Loire Cotler (born 14 February 1972), known as Loire, is an American rhythm vocalist, film score soloist, composer, vocal sound designer, recording artist, educator, and music therapist known for her innovative use of Konnakol, scat singing, overtone singing, world music traditions, inter-dimensional chants, ethno jazz interpretations and melismatic improvisations.

Loire's passion for cinema and film music as a child propelled her to sneak into the open doors of a local indie theater after being lured inside by the sound of Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire main theme.

While she was frequently hanging out in the Berklee listening library, as well as the famed Tower Records on Massachusetts’s Ave., listening to her Jazz heroes, exploring world music traditions, Alan Lomax field recordings, along with eastern meditation and astral projection studies, she also began immersing herself into scores by Max Steiner, Ennio Morricone, James Newton Howard and Hans Zimmer.

Loire's collaboration with Zimmer and his Remote Control Productions team, including composers, Steve Mazzaro, David Fleming and Andy Page, led to her vocal work on X-Men Dark Phoenix (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), Xperiments from Dark Phoenix (soundtrack album), and Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and Dune: Part II.

[2] In 2020 Zimmer introduced Loire's work to his longtime collaborator and friend Grammy winning and multiple Oscar nominated film composer James Newton Howard.

[4] In May 2019 Loire was invited by the US Embassy to perform music from her album 18 Wings (Daftof) following the idea by then incumbent US Ambassador to Slovakia Adam Sterling.

She has shared the stage with world class musicians Lew Soloff, Howard Levy, Avi Avital, Chitravina Ravikiran, Eugene Friesen, Sonny Fortune, Jozef Luptak, Milica Paranosic, Kepa Junkera, Javier Paxariño, Murat Coşkun and Enzo Rao.

Other influential teachers include piano and harpsichord virtuoso Barbara Kupferberg and jazz vocalists Bob Stoloff, the late Mili Bermajo, and Dominique Eade.

She frequently turned to songwriting and improvisation as a way of coping with the tragic death of her close friend who was killed while riding his bicycle at age 15.

In the liner notes, she says “Rhythm and voice are my own wings - they are how I travel to language beyond thought.” Loire was a Professor of Music Therapy at The New School (2001–2007) and worked extensively in clinics, hospitals, including locked psychiatric units around New York City.