Artist description Alexander Payne:"Rolfe's gifts are rare among today's film composers -- he has a genius for melody and an acute ability to express the emotion and drama of a filmic sequence in the musical grammar of his own eccentric world-view. Rolfe is not simply another film composer among the many -- he is an artist whose voice finds expression in film, a voice at once specific and universal."Richard Shepard: "Every director's secret weapon is a great composer. They make sad scenes sadder, funny scenes funnier, and they generally get the filmmaker out of any dramatic bind they find themselves in. I cannot imagine doing a film without Rolfe Kent. He makes me look good, which is a Herculean task. Rolfe's emotional understanding of the material and his original use of instrumentation makes his score to a film a living, breathing work of art. If he weren't British, I'd kiss the ground he walks on."Eclectic British composer for film and theatre. Instrumentation varies from full orchestra down to solo melodica and banjo. Recently did a film score featuring spanish guitar exclusively, but often processed to become huge and symphonic. Fond of strong melody and quirky rhythms, especially in the context of supporting intelligent material on screen.

Music Style film score

Musical Influences Ennio Morricone, Rachel Portman, John Barry, Danny Elfman

Similar Artists Ennio Morricone, Rachel Portman, John Barry, Danny Elfman

Artist History Currently working on movies LEGALLY BLONDE, and 40 DAYS 40 NIGHTS. Releases during 2001 include TOWN & COUNTRY and SOMEONE LIKE YOU.

Group Members Rolfe Kent

Instruments All things acoustic, plus drum loops and textural samples and basses.

Albums Mercy, The Theory of Flight, Election, Slums of Beverly Hills, Gun Shy, Nurse Betty, Town & Country

Press Reviews LA Times : "A kicking an eclectic score" (Gun Shy)Variety: "Kent's exceedingly varied and resourceful score is an invaluable asset in defining and maximizing the tone" (Election)FilmScoreMonthly: "Both Matthew Broderick's (habanera) and Reese Witherspoon's (folk) themesare worked over in numerous stylistic variations, some of which you'reunlikely to pick up on the first time around." (Election - from Best Scores of 1999 Roundup)Amazon.com: "a heady, minimalist lounge-nouveau soundscape, liberally spattered with mandolin and vibraphone..." (Slums of Beverly Hills)

Location Los Angeles, ca - USA

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