Toby Karlin

Invertigo Dance Theatre

Composer

Original score for Invertigo Dance Theatre, blending atmospheric textures with rhythmic energy to support the choreography's emotional arc.

Dance Video

Composer

A dance film score built around expressive movement, layering live instrumentation with electronic elements to match the visual storytelling.

Web Series Score

Composer

Episodic scoring for a web series, creating recurring themes and tension cues that evolve across the narrative.

Student Short Film

Composer

Film score for a student short, capturing dramatic tension through a combination of orchestral and ambient textures.

Nina Storey — Live at Hotel Cafe

Performer

Live performance with singer-songwriter Nina Storey at the legendary Hotel Cafe in Hollywood, one of LA's premier intimate music venues.

Myuna

Producer / Performer

Produced and performed as part of Myuna, bringing together live instrumentation and studio production for a genre-blending sound.

18+ Years Composing & Producing

Berklee College of Music

Film · Dance · VR Multimedia Scoring

Multi-Instrumentalist Sax, Keys, Bass, Drums & More

Toby Karlin in his studio surrounded by keyboards, monitors, and instruments

About

The Story

Toby Karlin is a composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has been choosing music every day since age 12. A graduate of Berklee College of Music and the Colburn School of the Performing Arts, he's spent nearly two decades creating original music for film, dance, and multimedia projects.

His work spans ambient atmospherics to high-energy funk, electronic synthwave to dramatic orchestral tension — whatever the project needs. A saxophonist at heart, he also plays bass, drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards, flutes, and any other instrument in front of him.

“People I may never have spoken to have told me that my music has touched them in some way — that's a strange and beautiful feeling, to connect with someone over the ethereal.”