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Ruth Barrett

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in 1976. She became interested in film and television music at a very young age while watching 1980s reruns of 1970s American television shows. She cites 1978s The Incredible Hulk, Queen's 1980 Flash Gordon Soundtrack, and a number of commercials broadcast throughout the 1980s as childhood
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In her early teens she began improvising compositions around classical pieces with piano teacher and early mentor Nigel Crouch.
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She broke into the television industry composing for advertising pitches. Her first full time role was in post-production for
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
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where she began working with her future mentor and collaborator
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Her film score credits include 134:https://www.ruthbarrettmusic.com/ 1068:Law & Order: Organized Crime 212:Law & Order: Organized Crime 1417: 533:, based on Martina Cole's book 253:Ruth went on to study music at 1334: 1309: 1283: 1257: 1238: 1212: 226:, Barrett was nominated for a 1: 1526:21st-century British pianists 1178: 607:Wallander: The Man Who Smiled 467: 1496:English television composers 1491:English film score composers 1172: 1153: 694:, Daniel Nettheim, Jon East 504:Declan O'Dwyer, Jeremy Webb 7: 1531:21st-century women pianists 1377:. M-Magazine. 16 March 2018 1245:Rob Licuria (20 May 2019). 68:1976 (age 47–48) 16:British film score composer 10: 1557: 1506:Women film score composers 18: 1371:"Interview: Ruth Barrett" 1013: 948: 894: 801: 675: 516: 381:David Kew, Neil Thompson 147:(born 1976) is a British 129: 125: 115: 105: 95: 81: 64: 54: 49: 37: 30: 1198:. 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Ruth Shalit
Barrett at work in her studio (2017)
Roehampton
London
Television score
Film score
Composer
Piano
https://www.ruthbarrettmusic.com/
film score
composer
Harry Brown
Twenty8k
City of Tiny Lights
The Sister
Bloodlands
Bodyguard
The Durrells
Collateral
Legacy
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Victoria
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series
Roehampton
London
Cambridge University
Royal Academy of Music
ITV
Ruskin Williamson
Strongroom Studios

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