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Pinar Toprak (born 18 October 1980) is a Turkish-born American composer, conductor, and musician, who specializes in creating thematic scores . Early life and education. Toprak was born and grew up in Istanbul, Turkey. Her father was an accountant who supported Toprak's interest in music and movies, particularly westerns and Superman.
Pinar Toprak is an Emmy-nominated composer and rising star in Hollywood. She scored the smash hit Fortnite video game as well as the blockbuster Captain Marvel—both of which grossed more than $1 billion worldwide.
Mar 13, 2019 · Learn about the Turkish-American composer who made history by scoring Captain Marvel, the highest-grossing film by a woman. Find out her background, other movies, and how she created the Captain Marvel theme.
- Maddy Shaw Roberts
Aug 9, 2022 · Pinar Toprak is shattering the glass ceiling for female composers. Having already scored the popular Fortnite video game, she recently achieved her greatest accomplishment yet: Creating the...
- Meimei Fox
Toprak has continued to defy the odds, becoming the first female composer to score a billion-dollar film with 2019's Captain Marvel. (She was also the first woman to score a Marvel Studios film.)
Mar 13, 2019 · Mar 13, 2019, 10:12 AM PDT. "Captain Marvel" composer Pinar Toprak. Jesse Grant/Getty. Pinar Toprak became the first female composer of a Marvel movie with the release of "Captain Marvel."...
With Marvel’s 2019 female-led blockbuster, Toprak became the first woman to score a major superhero movie and the first to compose for a film that made more than $1 billion (the final tally was $1.1 billion worldwide). The 40-year-old Turkish American composer has resolutely smashed the glass ceiling time and again during her prolific career.
