Known for Sound
Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum is a Juilliard-trained composer born in New York City. She studied composition and performance in New York. She emerged into a career that moves fluidly between acoustic ensembles and electronic sound worlds, often collaborating closely with filmmakers and choreographers. Her credits include scores and music direction for independent and studio projects across various formats. She composed the music for the DreamWorks short film Bird Karma (2018), and her Bird Karma soundtrack was released as an EP in 2019. She wrote the score for Nikole Beckwith’s feature Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015), and she composed music for the Quibi series Don’t Look Deeper (2020). In addition to those, her name appears on projects ranging from documentary features to episodic television and animated shorts—a pattern of eclectic commissions and frequent collaboration with orchestras and independent filmmakers. Kroll-Rosenbaum is also a Grammy winner: she was one of the engineers credited on the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra / George Manahan recording Ask Your Mama, which won the 2016 Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical. That Grammy was shared by Leslie Ann Jones, John Kilgore, Justin Merrill and Patricia Sullivan (mastering). She has received additional industry recognition for her film work — for example, Bird Karma (2018) was nominated for a Hollywood Music in Media Award in 2019 in the category Best Original Score — Short Film (Animated).
Filmography
26 films, 5 shows


Prisoner's Daughter
2023 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Released from prison with terminal cancer, Max tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter and the grandson he’s never known. When his daughter’s abusive, drug-addicted ex-husband reappears, Max’s violent past comes back to haunt them all.


Girl Talk
2022 · 1h 31m
country: Unknown
Set in the cutthroat, boy-dominated world of high school debate where tomorrow’s leaders are groomed, GIRL TALK tells the timely story of five girls on a diverse, top-ranked Massachusetts high school debate team as they strive to become the best debaters in the United States on their own terms.


Epic Bill
2022 · 56m
country: United States
A self-made millionaire collapsed into bankruptcy, Bill Bradley reinvented himself by turning to the world of extreme endurance racing. Thirteen years later, he has completed a Quadruple Badwater and broken a world record for running rim to rim through the Grand Canyon seven times. Now about to turn 60, Bill returns for his eighth attempt at Arrowhead 135, one of the toughest cold-weather endurance races in the world, and for his second attempt at Aconcagua, the highest summit in the Southern and Western Hemisphere. As Bill pushes beyond his limits, he questions whether finishing these events defines his identity - or if he can discover a deeper reason for being out in the arena.


Bird Karma
2018 · 5m
country: United States
A tale of a long-legged bird's journey of blissful joy, inescapable greed and the accidental discovery of the consequences when too much is not enough.


Solace
2018 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Following the death of her father, a 17-year-old girl is sent to live with her estranged family and finds comfort in a questionable friendship with a self-destructive neighbor, leading both on a startling path to self discovery.


The Cinema Travellers
2016 · 1h 36m
country: India
Showmen riding cinema lorries have brought the wonder of the movies to faraway villages in India once every year. Seven decades on, as their cinema projectors crumble and film reels become scarce, their patrons are lured by slick digital technology. A benevolent showman, a shrewd exhibitor and a maverick projector mechanic bear a beautiful burden - to keep the last traveling cinemas of the world running. A critically acclaimed, poignant documentary that celebrates India’s travelling picture shows and laments their demise, filled with exquisite visuals and marvellous eccentrics.


A Monkey's Tale
2006 · 8m
country: Hong Kong
Three monkeys unwisely attempt to take a fresh peach from the statue of the fabled Monkey King.