Lara Meyerratken is an Australian multi-instrumentalist

Multi-instrumentalist

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 musician and composer who currently resides in Los Angeles, California. Lara is most commonly associated with her longtime collaborator Ben Lee

Ben Lee

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Meyerratken is a notable session musician and songwriter. Artists she has performed or recorded with included Luscious Jackson

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, Crooked Fingers

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, Luna

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, Via Tania

Via Tania

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, Sneeze

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, Clem Snide

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 and Nada Surf

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In addition to her work as a performer and side artist, Meyerratken has composed a number of pieces for commercials, films and television. She was the Musical Director for the Cannes "Best Original Music" Lion Award winner for Match.com in 2010, and her original music has appeared in commercials for Kellogg's and the Japanese skincare line Oranine. Her song "Hero" was included in the soundtrack of the 2005 movie The Baxter

The Baxter

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 and her song "The Things You Lost" makes an appearance in the 2011 film Our Idiot Brother. In 2005 Meyerratken was the winner of the ARIA Cover Art award.

Meyerratken performs her own music under the name El May.