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Vanessa Forero
Vanessa Forero (born Vanessa Chapman and sometimes performing as Vanessa James) is an English-Colombian singer-songwriter and author who has written film and television scores. She plays the keyboard and has performed with various groups, including the orchestral rock band Starling. Early life Forero is the youngest daughter of Marina Chapman, a woman best known for her story of being raised by monkeys in the Colombian jungle in the 1950s, following the abandonment of her kidnapping in the era of ''La Violencia'' in Colombia. Forero was born and brought up with one sibling, a sister in Bradford from the 1980s. Forero went on to attend Leeds School of Music where she gained her degree in composition. Career Forero spent two years researching and writing her mother's memoir, with author Lynne Barrett-Lee, which was published in 2013 as '' The Girl With No Name''. Forero and her mother both appeared on BBC Breakfast Time. Around 2015, Forero composed music for television adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Score
A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to enhance the dramatic narrative and the emotional impact of the scene in question. Scores are written by one or more composers under the guidance of or in collaboration with the film's director or producer and are then most often performed by an ensemble of musicians – usually including an orchestra (most likely a symphony orchestra) or band, instrumental soloists, and choir or vocalists – known as playback singers – and recorded by a sound engineer. The term is less frequently applied to music written for media such as live theatre, television and radio programs, and video games, and said music is typically referred to as either the soundtrack or incidental music. Film scores encompass an enormous variety of styles of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Lewis & Partners
John Lewis plc (trading as John Lewis & Partners) is a British department store chain founded by John Lewis in 1864. It is part of the John Lewis Partnership, John Lewis Partnership plc, a holding company held in a trust on behalf of its employees as the beneficiaries of the trust. The brand was established in 1929 by John Spedan Lewis, Spedan Lewis, son of the founder, John Lewis (department store founder), John Lewis. The first John Lewis store opened in 1864 on Oxford Street, London. In 2023, there are 35 stores throughout Great Britain. From 1925 to 2022, John Lewis had a policy known as "Never Knowingly Undersold," which promised to match or beat lower prices offered by national high street competitors. The Oxford Street store received a Royal Warrant of Appointment (United Kingdom), Royal Warrant in 2008 from Queen Elizabeth II as "suppliers of haberdashery and household goods." The Heelas of Reading, Reading store was awarded a Royal Warrant in 2007 as "suppliers of ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
