Below the Surface

As a GRAMMY® winning composer and multi-instrumentalist, Carla Patullo is best known for her music that blends lush acoustics with layered vocals and experimental electronics. Her music strives to connect with the deep human emotions that are found in moments of grief, healing, redemption, and joy. Carla’s latest work, the GRAMMY® nominated album So She Howls follows a near-death experience, from which she emerged with a new sense of adventure and gratitude. It features the Scorchio Quartet (Philip Glass, David Bowie, Laurie Anderson), the vocal ensemble Tonality (Bjork), and violinist Lili Haydn (Opium Moon).

Some of Carla’s recent film scores include the Disney+ film Maxine starring Margaret Cho, directed by Niki Ang; Charlotte Hamblin’s Everybody Dies Sometimes, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival; Magic Hour, an upcoming dramedy starring Miriam Shor; My Name Is Maria De Jesus, an HBO Latino film; Porno, Fangoria’s recent SXSW hit; the IDA shortlisted documentary Lotte that Silhouette Girl; and an in-the-work project called Bitterroot, a beautiful new film about the Hmong community. As her body of film work shows, Patullo is passionate about writing music that supports and advances inclusion for women, immigrants, and the LGBTQ+ community. (Full List of Credits.)

"Carla’s music is vibrant, ethereal, sometimes haunting, and so often mesmerizing." - POPAXIOM