Laura Rossi is a composer working across film, television, ballet, theatre and concert music, known for hauntingly atmospheric scores with emotional depth and beauty. Her music has been described as “truly breathtaking, on par with those of the great Hollywood composers.”
Her major projects include Atonement, a two-hour ballet based on Ian McEwan’s novel, choreographed by Cathy Marston for Ballet Zürich and Joffrey Ballet, performed at Zurich Opera House and Lyric Opera House, Chicago; and her collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, writing orchestral scores for the UNESCO-listed 1916 feature-length film The Battle of the Somme and its sequels Battle of Ancre and Battle of Arras. For the Somme Centenary, 100 orchestras worldwide performed her score live with film, including at The Royal Festival Hall. Watched live by over 37,000, performed by 4,200 musicians, and televised live on BBC1 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Screen credits include BAFTA-nominated London to Brighton, The Eichmann Show, Song for Marion, BFI Silent Shakespeare, Redemption ITV 6-part drama, 4-part thriller The Night Caller, BFI Silent Shakespeare, The Cottage and Hurricane. She has toured internationally with her live scores for silent films, including at Pordenone, Belfast, São Paulo film festivals, Green Man, the Barbican and BFI Southbank.
Her concert works include the acclaimed choral-orchestral work Voices of Remembrance, featuring poetry readings by Ralph Fiennes and Vanessa Redgrave, and Ada in Ealing, with lyrics by Michael Rosen, premiered at the Royal Albert Hall by a mass choir of 1,200 children and 450 musicians followed by a performance at Cēsis Castle, Latvia. Her theatre work includes the Royal Shakespeare Company’s The Cherry Orchard, directed by Tamara Harvey with Helen Hunt, Kenneth Branagh and Bill Pullman.
Rossi’s music has been performed by the Philharmonia, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, London Contemporary Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra. She is a tutor in film music at The Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Trinity Laban.
Anton Chekhov’s ‘The Cherry Orchard’ with music composed by Laura Rossi(opens in new tab) is showing at The RSC Swan Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon from July 10th – August 29th 2026. Tickets and info here(opens in new tab).
RSC Co-Artistic Director Tamara Harvey directs Kenneth Branagh as Lopakhin, Helen Hunt as Ranyevskaya and Bill Pullman as Gaev in Laura Wade’s vital new version of Anton Chekhov’s great final play, tragic and comic in equal measure, set in a world tilting towards revolution.’
Battle of Arras – World Premiere at Pordenone Silent Film Festival October 8th 2025. IWM Film by Malins, McDowell & Raymond. Music by Laura Rossi.
Performed by Orchestra da Camera di Pordenone & Coro del Friuli Venezia Giulia. Conducted by Andrej Goričar
Ada in Ealing – World Premiere at The Royal Albert Hall June 24th 2025. Music by Laura Rossi & Lyrics by Michael Rosen.
Performed by mass choir of 1200 children, Ealing Symphony Orchestra, Ealing Youth & Jazz Orchestra & EMS ensembles. Conducted by John Gibbons. In July 2025 Ada in Ealing was performed with Latvian Youth Choir at Cēsis Castle, Latvia.
“Extremely accomplished music”
Annette Morreau, The Independent.
“A terrific composer”
Simon Bates, Classic FM
“Laura Rossi very adeptly creates an emotional picture through impressive orchestral writing which is at once colourful, honourable, celebratory and moving.”
Michael Beek, Music from the Movies
“Her orchestrations are on par with those of the great Hollywood composers. This is a truly breathtaking score, incredibly well written and performed.”
Oscar Flores, Filmmusicsite.com
“A work of emotional depth and beauty”
Keith Ames, Musician Magazine
“a new music score by Laura Rossi, brilliantly effective”
Geoff Brown, The Times
“hauntingly atmospheric, the music sweeps through a spectrum of spine-tingling emotions, encapsulating the drama and poetry of each tale.”
British Film Institute
“Watching them – hearing the cellos and violins, the piano solos – becomes a dream-like experience.”
Nicci Gerrard, The Observer
