Original score from the 2025 drama comedy short directed by Lee Knight, starring Miriam Margolyes, Alistair Nwachukwu and Stephen Fry, produced by Filthy Gorgeous Productions, A Marlow’s Production, Double Dice Films and Namesake Films.
THE STORY: A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.
THE SCORE: “In this film, an unlikely friendship blossoms in a sensitive portrayal of connection across generations. The chamber score is performed by solo string players, and accompanies JJ’s tentative discoveries about both himself and his new friend, eventually expanding into an uplifting central montage sequence capturing the two leads’ joy in each other’s company.” – Stuart Hancock
THE COMPOSER: Stuart Hancock is a British composer, known for his music for the BBC fantasy drama Atlantis, the Channel 4’s animated TV special We’re Going on a Bear Hunt and the Netflix comedy-horror Crazyhead. Stuart won an Ivors Classical Award in 2015 for his large-scale concert work Snapshot Songs, and has garnered considerable industry recognition for his commercial, documentary, TV and film music, including multiple Jerry Goldsmith Awards. Stuart, who studied at the London College of Music, maintains a varied composing career across all media. Raptures, his debut album of concert works, recorded with the BBC Concert Orchestra, was released in 2019. Last year, MovieScore Media released the multi-award winning score for Kensuke’s Kingdom, the label’s eighth album collaboration with Hancock.
SC25016 A FRIEND OF DOROTHY (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Release date: November 14, 2025
TRACKLIST
1. Dorothy
2. JJ
3. Friendship
4. You See Me
5. More Than a Hobby
