PATRICK DOYLE
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Works include: Brave; Caesar Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes; Thor; La Ligne Droite; Jig; Igor; Nim’s Island; Sleuth; Eragon; As You Like It; The Last Legion; Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; Nanny McPhee; Nouvelle France; Man to Man; Wah Wah; Bridget Jones’s Diary; Calendar Girls; Carlito’s Way; Donnie Brasco; Henry V; Indochine; Much Ado About Nothing; Second Hand Lions; Sense And Sensibility
Patrick studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and graduated in 1974. He was made a fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in 2001 His first theatre score was written in 1978, and subsequently Patrick has written the music for a host of other theatre, radio, television and film productions.
In 1987, Patrick joined the Renaissance Theatre Company as composer and musical director. During this time he completed a British tour of a number of productions for high profile directors such as Sir Derek Jacobi, Geraldine McEwan and Dame Judi Dench.
In 1989 director Kenneth Branagh commissioned Patrick to write the original score for the Renaissance Film Company production of Henry V. The song 'Non Nobis Domine', from the film, was awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme.
In 1990, HRH The Prince of Wales commissioned Patrick to write 'The Thistle and The Rose', a song cycle for Soprano and Choir, in honour of the Queen Mother's 90th birthday. During that year he also composed the original score for the Disney feature Shipwrecked.
In 1991, Patrick composed the Golden Globe nominated score for the box office number 1 Dead Again for Paramount Pictures directed by Kenneth Branagh. Patrick has continued to work with Kenneth Branagh on a great many highly successful productions including:
- Frankenstein (starring Robert De Niro)
- The Samuel Goldywn & Renaissance Film Much Ado About Nothing, the musical
- Love´s Labour´s Lost, As You Like It and the four-hour epic adaptation of Hamlet, for which Patrick was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Score.
Patrick has also worked extensively with director Regis Wargnier, and received two Cesar nominations for both the Oscar winning Indochine and the Academy Award nominated East West. With Regis Patrick has also scored Man to Man (starring Joseph Feinnes) which opened the 2005 Berlin Film Festival and most recently Pars Vite et Reviens Tard which topped the box office in France in 2007.
Other highly prestigious projects have included working with illustrious directors such as Brian De Palma on Carlito´s Way. Alphonso Cuaron on A Little Princess for which he received the Los Angeles Critics Award and Great Expectations (starring Gwyneth Paltrow). Ang Lee on the Oscar winning Sense and Sensibility for which Patrick received Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations in the 'Best Original Score´ categories.
In 2001 Patrick completed the score for the hugely successful British comedy Bridget Jones´ Diary (Starring Renee Zellweger). His success continued when he was commissioned by the legendary director Robert Altman to score his Oscar winning picture Gosford Park.
In 2003 he scored the multi-award winning comedy Calendar Girls (written by Tim Firth.) Patrick has enjoyed huge worldwide box office success with Working Title's children's smash Nanny Mcphee (starring Emma Thompson), Eragon (starring John Malkovich) and the universally popular franchise Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Directed by Mike Newell.) Patrick teamed up once more in 2007 with the director Kenneth Branagh on his highly acclaimed film Sleuth (written by the Nobel Prize Winning Harold Pinter and starring Jude Law and Michael Caine).
In October 2007 Patrick Doyle's Music from the Movies sell out concert on behalf of The Leukaemia Research Fund was staged at The Royal Albert Hall. It was Directed by Kenneth Branagh and starred a host of international stars such as: Emma Thompson, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Judi Dench, Alan Rickman, Imelda Staunton and Robbie Coltrane among many others.
In 2008 Patrick completed the worldwide hit Nim's Island (directed by Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett) and the animated feature Igor (directed by Tony Leondis).
Patrick is currently working on a series of albums. Two for solo piano and one for string quartet.
Film Credits
Brave
Directed by Mark Andrews
Disney - Pixar Pictures
Caesar Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Directed by Rupert Wyatt
Twentieth Century Fox
Thor
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Marvel
La Ligne Droite
Directed by Regis Wargnier
Gaumont Pictures
Jig
Directed by Sue Bourne
Head Great Films
Igor
Directed by Tony Leondis
Exodus Pro
Nims Island
Directed by Jennifer Flackett & Mark Levin
Walden Media
Sleuth
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Riff Raff Film Productions
Eragon
Directed by Stefan Fangmeier
Twentieth Century Fox
Pars Vite Raviens Tard
Directed by Regis Wargnier
Gaumont/LGM Cinema
The Last Legion
Directed by Doug Lefler
Dino De Laurentis Productions
As You Like It
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Forest Films/HBO
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Directed by Mike Newell
Warner Brothers Productions Ltd.
Nanny McPhee
Directed by Kirk Jones
Working Title
Wah Wah
Directed by Richard E. Grant
Melanny Productions
Urban Chillers: Jekyll & Hyde
Directed by Nick Stillwell
J & H Films Ltd
Man To Man
Directed by Regis Wagnier
Vertigo Production
Nouvelle France
Directed by: Jean Boudin
Bespoke Films
Second Hand Lions
Directed by: Tim McCanlies
New Line Cinema
Calendar Girls
Directed by Nick Barton
Harbour Pictures/Buena Vista International
Gosford Park
Directed by Robert Altman
USA Films AFI Film Awards nominee for "Composer of the Year"
Killing Me Softly
Directed by Chen Kaige
Montecito Pictures
Bridget Jones's Diary
Directed by Sharon Maguire
Working Title Films
Blow Dry
Directed by Paddy Breathnach
Intermedia Films
Love's Labours Lost
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Shakespeare Film Co/Intermedia Films
East West
Directed by Regis Wargnier
UGC Cesar nominee for 'Best Film Score'
Quest For Camelot/The Silver Sword
Directed by Frederick DuChau
Warner Brothers
Great Expectations
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Twentieth Century Fox
Exit to Eden
Directed by Garry Marshall
Sony Pictures
Donnie Brasco
Directed by Mike Newell
Columbia Tristar ASCAP Award
Hamlet
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Castle Rock
Academy Award nominee for 'Best Original Dramatic Score'
Mrs Winterbourne
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Columbia Tristar
Sense And Sensibility
Directed by Ang Lee Columbia
TriStar Golden Globe nominee for 'Best Film Score'
Academy Award nominee for 'Best Original Dramatic Score'
BAFTA nominee for 'Best Film Score'
Une Femme Francaise
Directed by Regis Wargnier
UGC Images
A Little Princess
Directed by Alfonso Cuaron
Warner Bros.
LA Critics award 'Best Film Score'
Frankenstein
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
TriStar
Carlito's Way
Directed by Brian de Palma
Universal
Much Ado About Nothing
Directed by Kenneth Branagh Samuel Goldwyn
Renaissance Film Company
Into The West
Directed by Mike Newell
Littlebird/Miramax
Indochine
Directed by Regis Wargnier
Paradis Films Film won an Oscar for 'Best Foreign Film'
Caesar nominee for 'Best Film Score'
Dead Again
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Paramount Films
Golden Globe nominee for 'Best Film Score'
Shipwrecked
Directed by Nils Gaup
Buena Vista
Henry V
Directed by Kenneth Branagh
Renaissance Film Company
Ivor Novello Award for 'Best Film Theme'