Shruti Kumar
Shruti Kumar is a composer and producer working in NY, London, and LA.
Selected Credits
Recently, she scored Riz Ahmed’s series BAIT (Left Handed Films, Amazon/MGM), Walt Disney Imagineering’s Thea Award winning ‘Haunted Mansion Experience’, and Alicia Keys documentary ‘Uncharted’ (Paramount+).
Previously, she joined Daniel Hart writing Additional Music for Seasons 1 and 2 of ‘Interview With The Vampire’ (AMC), spending time working at Remote Control Productions (Henry Jackman, Hans Zimmer).
In the songwriting and production world, Shruti has collaborated with artists and bands including Alicia Keys, Garbage, Nas, No Doubt, Fiona Apple, and Vampire Weekend. In her own writing she aims for a post-genre space that blends her many influences and experiences. Her album ‘Nodding Terms’ featuring the London Contemporary Orchestra has debuted on the BBC and NPR.
Shruti has performed at venues ranging from (le) poisson rouge to The Walt Disney Concert Hall, where she composed, arranged, and conducted a sold out tribute to Yoko Ono with the LA Phil and Gxrlschool — the LA Times called this “a vision for the way forward.”
She is currently an adjunct faculty member at NYU’s Screen Scoring Program and Clive Davis Institute.
Instagram: @tamingoftheshruti
Twitter: @from_shruti