Anne Dudley: An In-Depth Interview | Film Music Foundation's Legends Series

An interview with composer Anne Dudley in conversation with Patrick Russ. Recorded November 16, 2014 by The Film Music Foundation and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Visual History Program.
- Chapters -
0:00:00 Early Childhood
0:06:00 Influence of Music Mentors
0:07:11 Interest in Popular Music and Performing in Bands
0:12:08 The Art of Noise and Sampling with a Fairlight
0:14:38 First Film Composition: Disorderlies
0:17:31 Working on The Crying Game
0:19:20 Composing a Score that Uses Pop Music: The Full Monty
0:21:23 Scoring American History X
0:26:14 Considering The Story over The Genre
0:28:10 Essential Qualities for Scoring a Film
0:31:14 Using Temp Scores and Mockups
0:32:47 Writing Handwritten Scores
0:34:37 The Best Time to Start a Project
0:36:53 Collaborating with Directors
0:38:23 Writing For Television Series
0:40:35 Showing Your Best Work in the Moment
0:41:21 Lessons Learned
0:43:45 Dudley’s Hopes for the Future of the Music Industry
0:45:03 Advice to Aspiring Composers
0:46:36 Dudley’s Reflection on Her Career
- Biography -
A composer, arranger, producer and performer, Anne Dudley has over 30 years of music writing and playing in her career. Born in Chatham, Kent, she graduated with a master’s in music from King’s College London and began her career as a session musician on piano. She was a founding member of the synthpop band Art of Noise in 1983. Dudley went on to score music for films and TV, including the television series Jeeves and Wooster (Exton, 1990), Poldark (Horsfield, 2015), and films The Crying Game (Jordan, 1992), Buster (Green, 1988), and The Full Monty (Cattaneo, 1997) for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. She has twice won the Brit Award for the soundtracks of The Fully Monty and Buster. Dudley also received a Grammy Award with the Art of Noise for Best Rock Instrumental Performance in 1986.
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