Stephanie Taylor

(She/Her)

Stephanie’s breakthrough project is the feature-length documentary The Search for Nicola Bulley.

Staying authentic and never letting her working class roots restrict her potential is of utmost importance to composer Stephanie. That sense of truth certainly comes through in her subtle, evocative score to The Search for Nicola Bulley (2024), an insightful documentary that proved to be a very personal project as Stephanie grew up close to Bulley’s home in Lancashire.

Stephanie admits she was a bit of a wild child growing up. It was her dad’s idea to give her an electric guitar to help channel her creativity, and make some noise. She never saw composing for the screen industry as an attainable career option though, even after graduating from the Paul McCartney Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts. For her, music was more about the pursuit of enjoyment. Now, she says she couldn’t live without it and, over a decade, has built up an impressive array of credits, including Grand Designs (2015-2021), two seasons of Karen Pirie (2022, 2025), and next year’s Clickbait Clinic with Stacey Dooley for the BBC.

In their own words…

“My background is worlds apart from BAFTA and the industry. When you’re in such circles, it’s hard to stay authentic because you feel like you have to fit in. It’s getting better, but over the years I’ve felt pressure to change, and then you struggle to make connections to people because you’re not being true to yourself. That filters down into how you express yourself creatively. Having BAFTA say they want me to be myself has been great and will allow me to create the music I want to make.”