Rolfe Kent

16.11.09

nice Variety mention for UP IN THE AIR SCORE

http://bit.ly/NvdFK Kent's movie music fills in the blanks Composer provides back story for 'Air,' 'Goats' By LAWRENCE CHRISTON Rolfe Kent's jazzy score for "Sideways" provided the perfect accompaniment to a story about two guys on a semi-improvisational trip. His motif for George Clooney's corporate hatchet-man in "Up in the Air" is a drum rhythm with a soft-shoe bass tread, describing a man whose life has pace but no melody, a life that doesn't harmonize much with anyone else's. Film music is the "meanwhile" and "suddenly" of narrative; it steps in for the back story, all while remaining discreet. In fact, Kent says, "When I'm spotting a film with a director, looking for places where the music goes, I'll often ask, ‘What would be missing if we didn't put anything there?' Music should do something. We've developed this videogame mentality that says there should be a constant sound under the action. But you shouldn't be afraid of silence. There's a lot that can go on in empty space."

8.11.09

Itay Talgam on conducting

I found this TED to be inspirational, and a real eductaion too. Always
interested in improving my conducting, but only getting real practise
a couple of times a year (I learned from a BMI summer nightschool),
this opened my eyes to some more of the possibilities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9g3Q-qvtss

27.10.09

The N&D tribe...

When individuals come together and find something that unites them that is greater than their individual competence then something very important happens; the group gels, and it changes from a group of highly motivated but fairly individually centric people into something larger, into a tribe that becomes aware of its own existance. Stage 4 tribes can do remarkable things.
http://www.ted.com/talks/david_logan_on_tribal_leadership.html

23.10.09

Rolfe Kent to score action thriller ‘Killers’

http://moviescoremagazine.com/2009/10/rolfe-kent-to-score-action-thriller-killers/

Two new Rolfe Kent scores coming on CD

http://moviescoremagazine.com/2009/10/two-new-rolfe-kent-scores-coming-on-cd/

Two of Rolfe Kent's recent scores, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and 17 Again, now receive their official score album releases courtesy of Silva Screen Records. The label notes that Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, the fantasy comedy starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner that opened in the US in May, is "not just a romantic comedy score but also offers drama, as part of Rolfe's approach was to get the characters down in music, to give them musical motifs." Kent himself said that "For me Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past was an opportunity to do some big dramatic symphonic things." The same goes for17 Again, also a romantic comedy but with a big orchestral score. "The music called for a full orchestra, and the players delivered such magnificent and dynamic sounds it really was a wonderful experience," Kent commented. Starring Zac Effron, 17 Again opened in the US in April.