Anne Dudley (born
Anne Jennifer Beckingham, 7 May 1956,
ChathamChatham is a large area within Medway, Kent, in South East England.Although the dockyard has long been closed and is now being redeveloped, into a business and residential community, its major buildings remain; so that, in addition to that more modern usage, the historical importance of the...
,
KentKent , originally Cantia, is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
) is an Academy Award-winning
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
orchestraAn orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
and
pop musicPop music is a music genre that developed from the mid-1950s as a softer alternative to rock 'n' roll and later to rock music. It has a focus on commercial recording, often orientated towards a youth market, usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs...
ian, and was the
BBC Concert OrchestraThe BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra....
's
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
in Association between January 2002 and January 2005. She has worked in both the classical and
pop genresPop music is a music genre that developed from the mid-1950s as a softer alternative to rock 'n' roll and later to rock music. It has a focus on commercial recording, often orientated towards a youth market, usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs...
. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the
synthpopSynthpop is a subgenre of pop and electronic music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It originated during the New Wave era of the late 1970s and to mid-1980s, and it has continued to exist and develop ever since....
bandIn music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band* Dansband* Fife and drum...
, Art of Noise. In 1998, she won an
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy ScoreThis is a list of recipients of the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. This category has been retired.* 1995 Pocahontas - Alan Menken**The American President - Marc Shaiman**Sabrina - John Williams...
for
The Full MontyThe Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for main character Gaz to be able to see his son...
.
Trained as a classical performer, Dudley then moved to the competitive
commercialCommerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer. It comprises the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information, or money between two or more entities...
field as a
session musicianSession musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders...
, where her
professionalA professional is a member of a vocation founded upon specialised educational training.The word professional traditionally means a person who has obtained a degree in a professional field...
relationship with
Trevor HornTrevor Charles Horn is an English pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England....
began.
Anne Dudley (born
Anne Jennifer Beckingham, 7 May 1956,
ChathamChatham is a large area within Medway, Kent, in South East England.Although the dockyard has long been closed and is now being redeveloped, into a business and residential community, its major buildings remain; so that, in addition to that more modern usage, the historical importance of the...
,
KentKent , originally Cantia, is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the River Thames estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent...
) is an Academy Award-winning
EnglishThe English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity as a people is of early medieval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn....
orchestraAn orchestra is an instrumental ensemble, usually fairly large with string, brass, woodwind sections, and possibly a percussion section as well. The term orchestra derives from the name for the area in front of an ancient Greek stage reserved for the Greek chorus...
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
and
pop musicPop music is a music genre that developed from the mid-1950s as a softer alternative to rock 'n' roll and later to rock music. It has a focus on commercial recording, often orientated towards a youth market, usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs...
ian, and was the
BBC Concert OrchestraThe BBC Concert Orchestra is a British orchestra based in London, one of the British Broadcasting Corporation's five radio orchestras. With around fifty players, it is the only one of the five which is not a full-scale symphony orchestra....
's
composerA composer is a person who creates music, usually by musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of...
in Association between January 2002 and January 2005. She has worked in both the classical and
pop genresPop music is a music genre that developed from the mid-1950s as a softer alternative to rock 'n' roll and later to rock music. It has a focus on commercial recording, often orientated towards a youth market, usually through the medium of relatively short and simple love songs...
. She is perhaps best known, however, as one of the core members of the
synthpopSynthpop is a subgenre of pop and electronic music in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It originated during the New Wave era of the late 1970s and to mid-1980s, and it has continued to exist and develop ever since....
bandIn music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band* Dansband* Fife and drum...
, Art of Noise. In 1998, she won an
Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy ScoreThis is a list of recipients of the Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score. This category has been retired.* 1995 Pocahontas - Alan Menken**The American President - Marc Shaiman**Sabrina - John Williams...
for
The Full MontyThe Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for main character Gaz to be able to see his son...
.
Career
Trained as a classical performer, Dudley then moved to the competitive
commercialCommerce is a division of trade or production which deals with the exchange of goods and services from producer to final consumer. It comprises the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information, or money between two or more entities...
field as a
session musicianSession musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders...
, where her
professionalA professional is a member of a vocation founded upon specialised educational training.The word professional traditionally means a person who has obtained a degree in a professional field...
relationship with
Trevor HornTrevor Charles Horn is an English pop music record producer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Hetton-le-Hole, County Durham, England....
began. In 1981 Dudley made significant contributions to the Horn
producedIn the music industry, a record producer has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the musicians, organizing and scheduling production budget and resources, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes...
The Lexicon of LoveThe Lexicon of Love is the acclaimed chart-topping debut album by British pop band ABC, released in 1982. It is a concept album in which the singer experiences heartache as he tries and fails to have a meaningful relationship...
albumAn album or record album is a collection of related audio or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites.-...
by
ABCABC are an English New Wave band that charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. The band continues to tour to this day and released a new album, Traffic, on April 28, 2008.-History:...
. She went from fleshing-out
keyboardA keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organs as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
parts to scoring the album's orchestrations and even
co-writingA songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics, as well as the musical composition or melody to songs. One who writes only lyrics is a lyricist, while one who writes only music is a composer.-History and background of songwriters:...
the
songA song is a metrical composition intended or adapted for singing, especially one in rhymed stanzas; a lyric; a ballad....
, "4 Ever 2 Gether". In 1990 she contributed strings on the
AssociatesThe Associates were a Scottish post-punk and new wave band of the early 1980s. They were well known for the operatic voice and theatrical antics of singer Billy Mackenzie who committed suicide in 1997.-1979–1982: Associates mk. 1:...
album
Wild and Lonely, written by
Billy MackenzieWilliam MacArthur "Billy" Mackenzie was a Scottish singer.- Career :Mackenzie was born and grew up in Dundee. As a youngster, he lived in Park Avenue in the Stobswell area and attended St Mary's Forebank Primary School and St Michael's Secondary School...
.
Her pop
arrangingIn music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet...
career has included work with groups such as The Pet Shop Boys,
Frankie Goes to HollywoodFrankie Goes to Hollywood was an English dance-pop band that was extremely popular in the mid-1980s. The Liverpool group was fronted by Holly Johnson , supported by Paul Rutherford , Peter Gill , Mark O'Toole and Brian Nash .The group's debut single "Relax" was famously banned by the BBC while at...
,
Bucks FizzBucks Fizz are an English pop music group, formed in 1981 to compete in the Eurovision Song Contest that year. They won with "Making Your Mind Up", which is still their best-known song. The group was initially made up of four vocalists: Bobby G, Cheryl Baker, Mike Nolan and Jay Aston, whose gimmick...
and
Lloyd Cole and the CommotionsLloyd Cole and the Commotions were a popular British indie pop band of the mid-1980s, based in Glasgow, Scotland.-Band history:Formed in 1982 and signed to Polydor in 1984, the band was known for combining Neil Clark's encyclopedic, yet often twangy, guitar savvy with Lloyd Cole's low-key singing...
, whose
RattlesnakesRattlesnakes was the debut album by Lloyd Cole and the Commotions and was released in 1984. The album reached #13 in the UK record charts and included the hit singles "Perfect Skin" , "Forest Fire" and "Rattlesnakes" .-Influences:The bulk of the album was written by frontman Lloyd Cole, who...
album was an early standout effort. She has also co-written a 1930's inspired song with Sting called "This Was Never Meant To Be" in 1996, which is on his
U.S.The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
released
Maxi SingleA maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks .-The first maxi singles:...
entitled "I'm So Happy That I Can't Stop Crying". She provided orchestral arrangements for the
Wet Wet WetWet Wet Wet are a Scottish pop band that formed in the 1980s. They scored a number of hits in the British charts and around the world. The band comprises Marti Pellow , Tommy Cunningham , Graeme Clark and Neil Mitchell...
track "Blue For You" on the album
Holding Back the RiverHolding Back the River is the third studio album by Wet Wet Wet. It was released on October 30, 1989. Its offspring singles were "Sweet Surrender", "Broke Away", "Hold Back the River" and "Stay With Me Heartache ". The album reached #2 in the charts...
and went on to arrange strings for
ScarletScarlet was a UK based vocal duo from Hull, East Yorkshire, England. They consisted of Cheryl Parker and Jo Youle...
's 1994 transatlantic hit Independent Love Song. She was a founding member of the successful band Art of Noise, who helped pioneer the use of electronic and incidental music within the pop music context.
Dudley's music for
filmFilm encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. Films are produced by recording images from the world with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects....
includes the
score-Numbers and statistics:*Score , a number of points achieved in a sporting event or game.*a unit of twenty*Score , the derivative, with respect to some parameter θ, of the logarithm of the likelihood function....
for
American History XAmerican History X is a 1998 American film directed by Tony Kaye. The film tells the story of two brothers, Derek Vinyard and Daniel "Danny" Vinyard of Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California...
(1998),
Tristan & IsoldeTristan & Isolde is a 2006 romantic drama film based on the medieval romantic legend of Tristan and Iseult. It was produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott, directed by Kevin Reynolds and stars James Franco and Sophia Myles.This film is a non-operatic rendition of the plot of Richard Wagner's...
(2006),
Zwei FrauenZwei Frauen is a 1989 German dramatic film. The film stars Jami Gertz, George Peppard, Bruce Payne and Rip Torn....
(aka
Silence Like Glass) (1989),
The Crying GameThe Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...
(1992) and
Buster (1988), and in 1998 she won the "Best Original Musical or Comedy Score"
OscarThe Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are presented annually by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented is...
for
The Full MontyThe Full Monty is a 1997 British comedy film. It tells the story of six unemployed men, four of them steel workers, who decide to form a male striptease act in order to gather enough money to get somewhere else and for main character Gaz to be able to see his son...
. Her
TVTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
music includes scores for
Kavanagh Q.C.,
Jeeves and WoosterJeeves and Wooster is a British comedy television series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories. The series was produced by Picture Partnership Productions for Granada Television and screened on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993...
and
The Perfect Blue.
She has also worked as a
session musicianSession musicians are instrumental performers or vocalists who are available for hire for live performances or recording sessions, as opposed to musicians who are either permanent members of a musical ensemble or who have acquired fame in their own right as bandleaders...
for many clients. In 2004, she both scored and produced the album
Voice for
Alison MoyetAlison Moyet , is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice.-Early life:...
(the two are neighbours).
In addition to her above participations, Dudley also conducted the music score of
Michael FlatleyMichael Ryan Flatley is an Irish American tap dancer, writer, flautist, choreographer and occasional television presenter who became internationally known through his theatre musicals, Riverdance, Lord of the Dance and Feet of Flames. He shot to fame during the interval of the Eurovision Song...
's
Lord of the DanceLord of the Dance is an Irish musical and dance production that was created, choreographed, and produced by Irish-American dancer Michael Flatley, who also took a starring role...
Irish dance spectacle.
Personal Life
Anne lives in Hertfordshire, England, with her recording engineer husband Roger Dudley and daughter Hannah.
Discography (not including work from Art of Noise)
- Songs From the Victorious City
Songs From The Victorious City is an album in the world music genre written by Anne Dudley and Jaz Coleman, recorded in Cairo and London. It takes its name from Cairo itself, in Arabic القاهرة , literally "The Triumphant" or "The Victorious".-Track listing:# The Awakening - # Endless Festival - #...
(1990) (collaboration with Killing JokeKilling Joke are an English post-punk rock band formed in October 1978 in Notting Hill, London, England. Founding members Jaz Coleman and Geordie Walker have been the only constant members.A key influence on industrial rock, their early music was described by critics...
's Jaz ColemanJeremy "Jaz" Coleman is a musician, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is notable for his vocal contributions to post-punk/metal/industrial band Killing Joke...
)
- Jeeves and Wooster
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy television series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves stories. The series was produced by Picture Partnership Productions for Granada Television and screened on the ITV network from 1990 to 1993...
(1990)
- The Crying Game
The Crying Game is a 1992 Irish/British drama film written and directed by Neil Jordan. The film explores themes of race, gender, nationality, and sexuality against the backdrop of the Irish Troubles...
(1992)
- Ancient and Modern (1995)
- The 10th Kingdom
The 10th Kingdom is an American epic fantasy TV miniseries written by screenplay writer Simon Moore and released by Hallmark Entertainment...
(2000)
- A Different Light (2001)
- Club Classical - Orchestral chillout sounds - a compilation of album tracks and live recordings available only from BBC Music Magazine.
- Bright Young Things
Bright Young Things is a 2003 British drama film written and directed by Stephen Fry. The screenplay, based on the 1930 novel Vile Bodies by Evelyn Waugh, provides satirical social commentary about young and carefree London aristocrats and bohemians, as well as society in general, in the late 1920s...
(2003)
- Seriously Chilled (2003)
- Tristan + Isolde (2005)
- Black Book
The album Black Book is the soundtrack of the film Black Book . The album was supposed to be released on September 29, 2006 by Warner, but this was rescheduled. The first release was on October 2, 2006 by Milan Records....
(2006)
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