“Carla Patullo’s atmospheric score is bound to clang against your brain [with] smoky and eerily playful blend of haunting vocalizations, hissing specters, and shadowy instrumentation” — THE AV CLUB
SELECT FILM AND TV WORK
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 Patullo’s ongoing visual media projects combine music and shadows, inspired by the life work of animation pioneer Lotte Reiniger. Carla began the project 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 called Lotte that Silhouette Girl (2018) with director Elizabeth Beech. They are currently working on 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.
