Starr Parodi - Full Press Bio
The 2020s have been an exciting and creative decade for Grammy award-winning composer, artist & producer, Starr Parodi - with films and shows on Apple TV+, HBO Max, and Netflix, commissioned orchestral and choral works, and multiple awards. Starr has performed alongside some of the world’s most beloved and talented actors and artists, and her music has been featured on NPR, BBC radio, KCRW, Classical KUSC, SiriusXM and iHEART Radio.
Parodi’s scoring credits include The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry (Netflix), Michael B. Jordan’s post-apocalyptic gen:LOCK (HBO Max), Transformers: Rescue Bots (Apple TV+), G.I. Joe Renegades (Apple TV+), Bert Stern: Original Madman (Amazon Prime), The Starter Wife (NBC/Universal), Duck & Goose (Apple TV+), Conversations With Other Women (Amazon Prime), The Division (Lifetime - John Hamm/Taraji Henson), and hundreds of Hollywood's most iconic and visible film trailers (Rogue One, Last Samurai, James Bond, Mission: Impossible II, Zoolander, Harry Potter, Dreamgirls, Night at the Museum, X-Men 3, United Artists Logo, Sony Imageworks Logo, etc.). Forbes credited her darkly innovative, RIAA Gold-certified recording of the James Bond Theme with "reinventing the modern action movie trailer.”
In 2023, Starr won a Grammy award for her work as a producer, featured artist and arranger on Kitt Wakeley’s An Adoption Story. She served as score producer with the London Royal Philharmonic for the 2024 Grammy winning global album Alkebulan II, and and earned a 2026 Grammy nomination for Seven Seasons with the London Royal Philharmonic featuring the London Royal Philharmonic and vocal soloist Janai Brugger. Her other honors include a Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA, 2021), SHE ROCKS - VISION Award (2021), BMI IMPACT Award (2022) and an SCL Jury Award for her work on Women Warriors.
On the concert stage, Starr’s 2025 orchestral work, Riptide—commissioned by the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and featured on American Public Media's Performance Today—is a deeply moving, visceral orchestral meditation on surrender and human resilience. Riptide draws a profound parallel between two life-altering events in Parodi’s life: a terrifying, firsthand encounter with a powerful riptide in French Polynesia in the 1990s, and a recent personal tragedy—the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfire that destroyed her Pacific Palisades home, studio, and her beloved 1928 Steinway B that began its life on the MGM Scoring Stage. Rather than a narrative of fighting against disaster, Riptide serves as a gorgeous musical thesis on the power of "going with the flow" and stepping into the unknown. This composition translates the terrifying pull of the current into an orchestral swell that ultimately gives way to hope, inner strength, and peaceful surrender.
Another centerpiece of Parodi’s concert repertoire is her composition The Joy Of The Waters. Premiering at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, this vibrant neoclassical composition won the Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA) for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, and was featured in the both the 2022 film and Grammy-winning album Women Warriors: The Voices of Change. This piece captures a sense of profound hope, momentum, and renewal. Parodi also made history as the first woman composer to have her orchestral works performed in the 90+ year history of the Festival of Arts: Pageant of the Masters where she remains a featured composer.
Starr is a Steinway Artist whose solo piano albums include The Heart Of Frida and Common Places, both receiving “Solo Piano Album of the Year" honors. She first caught the public eye playing keyboards as part of the house band on the hit late-night Arsenio Hall Show for its entire five and a half year run and she has performed, toured or recorded with treasured artists including Carole King, George Howard, Celine Dion, BB King, Whitney Houston among many others.
Beyond her personal creative work, Starr is a prominent voice in the Los Angeles media‑music community and a dedicated advocate for equity and representation in music. She served as President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers (March 2019- March 2021) where she helped build mentorship programs, international outreach, and visibility for women composers. Starr continues to be active on their Advisory Board and she’s a frequent guest lecturer at top-tier institutions including NYU, USC, UCLA, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Berklee.
A trailblazer onstage and in the studio, Starr is a dynamic presence in contemporary music: a composer who balances precision and imagination, a pianist with emotional depth, a producer with creative insight, and a leader dedicated to fostering musical opportunities.
The 2020s have been an exciting and creative decade for Grammy award-winning composer, artist & producer, Starr Parodi - with films and shows on Apple TV+, HBO Max, and Netflix, commissioned orchestral and choral works, and multiple awards. Starr has performed alongside some of the world’s most beloved and talented actors and artists, and her music has been featured on NPR, BBC radio, KCRW, Classical KUSC, SiriusXM and iHEART Radio.
Parodi’s scoring credits include The Storied Life Of A.J. Fikry (Netflix), Michael B. Jordan’s post-apocalyptic gen:LOCK (HBO Max), Transformers: Rescue Bots (Apple TV), G.I. Joe Renegades (Apple TV), and hundreds of iconic film trailers (Rogue One, James Bond, Harry Potter, Dreamgirls, X-Men 3, United Artists Logo. etc.). Forbes credited her darkly innovative, RIAA Gold-certified recording of the James Bond Theme with "reinventing the modern action movie trailer."
In 2023, Starr won a Grammy as a producer and featured artist for Kitt Wakeley’s An Adoption Story, she served as score producer for the 2024 Grammy-winning global album Alkebulan II, and earned a 2026 Grammy nomination for Seven Seasons with the London Royal Philharmonic. Her other honors include a Hollywood Music in Media Award (HMMA) (2021) SHE ROCKS - VISION Award (2021), BMI IMPACT Award (2022) and an SCL Jury Award for her work on Women Warriors.
On the concert stage, Starr’s 2025 orchestral work Riptide—commissioned by the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO) and featured on American Public Media, Performance Today—is a deeply moving visceral meditation on surrender and human resilience, drawing parallels between two life-altering events in Parodi’s life: a terrifying, firsthand encounter with a powerful riptide and the devastating 2025 Los Angeles wildfire that destroyed her home and recording studio. Another centerpiece of Parodi’s concert repertoire, The Joy of the Waters, premiered at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and won an HMMA (Best Contemporary Classical Composition). Starr also made history as the first woman composer featured at the Festival of Arts: Pageant of the Masters where she remains a featured composer..
Starr is a Steinway Artist whose solo piano albums include The Heart Of Frida and Common Places, both receiving “Solo Piano Album of the Year" honors. She first caught the public eye playing keyboards as part of the house band on the hit late-night Arsenio Hall Show for its entire five and a half year run and she has performed, toured or recorded with treasured artists including Carole King, George Howard, Celine Dion, BB King, Whitney Houston among many others.
Beyond her personal creative work, Starr is a prominent voice in the Los Angeles media‑music community and a dedicated advocate for equity and representation in music. She served as President of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, remains a member of their Advisory Board and she’s a frequent guest lecturer at top-tier institutions including NYU, USC, UCLA, San Francisco Conservatory of Music and Berklee.
A trailblazer onstage and in the studio, Starr is a dynamic presence in contemporary music: a composer who balances precision and imagination, a pianist with emotional depth, a producer with creative insight, and a leader dedicated to fostering musical opportunities.