Isobel Waller-Bridge | |
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| Born | Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge 23 April 1984 London, England |
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| Occupation | Composer |
| Relatives | Phoebe Waller-Bridge (sister) Michelle Dockery (sister-in-law) [1] |
| Website | isobelwaller-bridge |
Isobel Noeline Waller-Bridge (born 23 April 1984) is a British composer who is known for her scores for film, television, and theatre, along with her works for electronic music and contemporary classical music. [2]
Waller-Bridge received her bachelor's degree in music from Edinburgh University and a master's degree from King's College London. She was also awarded a scholarship from the Royal Academy of Music, where she received another diploma. [3]
Waller-Bridge composed the soundtrack for the BBC comedy-drama series Fleabag (2016–2019), which was written by and starred her sister, Phoebe Waller-Bridge. [4] She also wrote the score for the feature films Vita and Virginia (2018) and Emma (2020). [5] [6] In 2021, she scored Netflix's Munich: The Edge of War, [7] which was released by Milan Records/Sony Music, and The Phantom of the Open. [8]
Waller-Bridge is also a performer, playing in venues such as the St James Theatre and Union Chapel. In 2016, her music appeared on albums with the Icelandic composers Ólafur Arnalds and Jóhann Jóhannsson. [3] In 2021, she was commissioned by the Philharmonia Orchestra to write music for their Human/Nature series. Her piece, Temperatures, was premiered in November 2021, conducted by Pekka Kuusisto at the Royal Festival Hall. [9] In 2020, she was commissioned by Sarah Burton to score Alexander McQueen’s Spring/Summer 2020 collection at Paris Fashion Week. [10] In 2021, she collaborated with ballet dancer and actress Francesca Hayward to score her dance film, Siren. [11]
For theatre, Waller-Bridge worked on Florian Zeller's The Son (West End) [12] and The Forest (Hampstead Theatre), [13] Woyzeck, adapted by Jack Thorne (Old Vic), [14] Blood Wedding (Young Vic), [15] and Knives in Hens (Donmar Warehouse). [16]
In June 2022, it was announced that Waller-Bridge would be providing an original score for an animated short film of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse , which aired on BBC One and BBC iPlayer on Christmas 2022. [17] She produced the soundtrack to Sweetpea in 2024 [18]
Waller-Bridge is the daughter of Theresa Mary Waller-Bridge (née Clerke) and Michael Cyprian Waller-Bridge. [19] Her father founded the electronic trading platform Tradepoint and her mother works for the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers. [20] [21]
The Waller-Bridge family were landed gentry of Cuckfield, Sussex. [22] [23] On her father's side, she is a descendant of the Revd Sir Egerton Leigh, 2nd Baronet, and a distant relative of politician and author Egerton Leigh. Her maternal grandfather was Sir John Edward Longueville Clerke, 12th baronet, of Hitcham, Buckinghamshire. [24]
Waller-Bridge has two younger siblings: Jasper Waller-Bridge and Phoebe Waller-Bridge. [2]
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Emma. is the soundtrack album to the 2020 film Emma, directed by Autumn de Wilde, based on Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the titular role, alongside Johnny Flynn, Josh O'Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart, and Bill Nighy. The soundtrack, accompanying the film, consists of acappella recordings of folk and classical songs, performed by Maddy Prior, June Tabor, The Watersons, The Carnival Band and The Cambridge Singers. The cast members Johnny Flynn and Amber Anderson, also performed few numbers in the album. The former, also wrote an original song for the film, in addition to the incorporated classical songs. The rest of the album, consists of the original score composed by Isobel Waller-Bridge and David Schweitzer. The 35-track album was released by Back Lot Music digitally on February 14, 2020 and in physical formats on February 21. A vinyl edition of the soundtrack was published and released by Mondo on May 15, 2020.
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