Laura Rossi(I)
- Composer
- Music Department
Laura Rossi has written music extensively for film and television, including the critically acclaimed London to Brighton, The Eichmann Show, starring Martin Freeman and Anthony LaPaglia, Song for Marion, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Terence Stamp, and Hurricane directed by David Blair.
She has also scored many silent films including the British Film Institute's Silent Shakespeare and Jane Shore, and the famous IWM 1916 film The Battle of the Somme and The Battle of the Ancre. Laura has been commissioned to write numerous concert works including Voices of Remembrance, a choral/orchestral work, commissioned to mark the Centenary of the First World War, which features war poems read by Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave.
In 2016/17 she was artistic director for Somme100 FILM, a worldwide project coordinating 100 live orchestral performances of her score for the 1916 film, The Battle of the Somme. The project was attended by an audience of over 37,000 people, involved over 4,200 musicians, and was televised live on BBC1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
In 2017, Laura was made an Academy Member for 'exceptional accomplishment in the field of theatrical motion pictures.' Her music has been recorded and performed worldwide by the Philharmonia Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Her works have been performed at the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Laura has spoken about film music at many festivals and regularly gives masterclasses at colleges and universities, and is lecturer for film music at the London Film Academy.
She has also scored many silent films including the British Film Institute's Silent Shakespeare and Jane Shore, and the famous IWM 1916 film The Battle of the Somme and The Battle of the Ancre. Laura has been commissioned to write numerous concert works including Voices of Remembrance, a choral/orchestral work, commissioned to mark the Centenary of the First World War, which features war poems read by Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave.
In 2016/17 she was artistic director for Somme100 FILM, a worldwide project coordinating 100 live orchestral performances of her score for the 1916 film, The Battle of the Somme. The project was attended by an audience of over 37,000 people, involved over 4,200 musicians, and was televised live on BBC1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
In 2017, Laura was made an Academy Member for 'exceptional accomplishment in the field of theatrical motion pictures.' Her music has been recorded and performed worldwide by the Philharmonia Orchestra, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra and the BBC Concert Orchestra. Her works have been performed at the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Laura has spoken about film music at many festivals and regularly gives masterclasses at colleges and universities, and is lecturer for film music at the London Film Academy.
