Ariel Marx

Ariel Marx is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer of music for film and television. She is known for her scores of the 2020 film Shiva Baby, and National Geographic’s miniseries A Small Light, which earned her an Emmy nomination in 2023. Early life and education Ariel Marx had an interest in playing and writing music from a young age, but studied ethnomusicology and plant biology during her time as an undergraduate at Hampshire College. After graduating, she pursued a growing interest in music composition, spending several years enrolled in private lessons to prepare for graduate school applications in film scoring. She eventually narrowed her focus to music composition for film and television after repeatedly collaborating with filmmakers from various schools throughout the city. Career While enrolled at NYU, Marx was accepted to the Columbia/ASCAP Film Scoring Workshop, where she wrote the music for the short film Dear Mother, and received the Mancini Music Fellowship award for “Most Promising Composer.” Dear Mother co-director Reka Posta introduced Marx to writer and director Jennifer Fox, who she worked with to compose the music for Fox’s film, The Tale, starring Lau