno Soundtrack (Lakeshore Records, 2020) Short Cuts 2018: The Best Original Short Motion Picture Scores (Movie Score Media / Quartet Records, 2018) Search & Destroy (Flicker Noise Productions, 2017) Composer Pizza Face (Snaxtime, 2016) Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack, Composer Omens (Telepictures/Warner Bros. Music, 2016) Songwriter The Ocean (Heavy Hitters Music, 2016) Songwriter Cinderella A Shadow Ballet (Flicker Noise Productions, 2015) Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack, Composer Babilonia by Riserva Moac (Bayla Records/ Ultimo Piano Records, 2015) Vocalist Cheese Dog The Movie (Snaxtime, 2015) Orig. Motion Picture Soundtrack, Composer A Widow’s Tale (Flicker Noise Productions, 2015) Composer Dance Moms: Season 5 (A&E Television Networks, 2015) Compilation Album, Songwriter A Psychological Thriller (Flicker Noise Productions, 2012), Songwriter I Love Being Me, Don’t You (Rooftop Records, 2011) Sandra Bernhard, Music Director and Performer Black Heart (Flicker Noise Productions, 2009) Songwriter It’s My Tragedy (Heavy Hitters Music, 2007) Songwriter No Wood to Knock On (Heavy Hitters Music, 2005) Songwriter SELECTED PRESS: VARIETY [Review of SXSW film Porno] “Carla Patullo’s score is a nicely poker-faced channeling of fantasy-action soundtrack tropes from a generation ago.”
Popaxiom [Review of SXSW film Porno] “Carla’s music is vibrant, ethereal, sometimes haunting, and so often mesmerizing. It’s a mix of her influences blending together into something familiar but new.”
Wolfbane Blooms [Review of film Porno at Fantasia Film Festival] “The beautiful, vocal-driven score from composer Carla Patullo is flawless throughout, and the haunting mix of rhythmic breathing and pounding drums serve as a “voice” for the wordless succubus—a perfect companion to Pearce’s on-screen presence.”
Lost At E Minor [Interview with directors of ‘Cheese Dog: The Movie’] “The dream sequence was also a great opportunity to showcase the fantastic score by our crazy-talented composer, White Widow (Carla Patullo).”
Muen Magazine [Review of ‘White Widow: A Psychological Thriller’ Soundtrack] “Delving into the world of psychological struggles, this album rides the narrow line between bright-eyed desire and grotesque obsession. White Widow’s visceral work is all about taking the listener on a journey - often building layer upon layer in her songs, and slowly cranking up the emotion to a boiling point.”
THE CREATOR’S PROJECT [Review of ‘White Widow: A Psychological Thriller’ Soundtrack] “White Widow’s silent animation, ‘A Psychological Thriller’, is an eerie and erotic ‘Serial Love Affair’.… From head to tail there is definitely a story being told musically.”
CURVE Magazine [Feature: ‘White Widow: Caught In Her Web’] “Patullo [White Widow] exudes a ballsy, rock chick vibe and her music is infectious and mainstreamfriendly. You always get the feeling she is one step away from going over the edge, but she never does.”
Acoustic Music [Review of ‘White Widow: A Psychological Thriller’ Soundtrack] “Carla Patullo occupies a zone midpoint between Kate Bush and Martha Bates (Motels), creating a symphonic progressive melodic groove...The result is a marvelous half hour of concept cycling that enthralls, absorbs, saddens, uplifts, and caresses the ear and mind in a tale of deliquescing love. There’s an element of Angelo Badalamenti and Julee Cruise as well, but with a lot more angst.”
Sandra Bernhard “Carla Patullo is so fucking raw and groovy that it scares the shit out of me!”
VARIETY [on Sandra Bernhard at Town Hall feat. Liza Minnelli and Rufus Wainwright] “Sandra Bernhard’s new show features tracks from her new album and her knowing takes on pop culture. She closed with an inspired mashup of Lita Ford’s “Kiss Me Deadly” and Pink’s “Just Like a Pill” that didn’t sacrifice good vocals for its amusement factor, one of several smart choices by musical director Carla Patullo.”
BIG TAKEOVER “[Patullo] stands, seducing out of shadows ... playing romantic and heartbreaking song stories that tie together obsession, desire and dream with a voice that curls like smoke.”