Adam Taylor

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Adam Taylor
Origin	Long Beach, California, United States
Genres	Soundtrack electronic[1]
Occupations	Composer record producer musician
Years active	2010s–present[2]

Adam Taylor is an American composer.[2] He is best known for his contributions to film and television scores, such as The Handmaid's Tale (2017-present),[3] Before I Fall,[4] I Think We're Alone Now and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–present).[5]

Taylor's work on The Handmaid's Tale has twice been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series, in 2019 and 2021.

Biography

A self-taught musician from Long Beach, California, Taylor learned guitar at age 15 and performed in bands during education.[6] He later created background music for prayer meetings at his church, which was heard by a film writer and director, Eliot Rausch.[2] They collaborated on some short films together, and Taylor contributed to the soundtrack of August: Osage County (composed by Gustavo Santaolalla), before his first full soundtrack credit, Meadowland (2015). More recently, he composed for the TV series The Handmaid's Tale and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina.

Filmography

As composer

• Meadowland (2015)
• Before I Fall (2017)
• Curvature (2017)[1]
• The Handmaid's Tale (2017–present)
• Damnation (2017–2018)
• I Think We're Alone Now (2018)
• Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (2018–2020)
• Riff Raff (2024)

References

1. Sheck, Frank (2017). "'Curvature' Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
2. Donelson, Marcy. "Adam Taylor | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
3. Burlingame, Jon (2018). "'The Handmaid's Tale' Composer Adam Taylor Takes Cue From Elisabeth Moss". Variety. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
4. Filmmusicreporter (November 18, 2016). "Adam Taylor Scoring Ry Russo-Young's 'Before I Fall'". FilmMusicReporter. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
5. Collins, James (2018). "An Interview with Adam Taylor: the composer for the Netflix series Chilling Adventures of Sabrina". Mandy.com. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
6. "ADAM TAYLOR - Future Perfect Music". Future Perfect Music. Retrieved June 15, 2019.