Leah Curtis
Leah Curtis
Composer Leah Curtis writes contemporary classical music, scores for international cinema, and fine art installation. Limelight describes her music as both 'groundbreaking' and 'deeply human.' Leah crafts intricate musical landscapes exploring the nuances of orchestration, and seamlessly weaves solo threads, into lush, immersive textures.
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Los Angeles

Australia / North Park, CA.

Leah Curtis scored the acclaimed Australian Sundance thriller KILLING GROUND, praised as a "first-rate score" by Variety. Awarded a Fulbright, and former visiting film composer at USC SMPTV, her music has received nominations from APRA, seven from the HMMA, with wins for Fawaz Al-Matrouk's Kuwaiti set TO REST IN PEACE and historical epic EXITUS ROMA, across best score and song. Her work has been featured in marquee festivals in Dubai, Cannes, New York, and at the Aspen Music Festival. She works out of Los Angeles and North Park, California, writing, orchestrating, and conducting music for international cinema, as a music producer, and scoring epic short-form branded content with her filmmaker collaborators. She is a 2024 recipient of the Reel Change Grant from New Music USA.

She/Her
Orchestral, Electronic, Acoustic, Sound Design
Documentary, Concert Music, Independent Film, Television, Streaming, Short Film, Songwriting
Composer, Orchestrator, Songwriter
White / Caucasian / European

Killing Ground (Feature, Sundance, IFC, Netflix)
To Rest in Peace (Cannes, HMMA winner)
Exitus Roma (HMMA winner, Australian Screen Music Award Nominee)

New Music USA Reel Change Grantee 2024
APRA Screen Songhubs Los Angeles 2019
Sundance Feature Film Premiere 2017
Redbull Glimpses High-Performance Retreat 2016
APRA AGSC Australian Screen Music Awards
Nomination for Best Original Song 2012
Hollywood Music in Media Award Nominations
Best Original Score for a Commercial 2014
Best Original Score (Short Film / Independent Feature / Documentary) 2013
Best Original Song (Short / Independent Feature / Documentary) 2012
Best Original Score (Short Film / Independent Feature / Documentary) 2010
Best New Composer 2009
Best Orchestral / Classical Work 2009
Hollywood Music in Media Awards
Best World Music 2012
Best World Music 2010
Park City Film Music Festival
Best Impact Of Music In A Short Film 3rd Place 2009
Fulbright Fellowship The US Department of State 2006
Aspen Music Festival and School with John Corigliano supported by the Dame Joan Sutherland Fund 2006
ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop

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Los Angeles, CA USA +1 (310) 260-1023

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