{"id":45162,"date":"2025-09-26T22:32:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=45162"},"modified":"2025-09-26T22:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T02:32:37","slug":"soundwaves-original-music-from-marvel-animations-marvel-zombies-music-by-laura-karpman-nora-kroll-rosenbaum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=45162","title":{"rendered":"Soundwaves: Original Music from Marvel Animation&#8217;s Marvel Zombies Music by Laura Karpman &#038; Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood Records releases the <a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?attachment_id=45163\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-45163\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-45163\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Marvel-Zombies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Marvel-Zombies.jpg 935w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Marvel-Zombies-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Marvel-Zombies-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Marvel-Zombies-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><\/a>original soundtrack from Marvel Animation\u2019s \u201cMarvel Zombies\u201d available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music and other digital platforms. The soundtrack features an original score by five-time Emmy\u00ae Award-winning, Oscar\u00ae&nbsp; and GRAMMY\u00ae-nominated composer Laura Karpman (\u201cCaptain America: Brave New World\u201d), and GRAMMY\u00ae-winning composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (\u201cRegarding Susan Sontag\u201d).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Notes Karpman and Kroll-Rosenbaum: \u201cWe loved writing the music for \u2018Marvel Zombies\u2019 The soundtrack is a scare fest from start to finish, featuring some of the wildest music we&#8217;ve ever written for the MCU. With driving electronics and large orchestra, courtesy of Vienna Synchron Stage, we quote some of your favorite themes from the movies, but they are always altered to fit the undead. Enjoy our wacky take on \u2018Marvel Zombies\u2019!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the Avengers are overtaken by a zombie plague, a desperate group of survivors discover the key to bringing an end to the super-powered undead, racing across a dystopian landscape and risking life and limb to save their world.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Bryan Andrews, the original animated series airing now on Disney+ features a voice cast including Awkwafina, David Harbour, Simu Liu, Elizabeth Olsen, Randall Park, Florence Pugh, Paul Rudd, Wyatt Russell, Hailee Steinfeld, Tessa Thompson, Dominique Thorne, Iman Vellani, and Todd Williams.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/twHYF506-9Y?si=jTVsn9TrCGL6rms4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen to all your favorite music from Marvel on the official Marvel Music Playlist <a href=\"https:\/\/lakeshorerecords.us14.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=9dcbfb23c5e0fcec82d2c07f5&amp;id=7ff1e0c963&amp;e=7ef1305bc6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Track List:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Honor Me<\/li>\n<li>Sorry&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Zombies&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Up to You&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Night Traveler&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>To the Light&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Nothing Left&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Ambush&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Norse Aggression&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Transmitter&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Helping Hand&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Little Bear&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Road Trip&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>We Survive&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Almost There&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Fall Out&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Leave Them&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Epic&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Zombie Food&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Defend&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Inside Out&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Everyone Who Suffered&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Alone&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Take the Stage&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;ABOUT LAURA KARPMAN<\/p>\n<p>Oscar\u00ae and GRAMMY\u00ae-nominated, five-time Emmy\u00ae award-winning composer LAURA KARPMAN creates powerful, imaginative scores that push the boundaries of storytelling. Her bold, incandescent work spans film, television, theater, interactive media and live performance, reflecting an audaciously creative, prodigious spirit. Karpman collaborates with some of the most renowned filmmakers of our time, including J.J. Abrams, Kevin Feige, Steven Spielberg, Cord Jefferson, Nia DaCosta, Alex Gibney, Misha Green, Rory Kennedy, Kasi Lemmons, Laura Nix and Sam Pollard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The last two years have been especially prolific for Karpman, including the release of the top-grossing \u201cCaptain America: Brave New World.\u201d Other acclaimed projects include \u201cAmerican Fiction\u201d (Amazon MGM), written\/directed\/produced by Cord Jefferson, which garnered five Oscar\u00ae nominations including Best Picture, and for which Karpman received her first Oscar nomination for Original Score as well as a Grammy\u00ae nomination for Best Score Soundtrack; \u201cThe Marvels\u201d (Marvel Studios); \u201cRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed\u201d (Max) for which she was Emmy\u00ae nominated; \u201cWhat If&#8230;?\u201d now in its third season (Marvel Television for Disney+); and \u201cMs. Marvel\u201d (Marvel Television for Disney+).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karpman wrote the original music for the recent Max series \u201cDuster,\u201d created by J.J. Abrams and LaToya Morgan. Other upcoming projects include the animated mini-event series \u201cMarvel Zombies,\u201d which she scored with Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, coming to Disney+ on September 24; the series \u201cDown Cemetery Road,\u201d starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson for Apple, premiering October 29; the themes for the acclaimed documentary \u201cAsk E. Jean,\u201d which just debuted at the Telluride Film Festival; and a musical based on Dorothy Arzner\u2019s groundbreaking MGM film, \u201cDance Girl Dance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her opera, \u201cBalls,\u201d chronicling Billie Jean King\u2019s epic 1973 \u201cBattle of the Sexes\u201d&#8217; tennis match, will be performed by the London Philharmonic conducted by Marin Alsop on November 20 at Royal Festival Hall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karpman\u2019s scores span HBO\u2019s acclaimed hit \u201cLovecraft Country;\u201d the Oscar\u00ae-winning documentary short films \u201cThe Only Girl in the Orchestra;&#8221; \u201cWalk Run Cha-Cha\u201d and the docuseries \u201cWhy We Hate.\u201d Karpman was Emmy\u00ae nominated for \u201cMs. Marvel&#8221; and \u201cRock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed,\u201d and won an HMMA award for \u201cThe Marvels.\u201d For her \u201cAmerican Fiction\u201d score, to date she has received Academy Award\u00ae, GRAMMY, SCL, NAACP Image Award, and HMMA nominations, as well as inclusion in the 2024 BAFTA Longlist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other accolades include a 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from \u201cShe Rocks:\u201d a Critics\u2019 Choice Award for her song \u201cJump\u201d (from the film \u201cStep\u201d), co-written with frequent collaborators Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson, sung by Cynthia Erivo. Her animated work includes \u201cSitara,\u201d directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, executive produced by Darla Anderson and Gloria Steinem; her Annie-nominated score for \u201cMonkey\u2019s Tale\u201d and three seasons of \u201cWhat If\u2026?\u201d for Marvel Television. Her celebrated scores for interactive media and blockbuster video games include \u201cGuardians of Middle Earth,\u201d \u201cEverquest 2,\u201d \u201cUntold Legends: Dark Kingdom\u201d and \u201cKung Fu Panda 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Across concert halls, Karpman is renowned for her Grammy\u00ae Award-winning album \u201cAsk Your Mama,\u201d a multimedia opera based on the iconic cycle of poems by Langston Hughes. For this Carnegie Hall commission, Karpman collaborated with The Roots, soprano Jessye Norman, performer De\u2019Andre Aziza, and jazz vocalist Nnenna Freelon. Other notable works include \u201cAll American,\u201d commissioned and performed by The Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl; \u201cBrass Ceiling,\u201d commissioned and recorded by the U.S. Army Band; \u201cAnd Still We Dream,\u201d commissioned by Lyric Opera of Kansas City, honoring 100 years of suffrage; \u201cWilde Tales,\u201d commissioned by Glimmerglass Festival, and a pandemic opera for Opera Theatre of St. Louis with libretto by Taura Stinson &amp; Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karpman is a fierce champion for DEI in Hollywood. After founding the Alliance for Women Film Composers, she was elected the first female Governor in the Music Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. During her two consecutive three-year terms, she implemented sweeping change, facilitating the admission of dozens of underrepresented voices, co-founded the Academy Women\u2019s Initiative, co-chaired the LGBTQ+ Affinity Group, helped to create the Code of Conduct, and updated the bylaws with more inclusive, representative language. Her leadership in creating opportunity and advocating for inclusion is unparalleled.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Karpman serves as a mentor and is on the Advisory Board for the Chanel\/Tribeca Through Her Lens Program. She received a doctorate from The Juilliard School, where she studied with 20th-century icon Milton Babbitt.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She lives and works in Los Angeles with her wife, composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum, their son and two unruly dogs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT NORA KROLL-ROSENBAUM<\/p>\n<p>Juilliard-trained GRAMMY Award\u00ae-winning composer Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (born New York City) collaborates with adventurous musicians and radical filmmakers on music for film, television and the concert hall. Her film and television scores include Catherine Hardwicke\u2019s Don\u2019t Look Deeper, Prisoner\u2019s Daughter, and Tell It Like A Woman, Bird Karma for DreamWorks Animation, Champaign ILL for Sony, Grand-Daddy Day Care, Delicious Little Devil, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame for Universal, Saoirse Ronan\u2019s Stockholm Pennsylvania, Lena Dunham\u2019s Lenny, and Half The Picture premiering at Sundance, Powerless and The Cinema Travelers premiering at Cannes, and Nancy Kates\u2019 Regarding Susan Sontag for HBO, among others. She co-scored Marvel\u2019s What If and Zombies with her wife, composer Laura Karpman, and recently conducted Karpman\u2019s score for The Marvels at Abbey Road. She has received commissions from the London Symphony Chorus, San Francisco Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Young People&#8217;s Chorus of New York City, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music and fellowships from the Sundance Institute, where she has served as an advisor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hollywood Records releases the original soundtrack from Marvel Animation\u2019s \u201cMarvel Zombies\u201d available now on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music and other digital platforms. 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