Dawn Solér is senior vice president, TV Music, ABC Signature. She reports to Jonnie Davis, president, ABC Signature. ABC Signature is a part of Disney Television Studios, alongside 20th Television and Touchstone Television. Since December 2006, she has been responsible for all music at ABC Signature and oversees the music content for shows in the “-ish” family series: “black-ish,” “grown-ish” and “mixed-ish.” Her helming of the music for Hulu’s “Little Fires Everywhere” has currently garnered two Emmy® Award nominations: Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie or Special (Original Dramatic Score) and Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. Additionally, Solér works closely with Forrest Whitaker and Chris Brancato on the musical drama “Godfather of Harlem” for EPIX. Throughout her tenure, Solér has created and produced 64 digital specials, in addition to producing the premiere series “On the Record” for the Aurora digital platform and the three on-air music specials, “Nashville: On the Record.” She is the founder of the ABC Music Lounge, an online component located on ABC.com featuring video and music from the ABC lineup, and is currently developing a podcast with the creators of “36 Questions” with an eye to a visual series called “Monster Hit.” In November 2019, she served as the co-creator and internal executive producer of the live musical event “The Little Mermaid Live,” honoring the 30th anniversary of one of the most beloved Disney films of all time. Solér began her career at Inaudible Productions, working with notable industry veteran Peter Afterman. After starting her own company, Working Music, she went on to create several hit soundtracks for New Line Cinema, including “Now and Then,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “Don Juan DeMarco,” which garnered both Academy Award® and GRAMMY® Award nominations. In 1995, she joined PolyGram Film Entertainment, where she created and headed up a music division for the growing film conglomerate. One of her first missions was to help Tim Robbins put together a stellar group of artists (including Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder and Johnny Cash) to write and record songs for “Dead Man Walking.” This gold soundtrack was followed by her music supervision of “Home for the Holidays” and “What Dreams May Come.” As the executive in charge of music, she also guided the musical direction for “The Game,” “Gridlock’d,” “Sleepers,” “French Kiss,” “Elizabeth” and “Notting Hill,” among others. After the dissolution of PolyGram, Solér went back to her roots of independent music supervision with her company, Working Music. Before making her leap from features to television, Solér worked on over 200 films including “Being John Malkovich,” “The Princess Diaries,” “The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement,” “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.” She also completed Disney’s “Enchanted,” which garnered three Academy Award nominations as well as one GRAMMY nomination. Solér has served as executive sponsor for Disney’s Women’s Multicultural Network since 2015 and has participated in several internal and external mentorship programs throughout her career. She is current developing her own mentorship, “Lift Up,” which will start creating the pipeline for diverse high school and college students in music. A speaker for female empowerment, Solér is completing her first book, “The BeAGirl Principles,” slated for release in 2021.
