The beautiful, vocal-driven score from Carla Patullo is flawless throughout, and the haunting mix of rhythmic breathing and pounding drums serve as a “voice” for the wordless succubus — a perfect companion to Pearce’s on-screen presence. — WOLFBANE BLOOMS

SELECT FILM AND TV WORK

SONG PLACEMENTS

Teen Titans Go - The Young & the Restless - The Jennifer Hudson Show - The Ellen Degeneres Show - All My Children - Skins - Dance Moms - Sabrina the Teenage Witch - Nash Bridges - Mandela: Freedom’s Father - Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll - Say Yes to the Dress - Teen Mom 2 - Extra the Entertainment Magazine - Secrets of the Underground - True Story with Maria Elena Salina! - True Life

MUSIC INSPIRED BY LOTTE REINIGER’S ANIMATIONS

To confront a person with his shadow is to show him his own light. - Carl Jung

Many of Carla’s ongoing visual media projects combine music and shadows, inspired by the life work of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger. Carla began the project in 2013 writing music for Lotte’s 1922 Aschenputtel, resulting in the short animation Cinderella: A Shadow Ballet (2015), which was then recorded at Warner Brothers Eastwood Scoring Stage.

Deeply inspired by the fusion of silhouettes and music, Carla next co-created a music-driven documentary Lotte that Silhouette Girl (2018) with director Elizabeth Beech. She is currently in production with Shadowmaker, a biographical feature film about Reiniger.

SANDRA BERNHARD — I LOVE BEING ME DON’T YOU

Bernhard blends outrageous humor, cutting satire, and fiercely energetic live performances. The live tour followed the release of her comedy album of the same title (#9 Billboard Comedy Charts), with guest performances by Liza Minnelli, Rufus Wainwright, Justin Vivian Bond, and Leisha Hailey, and music directed by Carla Patullo.

THE HURRICANE

Book and Libretto by Cory Hinkle
Music by Carla Patullo

THE HURRICANE is a country, blues, and gospel musical set in South Texas after a hurricane. A woman, unwilling to leave her home, sits on her roof, surrounded by a flood when a young girl floats by on an innertube forcing the stubborn woman to take a fantastical adventure of redemption and self-awareness.