Anna Rice is a London/Dublin-based composer/songwriter, whose work spans animation, thriller, period drama, documentary, performance art and live stage drama.
Her writing credits for Film/TV and Theatre include the theme song to the multi-award winning BBC series "Zombie Hotel," BBC 4 Documentary "Getting Our Way" (Wingspan, dir. Helena Braun), "Baghdad Express" dir. Nimer Rashed, "Revelations" dir. Jane Lee (Paperplane Creations) and as orchestrator, "Winter's End". Her score to "Anton" dir. Graham Cantwell (starring Gerard McSorley) earned her a nomination for "Best Original Score" in the 2009 Irish Film & Television Awards.
Anna was one of 12 composers worldwide to be selected for the prestigious ASCAP Filmscoring Workshop with Richard Bellis in 2008, where she conducted the Hollywood Studio Symphony Orchestra at Fox Studios in the recording of her music.
In 2006 she was the winner of the Bill Whelan International Music Bursary, awarded to her by the Grammy Award-winning composer of "Riverdance" allowing her to continue her development at the world-renowned Royal College of Music, London, from which she graduated with first distinction in Composition for Screen.
She is a Music graduate of Trinity College Dublin, and holds a Masters Degree in Ethnomusicology from the Irish World Music Centre at the University of Limerick. She holds an LRSM diploma in violin performance, and has gigged with Sinead O'Connor, Jack L, Frankie Gavin, Phil Coulter and Brian Kennedy.. In Spring 2009, Anna's music was performed as part of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra's "Celtic Spectacular" programme during their 49-concert tour of the US. Anna's music is published by First Name Music and Novello.
I have added your music on my profile as a favorite. I like it because it suits to my present mood. My compliments and greetings from Naples. In Italy we say: Have good music.
Un grand merci de m'avoir accepté Très grosse ambiance qui vous emmène vraiment très très loin... j'adore ton travail, c'est vraiment très beau et juste... L'harmonie a trouvée sa mère... Martial
Thank you Anna for including me among your friends.
I greatly admire all the interesting and amazing talents you have
and am so honored by this friendship with you.
I really love your interpretations and arrangements -- I always appreciate the gift of music that we are all given -- it is a treasure that soothes the soul. Like you, for me it is not just the melody, but all of the layering that is fun and hard work at the same time, and always a personal, inward, rewarding challenge.
That's really cool...ye make a great team! Sound for the fiddle advice, I'll pass that on. I've been listening to your film scores since...i REALLY love them. Do you compose on Digital Performer? Also, could I send you on a tune I made up on the piano (I don't count myself a player but I gave it a go) and I think it sounds like something in a French film to see what you think? No worries if your busy.
I downloaded Zombie Hotel...what a crazy tune (i wonder if its the right one!) Did you write the lyrics as well? "there's lots of fun for everyone at the Zombie Hotel?"
Anyway, my friend wants to know where would be the best place to buy a good violin? He used to play years ago and wants to get a reasonably good one.
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