Patrick Doyle

Biography

Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953) 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. A long-time 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. 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, 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 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." Description above from the Wikipedia article Patrick Doyle, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Known For

The Oscars

as Self

Brave

as Martin (voice)

Jealousy

as Singer at Piano

No. 73

Chariots of Fire

as Jimmie

Much Ado About Nothing

as Balthazar

Henry V

as Court

Score: A Film Music Documentary

as Self

As You Like It

as Amiens

Effie Gray

as Wedding Minister

Witches

as Pastor

Hardwicke House

as Terry

In the Bleak Midwinter

as Scotsman

Sir Billi

as The Admiral (voice)

Down Where the Buffalo Go

as Pat

Jackie McCafferty's Romance

as Archie