Patrick Doyle
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| Birth name | Patrick Doyle |
| Born | 6 April 1953 |
| Origin | South Lanarkshire, Scotland |
| Genres | Film scores |
| Occupations | Composer and actor |
| Years active | 1989–present |
Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a classically trained composer. A longtime collaborator of actor/director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work scoring such critically acclaimed films as Henry V (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Hamlet (1996), and Gosford Park (2001), as well as such noteworthy blockbusters as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Eragon (2006), Thor (2011), and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). Doyle has been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.[1]
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[edit] Life and career
Doyle was born on 6 April 1953 in Scotland and graduated from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in 1975. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama in 2001. He joined the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 as composer and musical director creating scores for highly successful productions of such plays as Hamlet, As You Like It, and Look Back in Anger.[2] Doyle's film score debut occurred in 1989 when actor/director Kenneth Branagh commissioned Doyle to compose a score for the Renaissance Film's production of Henry V. The song "Non Nobis, Domine" from the film was subsequently awarded the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme.[3] He has since scored nine 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), and Thor (2011).
In October 1997, shortly after scoring Great Expectations, directed by Alfonso Cuarón, Doyle was diagnosed with leukemia. He managed to complete his score for the animated fantasy Quest for Camelot (1998) in hospital whilst undergoing treatment. Doyle made a full recovery.[4][5]
In 1998 Patrick Doyle’s Music from the Movies concert, sponsored by Leukaemia Research UK was staged at the Royal Albert Hall. It was directed by Kenneth Branagh and starred a host of international stars including Emma Thompson, Sir Derek Jacobi, Dame Judi Dench, Alan Rickman, Imelda Staunton, Richard E. Grant, Adrian Lester, and Robbie Coltrane.[6]
He has composed a series of classical works outside of films that include "The Thistle and the Rose", commissioned in 1990 by Prince Charles in honor of the 90th Birthday of Queen Elizabeth I; the violin romance "Corarsik", written for Emma Thompson's birthday; the album "Impressions of America: A Suite for Orchestra"; and the symphonic tone poem "Tam O Shanter", commissioned by the Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust.
Doyle has recently completed the scores for Marvel Studios Thor (2011) and the 20th Century Fox film Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes (2011). He is currently working on the upcoming Pixar film Brave (2012), directed by Mark Andrews, after which he will be working on the Sovereign Films film Effie directed by Richard Laxton.
[edit] Filmography
- 1989 Henry V
- 1990 Shipwrecked
- 1991 Dead Again (Golden Globe nominee)
- 1992 Indochine
- 1992 Into the West
- 1993 Carlito's Way
- 1993 Much Ado About Nothing
- 1993 Needful Things
- 1994 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
- 1994 Exit to Eden
- 1995 A Little Princess
- 1995 Sense and Sensibility (Oscar and Golden Globe nominee)
- 1995 Une femme francaise
- 1996 Hamlet (Oscar nominee)
- 1996 Mrs. Winterbourne
- 1997 Donnie Brasco
- 1998 Great Expectations
- 1998 Quest for Camelot
- 1999 East-West
- 2000 Blow Dry
- 2000 Love's Labour's Lost
- 2001 Bridget Jones' Diary
- 2001 Gosford Park
- 2002 Killing Me Softly
- 2003 Calendar Girls
- 2003 Secondhand Lions
- 2003 The Galindez File
- 2004 Nouvelle-France
- 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 2005 Nanny McPhee
- 2005 Jekyll & Hyde
- 2005 Man to Man
- 2005 Wah-Wah
- 2006 As You Like It
- 2006 Eragon
- 2006 The Last Legion
- 2007 Sleuth
- 2007 Have Mercy on Us All
- 2008 Nim's Island
- 2008 Igor
- 2010 Main Street
- 2010 Secretariat
- 2011 Thor
- 2011 Jig
- 2011 La Ligne droite
- 2011 Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- 2012 Brave
[edit] Awards
[edit] Academy Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 1996 | Hamlet | Best Original Score | Nominated |
[edit] BAFTA Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Best Film Music | Nominated |
[edit] Golden Globe Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 1991 | Dead Again | Best Original Score | Nominated |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility | Best Original Score | Nominated |
[edit] Saturn Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Result |
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| 1994 | Frankenstein | Best Music | Nominated |
| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Best Music | Nominated |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Patrick Doyle at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ "Composer Patrick Doyle: The RT Interview" at Rotten Tomatoes by Joe Utichi
- ^ Patrick Doyle mini-biography at Filmtracks.com
- ^ "It was like a machete cut me in half": How Harry Potter's composer beat leukaemia Patrick Doyle interview at DailyMail by Moira Petty
- ^ Patrick Doyle mini-biography at www.mfiles.co.uk
- ^ Patrick Doyle’s Music from The Movies
