Katie McMurran is an award-winning sound engineer, sound designer and composer. She provides thoughtful, highly-textured sound design and scoring for podcasts, broadcasts, audiobooks and other media, often using her own field recordings and music.
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She studied Music at the University of California, Berkeley and Music Technology at CalArts.
Additional experience includes field recording workshops with Martyn Stewart and Jez riley French, and music recording with Tony Visconti at the Visconti Studio (UK).
Podcast Sound Design and Scoring
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Hard Fork
The New York Times
"Ed Helms Answers Your Hard Questions"
Mix
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In the Room with Peter Bergen
Audible
Ep 81: "How Do You End An Endless War?"
Sound Design, Original Score, Mix
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I Feel That Way Too
Asian American Futures
Ep 1: "Am I a Bad Daughter?"
Sound Design, Original Score, Mix
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Financial Times Daily News Briefing
Financial Times
December 12, 2024
Mix
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The Daily Smile
Wondery
Ben Shirley's Symphony
Sound Design, Score, Mix
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​Male Order
BBC 4
Ep 1
Sound Design, Score, Mix
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Soundtrack of Silence
KQED
Mix
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Today, Explained
Vox
Mo Salah Will Make You Care About Soccer
Sound Design, Mix
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Adaptivity
UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent
Scary But Thrilling: The Science of Taking Risks
Sound Design, Score, Mix
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Bay Curious
KQED
The True History of Irish Coffee and its San Francisco Origins
Sound Design, Mix
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