Stephanie Taylor is a versatile, highly creative composer and multi-instrumentalist whose work has attracted high-profile clients in TV and film, including BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Sky, and in 2025 was selected as part of the BAFTA Breakthrough cohort, a programme celebrating emerging creative talent.

Stephanie is best known for her work on ITV’s hit drama Karen Pirie (seasons 1 & 2), a 3×120’ series directed by Gareth Bryn (Line of Duty, The Gathering) and adapted from the best-selling novels by Val McDermid. Continuing her work in high-profile television, she is currently composing the score for a BBC documentary presented by Stacey Dooley, investigating how social media has become a go-to for health advice.

Her recent credits include BBC ONE documentary ‘The Search For Nicola Bulley’ and Channel 4’s ‘Miriam: Death of a Reality Star’. Other notable credits of hers are 3×90’ ITV drama ‘The Hunt for Raoul Moat’ from World Productions (Bodyguard, Vigil), and Sky Original series ‘Arctic from Above’.

Stephanie’s style is eclectic yet established, and she prides herself on her ability to boost story immersion and compassion through her thoughtful and evocative scores.

Non-traditional from the very start, Stephanie’s musical awakening happened at just 1 year old when she discovered the ultimate toy: her Grandma’s analogue home organ. Music remained a source of fun over the years that followed, as she began her journey as a self-taught guitarist before she classically trained on the piano and voice. 

Stephanie’s raw musical talent allowed her to turn her hand to most new instruments with relative ease, notably, she was classically trained in piano for just two years before being awarded a place at Paul McCartney’s coveted Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, where she studied contemporary music and composition. Before going on to truly master her craft with postgraduate studies at the world famous National Film and Television School, Stephanie refined her technical abilities through assisting Emmy and BAFTA winning dubbing mixers at a top Soho post-production facility. 

Stephanie’s musical style undeniably draws inspiration from her unorthodox beginnings; she is as comfortable with a guitar solo as she is with traditional orchestration, making for truly original musical palettes. This offbeat style is bolstered by her passion for building her own instruments – some of which show up in her scores. Stephanie’s inclination towards the tangible results in her scores eschewing samples in favour of layered recorded instruments. 

Other notable credits of Stephanie’s include the delicate defiance of BBC documentary, ‘Bad Love: Why Did Fri Kill Kyle?’, Atlanta Horror Film Festival 2022’s Best Supernatural Feature film ‘The Creeping’, Channel 4’s BAFTA-winning ‘Grand Designs’, and recently providing additional music for both National Geographic’s ‘Cursed Gold’, and the latest horror-thriller feature film from Take The Shot Films, ‘The Waterhouse’ . 

Outside of her work in Film & TV, Stephanie has a passion for Games and has worked on numerous indie projects, along with a soon-to-be-released turn-based game from an all-star team made up of minds behind Ghost of Tsushima and League of Legends.

Stephanie’s versatility has led to her working with the creative team behind Cirque du Soleil on permanent theatre installations, making music which gives visitors true immersive experiences.