Emily Margaret Kim is an award-winning film composer from NYC. Often told that her music holds an emotional power that gives goosebumps and leaves hairs standing, Emily seeks to write emotionally immersive, inspiring scores that capture hearts and minds, and transport and transfix audiences into creatively imagined on-screen worlds. Growing up as a classically trained pianist and oboist, Emily has always had a love and a gifted ear for music. She studied piano and oboe at the prestigious Mannes School of Music (Pre-College) in NYC, and spent her summers growing up playing music at the Interlochen Arts Camp and the Luzerne Music Center.

Drawn to the transformative storytelling powers of both music and film, Emily finds joy in collaborating with and developing meaningful connections with filmmakers who share a passion for telling stories of all kinds through art forms. She has worked on scores for films that have been featured in film festivals, including the Academy Award® & BAFTA qualifying LA Shorts International Film Festival. Emily recently won honorable mention for “Original Score” at the Cal Film Festival in May 2025. She is set to score a feature film, a coming-of-age drama, which is slated for 2026.

Emily has assisted and received mentorship from Grammy award-winning/Emmy-nominated composer Lili Haydn (GINNY & GEORGIA). She was also among the selected cohort of emerging composers for the 2025 ASCAP Foundation Film Scoring Workshop Composer Spotlight program.

Emily graduated with a dual degree with honors in Music from Brown University, where she studied composition with eminent composers Eric Nathan, Anthony Cheung, and Butch Rovan, and conducting with Mark Seto. During the ’22-’23 Academic Year, she received Brown’s Muriel Hassenfeld Mann Premium in Music, which annually recognizes a female student who excels in music. She is currently attending NYU Steinhardt’s Screen Scoring Program for her Master’s.