Let’s talk about film composers – Women film composers.
More precisely, the lack of representation of women in film scoring.
The centre for the Study of Women in Television and film released a report stating that of the top 250 domestic films in 2018, 94% were scored by men.
This year, Hildur Guðnadóttir was the first solo woman to win Best Original Score at the Golden Globes. It was a historic moment that I hope will advance the profession and therefore offer more scoring opportunities to women.
The world of movie scores tends to be male-dominated with composers such as Hans Zimmer, John Williams, Michael Giacchino, and Danny Elfman. However, with this new demand for content on platforms like Netflix and Amazon, we can only hope more opportunities for women to score films and series’ will increase.
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- Hildur Guðnadóttir Icelandic musician
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- Eimear Noone, Conductor and Composer
For the first time in Oscar History a woman, Eímear Noone will conduct excerpts from the five nominated scores. This is a major milestone and hopefully will open doors for other women in the profession.
Although these milestones have been long-awaited, it is encouraging to see women being represented behind the camera. We can only hope that these are the first steps in evening out the playing field.