Laurie Mayer (composer)


Laurie Mayer is an American born composer and songwriter who has spent much of her musical career in the UK. She majored in both music and fine art at UCLA before relocating to London. She was part of the group Torch Song.

Career

During the 1980s and 1990s she was part of the group Torch Song with Grant Gilbert, William Orbit and Rico Conning. The band released four albums: Wish Thing, Ecstasy, Exhibit A, and Toward the Unknown Region. Together they ran Guerilla Studios, with Conning as the in-house sound engineer.
She worked with Etienne Daho on his albums 'Pop Satori' and 'Pour nos vies martiennes'. During that time she released an EP, Bright Blue Night. The title track was covered as "Le seul cœur que je brise" by the Daho produced version recorded by Belgian pop artist Lio.
Mayer released a solo album, Black Lining in 2006. The song "Falling Free" on Madonna's MDNA album, was co-written by Mayer, Orbit, Madonna and Joe Henry.
In 2009, she co-authored the book The Way We Were California: Nostalgic Images of the Golden State with M.J. Howard.