Dudley, Anne 1956–

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Dudley, Anne 1956–

PERSONAL

Born sMay 7, 1956, in Chatham, Kent, England. Education: Royal College of Music, B.Mus.; King's College, M.Mus.; received a performer's diploma. Avocational Interests: Cooking.

Addresses: Manager—Hothouse, Greenland Place, 115-123 Bayham St., London NW1 OAG, England; Kraft-Engel Management, 15233 Ventura Blvd., Suite 200, Sherman Oaks, CA 91403.

Career: Composer, conductor, arranger, music producer, and musician. Cofounder of the music group Art of Noise, c. 1983. Producer, arranger, orchestrator, and musician for recording artists and groups.

Member: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Awards, Honors: Grammy Award (with Art of Noise), best rock instrumental performance for an orchestra, group, or soloist, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, c. 1987, for "Peter Gunn"; Brit Award, best soundtrack, 1989, for Buster; Television Award nomination, best original television music, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1993, for Jeeves and Wooster; ASCAP Award, top box office films, American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1994, for The Crying Game; Academy Award, best music, original musical or comedy score, and nomination for Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music, best film music, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, both 1998, for The Full Monty.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Music arranger, Buster, TriStar/Hemdale Releasing, 1988.

Music arranger and conductor, Wilt (also known as The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt), Samuel Goldwyn, 1989.

Music underscoring mixer, The Mighty Quinn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Conductor and orchestrator, The Crying Game (also known as The Soldier's Wife), Miramax, 1992.

Orchestrator and synthesizer programmer, Knight Moves (also known as Face to Face, Knight Moves—Ein moerderisches spiel, and Schachzuge), InterStar Releasing, 1992.

Conductor and orchestrator, Felidae (animated), Trickompany/Fontana Productions/Senator Film, 1994.

Conductor, When Saturday Comes, Telegroup, 1996.

Conductor, orchestrator, arranger, and music producer, The Full Monty (also known as Eggs, Beans and Chippendales and No Man's Land), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

Conductor and orchestrator, Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen—und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Conductor and orchestrator, Monkeybone (live action and animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

Conductor and orchestrator, Lucky Break (also known as Rein oder raus), Paramount, 2001.

Conductor and music producer, The Gathering, Dimension Films, 2003.

Conductor and orchestrator, A Man Apart (also known as Extreme Rage), New Line Cinema, 2003.

Television Work; Movies:

Conductor and orchestrator, The Miracle Maker, ABC, 2000.

Television Work; Specials:

Music conductor, Tribute to John Lennon, syndicated, 1990.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Tribute to John Lennon, syndicated, 1990.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

The 70th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1998.

Stage Work:

Conductor, arranger, and orchestrator, Lord of the Dance, beginning c. 1996.

RECORDINGS

Albums:

Ancient & Modern, EMI Angel, 1995.

A Different Light, EMI Angel, 2001.

Albums; with Jaz Coleman:

Songs from the Victorious City, TVT, 1991.

Ziggarats of Cinnamon (EP), TVT, 1991.

Kavanagh QC: Original Music from the ITV Series (soundtrack; also known as Kavanagh QC), Virgin Records, 1997.

Albums; with Art of Noise; Performer and Producer:

Art of Noise, ZTT Records/Island Records, c. 1983.

Into Battle with the Art of Noise (EP), Overt Records/ZTT Records/Island Records, c. 1983, released with bonus tracks by Repertoire, 2003.

(Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise!, ZTT Records/Island Records, 1984.

In Visible Silence, China Records/Chrysalis, 1986.

Re-Works of Art of Noise, Hip-O Records, 1986.

Daft, ZTT Records, 1987.

In No Sense? Nonsense!, Polydor/China Records, 1987.

The Best of the Art of Noise, Polydor, 1988, Discovery, 1992, released with bonus tracks by China Records, 1995.

Below the Waste, Off Beat, 1989.

The Ambient Collection (remix compilation), China Records, 1990.

Remix Collection, 1991.

The Drum and Bass Collection, Discovery, 1996.

The FON Mixes, China Records/Discovery, 1997.

State of the Art, 1997.

The Seduction of Claude Debussy, ZTT Records, 1999.

Reduction, 2000.

Reduction/The Seduction of Claude Debussy, MCA International, 2000.

The Essentials, Rhino, 2002.

The Abduction of the Art of Noise, 2003.

Into Battle with the Art of Noise, Repertoire, 2003.

Art of Noise recordings also released in other countries.

Singles:

"Minarets and Memories," China Records, 1990, TVT, 1992.

(With Jaz Coleman) "Ziggarats of Cinnamon," TVT, 1991.

Singles; with Art of Noise:

"Beat Box," c. 1983.

"Close (to the Edit)," c. 1983.

"Legs" (first version), c. 1985.

"Legs" (inside "Legs" mix), c. 1985.

"Moments in Love," c. 1985.

"Legacy," c. 1986.

"Paranoimia," c. 1986.

"Peter Gunn" (featuring Duane Eddy), c. 1986.

"Dragnet" (also known as "Dragnet '88), c. 1987.

"Kiss" (featuring Tom Jones), c. 1988.

"Paranoimia '89," c. 1989.

"Yebo" (featuring Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens), c. 1989.

"Art of Love," c. 1997.

"Metaforce," c. 1999.

"Metaphore," c. 1999.

Videos; with the Art of Noise:

Into Vision, 2002.

Music Videos; with the Art of Noise:

"Beat Box," c. 1983.

"Close (to the Edit)" (concept version), c. 1983.

"Close (to the Edit)" (animated version), c. 1983.

"Legs" (first version), c. 1985.

"Legs" (inside "Legs" mix), c. 1985.

"Moments in Love," c. 1985.

"Legacy," c. 1986.

"Paranoimia," c. 1986.

"Peter Gunn" (featuring Duane Eddy), c. 1986.

"Dragnet" (also known as "Dragnet '88), c. 1987.

"Kiss" (featuring Tom Jones), c. 1988.

"Paranoimia '89," c. 1989.

"Yebo" (featuring Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens), c. 1989.

"Art of Love," c. 1997.

"Metaforce," c. 1999.

"Metaphore," c. 1999.

Album Producer:

The Moody Blues, Legend of a Band: Greatest Hits, PolyGram International, 1989.

Tom Jones, Move Closer, Jive, 1989.

Producer of other recordings, including the soundtrack recordings of works she composed.

Album Arranger, Conductor, String Arranger, Orchestral Arranger, or Musician:

ABC, The Lexicon of Love, Mercury, 1983.

Rush, Power Windows, Mercury, 1985.

Liza Minelli, Results, Epic, 1989.

The Moody Blues, Keys of the Kingdom, Universal, 1991.

Rick Astley, Free, RCA, 1991.

Seal, Seal, Sire, 1991.

Pulp, Hits, Island Records, c. 1991.

Pet Shop Boys, Relentless, 1993.

London Symphony Orchestra, Screen Classics, 1994.

Pulp, Different Class, Island Records, 1995.

Rod Stewart, Spanner in the Works, Warner Bros., 1995.

Cher, It's a Man's World, Reprise, 1996.

Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), Universal, Virgin Records, 1996.

Tina Turner, Wildest Dreams, Virgin Records, 1996.

Elton John, Big Picture, Rocket Records, 1997.

Spice Girls, Spiceworld, Virgin Records, 1997.

Performed as a musician for recordings by artists and groups, including Wham!, Boy George, Kenny Rogers, Aha, and Annie Lennox.

Singles Arranger:

Frankie Goes to Hollywood, "Two Tribes," c. 1984.

(And synthesizer player) Paul McCartney, "No More Lonely Nights," c. 1984.

Electronic, "Getting Away with It," c. 1991.

Arranger for other recordings.

Video Work:

Conductor, arranger, and orchestrator, Lord of the Dance, 1997.

WRITINGS

Film Music:

Disorderlies, Warner Bros., 1987.

"Dragnet" (main theme), Dragnet, Universal, 1987.

Hiding Out (also known as Adult Education), De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1987.

Buster, TriStar/Hemdale Releasing, 1988.

The Mighty Quinn, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1989.

Say Anything …, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1989.

Wilt (also known as The Misadventures of Mr. Wilt), Samuel Goldwyn, 1989.

Zwei Frauen (also known as Silence Like Glass), Movie-store Entertainment/Lisa Film/Roxy Films/Bavaria Film, 1989.

The Miracle, Miramax, 1991.

(With Jeff Beck) The Pope Must Die (also known as The Pope Must Diet), Miramax, 1991.

The Crying Game (also known as The Soldier's Wife), Miramax, 1992.

Knight Moves (also known as Face to Face, Knight Moves—Ein moerderisches spiel, and Schachzuge), InterStar Releasing, 1992.

Felidae (animated), Trickompany/Fontana Productions/Senator Film, 1994.

Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets (also known as Grave Indiscretion and The Grotesque), LIVE Entertainment/Ster-Kinekor Pictures, 1995.

The Sadness of Sex, Skyvision Partners, 1995, Film-works, 1997.

The Hollow Reed (also known as Believe Me, Lautlose Schreie, and Tras el silencio (Hollow Reed)), Cine-pix Film Properties/CFP Distribution, 1996.

When Saturday Comes, Telegroup, 1996.

The Full Monty (also known as Eggs, Beans and Chippendales and No Man's Land), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1997.

Title song, Up on the Roof, Cinepix Film Properties, 1997.

American History X, New Line Cinema, 1998.

Pushing Tin (also known as Turbulenzen-und andere Katastrophen), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999.

Monkeybone (live action and animated), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2000.

The Human Body, nWave Pictures, 2001.

Lucky Break (also known as Rein oder raus), Paramount, 2001.

Tabloid, Little Wing Films/Ultimate Pictures, 2001.

The Bacchae, A Rebours/The Truman-Morrissey Company, 2002.

The Gathering, Dimension Films, 2003.

A Man Apart (also known as Extreme Rage), New Line Cinema, 2003.

(Uncredited) Song "Moments in Love," Koi … Mil Gaya (also known as I Found Someone), Yash Raj Films, 2003.

And songs "Bright Young Things" and "Ain't No Flies on the Lamb of God," Bright Young Things, 2003, ThinkFilm, 2004.

Perfect Creature, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2006.

Tristan + Isolde (also known as Tristan and Isolde and Tristan & Isolde), Warner Bros., 2006.

Zwartboek (also known as Blackbook), A-Film Distribution, 2006.

Dudley's music appeared in soundtrack recordings. Some sources state that Dudley provided music for In My Father's House (animated), c. 1999.

Television Music; Series:

Rory Bremner, BBC, 1989–92.

Jeeves and Wooster, Granada Television, 1990–93, also broadcast on Masterpiece Theatre (also known as ExxonMobil Masterpiece Theatre and Mobil Masterpiece Theatre), PBS.

Closing theme, Inspector Alleyn Mysteries (also known as Inspector Alleyn and Ngaio Marsh's "Alleyn Mysteries"), BBC, beginning c. 1993, also broadcast on Mystery!, PBS.

Anna Lee, Independent Television (England), beginning 1994, also broadcast on Arts and Entertainment.

(With Jaz Coleman) Kavanagh QC, Central Independent Television, 1995–2001.

Crime Traveller, BBC, beginning 1997.

Television Music; Miniseries:

The 10th Kingdom (also known as Das 10te Koenig-reich and Das Zehnte Koenigreich), NBC, 2000.

Television Music; Movies:

Donovan Quick, BBC, 1999.

The Miracle Maker, ABC, 2000.

Whatever Love Means, Independent Television (England), 2005.

Television Music; Specials:

The Key, BBC, 2003.

Television Music; Episodic:

(Uncredited) Music from The Crying Game, Celeste, siempre Celeste, Television Federal (Telefe, Argentina), 1993.

Albums:

Ancient & Modern, EMI Angel, 1995.

A Different Light, EMI Angel, 2001.

Albums; with Jaz Coleman:

Songs from the Victorious City, TVT, 1991.

Ziggarats of Cinnamon (EP), TVT, 1991.

Kavanagh QC: Original Music from the ITV Series (soundtrack; also known as Kavanagh QC), Virgin Records, 1997.

Albums; with Art of Noise:

Art of Noise, ZTT Records/Island Records, c. 1983.

Into Battle with the Art of Noise (EP), Overt Records/ZTT Records/Island Records, c. 1983, released with bonus tracks by Repertoire, 2003.

(Who's Afraid Of?) The Art of Noise!, ZTT Records/Island Records, 1984.

In Visible Silence, China Records/Chrysalis, 1986.

Re-Works of Art of Noise, Hip-O Records, 1986.

Daft, ZTT Records, 1987.

In No Sense? Nonsense!, Polydor/China Records, 1987.

The Best of the Art of Noise, Polydor, 1988, Discovery, 1992, released with bonus tracks by China Records, 1995.

Below the Waste, Off Beat, 1989.

The Ambient Collection (remix compilation), China Records, 1990.

Remix Collection, 1991.

The Drum and Bass Collection, Discovery, 1996.

The FON Mixes, China Records/Discovery, 1997.

State of the Art, 1997.

The Seduction of Claude Debussy, ZTT Records, 1999.

Reduction, 2000.

Reduction/The Seduction of Claude Debussy, MCA International, 2000.

The Essentials, Rhino, 2002.

The Abduction of the Art of Noise, 2003.

Into Battle with the Art of Noise, Repertoire, 2003.

Art of Noise recordings also released in other countries.

Singles:

"Minarets and Memories," China Records, 1990, TVT, 1992.

(With Jaz Coleman) "Ziggarats of Cinnamon," TVT, 1991.

Cowrote "Buffalo Girls" with Malcolm McLaren.

Singles; with Art of Noise:

"Beat Box," c. 1983.

"Close (to the Edit)," c. 1983.

"Legs" (first version), c. 1985.

"Legs" (inside "Legs" mix), c. 1985.

"Moments in Love," c. 1985.

"Legacy," c. 1986.

"Paranoimia," c. 1986.

"Peter Gunn" (featuring Duane Eddy), c. 1986.

"Dragnet" (also known as "Dragnet '88), c. 1987.

"Kiss" (featuring Tom Jones), c. 1988.

"Paranoimia '89," c. 1989.

"Yebo" (featuring Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens), c. 1989.

"Art of Love," c. 1997.

"Metaforce," c. 1999.

"Metaphore," c. 1999.

Video Music; with the Art of Noise:

Into Vision, 2002.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Times (London), January 13, 1995, p. 33.