Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe have composed the score for the documentary Girl Rising. The film is directed by Richard Robbins who previously helmed the Academy Award-nominated doc Operation Homecoming: Writing the Wartime Experience. The movie tells the stories of several girls from around the globe who fought for their chance to go to school […]
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‘Girl Rising’ to Feature Music by Rachel Portman and Lorne Balfe
Posted: February 17, 2013 by filmmusicreporter in Film Scoring AssignmentsTags: Girl Rising, Lorne Balfe, Rachel Portman, Richard Robbins
Richard Robbins (1940-2012)
Posted: November 12, 2012 by filmmusicreporter in Film Music NewsTags: Richard Robbins
Richard Robbins has passed away at age 71 on Nov. 7 of Parkinson’s disease at his home in Rhinebeck, N.Y. The composer who is best known for scoring most Merchant-Ivory films was born on Dec. 4, 1940, in South Weymouth, Mass.. He received two Academy Award nominations in 1993 and 1994 for Howard’s End and The […]