Carl is an Emmy Award-winning film and television composer living and working in Southern California.  He has written and orchestrated numerous pieces of music for feature films, television, and stage.  Carl has recorded his music with symphonies around the world, conducting in London, Canada, Japan, Los Angeles, Bulgaria, and the Czech Republic. 

Carl grew up in suburban Kansas, enjoying a thoroughly all-American childhood.  He entered the University of Kansas intending to study medicine and become a physician like his father, but after two years changed his course of study to music.  After graduating with honors from the University of Kansas, he was accepted into the USC film scoring program and after completing his studies there began writing music professionally. 

As a freelance Hollywood composer, he has written music for nine feature films, including Piglet’s Big Movie,  Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame II, and Winnie the Pooh’s Grand Adventure.  Carl has also composed over 48 hours of music for numerous television projects, including Animaniacs and Batman: the Animated Series for Warner Brothers, Gargoyles and The Mighty Ducks for Disney, and Invasion America and Toonsylvania for DreamWorks SKG.  Among his accolades are Emmy Awards for his musical scores for Invasion America and Aladdin: the Series, as well as three other Emmy Award nominations.