WHO: BMI®& White Bear PR are excited to present “The Art of Music in Horror” panel at WonderCon 2025. The discussion will feature BMI composers Charlie Clouser (Saw), Bobby Krlic (Midsommar), Harry Manfredini (Friday the 13th) and Dara Taylor (The Invitation), and will be moderated by White Bear PR’s Chandler Poling. BMI’s Director of Film, TV & Visual Media Louie Stephens will introduce the panel.
WHAT: “The Art of Music in Horror” panel will feature an ensemble of renowned BMI composers who will discuss the unique challenges and creative process involved in scoring horror films and television. Discover how music elevates the fright factor and plays a key role in shaping iconic scenes that haunt audiences long after the credits roll.
WHERE: Anaheim Convention Center (800 W Katella Ave. Anaheim, CA 92802)
Panel Room: 213CD
WHEN: Saturday, March 29, 2025
TIME: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
***Press is invited to conduct one-on-one interviews with panelists prior to the panel, upon request. Contact Chandler Poling (chandler@whitebearpr.com) for more details.***
ABOUT THE PANELISTS:
Charlie Clouser is a composer who specializes in dark and moody scores for film and television. He is best known for his intense scores for all ten of the SAW horror movie franchise and has also scored action films like Death Sentence, Dead Silence, Unhuman, and Resident Evil: Extinction, as well as over 250 episodes of television series like Fox’s Wayward Pines, CBS’s Numb3rs, NBC’s Las Vegas and the fan-favorite main title theme for Fox’s American Horror Story.
Bobby Krlic is a British musician, producer and composer. In addition to his work collaborating and scoring both film and television with Atticus Ross, Krlic has been releasing his own often harrowing electronic music for the better part of the past decade under the moniker of The Haxan Cloak.
Harry Manfredini has scored nearly 250 films and television shows to date. He is best known for his iconic scores on horror films like the Friday the 13th franchise, Wishmaster, Swamp Thing and House. Manfredini’s multi-faceted catalog also includes comedy films like Spring Break, and action films like Deep Star Six, Aces, Iron Eagle, and The Omega Code. Additionally, he’s scored numerous TV dramas for Lifetime and Hallmark, as well as many award-winning children’s films like Corduroy and A Boy, A Dog, And A Frog.
Dara Taylor has emerged as a fresh voice in the world of scoring music to picture. Her credits include Amazon Studios’ The Tender Bar, Universal Pictures’ Strays, Amazon’s The Boys: Diabolical, Warner Brothers’ Scoob! Holiday Haunt, the Lionsgate comedy Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar, which she co-scored with Christopher Lennertz, Netflix’s and Shondaland’s Black Barbie, and Netflix’s Meet Me Next Christmas, The Noel Diary, and Bookmarks.
Taylor has received recognition for her works in the Karen Allen-starred drama Colewell, for which she won a 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Award. In 2023, she received an SCL Award nomination for Sony Pictures/Screen Gems’ The Invitation. Next up for Taylor is Tyler Perry’s Straw starring Taraji P. Henson.
ABOUT BMI:
Celebrating over 80 years of service to songwriters, composers, music publishers and businesses, BMI® is a global leader in music rights management, serving as an advocate for the value of music. BMI represents the public performance rights in over 22.4 million musical works created and owned by more than 1.4 million songwriters, composers, and music publishers. The Company negotiates music license agreements and distributes the fees it generates as royalties to its affiliated writers and publishers when their songs are performed in public. In 1939, BMI created a groundbreaking open-door policy becoming the only performing rights organization to welcome and represent the creators of blues, jazz, country, and American roots music. Today, the musical compositions in BMI’s repertoire, from chart toppers to perennial favorites, span all genres of music and are consistently among the most-performed hits of the year. For additional information and the latest BMI news, visit bmi.com, follow us on Twitter and Instagram @BMI or stay connected through BMI‘s Facebook page. Sign up for BMI’s The Weekly™ and receive our e-newsletter every week to stay up to date on all things music.
ABOUT WHITE BEAR PR:
White Bear Public Relations specializes in PR for composers, music supervisors, and film & music festivals around the world. The company is built on relationships and creativity, thrives on innovation, and gets results. Since its inception, White Bear PR has produced award-winning campaigns, represented clients at all major film festivals, and created popular composer-focused panels at Comic-Con and WonderCon. More at www.whitebearpr.com or follow us on social media @whitebearpr.
