Emily Bear is a 23 year old Grammy and Emmy Award-winning composer and songwriter. Alongside her writing partner, Abigail Barlow, she co-wrote the soundtrack for Moana 2, released in November to record-breaking box office success. Together, they made history as the youngest duo and the only female songwriting team to compose an entire soundtrack for a Disney animated film.While Bear was still in single digits, she performed her own works on some of the world’s most iconic stages, including Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Montreux Jazz Festival and the White House. At just nine years old, her mentor, Quincy Jones, produced her chart-topping original jazz album, Diversity. In 2022, Bear won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical and Forbes’s 30 Under 30 list. Bear has composed scores for multiple feature films. 2 of these reached #1 on Netflix worldwide & joined Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour as her featured pianist.
28 August 2010