Heather McIntosh

Heather McIntosh started her musical career playing with the bands of The Elephant 6 Collective, Gnarls Barkley, and Lil Wayne. She has recorded with Animal Collective, Norah Jones, and St. Vincent, and has performed on stage with a variety of artists, such as Bright Eyes, of Montreal, Cat Power and John C. Reilly and Friends. Following her touring days, she has been regularly composing music for film and television since 2011.

She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Television Academy. Her credits include Compliance, Z for Zachariah and One Dollar directed by Craig Zobel, Faults and The Art of Self-Defense directed by Riley Stearns, Guilty Party for Paramount+,  Astra Taylor’s What is Democracy?, The Quarry directed by Scott Teems, The L Word: Generation Q (co-composed with Allyson Newman) and the original score for Amy Scott’s documentary Sheryl which premieres this year at SXSW.