Anne Dudley is an English composer, pianist, and conductor born on May 7, 1956, in Beckenham, Kent. She is known for working in classical, pop, and film genres. She graduated from King's College London in 1978 with a Master's in music. She started her career as a session musician and worked with various artists such as Trevor Horn, Marc Almond, Rod Stewart, and Robbie Williams. Dudley was also a founding member of the synth-pop band Art of Noise, which produced the theme tune to the ITV game show The Krypton Factor. In 1998, she won an Oscar for Best Original Musical or Comedy Score for The Full Monty.