Laura Rossi - Composer Profile

Laura has written extensively for film and television, including, including the score for Paul Andrew Williams's latest feature film Song For Marion, (starring Gemma Arterton, Christopher Ecclestone, Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp), which took the closing slot at the 2012 Toronto International Film festival, as well as the critically acclaimed features London to Brighton and The Cottage, the British Film Institute's award winning Silent Shakespeare, and the feature Broken Lines, by Sallie Aprahamian, starring Paul Bettany which premiered in the London Film Festival. Laura recently completed scoring the 1916 film The Battle of the Somme, which remains one of the most successful British films ever made. The music was recorded by the Philharmonia Orchestra for the Virtuosa Records label and has recently been released on CD and DVD to worldwide critical acclaim. Laura then went onto score the feature film, The Firm for Vertigo Films directed by Nick Love.



Laura has also written music for ITV (including documentaries Marking Time and Forgotten Pilots), Fox Searchlight, Carlton TV (The Real Sir Francis Drake), HTV (The Cotswold Canals), Quintessence Films as well as many original scores for various BFI film projects. She has been writing music for the BFI since 1998 for re-releases of early silent movies including Twilight Of A Woman's Soul by Evgenii Bauer on the DVD Mad Love, C.O.D. by Desmond Dickenson and Tusalava by Len Lye. Other works include music for animation performed live with film by the BBC Concert Orchestra, a commission for a live film score by the London Music Orchestra and many chamber and orchestral works. Her music has been performed at the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, and with her own ensemble has performed her music in Sao Paulo and across the UK.

Laura Rossi studied composition at the London College of Music.

‘Extremely accomplished music’
The Independent.

‘a new music score by Laura Rossi, brilliantly effective’
The Times.

‘You cannot deny the power of this score; Laura Rossi very adeptly creates an emotional picture through impressive orchestral writing which is at once colourful, honourable, celebratory and moving.
Michael Beek, Music from the Movies

‘Rossi’s masterful knowledge of orchestration is evident from the very start of the CD, never allowing for a dull moment in the music. Her orchestrations are on par with those of the great Hollywood composers. This is a truly breathtaking score that will positively influence other young composers. Incredibly well written and performed, Rossi’s score for The Battle of the Somme was among the best of 2008.’
Oscar Flores, Filmmusicsite.com

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