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About

Laura Rossi is a composer for Film, TV & Concert Works. Credits include Battle of the Somme, London to Brighton, Song for Marion, Silent Shakespeare, The Cottage, Hurricane, Prisoners Wives, & The Eichmann Show.

As artistic director for Somme100 FILM, she led a 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.

Reviews

“Extremely accomplished music”
Annette Morreau, The Independent.

“A terrific composer”
Simon Bates, Classic FM

“Laura Rossi very adeptly creates an emotional picture through impressive orchestral writing which is at once colourful, honourable, celebratory and moving.”
Michael Beek, Music from the Movies

“Her orchestrations are on par with those of the great Hollywood composers. This is a truly breathtaking score, incredibly well written and performed.”
Oscar Flores, Filmmusicsite.com

“A work of emotional depth and beauty”
Keith Ames, Musician Magazine

“a new music score by Laura Rossi, brilliantly effective”
Geoff Brown, The Times

“hauntingly atmospheric, the music sweeps through a spectrum of spine-tingling emotions, encapsulating the drama and poetry of each tale.”
British Film Institute

“Watching them – hearing the cellos and violins, the piano solos – becomes a dream-like experience.”
Nicci Gerrard, The Observer