Maurice Seezer

Maurice Seezer is a songwriter and film music composer.

Film-scores written or co- written by Maurice include ‘Angel Baby’ (1995), ‘The Boxer’ (1997), ‘Disco Pigs’ (2000), ‘In America’ (2003), ‘Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (2006), ‘The Pier’ (2011). He collaborated on 3 albums with Gavin Friday for Island Records from 1989 until 1995, “Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves”, Adam ‘n’ Eve and ‘Shag Tobacco’, and toured widely in Europe and North America with Friday during this period (www.gavinfriday.com).

Since the early 90’s Maurice contributed songs to soundtracks for Jim Sheridan, Baz Luhrmann and Michael Rhymer. (‘In The Name Of The Father”, “The Boxer”, “In America” ‘Romeo And Juliet’, ‘Moulin Rouge’ among others). He was a proud member of “The Mohawks”, Gavin Friday’s backing band in Neil Jordan’s “Breakfast On Pluto” where he made his onscreen speaking debut with the key line “Wumba Wumba Wumba”.

Collaboration and production credits also include work with Bono, Maria McKee, Andrea Corr, Camilla Griehsel, Sinead O’Connor, Paul Tiernan, Interference (Fergus O’Farrell) and Colin Vearncombe (aka Black).

In 2003, Seezer arranged a new version of Prokefiev's "Peter and the Wolf" for small ensemble with Friday narrating in aid of the Dublin based charity, the Irish Hospice Foundation. The enhanced CD came with a 64-page cloth-bound book illustrated by U2′s Bono, with help from his daughters Jordan and Eve http://u2log.com/2003/07/01/the-irish-hospice-foundation-announces-peter-and-the-wolf/

Composition work for theatre include original scores for Corcadorca’s October 2012 production of “Romeo & Juliet” in Cork Opera House and Corcadorca / Cork Opera House October 2013 joint production of Patrick McCabe’s play “The Big Yum Yum”, both directed by Pat Kiernan. (http://www.irishtimes.com/the-big-yum-yum-1.1556513)

A founding committee member of the Fastnet Short Film Festival, Maurice was Chair and Artistic Director of the festival from June 2009 until September 2013 (www.fastnetshortfilmfestival.com).

A member of the Ibero American Short Film Jury at FICG 29, the Guadalajara International Film Festival, Mexico, in March 2014, Maurice also contributed to Talents Guadalajara at FICG 29. https://www.ficg.mx/29/index.php/en/jurado-ci/1660-maurice-seezer

He has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe (1994, 2004), twice for an Ivor Novello Award (1995, 2004), once for a Broadcast Film Critic’s Association Award (2004). In 2003 he won the Phoenix Film Critic’s Society award for Best Original Song (“Time Enough For Tears” performed by Andrea Corr for the film "In America")

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