Laura Rossi has written extensively for film and television, including scores for Paul Andrew Williams’ critically acclaimed features, ‘London to Brighton’ and ‘The Cottage’, and has just completed the score for ‘Song for Marion’, starring Vanessa Redgrave and Terrence Stamp. She has also scored many silent films including the British Film Institute’s award-winning ‘Silent Shakespeare’, and the IWM 1916 film ‘The Battle of the Somme’, which has been released on CD and DVD to worldwide critical acclaim. Laura also recently scored the feature film ‘The Firm’ for Vertigo Films directed by Nick Love, and ‘The Man Inside’ directed by Dan Turner.
Laura has had many of her scores performed live with film and has organised tours of ‘Silent Shakespeare’ and ‘The Battle of the Somme’ across the UK, Belfast and São Paulo Film Festivals. She has recently set up an ensemble to play her music which premiered at last year’s Green Man festival. Laura’s music has been recorded and performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra, the London Musici Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra and the Fourth Dimension String Quartet. Her works have been performed at the Barbican, the Royal Festival Hall and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London. Laura is a guest lecturer at the London Film Academy and has led many film music masterclasses across the UK.
‘Extremely accomplished music’ The Independent.