Dara Taylor has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of film music as the composer of Tender Bar, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker George Clooney. Expanding her sonic palette into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, she electrifies the world of Ironheart with a propulsive, genre-bending score that powers Riri Williams’ journey.
Dara’s previous films include Universal’s hit comedy Strays starring Will Ferrell and Jamie Foxx, Charles Shyer’s The Noel Diary starring Justin Hartley, Sony Screen Gem’s The Invitation, the hit Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, Blumhouse’s American Refugee, Universal’s Curious George: Cape Ahoy, Amazon MGM’s Relationship Goals, and Shondaland’s Black Barbie: A Documentary. Most recently, Dara wrote music for three Netflix features: Meet Me Next Christmas, Tyler Perry’s Joe’s College Road Trip, and Straw for which she received an SCL nomination for outstanding original score for an Independent film. Up next for Dara is the highly anticipated apple original comedy The Dink starring Ben Stiller, Ed Harris, and Mary Steenburgen.
As a score producer and composer for Chris Lennertz, Dara has contributed to major motion picture films and series including Bad Moms, the action-comedy sequel Shaft, Amazon’s highly acclaimed television series The Boys, Netflix’s sci-fi series Lost in Space, The Happytime Murders, Uglydolls, and the long-running CW show Supernatural. In 2015, Dara was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award for her score on the short film Undetectable, and in 2016, she participated in the Women in Film’s Women Composers in Media concert. In 2018, Dara was chosen as a fellow for the Sundance Institute Composers Lab and the following year she was chosen as one of the BMI Conducting for Composers Fellows. In 2021 she was chosen for both the Grammy NEXT program and the coveted Universal Composers Initiative.
Dara is a proud Governor of the Recording Academy’s LA Chapter, as well as a member of the Television Academy, Society of Composers and Lyricists, Composers Diversity Collective, Alliance of Women Film Composers, and Women in Media.
Riri’s Theme – Ironheart
- Riri’s Theme – Ironheart
- My Baby – Straw
- Free Janiyah – Straw
- The Raid – Straw
- Surrender – Straw
- Leave It Up to Fate – Meet Me Next Christmas
- My Whole Universe – Meet Me Next Christmas
- Oh, God Sees Everything – Strays
- Reggie’s Journey – Friendship Boners – Strays
- Tell Me How It Could Get Worse – Strays
- You Are Not Alone – Strays
- Cemetery – The Noel Diary
- Cleaning Montage – The Noel Diary
- The House with the Tree – The Noel Diary
- It Ends Here – Invitation
- Carfax Manor – Invitation
- I Hope You Burn – Revenge – Invitation
- Gunter’s Eyes Only
- Home – The Tender Bar
- Sidney – The Tender Bar
- Uncle Charlie – The Tender Bar
- Opening Credits – American Refugee
- Invasion – American Refugee
- Darlie Buffet – Tommy Bahama – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
- Submarines and Receivers – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
- Beach Chase – Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
- Trumpet Tooter Ahoy – Curious George Cape Ahoy
- The Dive – Curious George Cape Ahoy
- Whale Rescue Rising Cutlass – Curious George Cape Ahoy
- Boo on the Bayou – Little Ellen
- NOLA Confidential – Little Ellen
- Storytime Swing – Little Ellen