Anne Dudley
Anne Dudley Dudley on 30 March 2014 Background information Birth name Anne Jennifer Beckingham Born (1956-05-07) 7 May 1956 (age 58) Beckenham, Kent, England Genres Electronica, synthpop, new wave, pop, film score Occupation(s) Composer, pianist Instruments Synthesizers, piano Associated acts Art of Noise Website www.annedudley.co.uk Anne Jennifer Valentino (born 7 May 1956), better known as Anne Dudley, is an English composer and pop musician. Dudley was the first BBC Concert Orchestra's Composer in Association in 2001. Dudley has worked in both the classical and pop genres, but she is perhaps best known as one of the core members of the synthpop band Art of Noise and as a film composer. In 1998, she won an Academy Award for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for The Full Monty. In addition to over twenty other film scores, in 2012 she also served as music producer for the film version of Les Misérables, also acting as arranger and composing some new additional music.