Emily Bear is a Grammy and Emmy award-winning composer and songwriter who most recently wrote the Moana 2 soundtrack with her writing partner Abigail Barlow. This accomplishment makes them the youngest duo and the only female songwriting team to write a full soundtrack for a Disney animated film.
While Bear was still single digits, she was performing as a pianist on the world’s most legendary stages including Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl, Lincoln Center, Montreux Jazz Festival, and the White House. When she was 9 years old, her mentor Quincy Jones produced her chart-topping original jazz album, Diversity.
In 2022, at the age of 20, she won the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album for ‘The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album,’ which she co-wrote with Abigail Barlow. Barlow & Bear broke barriers by composing the musical live on social media, composing 16 songs in 5 weeks, resulting in more than 300 million views on TikTok. Bear co-wrote, produced and orchestrated the project which shot to #1 on the U.S iTunes pop charts within 1.5 hours of its release and reached the top 5 albums worldwide. That same year, Bear received an Emmy Award for her original score for “Life centered” a PBS documentary. In addition, Forbes Magazine listed her on its prestigious ‘30 Under 30’ list.
In 2023, not only did Emily score the soundtrack for the film Dog Gone, starring Rob Lowe which became the No. 1 film for Netflix worldwide, but also toured with the legend that is Beyoncé on the Renaissance World Tour as her pianist!
Emily is also a founding member of the Recording Academy’s new Songwriters & Composers Wing and she has raised millions of dollars for charities through events and performances. Emily has multiple musical projects in the works across theater, film & TV, as well as, her own solo album.
