Brian produced and arranged strings for singer Pink for the X Factor in the UK. The song was her hit song "Try"
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Streisand recorded and released a song written by Brian on her new album "Release Me"
Barbra Streisand recorded and released a song written by Brian on her new album "Release Me"
With lyrcis by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
Brian wrote and arranged the music and conducted Barbra live in Hollywood.
The song is called "If it's Meant To be"
With lyrcis by Alan and Marilyn Bergman.
Brian wrote and arranged the music and conducted Barbra live in Hollywood.
The song is called "If it's Meant To be"
Brian is scoring a new indie film called Amos' Wake
Brian is scoring a new indie film called Amos' Wake.
Starring Shiloh Fernandez. More later!
Starring Shiloh Fernandez. More later!
Brian won two World Soundtrack awards for his score to Albert Nobbs.
Brian won big at the highly prestigious 2012 World Soundtrack Awards. His work on the movie ‘Albert Nobbs’ has brought him great success, with the double win at the World Soundtrack Awards being the latest.
Brian won the World Soundtrack Discovery Award and also won Best Original Song with Glenn Close penning the lyrics and performed by Sinead O' Connor and the RTE Concert Orchestra.
Other nominees were Madonna, Florence Welsh and Brett McKenzie.
Brian won the World Soundtrack Discovery Award and also won Best Original Song with Glenn Close penning the lyrics and performed by Sinead O' Connor and the RTE Concert Orchestra.
Other nominees were Madonna, Florence Welsh and Brett McKenzie.
Tales From the Walled City out now on CD in the US!
Tales From the Walled City out now on CD in the US!
BRIAN BYRNE TALES FROM THE WALLED CITY WITH THE RTÉ CONCERT ORCHESTRA | CD IN STORES NOVEMBER 9TH
Featuring Danielle de Niese, Nicola Benedetti and Nigel Hitchcock and Released on Decca
Golden Globe-nominated composer Brian Byrne has written a love letter for the last great walled city in Ireland. Tales From the Walled City is a complete symphonic suite with eight short movements, written from the point of view of the Great Walls of Derry. Featuring The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, violinist Nicola Benedetti and soprano Danielle de Niese, Tales From the Walled City is due to be released by Decca on November 9th
The work was a gift from Brian to the City of Derry in 2008, in celebration of its jazz and big band festival, but while his original intention was to write a four-minute jazz piece, his creative journey took him on a different path and resulted in a fully symphonic suite of eight short movements, some containing no jazz elements whatsoever. Byrne explains, ‘If the Walls could somehow speak, they would have witnessed incredible stories and music over their long and sometimes troubled history.’ The movement titles capture a flavour of the piece: If the Walls Could Speak, Gossip at Tillie’s, The Cannon Speak, Children Play Outside St Columb’s Cathedral, A City Divided, A Love Divided, The Port of Derry and A City at Peace.
Complementing The Derry Suite, the three others pieces on the album have their own individual stories, and stand in musical contrast to heavier orchestrations of the suite. Each features a star performer as soloist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra: soprano Danielle de Niese, saxophonist Nigel Hitchcock and violinist Nicola Benedetti. Shall I Compare Thee, featuring Danielle de Niese, is based on William Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18, while Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra features a more modern sound, with Nigel Hitchcock.
Lament for the Fallen, with Nicola Benedetti, is perhaps the most personal piece on the album. Brian Byrne wanted to end the album with something simple, heartfelt and close to home, and this Lament had two inspirations. The first is that Ryan Tubridy asked him to write a piece in commemoration of the Irish Famine. The second is the recent loss of Brian’s father Jim Byrne, his biggest musical influence, biggest critic and biggest fan, to whom the album is dedicated.
This year continues to be an incredibly successful one for Navan native Brian Byrne, rewarding his move to Los Angeles in 2003 to develop his career. His music for Albert Nobbs has just won two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012, the results of which were announced at the closing night of Ghent International Film Festival on October 20th. Recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the sound track has also earned him a Golden Globe nomination and a Satellite Award for Best Original Song (Lay Your Head Down, lyrics Glenn Close, performed by Sinead O’Connor) and won him his second IFTA Award for Original Score.
Adding further to the momentum, the new Barbra Streisand album features a song that Brian wrote, arranged and conducted with song-writing legends Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and his score to Orlando Bloom film The Good Doctor has won praise from The Hollywood Reporter and Variety for its subtlety and romanticism. He is also currently engaged in writing the music for the new show from the Producers of Riverdance, entitled Heartbeat of Home.
The album Tales from the Walled City continues Brian Byrne’s long and fruitful association with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, as composer, arranger and conductor. As well as numerous successful live performances together, other recordings include Byrne’s The Island and his arrangement of the Late Late Show theme in 2009, when Ryan Tubridy took over as host. In the liner notes for this album, he thanks ‘the wonderful musicians and friends that make up the incredibly versatile and talented RTÉ Concert Orchestra’.
Brian Byrne has collaborated with such international luminaries as Bono, Barbra Streisand, Katy Perry, Lisa Stansfield, Van Morrison, The Corrs, Sinead O’Connor, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Ronan Tynan, Luis Miguel, Vince Gill and Gladys Knight, to name a few. He did an orchestral arrangement of Katy Perry’s Fireworks for the Australian Grammys, toured with Diane Warren, arranged a song for Sex and the City 2 and played piano on Liza Minnelli’s cover of Beyoncé’s Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It). His two Irish Film and Television Awards are for his scores to sci-fi comedy Zonad and Albert Nobbs.
www.brianbyrnecomposer.com
Golden Globe-nominated composer Brian Byrne has written a love letter for the last great walled city in Ireland. Tales From the Walled City is a complete symphonic suite with eight short movements, written from the point of view of the Great Walls of Derry. Featuring The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, violinist Nicola Benedetti and soprano Danielle de Niese, Tales From the Walled City is due to be released by Decca on November 9th
The work was a gift from Brian to the City of Derry in 2008, in celebration of its jazz and big band festival, but while his original intention was to write a four-minute jazz piece, his creative journey took him on a different path and resulted in a fully symphonic suite of eight short movements, some containing no jazz elements whatsoever. Byrne explains, ‘If the Walls could somehow speak, they would have witnessed incredible stories and music over their long and sometimes troubled history.’ The movement titles capture a flavour of the piece: If the Walls Could Speak, Gossip at Tillie’s, The Cannon Speak, Children Play Outside St Columb’s Cathedral, A City Divided, A Love Divided, The Port of Derry and A City at Peace.
Complementing The Derry Suite, the three others pieces on the album have their own individual stories, and stand in musical contrast to heavier orchestrations of the suite. Each features a star performer as soloist with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra: soprano Danielle de Niese, saxophonist Nigel Hitchcock and violinist Nicola Benedetti. Shall I Compare Thee, featuring Danielle de Niese, is based on William Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 18, while Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra features a more modern sound, with Nigel Hitchcock.
Lament for the Fallen, with Nicola Benedetti, is perhaps the most personal piece on the album. Brian Byrne wanted to end the album with something simple, heartfelt and close to home, and this Lament had two inspirations. The first is that Ryan Tubridy asked him to write a piece in commemoration of the Irish Famine. The second is the recent loss of Brian’s father Jim Byrne, his biggest musical influence, biggest critic and biggest fan, to whom the album is dedicated.
This year continues to be an incredibly successful one for Navan native Brian Byrne, rewarding his move to Los Angeles in 2003 to develop his career. His music for Albert Nobbs has just won two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012, the results of which were announced at the closing night of Ghent International Film Festival on October 20th. Recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the sound track has also earned him a Golden Globe nomination and a Satellite Award for Best Original Song (Lay Your Head Down, lyrics Glenn Close, performed by Sinead O’Connor) and won him his second IFTA Award for Original Score.
Adding further to the momentum, the new Barbra Streisand album features a song that Brian wrote, arranged and conducted with song-writing legends Alan and Marilyn Bergman, and his score to Orlando Bloom film The Good Doctor has won praise from The Hollywood Reporter and Variety for its subtlety and romanticism. He is also currently engaged in writing the music for the new show from the Producers of Riverdance, entitled Heartbeat of Home.
The album Tales from the Walled City continues Brian Byrne’s long and fruitful association with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, as composer, arranger and conductor. As well as numerous successful live performances together, other recordings include Byrne’s The Island and his arrangement of the Late Late Show theme in 2009, when Ryan Tubridy took over as host. In the liner notes for this album, he thanks ‘the wonderful musicians and friends that make up the incredibly versatile and talented RTÉ Concert Orchestra’.
Brian Byrne has collaborated with such international luminaries as Bono, Barbra Streisand, Katy Perry, Lisa Stansfield, Van Morrison, The Corrs, Sinead O’Connor, Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Ronan Tynan, Luis Miguel, Vince Gill and Gladys Knight, to name a few. He did an orchestral arrangement of Katy Perry’s Fireworks for the Australian Grammys, toured with Diane Warren, arranged a song for Sex and the City 2 and played piano on Liza Minnelli’s cover of Beyoncé’s Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It). His two Irish Film and Television Awards are for his scores to sci-fi comedy Zonad and Albert Nobbs.
www.brianbyrnecomposer.com
Irish composer Brian Byrne has beaten off competition from Madonna and Florence + The Machine
(from RTE website)
" Irish composer Brian Byrne has beaten off competition from Madonna and Florence + The Machine to win two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012
Irish composer Brian Byrne has beaten off competition from Madonna and Florence + The Machine to win two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012.
The results were announced last night at the closing night of Ghent International Film Festival where Byrne scooped awards for Discovery of the Year for his score to Albert Nobbs, recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and Best Original Song for Lay Your Head Down, lyrics by Glenn Close, performed by Sinéad O'Connor with the RTÉ CO.
Lay Your Head Down took the Best Original Song award ahead of songs performed by Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Florence + The Machine and Academy Award winner Bret McKenzie.
This follows an IFTA win for the LA-based Navan man and a place on the Oscar long list for the Albert Nobbs score and a Golden Globe nomination for Lay Your Head Down.
The Albert Nobbs soundtrack was recorded in RTÉ Radio Centre by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, with Byrne himself conducting.
"I am incredibly proud of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and its enormous contribution to the Albert Nobbs soundtrack," says Byrne. "I am so glad I got to do it with the home team. This orchestra's versatility is unmatched in Europe - let's hope there will be many more collaborations like this one."
Byrne previously composed The Late Late Show to usher in Ryan Tubridy's tenure and won an IFTA for his score for the Irish sci-fi comedy Zonad. He has also toured with Diane Warren and worked on the soundtrack for Sex and the City 2. He also played piano on Liza Minnelli's version of Beyoncé's Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).
The composer's relationship with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra continues in November when his first classical album, Tales from the Walled City, with the RTÉ CO and guests including soprano Danielle de Niese and violinist Nicola Benedetti, is released on the Decca label."
" Irish composer Brian Byrne has beaten off competition from Madonna and Florence + The Machine to win two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012
Irish composer Brian Byrne has beaten off competition from Madonna and Florence + The Machine to win two awards at the highly prestigious World Soundtrack Awards 2012.
The results were announced last night at the closing night of Ghent International Film Festival where Byrne scooped awards for Discovery of the Year for his score to Albert Nobbs, recorded with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, and Best Original Song for Lay Your Head Down, lyrics by Glenn Close, performed by Sinéad O'Connor with the RTÉ CO.
Lay Your Head Down took the Best Original Song award ahead of songs performed by Madonna, Mary J. Blige, Florence + The Machine and Academy Award winner Bret McKenzie.
This follows an IFTA win for the LA-based Navan man and a place on the Oscar long list for the Albert Nobbs score and a Golden Globe nomination for Lay Your Head Down.
The Albert Nobbs soundtrack was recorded in RTÉ Radio Centre by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, with Byrne himself conducting.
"I am incredibly proud of the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and its enormous contribution to the Albert Nobbs soundtrack," says Byrne. "I am so glad I got to do it with the home team. This orchestra's versatility is unmatched in Europe - let's hope there will be many more collaborations like this one."
Byrne previously composed The Late Late Show to usher in Ryan Tubridy's tenure and won an IFTA for his score for the Irish sci-fi comedy Zonad. He has also toured with Diane Warren and worked on the soundtrack for Sex and the City 2. He also played piano on Liza Minnelli's version of Beyoncé's Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It).
The composer's relationship with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra continues in November when his first classical album, Tales from the Walled City, with the RTÉ CO and guests including soprano Danielle de Niese and violinist Nicola Benedetti, is released on the Decca label."
Tales From The Walled City Available for download of on Sept 25th.
Brian's debut classical recording Tales From the Walled City, on the Decca US label, will be available for download online on Tuesday September 25th 2012.
The album will be in stores on October 30th.
The album features Danielle de Niese, Nicola Benedetti and Nigel Hitchcock all accompanied by the RTE Concert Orchestra. The album features all new music composed by Brian.
The album will be in stores on October 30th.
The album features Danielle de Niese, Nicola Benedetti and Nigel Hitchcock all accompanied by the RTE Concert Orchestra. The album features all new music composed by Brian.
BRIAN BYRNE NOMINATED FOR WORLD SOUNDTRACK AWARD
Brian has been nominated for a World Soundtrack Award for the song Lay Your head Down. The song was written for the movie Albert Nobbs with Glenn Close writing the lyrics and performed by Sinead o' Connor.
it won the Sateliite Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
it won the Sateliite Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Brian releasing his debut Classical Album in September 2012
Brian is releasing his debut Classical album in September 2012. It features all new classical music composed and conducted by Brian. It will feature the RTE Concert Orchestra with guest soloists including the amazing Nigel Hitchcock., Danielle De Niese and Nicola Benedetti. it will be licensed worldwide through a major label.
The album will include
*Tales From The Walled City (The Derry Suite)
*Shakespeare Sonnet 18 for Soprano and strings
* Concerto For Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (featuring Nigel Hitchcock)
*Lament for the Fallen
The album will include
*Tales From The Walled City (The Derry Suite)
*Shakespeare Sonnet 18 for Soprano and strings
* Concerto For Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (featuring Nigel Hitchcock)
*Lament for the Fallen
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