
11/03/2022
🎶 Happy Birthday to composing and conducting pioneer Angela Morley!
With the Oscars around the corner, we want to spotlight some of the women who made history and paved the way for us to continue to break barriers.
Angela was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music for her work on the film “The Little Prince.” While she did not win, she continued to thrive in the industry. She earned a second Oscar nomination for work on “The Slipper and the Rose” (1976) and went on to collaborate with John Williams on some of the most iconic music in “Star Wars.”
Journalist Kenneth LeFave interviewed Morley for The Arizona Republic where she revealed, “You know the scene in Star Wars where Luke descends to the Death Star trench and the voice says ‘Use the Force, Luke?’ That’s my orchestration.”
To learn more about Angela and her work, check out our link in bio:
https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/film-tv/angela-morley-transgender-oscar-winner/