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Eímear Noone

Eímear Noone is an Irish conductor and composer, best known for her award-winning work on video game music.

Originally from Kilconnell[1], Noone is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin[2] who has taught conducting for UCLA Extension, Columbia College Chicago, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the LA Conducting Salon at the LA Ballet School[3]. Noone co-founded the Dublin City Concert Orchestra[1] and is co-creator of the Dublin International Game Music Festival[4].

Noone's composing and conducting work includes 26 film and video game titles, including notable Blizzard Entertainment titles Overwatch (2016), Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014), Diablo III (2012), Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), and World of Warcraft (2004) and its expansions[5], as well as The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD included with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the following Symphony of the Goddesses Tour[6]. As a part of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Legend of Zelda Series, Eímear Noone's conducting was filmed as the first three-dimensional footage of a symphony orchestra for the Nintendo 3DS[6].

Awards and Nominations

Eímear Noone's score for "World of WarCraft: Warlords of Draenor" received the "Hollywood Music in Media Award" in 2014 for "Best Video Game Score", and was nominated for five "Annual game Music Awards 2014."[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b O'Connell, Dave (2015-03-28). "Kilconnell native scored world's biggest videogame ever". Connacht Tribune. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  2. ^ "The woman conducting magic - Eimear Noone: 'I couldn't even get a chance to screw up in Ireland' - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  3. ^ Tom., Hoover, (2011-01-01). Soundtrack nation interviews with today's top professionals in film, videogame and television scoring. Course Technology/Cengage Learning. ISBN 9781435457621. OCLC 840387657.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "About – iDIG Music Festival". idigmusicfest.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  5. ^ "Eimear Noone". IMDb. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  6. ^ a b "The Irish Queen of Games Music - Eimear Noone Interview - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Retrieved 2017-03-08.
  7. ^ "Eímear Noone – iDIG Music Festival". idigmusicfest.com. Retrieved 2017-03-08.