Rolfe Kent


Biography

Rolfe Kent has composed music for a wide variety of feature films, but his most notable contribution is the main theme music to Showtime's "Dexter," the popular TV series about Dexter Morgan, Miami PD's blood splatter expert by day and serial killer by night. The signature music is a perfect accompaniment to the unique visuals of each episode's opening credits, during which quick cuts of...

Biography

Rolfe Kent has composed music for a wide variety of feature films, but his most notable contribution is the main theme music to Showtime's "Dexter," the popular TV series about Dexter Morgan, Miami PD's blood splatter expert by day and serial killer by night. The signature music is a perfect accompaniment to the unique visuals of each episode's opening credits, during which quick cuts of Dexter performing typical morning routines (flossing his teeth, tying his shoes) are juxtaposed with the acts of a serial killer (brandishing a garrote, tying up a captive). Kent has also served as composer or conductor on projects that range from gross-out sex comedies like 2005's "Wedding Crashers" to more cerebral fare like 2009's "Up in the Air" (George Clooney's portrait of a man who starts to question his belief that the best life is one free of emotional attachments). That wasn't Kent's only project with Clooney that year: They reunited on the military satire "The Men Who Stare at Goats."

Filmography

 

Producer (Feature Film)

Mercy (1995)
Producer

Music (Feature Film)

Stan & Ollie (2018)
Music
The Philosophy of Phil (2017)
Music
Magic Camp (2017)
Music
Rock Dog (2017)
Music
Downsizing (2017)
Original Score
Crash Pad (2017)
Music
Downsizing (2017)
Music
Dom Hemingway (2014)
Music Composer
Bad Words (2014)
Music
Vampire Academy (2014)
Music
Labor Day (2013)
Music Scoring Mixer
Cinema Verite (2011)
Music
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
Music Composer
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
Music Conductor
Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
Music Composer
Killers (2010)
Music
Up in the Air (2009)
Music
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Music Conductor
17 Again (2009)
Music Conductor
17 Again (2009)
Music Composer
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Music Composer
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Music Conductor
The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)
Music Composer
The Lucky Ones (2008)
Music
The Hunting Party (2007)
Music Producer
Reign Over Me (2007)
Original Music
Failure to Launch (2006)
Music Conductor
Thank You for Smoking (2006)
Music
You, Me and Dupree (2006)
Music
Failure to Launch (2006)
Original Music
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Music Conductor
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Music Composer
Just Like Heaven (2005)
Music Conductor
Wedding Crashers (2005)
Music Composer
Sideways (2004)
Music Composition
Sideways (2004)
Melodica, guitar
Mean Girls (2004)
Music Conductor
The Last Shot (2004)
Music
The Last Shot (2004)
Music Conductor
Mean Girls (2004)
Music Composer
Something's Gotta Give (2003)
Music
Freaky Friday (2003)
Music
About Schmidt (2002)
Music
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
Music
Legally Blonde (2001)
Music
Kate & Leopold (2001)
Music
Someone Like You (2001)
Music
Town & Country (2001)
Music
Town & Country (2001)
Music Producer
Gun Shy (2000)
Music
Nurse Betty (2000)
Music
Fight Club (1999)
Song
Election (1999)
Music
Election (1999)
Song
Suicide Ride (1998)
Music
The Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Music
The Slums of Beverly Hills (1998)
Song
Don't Go Breaking My Heart (1998)
Music
The Theory of Flight (1998)
Music
The House of Yes (1997)
Music
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Music
Mercy (1995)
Music
Dead Connection (1994)
Song Performer
Dead Connection (1994)
Music
Dead Connection (1994)
Song

Music (Special)

Longford (2007)
Music Composer

Music (TV Mini-Series)

The Jury (2003)
Music Composer
Oxygen (1999)
Music
The Royale (1997)
Music

Life Events

Bibliography