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Rolfe Kent

Highest Rated: 97% Sideways (2004)

Lowest Rated: 10% Killers (2010)

Birthday: Apr 18, 1963

Birthplace: St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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."

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Highest rated movies

97% 79% Sideways Watchlist 93% 83% Stan & Ollie Watchlist
92% 79% Election
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90% 79% Up in the Air Watchlist
88% 58% Freaky Friday
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86% 74% About Schmidt
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86% 87% Thank You for Smoking
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85% 60% Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made
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84% 66% Mean Girls Watchlist
83% 59% Don't Go Breaking My Heart
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Legally Blonde 3 Original Music - 2025
28% No Score Yet North Star Original Music - 2023
29% 22% He's All That Original Music - 2021
58% 55% Vacation Friends Original Music - 2021
85% 60% Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made Original Music - 2020
38% 45% Magic Camp Original Music - 2020
27% 41% Phil Original Music - 2019
93% 83% Stan & Ollie Original Music $5.5M 2018
47% 25% Downsizing Original Music $24.4M 2017
50% 52% Crash Pad Original Music - 2017
No Score Yet 61% Tokyo Project Original Music - 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Little Spirou Original Music - 2017
47% 48% Rock Dog Original Music $9.4M 2016
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rock Dog Original Music - 2016
65% 61% Bad Words Original Music $7.8M 2014
17% 56% Vampire Academy Original Music $7.8M 2014
No Score Yet 12% The Scapegoat Original Music - 2013
57% 38% Dom Hemingway Original Music $518.1K 2013
34% 54% Labor Day Original Music $13.4M 2013
17% 23% Gambit Original Music - 2012
80% 49% Young Adult Original Music $16.3M 2011
48% 53% Mr. Popper's Penguins Original Music $68.2M 2011
28% 60% Charlie St. Cloud Original Music $31.1M 2010
10% 41% Killers Original Music $47.0M 2010
90% 79% Up in the Air Original Music $83.8M 2009
51% 39% The Men Who Stare at Goats Original Music $32.4M 2009
27% 40% Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Original Music $52.2M 2009
57% 67% 17 Again Original Music $64.1M 2009
38% 54% The Lucky Ones Original Music $183.1K 2008
25% 42% Sex and Death 101 Original Music $23.6K 2007
56% 67% The Hunting Party Original Music $876.7K 2007
64% 81% Reign Over Me Original Music $19.7M 2007
23% 52% Failure to Launch Original Music $88.7M 2006
86% 87% Thank You for Smoking Original Music $24.8M 2005
75% 66% The Matador Original Music $12.6M 2005
75% 70% Wedding Crashers Original Music $209.2M 2005
97% 79% Sideways Original Music $71.5M 2004
62% 32% The Last Shot Original Music $463.7K 2004
84% 66% Mean Girls Original Music $86.1M 2004
88% 58% Freaky Friday Original Music,
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$110.2M 2003
35% 38% Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde Original Music $89.8M 2003
86% 74% About Schmidt Original Music $65.0M 2002
40% 43% 40 Days and 40 Nights Original Music $37.9M 2002
57% 62% Happy Campers Original Music - 2001
52% 62% Kate & Leopold Original Music $47.1M 2001
72% 72% Legally Blonde Original Music $96.5M 2001
13% 14% Town & Country Music $6.7M 2001
42% 56% Someone Like You Original Music $27.3M 2001
83% 45% Nurse Betty Original Music $25.2M 2000
26% 36% Gun Shy Original Music $1.6M 2000
83% 59% Don't Go Breaking My Heart Original Music - 1999
77% 55% Oxygen Original Music - 1999
92% 79% Election Original Music $14.9M 1999
81% 68% Slums of Beverly Hills Original Music $5.5M 1998
50% 56% The Theory of Flight Original Music $72.0K 1998
62% 76% The House of Yes Original Music $636.2K 1997
81% 74% Citizen Ruth Original Music $278.5K 1996
No Score Yet 57% Mercy Producer - 1995
No Score Yet No Score Yet Finding Interest Original Music - 1995
No Score Yet 29% Final Combination Original Music - 1994

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95% 75% Stonehouse Original Music 2023