Lauren Buchter is a NYC-based composer for film and television and an ASCAP “Composer To Watch”. Celebrated for her work’s emotional complexity, she has composed original scores for dozens of films spanning multiple genres. Her recent credits include an upcoming feature length broadcast TV documentary, the independent feature length film, “In the Orchard” (Dir. Christopher Knoblock), the feature length documentary, “Cherry’s In Season” (Dir. David Dodds) and the Student Academy Award winning film, “Above the Sea”. Her music can be heard on primetime network TV programs including: ABC’s “World News with Diane Sawyer”, NBC’s “Dateline” and ABC’s “20/20”.

Equally at home in the concert world, Lauren has composed new works for such ensembles as New York Youth Symphony, Kalistos Chamber Orchestra, Musica Bella Orchestra of New York, Symphony Singers, Esterhazy Quartet, and students of The Juilliard School. Her commissioned works for dance have seen performances by American Ballet Theatre, Above and Beyond Dance Company and students of the University of California.

Lauren is a graduate of the Film Scoring Program at Berklee College of Music, where she received a Bachelor of Music while on scholarship. She continued her studies in Milan, Italy at the Accademia Internazionale della Musica.