Todd Tarantino (b. 1974) is a New York City based composer. He holds a doctorate in composition from Columbia University and has taught music theory at the Manhattan School of Music and music history and aural skills at Columbia University. His principal composition teachers include John Luther Adams, Fred Lerdahl, Stephen Siegel and Jonathan Kramer.

His music tends to be characterized by its bold and energetic surface, complex harmonies and athletic lyricism. He has traveled extensively and much of his recent music draws on his experiences in the developing world, seeking, through the creative process of translation, to present in his own language a version of these experiences.

His music has been performed throughout America as well as in Europe, Asia and Africa by musicians such as the New York New Music Ensemble, Ensemble Moderne Akademie, Manhattan Sinfonietta under the direction of Jeffrey Milarsky, Second Instrumental Unit, saxophonist Eliot Gattegno, pianists Barbara Lieurance and Kathleen Tagg, and the OCNM Ensemble under the direction of Zsolt Nagy. His music has been played at venues as varied as the ISCM World Music Days, the Ostrava Days New Music Festival in the Czech Republic, the Pacific Music Festival in Japan, the Aspen Music Festival in America, the Arab Perspectives Festival in Egypt as well as throughout New York City.