Sila Shaman

Sila is a composer and pianist whose work spans a variety of genres including film scores, theater, dance, jazz, concert and experimental music. Her debut recording, A New Abode, was an album of the week pick by NPR. An alumnus of the NYU/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop and BMI Composing for the Screen Mentorship Program, her screen and stage credits include music for the play Terrotica, by Brad Krumholz; scores for The Catskill Chainsaw Redemption, a short film by J.R. Havlan of “The Daily Show with John Stewart”; the documentary First American Art; the musical satire Spin, with book and lyrics by John Frohnmayer, featuring David Ogden Stiers; the documentary 9/11:10 Years Later  for History Channel; the short film, A Character Story, by cartoonist Liana Finck; the musical Brindlebeast, with book and lyrics by Anita Riggio; TV pilot Perception by PJ Posner. Her recent score for the documentary Sisters in Freedom has received two 2019 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards, for Musical Composition and Audio. Originally from Turkey she currently lives and works in NYC.

Sila sees music as a collaborative medium and welcomes opportunities to work with film makers, writers, choreographers, artists on any media where music is an integral part of story telling.