Patrick Doyle | |
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| File:Patrick Doyle, Qatar Masterclass.jpg | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 6 April 1953 Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Genres | Film score, Concert music |
| Occupation | Composer |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953)[1] is a Scottish film composer.[2] A longtime collaborator of actor-director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work composing for films such as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Carlito's Way, and Gosford Park, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, and Murder On The Orient Express.[3] Doyle has been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards,[3] and is the recipient of the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award for "outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music".[4]
Doyle has scored films for renowned directors including Robert Altman, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, Brian De Palma, Chen Kaige, Amma Asante and Régis Wargnier.
Life and career[]
Early life[]
Doyle was born on 6 April 1953 in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.[5][6] He is a classically trained composer who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, of which he was made a Fellow in 2001.
Film career[]
Doyle joined Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 as composer and musical director composing for plays such as Hamlet, As You Like It, and Look Back in Anger.[7] It was here that Doyle established his relationship with Kenneth Branagh, scoring his first film, Henry V, in 1989.[8] The song "Non Nobis, Domine" from Henry V was subsequently awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme.[9] He has since composed for fourteen more Kenneth Branagh films including Dead Again (1991), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Hamlet (1996), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), As You Like It (2006), Sleuth (2007), Thor (2011), Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), Cinderella (2015), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), and Artemis Fowl (2020).
In October 1997, shortly after composing for Great Expectations, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Doyle was diagnosed with leukemia. He managed to write the entire score for the animated fantasy Quest for Camelot (1998) in hospital whilst undergoing treatment. Doyle made a full recovery.[10]
Other films scored by Doyle in the 1990s have since become cult gangster films, such as Brian De Palma’s Carlito’s Way (1993), and Mike Newell’s Donnie Brasco (1997).
In the 2000s, Doyle went on to compose for iconic British movies such as Bridget Jones’ Diary (2001), Gosford Park (2001) and Calendar Girls (2003).
Doyle collaborated with Mike Newell again when scoring Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005.
In the 2010s, he composed scores for Hollywood blockbusters including Thor (2011), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Cinderella (2015).
Other notable works by Doyle include his scores for family movies such as Brave (2012), Nanny McPhee (2005) and A Little Princess (1995); as well as his collaborations with French director Régis Wargnier on French films such as Indochine (1992), Une femme française (1995) and Est-ouest (1999).
Artist collaborations[]
Doyle regularly collaborates with artists from other fields in his scores. From the classical music world, Plácido Domingo sang "In Pace" on Hamlet[11] and Jane Eaglen sang "Weep You No More Sad Fountains" on Sense & Sensibility[12], with both films earning Doyle Oscar nominations for Best Film Score.
Pop artists Doyle has collaborated with include Jarvis Cocker on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire[13], as well as Pulp and Tori Amos on Great Expectations.[14]
Doyle also co-wrote the song "Never Forget" with Kenneth Branagh for Murder on the Orient Express, which was performed by Michelle Pfeiffer.[15]
Concert works[]
Patrick Doyle’s Music from the Movies concert, in aid of Leukaemia Research UK, was staged at the Royal Albert Hall in 2013. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Daniel Hill and included appearances from Emma Thompson, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Judi Dench, Alan Rickman, Imelda Staunton, Richard E. Grant, Adrian Lester, and Robbie Coltrane, with music from Doyle's scores performed by the London Symphony Orchestra.[16]
Doyle’s work was celebrated in two concerts at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow in 2019, both performed by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Dirk Brossé. The first concert was the world’s first live performance to film of the music Doyle composed for Pixar’s Brave, which took place at the Glasgow Concert Hall. The second, “Patrick Doyle – A Celebration,” took place at the Glasgow City Halls and featured two original works composed by Doyle for the concert – "Sweet Rois of Vertew" and "Scottish Overture". This concert also featured a performance of "Corarsik", a solo violin piece he originally composed for Emma Thompson’s 50th birthday.[17]
Doyle has composed numerous original concert pieces. These include "The Thistle and the Rose," a song cycle commissioned by Prince Charles in honour of the Queen Mother’s 90th birthday, produced by George Martin and premiered at Buckingham Palace[18]; "The Face In The Lake", commissioned by Sony and narrated by Kate Winslet[19]; and "Tam O Shanter," commissioned by the Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust.[20]
Syracuse International Film Festival commissioned Doyle to write a film score for the classic silent movie ‘It’ in 2012.[21]
Recorded works[]
In 2013, Doyle composed an original concert suite, Impressions of America, released by Varèse Sarabande.[22] This received its world premiere in 2012 with the National Schools Symphony Orchestra, of which Doyle is a patron.[23]
Doyle recorded a solo piano album in 2015, performing pieces from his film scores to date, also released by Varèse Sarabande.[24]
In 2020, Doyle contributed the opening track "Château Ferguson" to the album Fresh Air… Breathe In in aid of the not-for-profit organisation Breathe Arts Health Research in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.[25]
Awards[]
In June 2013, at the twenty-eighth annual Film & Television Music Awards, Doyle was presented with the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his "outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music".[4] ASCAP President and Chairman Paul Williams observed, "Patrick Doyle's extensive body of work is some of the most compelling and affective in the industry. His flawless ability to cross genres in film, TV and beyond is why he can successfully score everything from Carlito's Way to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire."[4]
In October 2015, Doyle received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy during the Gent Film Festival in Belgium.[26]
Trivia[]
Kanye West sampled Doyle's theme from Great Expectations on West's song 'Robocop' from the album 808s & Heartbreak.[27]
Doyle has appeared as an actor in some of the films he’s scored – playing Balthazar in Much Ado About Nothing and Court in Henry V; voicing Martin in Brave; and appearing in As You Like It, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Dead Again.[28] He also wrote some of the score for Much Ado About Nothing whilst on location in Tuscany.[29]
Filmography[]
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Charles Endell Esquire | Gerry Mill | TV series, as actor |
| 1981 | Holding the Fort | Derrick Goodwin | |
| Chariots of Fire | Hugh Hudson | Jimmie, as actor | |
| Maggie | Renny Rye | TV series, as actor | |
| 1982 | No. 73 | Nigel Pickard | TV series, as actor (as Alec Simmons) |
| 1988 | Twelfth Night | Paul Kafno | Videotaped TV drama |
| 1989 | Look Back in Anger | Judi Dench | |
| Henry V | Kenneth Branagh | Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme[30] | |
| 1990 | Shipwrecked | Nils Gaup | |
| 1991 | Dead Again | Kenneth Branagh | Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[3] |
| 1992 | Indochine | Régis Wargnier | Nominated — César Award for Best Music Written for a Film |
| Into the West | Mike Newell | ||
| 1993 | Much Ado About Nothing | Kenneth Branagh | |
| Needful Things | Fraser C. Heston | ||
| Carlito's Way | Brian De Palma | ||
| 1994 | Mary Shelley's Frankenstein | Kenneth Branagh | Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music |
| Exit to Eden | Garry Marshall | ||
| 1995 | Une femme française | Régis Wargnier | |
| A Little Princess | Alfonso Cuarón | Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Music | |
| Sense and Sensibility | Ang Lee | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Score[3] Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Film Music Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[3] | |
| 1996 | Mrs. Winterbourne | Richard Benjamin | |
| Hamlet | Kenneth Branagh | Nominated — Academy Award for Best Original Score[3] Nominated — Satellite Award for Best Original Score | |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Mike Newell | |
| 1998 | Great Expectations | Alfonso Cuarón | |
| Quest for Camelot | Frederik Du Chau | ||
| 1999 | East/West | Régis Wargnier | Nominated — César Award for Best Music Written for a Film |
| 2000 | Blow Dry | Paddy Breathnach | |
| Love's Labour's Lost | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Sharon Maguire | World Soundtrack Award for Best Original Score of the Year Not Released on an Album |
| Gosford Park | Robert Altman | World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year | |
| 2002 | Killing Me Softly | Chen Kaige | |
| 2003 | Calendar Girls | Nigel Cole | |
| Secondhand Lions | Tim McCanlies | ||
| The Galíndez File | Gerardo Herrero | ||
| 2004 | Battle of the Brave (Nouvelle-France) | Jean Beaudin | |
| 2005 | Man to Man | Régis Wargnier | |
| Wah-Wah | Richard E. Grant | ||
| Nanny McPhee | Kirk Jones | ||
| Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Mike Newell | ASCAP Award for Top Box Office Films Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Music | |
| 2006 | Jekyll & Hyde | Nick Stillwell | |
| As You Like It | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| Eragon | Stefen Fangmeier | ||
| 2007 | Have Mercy on Us All | Régis Wargnier | |
| The Last Legion | Doug Lefler | ||
| Sleuth | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| 2008 | Nim's Island | Jennifer Flackett Mark Levin |
|
| Igor | Tony Leondis | ||
| 2010 | Main Street | John Doyle | |
| 2011 | La Ligne droite | Régis Wargnier | Nominated — World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year |
| Thor | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| Jig | Sue Bourne | Documentary Nominated — World Soundtrack Award for Soundtrack Composer of the Year | |
| Sarajevo | N/A | Short film | |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Rupert Wyatt | ||
| 2012 | Brave | Mark Andrews Brenda Chapman |
Also voice of Martin |
| Sir Billi | Sascha Hartmann | Also voice of The Admiral | |
| 2013 | It[31] | Clarence G. Badger | Silent movie from 1927 |
| Puppeteer | Gavin Moore | Video game | |
| 2014 | Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit | Kenneth Branagh | |
| 2015 | Cinderella[31] | ||
| 2016 | A United Kingdom | Amma Asante | |
| Whisky Galore! | Gillies MacKinnon | ||
| 2017 | The Emoji Movie | Tony Leondis | [32] |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| 2018 | Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero | Richard Lanni | [33] |
| All Is True[34] | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| 2020 | Artemis Fowl | ||
| 2021 | Death on the Nile |
Awards and nominations[]
| Award | Year | Project | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Award | 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Best Original Score[3] | Nominated |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Best Original Score[3] | Nominated | |
| ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards | 2006 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Top Box Office Films | Won |
| 2012 | Rise of the Planet of the Apes | Top Box Office Films | Won | |
| 2012 | Thor | Top Box Office Films | Won | |
| 2013 | Brave | Top Box Office Films | Won | |
| 2013 | Henry Mancini Award | Won | ||
| BAFTA Award | 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Best Film Music[3] | Nominated |
| César Awards | 1993 | Indochine | Best Music | Nominated |
| 2000 | Est-Ouest | Best Music | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 1991 | Dead Again | Best Original Score[3] | Nominated |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Best Original Score[3] | Nominated | |
| Ivor Novello Awards | 1989 | Henry V | Best Film Theme | Won |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards | 1995 | A Little Princess | Best Music | Won |
| Satellite Award | 1996 | Hamlet | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| Saturn Awards | 1994 | Frankenstein | Best Music | Nominated |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Best Music | Nominated | |
| World Soundtrack Awards | 2001 | Bridget Jones's Diary | Best Original Score of the Year Not Released on an Album | Won |
| 2002 | Gosford Park | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Won | |
| 2006 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Best Original Song Written for Film ("Magic Works") | Nominated | |
| 2011 | La ligne droite, Thor, Jig | Soundtrack Composer of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Cinderella | Best Original Film Score of the Year | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Lifetime Achievement Award | Won |
See also[]
- Harry Potter music
References[]
- ↑ "Patrick Doyle". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Brennan, Sandra. "Patrick Doyle". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 "Patrick Doyle". Filmtracks. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "ASCAP to Honor Patrick Doyle with Henry Mancini Award ..." ASCAP. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle Biography (1953-)". Film Reference. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Kerr, Alison (16 April 2001). "Why Bridget's in the mood". The Herald. http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/why-bridget-s-in-the-mood-alison-kerr-talks-to-composer-patrick-doyle-who-three-years-ago-was-battling-leukaemia-now-his-latest-work-is-wowing-moviegoers-1.191121. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
- ↑ Utichi, Joe (19 December 2007). "Composer Patrick Doyle: The RT Interview". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle Interview | Composer of All is True, Murder On The Orient Express, and Thor". Pop Disciple | Film Music & Music Supervision Interviews | Music in Media News. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle". Filmtracks. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle - Shakespearean classicist". mfiles. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ (in en-us) Doyle: William Shakespeare's Hamlet (soundtrack) - Patrick Doyle | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, https://www.allmusic.com/album/doyle-william-shakespeares-hamlet-soundtrack-mw0000082383, retrieved 2020-06-10
- ↑ (in en-us) Sense and Sensibility - Patrick Doyle | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic, https://www.allmusic.com/album/sense-and-sensibility-mw0000646538, retrieved 2020-06-10
- ↑ Koza-Culp, Hinda. "New "Harry Potter" Soundtrack Features Members From Radiohead & Pulp | Rock 95". Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ (in en-us) Great Expectations [Original Soundtrack - Original Soundtrack | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic], https://www.allmusic.com/album/great-expectations-original-soundtrack-mw0000030844, retrieved 2020-06-10
- ↑ (in en-us) Murder on the Orient Express [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Patrick Doyle | Credits | AllMusic], https://www.allmusic.com/album/murder-on-the-orient-express-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0003112324/credits, retrieved 2020-06-10
- ↑ Freer, Ian (29 October 2007). "Patrick Doyle's Music from The Movies". Empire. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Happy homecoming beckons for Brave composer Patrick Doyle". www.scotsman.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Vickers, Hugo (2013-03-31) (in en). Elizabeth, The Queen Mother. Random House. ISBN 978-1-4481-5072-4. https://books.google.com/books?id=aTvKUukyrRoC&pg=PR130&lpg=PR130&dq=thistle+rose+patrick+doyle#q=thistle%20rose%20patrick%20doyle.
- ↑ "Patrick Doyle - Air Edel - Composer". Air Edel. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (2015-04-16) (in ar). The Encyclopedia of Film Composers. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-4550-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA190&lpg=PA190&dq=patRick+doyle+tam+o+shanter#q=patRick%20doyle%20tam%20o%20shanter.
- ↑ Writer, Hannah Chanatry | Contributing (2013-07-02). "Syracuse Film Festival commissions composer Patrick Doyle for silent film classic". syracuse. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Sarabande, Varèse. "Impressions Of America". Varèse Sarabande. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Screen Composers Guild of Ireland Presents a Screen Composition Masterclass with Patrick Doyle". IMRO. 2019-10-24. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Sarabande, Varèse. "Music of Patrick Doyle, The: Solo Piano". Varèse Sarabande. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "'Fresh Air… Breathe In' & 'Breathe Out' Compilation Albums Announced | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "British composer Patrick Doyle receives World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award". WSA. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Kanye West's 'RoboCop' - Discover the Sample Source". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle". IMDb. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Filmtracks: Much Ado About Nothing (Patrick Doyle)". www.filmtracks.com. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle". Air Edel. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ 31.0 31.1 Samter, Owley (13 October 2013). "Interview mit Patrick Doyle". Owley. Retrieved 30 January 2014.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ Eduardo Con (23 December 2016). "Patrick Doyle on The Emoji Movie". Retrieved March 9, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "'Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero' Teaser Trailer: Animated WWI Dog Tale". Deadline. June 15, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
{{cite web}}: - ↑ "Patrick Doyle Scoring Kenneth Branagh's 'All Is True' - Film Music Reporter". Filmmusicreporter.com. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
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