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Rolfe Kent | |
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| Born | (1963-04-18)18 April 1963 (age 61) St Albans,Hertfordshire, England |
| Genres | Film score |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Rolfe R. Kent (born 18 April 1963) is an Englishfilm scorecomposer.
Kent was born inSt Albans,Hertfordshire, England. He attendedSt Albans School, worked at Balrossie School in Renfrewshire, Scotland, then graduated in psychology (BSc) from theUniversity of Leeds in 1986. 1986-1988 he taught psychology atLeeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Beckett University) before moving to London to concentrate on film scoring.
Kent resides in Los Angeles. He was nominated for aGolden Globe Award in the "Best Original Score" category forSideways.[citation needed] He also composed the music for the moviesSlums of Beverly Hills,The Men Who Stare at Goats,Killers,Wedding Crashers,Legally Blonde,About Schmidt,Freaky Friday,Mean Girls,Election,Town & Country,Kate & Leopold,The Matador,17 Again,Reign Over Me,Thank You for Smoking,The Hunting Party,The Lucky Ones,Gun Shy,Happy Campers,Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,Just Like Heaven,Gambit,Dom Hemingway,Magic Camp,Up in the Air andRock Dog. In addition, he composed the theme song to theShowtime Original SeriesDexter, for which he was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music. In 2013, he scoredJason Reitman'sLabor Day, Nicolas Bary'sAu bonheur des ogres, andJason Bateman's directorial debutBad Words.[citation needed] He scored the 2017 filmDownsizing by Alexander Payne.[1]
In 2015, theDallas Chamber Symphony commissioned Kent to write an original film score forBumping into Broadway starring Harold Lloyd. The score premiered live to film in concert on 18 February 2015 atMoody Performance Hall withRichard McKay conducting.[2]
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