Read some rave reviews for films Miriam scored!

Review of Thank You, Mr. President (Hollywood Reporter) Review of One Bad Cat (Village Voice) Review of One Bad Cat (New York Times) Reviews of Chris & Don: A Love Story (Hollywood Reporter, NY Times, NY Magazine, LA Times, etc.) Reviews of Absolute Wilson (NY Times; Newsday) Review of Thin (Variety) Review of China Blue (New York Times) Review of China Blue (Variety) Review of China Blue (Boston Phoenix) Review of Stolen Childhoods (New York Times) Review of Lost in La Mancha Review of Licensed to Kill

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Women in Film Music -- Or How Hollywood Learned to Hire Female Composers for (at least) Some of Their Movies
Miriam was interviewed in an article in MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES (Issue 40 in 2003)
along with Debbie Wiseman, Shirley Walker, Rachel Portman, Laura Karpman, Ilona Sekacz, and John Ottman.

Miriam was also listed in Music from the Movies Quick Guide to the Ten Most Prolific Female Film Composers
along with Anne Dudley, Lisa Gerrard, Laura Karpman, Cynthia Miller, Rachel Portman, Lolita Ritmanis, Ilona Sekacz, Shirley Walker, and Debbie Wiseman.

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DVD Review
by Mark Richard Hasan

Given a more quiet release on Indie specialty label Docurama, Death: A Love Story, running a smidge over an hour, relies much more on home video footage than Friedmans to chronicle filmmaker Michelle LeBrun's efforts to help her dying husband, Mel Howard, as liver cancer ultimately claim his life. In terms of film music content, the DVD is unique in offering almost 24 minutes of Miriam Cutler's gorgeous music as a bonus track. Archived separately, Cutler's music, about 10 tracks spliced one after the other, is an eclectic mix of styles that suit the film's disparate moods. Kicking off with a jazzy, folk-styled track, a repeated synth percussion motif bridges the remaining tracks that individually veer from Middle Eastern chants, small chamber passages, and some standout vocal arrangements that close the brief yet moving suite.

DAILY VARIETY - "Lost In La Mancha"
Derek Elley

..."they have done the next best thing: realizing parts of the script by having Chaim Bianco animate Gilliam's storyboard illustrations. These, and Miriam Cutler's lively Hispanic score, give the docu an upbeat flavor that not only parallels Gilliam's irrepressible optimism, but also make it almost a promo for raising further finance."

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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - TV Reviews "The Castro"

"The Peabody Award-winning documentary "The Castro" from KQED San Francisco-produced, directed, and written by Peter L. Stein with superb, evocative music from Miriam Cutler - is a pithy, excellent chronicle of one of the world's most famous gay communities."

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