A Grammy-winning, Emmy-winning, and Academy Award-nominated composer, Laura Karpman's imaginative, wide-ranging scores have navigated jazz, rousing orchestral fare, wistful chamber music, and more. The Los Angeles native got her start in television in the late 1980s, working on well over a dozen projects before landing her first feature film, the romantic comedy Lover's Knot (1995). She won her first Emmy Award in 2003 for her work on the pilot of the science fiction series Odyssey 5 , and her skills remained in demand in the sci-fi and adventure sectors -- she contributed to ...