An American composed the soundtrack for Notes on a Scandal.
Notes on a Scandal (film) . The soundtrack was composed by Philip Glass . Notes on a Scandal is the soundtrack , on the Rounder Records label , of the 2006 Academy Award - and Golden Globe-nominated film Notes on a Scandal starring Dame Judi Dench , Cate Blanchett , Bill Nighy , Tom Georgeson and Michael Maloney . Philip Morris Glass ( born January 31 , 1937 ) is an American composer .