Rolfe Kent

Rolfe Kent
Born	(1963-04-18)18 April 1963 St Albans,Hertfordshire,England
Genres	Film score
Years active	1989–present

Rolfe R. Kent(born 18 April 1963) is an Englishfilm scorecomposer.

Biography

Kent was born inSt Albans,Hertfordshire,England. He attendedSt Albans School,worked at Balrossie School in Renfrewshire, Scotland, then graduated in Psychology (BSc) from theUniversity of Leedsin 1986. 1986-1988 he taught psychology atLeeds Polytechnic(now Leeds Beckett University) before moving to London to concentrate on film scoring.

Kent resides inLos Angeles.He was nominated for aGolden Globe Awardin the "Best Original Score" category forSideways.He also composed the music for the moviesSlums of Beverly Hills,The Men Who Stare at Goats,Killers,Wedding Crashers,Legally Blonde,About Schmidt,Freaky Friday,Mean Girls,Election,Town & Country,Kate & Leopold,The Matador,17 Again,Reign Over Me,Thank You for Smoking,The Hunting Party,The Lucky Ones,Gun Shy,Happy Campers,Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,Just Like Heaven,Gambit,Dom Hemingway,Magic Camp,Up in the AirandRock Dog.In addition, he composed the theme song to theShowtimeOriginal SeriesDexter,for which he was nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Theme Music.In 2013, he scoredJason Reitman'sLabor Day,Nicolas Bary'sAu bonheur des ogres,andJason Bateman's directorial debutBad Words.He scored the 2017 filmDownsizingby Alexander Payne.

External links

• Official site
• Rolfe KentatIMDb