Patrick Doyle

Patrick Doyle
Patrick Doyle
	Doyle at the Doha Film Institute in 2016
Background information
Born	6 April 1953 (age 71); Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Genres	Film score, classical, Celtic, electronic, ambient
Occupation(s)	Composer, actor
Years active	1979–present

Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953^[1]) is a Scottish composer and occasional actor best known for his film scores. During his 50-year career in film, television and theatre, he has composed the scores for over 60 feature films.^[2] A longtime collaborator of actor-director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work on films such as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Carlito's Way, Quest for Camelot, and Gosford Park, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile.^[3]

He has scored the films of many renowned directors including Robert Altman, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, Brian De Palma, Chen Kaige, Amma Asante, Régis Wargnier and Kenneth Branagh.

Doyle has been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards,^[3] one BAFTA and two Caesars and he won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme, for 'Henry V'. He has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from both The World Soundtrack Awards^[4] and Scottish BAFTA, the PRS Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Music and received the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award for "outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music."^[5]

^ Sandra Brennan (2013). "Patrick Doyle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
^ "Hollywood's most in-demand composers plans to make Cork home". Irish Examiner. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Patrick Doyle". Filmtracks. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
^ Chagollan, Steve (3 June 2015). "Patrick Doyle Tapped for Lifetime Achievement at the World Soundtrack Awards". Variety. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
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[nytimes-pd-1] Sandra Brennan (2013). "Patrick Doyle". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.

[2] "Hollywood's most in-demand composers plans to make Cork home". Irish Examiner. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2021.

[ft-3] "Patrick Doyle". Filmtracks. Retrieved 30 August 2013.

[4] Chagollan, Steve (3 June 2015). "Patrick Doyle Tapped for Lifetime Achievement at the World Soundtrack Awards". Variety. Retrieved 7 February 2023.

[ascap-5] Cite error: The named reference ascap was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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