MARY CATHERINE BURNS

Mary Catherine Burns is a composer based in Atlanta, GA. Burns creates original music for a range of media including film, animation, advertising, and video games. Her work on award-winning films has been heard across celebrated festivals such as Cannes, Sundance, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Her score for the 2023 psychological drama Scream was shortlisted for Best Original Score at the Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles.

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Burns holds a Master of Music in Film Scoring from the Berklee College of Music and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sound Design with a specialization in Music Composition from the Savannah College of Art and Design. She was a selected mentee for the prestigious Society of Composers and Lyricists 2024-2025 NY Mentor Program, and composer for the Joy Music House 2025 LA Scoring Workshop.​​

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Professional affiliations: the Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL), the Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC), Women in Film (WIF), the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)​