About
Mary Catherine Burns is a composer, arranger, and pianist based in New York City and Atlanta, GA. With a Master of Music in Film Scoring from the Berklee College of Music, Burns has composed original music for a range of media including film, animation, and video games. Her work has been heard in films at various festivals including Sundance, Cannes, SXSW, and the Toronto International Film Festival. Her 2023 original score for Scream, a short drama, was shortlisted for Best Original Score at the Independent Shorts Awards in Los Angeles. She is an active member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers (AWFC), the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers (ASMAC), and was selected for the 2024-2025 Society of Composers and Lyricists NY Mentor Program.
