FIACHRA TRENCH
Works include: Ella Enchanted; The Boys from County Clare; A Love Divided; The Last Word; Moondance; People’s Century (thirteen episodes); Sir; Dispatches: The Khartoum Connection; Outside Edge; So You Think You've Got Troubles; Alan Bleasdale Presents: Requiem Apache; Blood on the Dole; Bogwoman.
Fiachra Trench studied for his BA in Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Dublin and studied music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music - composition with A.J. Potter and organ with George Hewson. During that time he was musical director of the Dublin University Players.
In 1962 Fiachra was awarded first prize for an original composition at the Feis Ceoil and he continued his music studies at the Universities of Georgia and Cincinnati where he received a Masters degree.
On an Arts Council of Ireland Macaulay Fellowship awarded in 1967, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has had a number of orchestral works publicly performed which include MM: Symphonic Movement, Overture for Brass and Percussion and Summer Suite (Five Pastiches for Orchestra).
From 1969 until 1991, Fiachra worked in London as a composer, arranger, musical director, keyboard player and record producer. In 1991 he returned to live in Ireland and now works in both London and Dublin.
His work spans all of the audio visual media: Music for television includes Dear Sarah, Outside Edge, People’s Century, Alan Bleasdale Presents, Dispatches: The Khartoum Connection, the BBC series Sir, The Inventors’ Specials - Leonardo da Vinci and Galileo and The Last Word. He has composed, orchestrated and directed the scores to the feature films Bogwoman, Moondance, A Love Divided and The Boys and Girl from County Clare. He has also composed the music for commercials, including Woolwich, American Express and Renault.
Fiachra's record credits include arrangements for Van Morrison, Wet Wet Wet, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush, The Corrs and The Chieftains.
FILM & TELEVISION CREDITS
The Boys And Girl From County Clare
Studio Hamburg World Wide Pictures
Isle of Man Film Commission
A Love Divided
Parallel Films
BBC
The Last Word
Cinétévé
Bogwoman
Directed by Tom Collins
De Facto Films
Moondance
Little Bird/MFG
Dear Sarah
RTÉ
Directed by Frank Cvitanovich
Spies, Lies And Alibis
Vestron
Requiem Apache
Channel 4
Directed by David Ward Jones
(For the series Alan Bleasdale Presents)
Blood On The Dole
Channel 4
Directed by Pip Broughton
(For the series Alan Bleasdale Presents)
Dispatches: The Khartoum Connection
Journeyman Pictures
IN COLLABORATION
Baron Von Munchausen
Beyond Rangoon
Black Arrow
The Boxer
Danny, Champion Of The World
Die Hard
Diamond Skulls
First Born
Florence Nightingale
Fools Of Fortune
The Fruit Machine
The House Of The Spirits
Insignificance
Into The West
K2
Monte Carlo
Pearl Harbor
ARRANGEMENT CREDITS
Altan
Joan Armatrading
Mary Black
Bono
The Boomtown Rats
Paul Brady
Kate Bush
The Chieftains
Carmel Conway
Sharon Corr
The Corrs
Elvis Costello
Mary Coughlan
Finbar Furey
Art Garfunkel & Diana Krall
Murray Head
Phil Lynott/Thin Lizzy
Brian Kennedy
Jimmy Maccarthy
Paul Mccartney/Wings
Kirsty Maccoll
Carmel Mccreagh
RECORD PRODUCTION CREDITS
Carmel ConwayAlbum - This Beautiful Day (Cantor Music)Finbar Furey
Album - Love Letters (Bmg)
Brian Kennedy
Album - Interpretations (Curb)
Jimmy Maccarthy
Album - The Dreamer (Sony)
Carmel Mccreagh
Album - Nice Girl (Alltime Records)
Outside Edge
Music From Tv Series
Mike Westbrook
Seven Albums - (Various Labels)
Dance Tracks
(Co-Written And Co-Produced With Ian Levine)