Patrick Doyle

Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953, South Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish musician and film score composer. He is a longtime collaborator of actor/director Kenneth Branagh and he is known for his work scoring such films as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Eragon, and Thor.

Life and career

Patrick Doyle was born 6 April 1953 in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. He studied piano and singing at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and graduated in 1974. He later joined the Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 as composer and musical director writing scores for productions of such plays as Hamlet, As You Like It, and Look Back in Anger. Doyle's film 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. mini-biography at Filmtracks.com He has since scored nine Kenneth Branagh films including Dead Again (1991), Much Ado About Nothing...
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