Patrick Doyle

Patrick Doyle was born in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland.{{cite web|title=Patrick Doyle Biography (1953-) |publisher=Film Reference |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/1/Patrick-Doyle.html |access-date=30 January 2014}}{{cite news|last=Kerr |first=Alison |title=Why Bridget's in the mood |newspaper=The Herald |date=16 April 2001 |url=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 |access-date=30 January 2014}} He is a classically trained composer who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music graduating in 1975, and from which he was made a Fellow in 2001.

Patrick Doyle began his career as an actor in the mid-1970s, appearing in television as well as film.{{cite web|title=Patrick Doyle|website=British Film Institute|date=2023|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baeec60ae|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621130243/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2baeec60ae|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 June 2017|access-date=9 May 2023}} His first television acting role was as Archie in a 1978 episode of the BBC teen drama series Scene. In 1981, he played the role of Jimmie in the BAFTA and Academy Award winning historical sports drama film Chariots of Fire.{{cite web|title=Patrick Doyle|website=Turner Classic Movies|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/52849%7C0/patrick-doyle#biography|date=2023|access-date=17 May 2023}} The same year, he appeared in a prominent role as Alexander Smith in the Scottish television drama programme Maggie, which ran for two series on BBC Two.{{cite web|title=Maggie|website=Nostalgia Central|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/maggie-3/|date=2023|access-date=17 May 2023}} From 1982 until 1983, he played the role of Percy Simmonds/Alec Simmonds in the ITV children's television series No. 73.{{cite web|title=NO. 73|website=Nostalgia Central|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/no73/|first1=Paul|last1=Morris|first2=Rob|last2=Morris|date=2006|access-date=17 May 2023}}{{cite web|title=No. 73 / 7T3|website=paulmorris.co.uk|url=https://nostalgiacentral.com/television/tv-by-decade/tv-shows-1980s/no73/|date=2023|access-date=17 May 2023}} Other roles include Balthazar in the 1993 romantic comedy film Much Ado About Nothing, and Amiens in the 2006 romantic drama film As You Like It, both adapted from plays by William Shakespeare and directed by Kenneth Branagh.

Doyle joined Kenneth Branagh's Renaissance Theatre Company in 1987 as composer and musical director, composing music for plays such as Hamlet, As You Like It, and Look Back in Anger.{{cite web|last=Utichi |first=Joe |title=Composer Patrick Doyle: The RT Interview |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |date=19 December 2007 |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/harry_potter_and_the_goblet_of_fire/news/1698240/composer-patrick-doyle-the-rt-interview/ |access-date=30 January 2014}} It was here that he established his relationship with Kenneth Branagh, scoring his first film, Henry V, in 1989{{Cite web|title=Patrick Doyle Interview {{!}} Composer of All is True, Murder on the Orient Express, and Thor|url=https://www.popdisciple.com/interviews/patrick-doyle|access-date=10 June 2020|website=Pop Disciple {{!}} Film Music & Music Supervision Interviews {{!}} Music in Media News|date=22 March 2019 |language=en-US}} with the score being conducted by Sir Simon Rattle. The song "Non Nobis, Domine" from Henry V won the 1989 Ivor Novello Award for Best Film Theme.{{cite web|title=Patrick Doyle |publisher=Filmtracks |url=http://www.filmtracks.com/composers/doyle.shtml |access-date=30 January 2014}} He has since composed for 14 more 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), Artemis Fowl (2020) and Death on the Nile (2022).

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, and eventually made a full recovery.{{cite web|title=Patrick Doyle – Shakespearean classicist |publisher=mfiles |url=http://www.mfiles.co.uk/composers/Patrick-Doyle.htm |access-date=30 January 2014}}

Other films he scored in the 1990s have become cult gangster classics, such as Brian De Palma's Carlito’s Way (1993) and Mike Newell's Donnie Brasco (1997).

In the 2000s, Doyle composed for iconic British movies such as Bridget Jones' Diary (2001), Gosford Park (2001) and Calendar Girls (2003).

He collaborated with Mike Newell again on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005.

In the 2010s, he wrote scores for Hollywood blockbusters including Thor (2011), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011) and Cinderella (2015).

Other notable work includes his scores for family movies such as Brave (2012), Nanny McPhee (2005) and A Little Princess (1995).

He has scored multiple films for celebrated French director Régis Wargnier, including Indochine (1992), Une femme française (1995) and Est-ouest (1999). His scores for Indochine and Est-ouest were nominated for a César Award for Best Music Written for a Film.

Doyle regularly collaborates with artists from other fields in his scores. From the classical music world, Plácido Domingo sang "In Pace" on Hamlet{{Citation|title=Doyle: William Shakespeare's Hamlet (soundtrack) – Patrick Doyle {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/doyle-william-shakespeares-hamlet-soundtrack-mw0000082383|language=en-us|access-date=10 June 2020}} and Jane Eaglen sang "Weep You No More Sad Fountains" on Sense & Sensibility,{{Citation|title=Sense and Sensibility – Patrick Doyle {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sense-and-sensibility-mw0000646538|language=en-us|access-date=10 June 2020}} 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,{{Cite web|last=Koza-Culp|first=Hinda|title=New "Harry Potter" Soundtrack Features Members From Radiohead & Pulp {{!}} Rock 95|date=10 October 2017 |url=https://rock95.com/new-harry-potter-soundtrack-features-members-from-radiohead-pulp/|access-date=10 June 2020|language=en-US}} as well as Pulp and Tori Amos on Great Expectations.{{Citation|title=Great Expectations [Original Soundtrack] – Original Soundtrack {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/great-expectations-original-soundtrack-mw0000030844|language=en-us|access-date=10 June 2020}} He co-wrote "I find your love" with Nashville-based singer Beth Neilsen Chapman for Calendar Girls, and co-wrote the song "Never Forget" with Kenneth Branagh for Murder on the Orient Express, which was performed by Michelle Pfeiffer.{{Citation|title=Murder on the Orient Express [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] – Patrick Doyle {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/murder-on-the-orient-express-original-motion-picture-soundtrack-mw0003112324/credits|language=en-us|access-date=10 June 2020}}

Doyle's Music from the Movies concert, in aid of Leukaemia Research UK, was staged at the Royal Albert Hall in 2007. Directed by Kenneth Branagh and written by Daniel Hill, it 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.{{cite web|last=Freer |first=Ian |title=Patrick Doyle's Music from The Movies |work=Empire|date=29 October 2007 |url=https://www.empireonline.com/empireblogs/words-from-the-wise/post/p62 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730052006/http://www.empireonline.com/empireblogs/words-from-the-wise/post/p62 |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2012 |access-date=30 January 2014}}

Doyle's work was celebrated in two concerts at the Celtic Connections festival in Glasgow in 2019,{{Cite news |title=Happy homecoming beckons for Brave composer Patrick Doyle |language=en-GB |work=The Scotsman |url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/happy-homecoming-beckons-brave-composer-patrick-doyle-1422790 |access-date=7 February 2023}} 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". The concert also featured a performance of "Corarsik", a solo violin piece he originally composed for Emma Thompson's 50th birthday.{{Cite web|title=Happy homecoming beckons for Brave composer Patrick Doyle|url=https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/happy-homecoming-beckons-brave-composer-patrick-doyle-1422790|access-date=10 June 2020|website=scotsman.com|date=18 January 2019 |language=en}}

Doyle has composed numerous concert pieces, including "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;{{Cite book|last=Vickers|first=Hugo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aTvKUukyrRoC&dq=thistle+rose+patrick+doyle&pg=PR130|title=Elizabeth, The Queen Mother|date=31 March 2013|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4481-5072-4|language=en}} "The Face in the Lake", commissioned by Sony and narrated by Kate Winslet;{{Cite web|title=Patrick Doyle – Air Edel – Composer|url=https://www.air-edel.co.uk/representation/patrick-doyle/|access-date=10 June 2020|website=Air Edel|language=en-GB}} and "Tam O Shanter," commissioned by the Scottish Schools Orchestra Trust.{{Cite book|last=Hischak|first=Thomas S.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xz99CAAAQBAJ&dq=patRick+doyle+tam+o+shanter&pg=PA190|title=The Encyclopedia of Film Composers|date=16 April 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-4422-4550-1|language=ar}}

The Syracuse International Film Festival commissioned Doyle to write a film score for the classic silent movie ‘It’ in 2012.{{Cite web|first=Hannah|last=Chanatry|date=2 July 2013|title=Syracuse Film Festival commissions composer Patrick Doyle for silent film classic|url=https://www.syracuse.com/entertainment/2013/07/syracuse_film_festival_commiss.html|access-date=10 June 2020|website=syracuse|language=en}} In 2015 it was subsequently performed by members of both the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Junior Orchestra as well as Lanarkshire's Arts and Film Orchestra, as part of pioneering music education initiatives which Doyle supports.{{Cite web |last=McNeill |first=Alastair |date=13 July 2015 |title=Lanarkshire school pupils are inspired by Hollywood film composer Patrick Doyle |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/lanarkshire-school-pupils-inspired-hollywood-6035144 |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}

Several French film festivals have hosted Doyle as their guest of honour, including Festival international du film d'Aubagne,{{Cite web|title=International Film Festival of Aubagne 2019 with Trevor Jones and Patrick Doyle|url=https://soundtrackfest.com/en/news/international-film-festival-of-aubagne-2019-with-trevor-jones-and-patrick-doyle/|access-date=14 January 2021|website=SoundTrackFest|language=en-GB}} where Cinderella was screened; Festival International Musique et Cinéma à Auxerre Congrexpo;{{Cite web|first=Benoit|last=Basirico|title=Auxerre #4 : la famille de la Musique de film réunie pour un concert anthologique !|url=https://www.cinezik.org/infos/affinfo.php?titre0=20081117001613|access-date=14 January 2021|website=cinezik.org}} and the 1er Salon du Cinema.{{Cite web|last=Deshayes|first=Damien|title=La musique de film se fait une petite place {{!}} ResMusica|date=19 January 2007 |url=https://www.resmusica.com/2007/01/19/la-musique-de-film-se-fait-une-petite-place/|access-date=14 January 2021|language=fr-FR}}

In 2023, Doyle was asked to compose the Coronation March for the coronation of Charles III and Camilla.{{cite news |title=Andrew Lloyd Webber piece among new coronation music |work=BBC News |date=18 February 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-64682655 |access-date=20 February 2023}} His composition, King Charles III Coronation March, was performed during the Commonwealth Processions.[New Music Commissions for the Coronation Service at Westminster Abbey Royal Family, "New music commissions for the coronation service at Westminster Abbey"], 17 April 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.

In 2013, Doyle composed an original concert suite, Impressions of America, released by Varèse Sarabande.{{Cite web|last=Sarabande|first=Varèse|title=Impressions of America|url=https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/impressions-of-america|access-date=10 June 2020|website=Varèse Sarabande}} It was performed in 2012 by the National Schools Symphony Orchestra, of which Doyle is a patron.{{Cite web|date=24 October 2019|title=Screen Composers Guild of Ireland Presents a Screen Composition Masterclass with Patrick Doyle|url=https://www.imro.ie/industry-news/screen-composers-guild-of-ireland-presents-a-screen-composition-masterclass-with-patrick-doyle/|access-date=10 June 2020|website=IMRO|language=en-US}}

Doyle recorded a solo piano album in 2015, performing pieces from his film scores; it was released by Varèse Sarabande.{{Cite web|last=Sarabande|first=Varèse|title=Music of Patrick Doyle, The: Solo Piano|url=https://www.varesesarabande.com/products/the-music-of-patrick-doyle-solo-piano|access-date=10 June 2020|website=Varèse Sarabande}}

In 2020, Doyle contributed the opening track "Château Ferguson" of 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.{{Cite web|title='Fresh Air… Breathe In' & 'Breathe Out' Compilation Albums Announced {{!}} Film Music Reporter|url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/05/22/fresh-air-breathe-in-breathe-out-compilation-albums-announced/|access-date=10 June 2020|language=en-US}}

In 2022, Doyle released a recorded album entitled Robert Burns – Love Songs for Solo Piano in which he performs a newly arranged collection of works penned by Scotland's world-famous National Baird.{{Cite web |title=Air-Edel Launches Digital Sheet Music Store with Patrick Doyle's 'Robert Burns – Love Songs for Solo Piano' {{!}} LBBOnline |url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/air-edel-launches-digital-sheet-music-store-with-patrick-doyles-robert-burns-love-songs-for-solo-piano |access-date=7 February 2023 |website=lbbonline.com |language=en}}

In June 2013, at the 28th annual Film & Television Music Awards, Doyle received the ASCAP Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his "outstanding achievements and contributions to the world of film and television music".{{cite web|title=ASCAP to Honor Patrick Doyle with Henry Mancini Award ... |publisher=ASCAP |date=6 June 2013 |url=http://www.ascap.com/press/2013/0606-ascap-to-honor-patrick-doyle-with-henry-mancini-award-at-28th-annual-film-tv-music-awards.aspx |access-date=21 February 2014}} 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."

In October 2015, Doyle received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy during the Gent Film Festival in Belgium.{{cite web|title=British composer Patrick Doyle receives World Soundtrack Lifetime Achievement Award |publisher=WSA |url=http://www.worldsoundtrackawards.com/en/music-blog/british-composer-patrick-doyle-receives-world-soundtrack-lifetime-achievement-award-/03-06-2015/2063 |access-date=3 June 2015}}

In 2018 Doyle received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of the West of Scotland.{{Cite web |date=25 June 2018 |title=UWS Honorary Doctorate for Top Scottish composer |url=http://www.uws.ac.uk/news/uws-honorary-doctorate-for-top-scottish-composer/ |access-date=7 February 2023 |website={{!}} UWS {{!}} University of the West of Scotland |language=en}}

Doyle lives with his wife Lesley, with whom he has four children.

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• [http://www.filmmusicsite.com/en/composers.cgi?go=interview&coid=3&firstname=Patrick&lastname=Doyle 2015 interview] at [http://www.filmmusicsite.com/en/ FilmMusicSite.com]

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