Morgan Fator is a multi-media composer who specializes in music for film, television, and games. She is available for hire as an orchestrator, arranger, session conductor, score producer, and music copyist providing services to Los Angeles, San Diego, and beyond. With a traditional background in music education, a proclivity for music technology, and a deep passion for orchestral music, she has become a formidable force of artistry. Through her work, she preserves the traditions of Golden Age Hollywood while looking forward to the future and helping to carve paths for under-represented minorities in the media scoring industry.
Morgan, hailing from the far reaches of Northern California, grew up studying piano, vocal performance, and musical theater. She excelled, and at age sixteen began studying music theory, composition, and orchestral conducting at Shasta College where she had the opportunity to guest conduct the Shasta Concert Orchestra, premiere several of her original concert works, and serve as a section percussionist and pianist in the Shasta Symphony Orchestra. She went on to study Music Composition for Film, Television, and Games at Berklee College of Music.
Morgan has composed original motion picture scores for several films including Sofia: the Dealer (2021) and Men, Women, Children, & Others (2024) by film-maker Robert Burke, Petrichor (2023), and Blood Pact (2024) by film-maker Kate McClintock, and April Showers (2023) by film-maker Mandi Silva. She continues to seek opportunities to collaborate with like-minded storytellers and create movie magic through the medium of music. While specializing in orchestral music for the screen, she is capable of producing music of virtually any genre or style making her incredibly versatile. Her unique musical voice can be heard by visiting her YouTube Channel (Morgan Fator Music) where you can listen to her composer demo reel and follow along with her career journey.
Morgan’s arrangement of Auld Lang Syne was selected to be performed at the Academy of Scoring Arts Holiday Party 2023 alongside eleven other submissions from composers of all levels. Her submission material was reviewed and critiqued by esteemed orchestrator and conductor Tim Davies. Mr. Davies also conducted the premiere of the arrangement at the ASA Holiday Party. You can watch Tim Davies conduct Morgan’s work on her YouTube channel by clicking here.
In 2017, Morgan had the rare opportunity to observe a scoring session held by the Los Angeles Film Conducting Intensive (LAFCI) which took place at the Eastwood Scoring Stage on the Warner Bros., lot in Burbank, California. The LAFCI, a workshop dedicated to training composers on the art of film conducting, is now the leading course for training in the studio orchestra system with alumni including Ludwig Goransson and Fil Eisler, and faculty including Angel Velez, David Newman, Conrad Pope, William Ross, Booker White, and Emilie Bernstein, among others. Upon submitting her demo cue “Isobel and her Dragon Escape,” which you can find by clicking here, Morgan was invited to return as a participant in the LAFCI Intensive 2024 and got training in composition, orchestration, session conducting, and music preparation from the industry’s top scoring professionals at Blake Neely’s Cow On the Wall Studios, and again at the Eastwood Scoring Stage at Warner Bros. You can learn more about her LAFCI experience and how her career trajectory came full circle by clicking here.
Inspired by her experience at the LAFCI, Morgan has worked in collaboration with Jean-Paul Balmat, music director at Mission Bay Senior High School, and produced a live-to-picture scoring session of her score for an animated short from The Cue Tube, “Sprite Fright,” which was played by MBHS’s Advanced Symphony Orchestra ensemble. The score was composed, orchestrated, engraved, and prepared by Morgan, who served as conductor, music librarian, and score producer during the session in April 2024. Audio engineer Marilynn Do recorded recording the session, and composer Cheska Navarro filmed and documented the project. Following great success with the project in April 2024, Morgan and her team hope they can inspire others to create their own opportunities and to make media scoring more accessible to those who have encountered barriers in their path to success through educational outreach. You can learn more about the project by clicking here.
If you’re in need of a composer and/or music services professional for your project who is capable of delivering work conforming to the highest possible standards, consider hiring Morgan. No matter the budget or deadline, Morgan uses her expertise and efficiency to her advantage making the scoring process simple, easy, and effective. You can learn more about the full scope of her services and submit an inquiry by clicking here.
Morgan is a member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC), and the Society for Composers and Lyricists (SCL). She currently works for Spitfire Audio and lives in San Diego with her partner Michaela, and their cat, Oscar.