Kara Talve

Kara Talve

Crew Information Gender: Female ♀ Job: Principal composer Supervising composer Status: Active Number of episodes: 68 Seasons active: Season 33 - present First episode: "The Star of the Backstage" Most recent episode: "Women in Shorts"

Kara Talve is an American film and television composer. She currently serves as the principal composer for The Simpsons and previously served as a supervising composer.

Credits

Supervising composer

Episode – "The Star of the Backstage" Episode – "Bart's in Jail!" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" (as Drakara Talve) Episode – "The Wayz We Were" Episode – "Lisa's Belly" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)" Episode – "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" Episode – "Mothers and Other Strangers" Episode – "A Made Maggie" Episode – "The Longest Marge" Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid" Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands" Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!" Episode – "Bart the Cool Kid" Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar" Episode – "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher" Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" Episode – "Marge the Meanie" Episode – "Meat Is Murder" Episode – "Poorhouse Rock"

Principal composer

Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "One Angry Lisa" Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout" Episode – "The King of Nice" THOH – "Not It" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" (as Scary Talve) Episode – "From Beer to Paternity" Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "When Nelson Met Lisa" Episode – "Game Done Changed" Episode – "Top Goon" Episode – "My Life as a Vlog" Episode – "The Many Saints of Springfield" Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again" Episode – "Bartless" Episode – "Hostile Kirk Place" Episode – "Pin Gal" Episode – "Fan-ily Feud" Episode – "Write Off This Episode" Episode – "The Very Hungry Caterpillars" Episode – "Clown V. Board of Education" Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" Episode – "Homer's Crossing" Episode – "A Mid-Childhood's Night Dream" Episode – "McMansion & Wife" Episode – "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIV" (as Carrie Talve) Episode – "Iron Marge" Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life" Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance" Episode – "Murder, She Boat" Episode – "Do the Wrong Thing" Episode – "Frinkenstein's Monster" Episode – "Lisa Gets an F1" Episode – "Clan of the Cave Mom" Episode – "Night of the Living Wage" Episode – "Cremains of the Day" Episode – "The Tell-Tale Pants" Episode – "The Tipping Point" Episode – "Bart's Brain" Episode – "Bart's Birthday" Episode – "The Yellow Lotus" Episode – "Desperately Seeking Lisa" Episode – "Shoddy Heat" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXV" (as Terror Talve) Episode – "Women in Shorts"

Vocal performed by

• Episode – "The Yellow Lotus" ("Yellow Lotus Theme")

External links

• Kara Talve at the Internet Movie Database

Music crew

Composers Ryeland Allison • Ryan Baer • Lorne Balfe • Marc Baril • Jim Beanz • Belle and Sebastian • Michele Bertoldi • Bleeding Fingers Music • Sylvain Chomet • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Jemaine Clement • Ray Colcord • The Decemberists • Jack Dolgen • James Dooley • Clay Duncan • Ryan Elder • Danny Elfman • Juan Carlos Enriquez • Mark Ganus • Michael Giacchino • Mick Giacchino • Richard Gibbs • Norio Hanzawa • James Hebdon • Henry Jackman • Brian Langsbard • Ruggero Leoncavallo • Michael A. Levine • Alex Mauer • Maureen McElheron • Bret McKenzie • Mark Mothersbaugh • John E. Nordstrom • Eric Nunamaker • Laurence O'Keefe • Atli Örvarsson • Gregory Prechel • Kira Randolph • Arthur B. Rubinstein • Allen Simpson • Stephen Sondheim • Jon Spurney • Matthew Sweet • Asa Taccone • Kara Talve • Kingsley Thurber • Jeffrey Townsend • Christopher Tyng • Patrick Williams • Davin Wood • Hans Zimmer Music editors Bob Beecher • Stan Jones • Chris Ledesma • Daniel Pinder • Ryan Rubin • Jake Schaefer • Erich Stratmann • Derek Syverud • Tom Trafalski Music engineers Bryant Arnett • Thomas Broderick • Mark Chalecki • Richard Cottrell • Guy DeFazio • Robert Gatley • Paul Grupp • Mick Guzauski • Richard Joseph • Jesse Kanner • Acar S. Key • Judy Kirschner • Tod Lemkuhl • Bryan Loren • Scott Mabuchi • Tony Maserati • John Moyer • Ernie Rose • Pete Oso Snell • Geoff Sykes • Greg Vines • Matt Ward Music producers Bob Beecher • John Boylan • James L. Brooks • George Clinton • Robert Clivillés • David Cole • Oliver Davis • David Dorn • Derek Dressler • Russell Emanuel • Robert L. Emmer • Alan Friedman • Greg Haver • DJ Jazzy Jeff • Steve Kofsky • Chris Ledesma • Bryan Loren • Mickey Petralia • Steven Schnur • Gary Stewart • Jai Winding • Hans Zimmer Orchestrators Steve Bartek • Alf Clausen • Scott Clausen • Tim Davies • Brad Dechter • Elizabeth Finch • Bruce Fowler • Walt Fowler • Dell Hake • Andrew Kinney • Ken Kugler • Suzette Moriarty • Dana Niu • Gregory Prechel • Larry Rench • Brandon Roberts • Geoff Stradling • Marcus Trumpp Singers and vocalists Lisa Angelle • Kaylee Arellano • Baha Men • George Balmeseda • Tony Battaglia • Peter Beckett • Gerry Beckley • Josh Bedlion • Karen Bernod • Ben Bledsoe • Eric Bradley • Alexandra Brown • Jackson Browne • Rosemary Butler • Amick Byram • David Byrne • Marie Cain • James Campbell • Mark Campbell • Elin Carlson • Carmen Carter • Dawn Halloran Charouhas • Emily Charouhas • Patty Chayefsky • Alvin Chea • Alf Clausen • John Coggins • Deborah Cooper • Randy Crenshaw • J.C. 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