Pól Brennan

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Pól Brennan (2013)

Pól Brennan ( Irish Pól Ó Braonáin , born April 22, 1956 in Gweedore , Ireland ) is an Irish singer , music producer and songwriter . He is a member of the band Clannad and a brother of Enya , Moya Brennan and Ciaran Brennan.

Life

Brennan and his siblings performed at their father Leo's pub early on. Together with uncles Noel and Padraig Duggan, he founded the band Clannad , whose first album was released in 1973. In the group he played guitar, flute and bongos. Together with his brother Ciarán he was responsible for a large part of the band's compositions, the single Theme from Harry's Game , which he co-composed , reached number 5 on the British music charts in 1982 . In 1989, he split from the band in favor of a solo career. Together with the Japanese musician Joji Hirota and the Chinese Guo Yue, he released an album of the same name in 1992 under the name Trísan . In 1993 a tour of the USA followed .

Brennan composed music for various feature films . Among other things, he wrote the soundtrack To Alone Against Crime and Kings . For the latter, he won the IFTA award in 2008 .

During the performances and tours of Clannad from 2007 onwards he was a member of the group again many times.

Filmography

  • 1984: Robin Hood (Robin of Sherwood)
  • 1989: Atlantic Realm
  • 1992: The Patriot Games
  • 2000: Alone Against Crime (When the Sky Falls)
  • 2002: Puckoon
  • 2004: Fascination Planet Earth (Sacred Planet)
  • 2005: Mee-Shee: The Water Giant
  • 2007: Kings
  • 2009: Dust

Awards

  • 2008: IFTA Award for Kings

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Unofficial Clannad Website ( Memento from June 18, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Album information at realworldrecords.com ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / realworldrecords.com
  3. ↑ Joji Hirota biography at anthonyphillips.co.uk (English)
  4. ↑ IFTA winners 2008 (English)
personal data
SURNAME Brennan, Pól
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ó Braonáin, Pól
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish singer, record producer and songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Gweedore , Ireland