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Anne Dudley

Anne Dudley is a composer born on May 7, 1956 in Chatham, England, UK. She is known for American History X, Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again and The Hustle. GloboWatch shows where to watch one of her movies and TV shows, country by country.

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Born
May 7, 1956
Place of birth
Chatham, England, UK

Biography

Anne Jennifer Dudley (née Beckingham; born 7 May 1956) is an English composer, keyboardist, conductor and pop musician. She was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. She has worked in the classical and pop genres, as a film composer, and was one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise. In 1998, Dudley won an Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for The Full Monty. In addition to over twenty other film scores, in 2012 she served as music producer for the film version of Les Misérables, also acting as arranger and composing some new additional music. Dudley was born in Beckenham, Kent. She graduated with a master's in music from King's College London in 1978. Trained as a classical performer, she moved into the competitive commercial field as a session musician, where her professional relationship with Trevor Horn began. In 1982, Dudley made significant contributions to the Horn-produced The Lexicon of Love album by ABC. She went from fleshing-out keyboard parts to scoring the album's orchestrations (which were, according to Horn, her first-ever string arrangements) and also co-writing some of the songs. Dudley was a founding member of the successful band Art of Noise in 1983, which helped pioneer the use of sampling within the pop genre. Their stand-out hits include "Beat Box" (1984), "Moments in Love" (1985), "Close (to the Edit)" (1984), "Paranoimia" (1986), which featured a monologue about insomnia by the artificial intelligence character, Max Headroom (who fitted in well with the group's futuristic anonymity), and, with Tom Jones, "Kiss", a Top 10 in 1988. Art of Noise also produced the theme tune to the ITV game show The Krypton Factor which was used between 1986 and 1993 and is arguably its most recognised theme. "(Theme From) The Krypton Factor" was composed and recorded in 1986 and was reworked as "Crusoe" on their 1987 album. Dudley's association with Trevor Horn and Art of Noise led on to working with artists such as Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Seal, Marc Almond, Rod Stewart, Robbie Williams and, more recently, Siphiwo. She has co-written songs with Malcolm McLaren ("Buffalo Gals"), Cathy Dennis ("Too Many Walls"), and a 1930s-inspired song with Sting called "This Was Never Meant to Be". She produced the Tom Jones hit "You Can Leave Your Hat On" (1988) and a Debbie Harry single "Strike Me Pink" (1993). In 1989, Dudley produced and conducted the string arrangements for the eponymous debut album by Welsh sophisti-pop duo Waterfront. Her intricate production is demonstrated most notably on the song "Nature of Love", which was released as a single in both the UK and US. Another collaboration in 1989 was with Neil Tennant from Pet Shop Boys and Bernard Sumner of New Order; Dudley contributed the lush string arrangements on their debut Electronic release, "Getting Away with It", which peaked at #12 in the UK in December 1989, and #38 in the US in 1990. Dudley produced two tracks on the 2002 Opera Babes album Beyond Imagination (ranking No. 1 on the UK classical charts for 11 weeks, and No. 4 on the US Billboard charts). In 2004, she produced the album Voice for Alison Moyet. The album, an eclectic collection of cover versions, reached No. 7 on the UK Albums Chart. ... Source: Article "Anne Dudley" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

  1. 2027FING!Music
  2. 2025Signs of LifeProducer · Music
  3. 2024The TrainerMusic
  4. 2024Bull StreetMusic
  5. 2023The Velveteen RabbitMusic
  6. 2023UntitledMusic
  7. 2021Everybody's Talking About JamieMusic
  8. 2021BenedettaMusic
  9. 2020Black NarcissusMusic
  10. 2020The Singapore GripMusic
  11. 2019The HustleMusic
  12. 2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go AgainMusic
  13. 2018Grandpa's Great EscapeMusic
  14. 2016AwayMusic
  15. 2016ElleMusic
  16. 2016Billionaire BoyMusic
  17. 2015Ruby RobinsonMusic
  18. 2014The Boy in the DressMusic
  19. 2014Walking on SunshineMusic
  20. 2011Who's Afraid Of The Art Of Noiseas keyboards
  21. 2009Bill Bailey's Remarkable Guide to the Orchestraas Herself
  22. 2007Perfect CreatureMusic
  23. 2007The WalkerMusic
  24. 2006Black BookMusic
  25. 2006Tristan & IsoldeMusic
  26. 2005Whatever Love MeansMusic
  27. 2003Bright Young ThingsMusic
  28. 2003A Man ApartMusic
  29. 2003The GatheringMusic
  30. 2002Art Of Noise - Into Vision: The Complete Compendiumas Self
  31. 2001Lucky BreakMusic
  32. 2001MonkeyboneMusic
  33. 2001TabloidMusic
  34. 2000Donovan QuickMusic
  35. 2000The Miracle MakerMusic
  36. 1999Pushing TinMusic
  37. 1998American History XMusic
  38. 1998The Sadness of SexMusic
  39. 1997The Full MontyMusic
  40. 1996Hollow ReedMusic
  41. 1996When Saturday ComesMusic
  42. 1995The GrotesqueMusic
  43. 1994FelidaeMusic
  44. 1994Anna LeeMusic
  45. 1992The Crying GameMusic
  46. 1992Knight MovesMusic
  47. 1991The Pope Must DieMusic
  48. 1991The MiracleMusic
  49. 1990Jeeves and WoosterMusic
  50. 1989Silence Like GlassMusic
  51. 1989WiltMusic
  52. 1989Say Anything...Music
  53. 1989The Mighty QuinnMusic
  54. 1988BusterMusic
  55. 1987Hiding OutMusic
  56. 1987DisorderliesMusic
  57. 1986The Art of Noise In Visible Silenceas Self - Keyboards