October 19th, 2011
Variety: 'Gambit' pays off for composer
Composer Rolfe Kent has signed on to score Michael Hoffman's Gambit. The Crime Scene Pictures film, starring Colin Firth and scripted by Joel and Ethan Coen, is currently in post-production in London, aiming for a release next fall from CBS Films.

September, 2011
Rolfe Kent reunites with Oscar nominated Peter Morgan to score The Jury II
In this 5 episode serial, the lives of 12 people are turned upside down when they are summoned for jury duty in a controversial murder retrial. New evidence has come to light calling into question the conviction of Alan Lane, who was found guilty almost five years previously of killing three women he met on the internet. Julie Walters stars as defence barrister Emma Watts, with Roger Allam, John Lynch and Steven Mackintosh. The Jury II will air on ITV (UK) November 7th - 11th, 2011.

June 17th, 2011
Mr. Popper's Penguins premieres nationwide.
Directed by Mark Waters and based on a 1938 novel by Florence and Richard Atwater, Mr. Popper's Penguins revolves around Tom Popper (Jim Carrey), a businessman, separated from Amanda (Carla Gugino), with two daughters who lives in a luxurious and modern apartment in Park Avenue. He leads a very ordinary life until he receives a series of strange packages containing live penguins. While Popper's penguins turn his swanky New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland – and the rest of his life upside-down -- they teach him valuable lessons about life.

April 23rd, 2011
Cinema Verite premieres on HBO
Cinema Verite tells the behind-the-scenes story of the groundbreaking 12-hour PBS documentary series An American Family, which chronicled the lives of the Louds in the early 1970s and catapulted the Santa Barbara family to notoriety while creating a new genre: the reality TV series. Oscar®, Golden Globe and Emmy® nominee Diane Lane, Oscar® and Golden Globe winner Tim Robbins, and Golden Globe and Emmy® winner James Gandolfini star in the HBO Films presentation, directed by Oscar® nominees Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini and written by David Seltzer.

December 17th, 2010
The Zen Effect, by Rolfe Kent
We are very excited to announce the iTunes release of the Zen Effect!  The Zen Effect is a collection of six targeted tones specifically created by Rolfe for happiness, health, focus and music-making -- totaling nearly 3 hours of sound that relaxes the mind and inspires creativity.  Visit www.ZenEffectMusic.com for more info. 

September 23rd, 2010
Rolfe Kent honored at 2010 Vision Awards
Every year, directors, producers and celebrities gather to pay tribute to legends and humanitarians in the fields of music, film, television, leadership and technology at one of Hollywood's most popular charity galas -- the Vision Awards.  This year's honorees also included Dan Rather, Steve Jobs, Buzz Aldrin, among others.

August 17th, 2010
Rolfe's score for Charlie St. Cloud, which was described by film critics as "emotionally charged" (the New York Times called it "Tear-jerking") is now available on iTunes.

July 30th, 2010
Charlie St. Cloud opens in theaters throughout the U.S.
Based on the novel by Ben Sherwood, Charlie St. Cloud is a romantic drama starring Zac Efron as a young man who survives an accident that lets him see the world in a unique way. He begins a romantic journey in which he embraces the dark realities of the past while discovering the transformative power of love. Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud (Efron) has the adoration of mother Claire (Oscar® winner Kim Basinger) and little brother Sam (newcomer Charlie Tahan), as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high–school classmate Tess (Amanda Crew) returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is his own.

December 20, 2009
Rolfe wins the Golden Satellite Award for his Up In The Air score! The 14th Annual Satellite Awards were held in the Grand Salon of the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, Calif. Nominees were selected in 34 categories for Film (22) and Television (12). There are seven categories for outstanding DVD's and five categories for Outstanding Video Games. Special Achievement Awards include the Mary Pickford Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution to the Entertainment Industry, the Nikola Tesla Award for Visionary Achievements in Filmmaking Technology and the Auteur Award. The International Press Academy (IPA) is among the largest and most diverse associations of professional entertainment journalists representing both domestic and foreign markets in print, television, radio, cable, and new media outlets.

December 4, 2009
Up in the Air is named Best Film of 2009 by the National Board of Review! The dramedy, written and directed by Jason Reitman, revolves around a corporate downsizer (George Clooney) who begins to question his isolated life. The film also stars Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, and Jason Bateman. Listen to a track of Rolfe's latest score on the Up in the Air page!

December 3, 2009
Rolfe appears in the Hollywood Reporter as part of their Composer Roundtable discussion, along with Jeff Danna, Marvin Hamlisch, Christopher Young, Marco Beltrami, and John Debney to discuss the art and craft of film composing. For exclusive video of the Roundtables go to THR.com/awardswatch.

November 6, 2009
The Men Who Stare At Goats hits theaters, directed by Grant Heslov and starring George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey, and Jeff Bridges.

November 3, 2009
Digital Release date for Rolfe's soundtrack for The Men Who Stare At Goats. Will be available on iTunes!

October 13, 2009
Release of TWO of Rolfe's soundtracks: 17 Again and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past. Read the article here. Both are available now on Amazon.com. You can also purchase both Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and 17 Again by adding them to your cart together.

May 4, 2009
Rolfe is currently scoring The Men Who Stare At Goats, a film based on the book by Jon Ronson about the US Army's exploration of New Age concepts and the potential military applications of the paranormal. The film stars George Clooney and Ewan McGregor, and is directed by Grant Heslov, the Academy Award nominated producer and screenwriter of Good Night, and Good Luck.

May 1, 2009
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past opens in the theaters, and makes its place as the 2nd top grossing film in the US its opening weekend. Directed by Mark Waters, Ghosts... stars Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Michael Douglas, Brekin Meyer and Lacey Chabert. McConaughey plays a somewhat notorious bachelor, who goes to his younger brother's wedding and is visited the ghosts of his past girlfriends. The SCORES page features Rolfe's "Conjuring the Ghost of Future" track. Also this weekend, 17 Again held steady in the # 4 spot on the list for its 3rd weekend.

April 27, 2009
17 Again maintains #2 spot at the box office for its second weekend April 24-26.

April 17, 2009
17 Again opens in theaters nationwide, and hits the #1 spot box office sales for its opening day and weekend! Directed by Burr Steers, the film features Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, Matthew Perry, and Thomas Lennon. The story revolves around Mike (Efron/ Perry), a once-high-school-basketball-star who leaves his promising future in order to share his life with his girlfriend Scarlett and their unexpected family. After realizing things have not turned out the way he thought they would, he mysteriously gets a second shot at life. See the SCORES page to hear one of Rolfe's favorite tracks from the film, recorded at Skywalker Ranch near San Francisco, and read about his scoring experience.

January 21, 2009
Rolfe headlined at BMI's sixth annual Sundance Snowball music showcase at the Sundance Film Festival Wednesday, January 21. The event introduced an interactive performance element to the festival, as the evening celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Sundance Composers Lab. The show initially adopted a party atmosphere, thanks to DJ Thomas Golubic, but segued into a collaborative musical experience spurred by Rolfe's "Magnificent Howling Audience Score-Shop." The "Score-Shop" featured an experimental exercise in live-image scoring with the audience, a first for the festival. Other special guests included composers Adam Gorgoni, George S. Clinton, iZLER, Craig Richey, Christopher Lennertz, and Duncan Sheik.


September 10, 2008
The Lucky Ones premiered at the Toronto Internat'l Film Festival. Directed by Neil Burger and starring Tim Robbins, Michael Pena, and Rachel McAdams, Roger Ebert commented "I believe audiences will be moved by the characters. I was."

August 11, 2008
Rolfe was the guest composer for the second night of the Society of Composers & Lyricists' "Songs, Scores, and Shorts" series. The event was sponsored by BMI and produced by SCL member Christy Crowl. Held at the M Bar in Hollywood, the packed house was treated to an evening of live music and delightful "audience experiments" from Rolfe and his band. Rolfe rocked the crowd with his original songs and accordian melodies, and he inspired the whole room to participate!

This year's series also featured guests Chris Young, and Mark Isham. Each segment featured original music by the guest composers in the first half, and the second half of the evening featured live scoring to short films from local film students and composers.



Rolfe and Burr Steers

June 2008
Rolfe conducted and recorded his score for the upcoming film 17 Again at Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, CA. Directed by Burr Steers (Igby Goes Down) and starring Zac Efron, Leslie Mann, and Matthew Perry. Scheduled for release by New Line Cinema in April of 2009.

February, 2008
"Dexter," the original not quite ready for primetime series about a forensics serial killer, has graduated to network television on both sides of the ocean. Rolfe's quixotic opening theme can now be heard on the CBS Network in the U.S. (Sunday 10pm) and ITV1 in the UK (Wednesday, 10:35pm). The buzz: "...my yardstick of a great series is one that has you hand-dancing the theme tune as the credits roll." Keith Watson, Metrolife.

September 27, 2007
Rolfe joins composers Mark Isham and Mychael Danna in an evening at the Academy Seminar Series. The composers forum of Contemporary Scoring Technique was held at the Linwood Dunn Theater and moderated by Bruce Broughton.

September 5, 2007
KUSC Classical 91.5's host Jim Svejda interviews Rolfe on his Evening program.

September 2007
THE HUNTING PARTY opens in theaters, and its soundtrack is released by Lakeshore Records, and is available on Amazon.com.

"Inspired by the strong Muslim and Christian traditions of Bosnia, Rolfe Kent has created an intriguing and effective blend of Eastern European and Middle Eastern musical styles, with the odd Irish drum and Spanish guitar thrown in for good measure...He has become an expert at creating original ensembles out of exotic instruments scattered all over the world and at coming up with new styles and genres in which these creative ensembles can indulge. There are few film composers these days who do truly groundbreaking work: The Hunting Party confirms Rolfe Kent is one of them. With its unique take on the exotic thriller genre, The Hunting Party is a solid recommendation for anyone wanting to get a glimpse at where film music might be headed." ---Jonathan Jarry, Soundtrack.net

March 2007
REIGN OVER ME opens in theaters, and the soundtrack is released by Lakeshore Records, and is now available at Amazon.com.