Patrick Cassidy (composer)

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Patrick Cassidy (* 1956 in Claremorris , County Mayo ) is an Irish composer.

biography

Patrick Cassidy received his Masters in Mathematics from the University of Limerick in 1985 . He then worked as an analyst at Irish Marketing Surveys until 1989 before he left the company and started his own business as a composer. He worked as a consultant on the side until he left Ireland in 1999 to move with his family to Los Angeles .

He released his debut album with Cruit in 1988, which was followed by Children of Lir , Famine Remembrance and Deirdre of the Sorrows , as well as the two collaborations Immortal Memory and Ashes and Snow with the Australian composer Lisa Gerrard . Since 1995 he has also worked occasionally as a film composer and wrote the film music for films such as Salem's Lot - Salem must be burned , Edgar Allan Poe's Das Grab der Ligeia and most recently On Sunday You're Dead .

He created cantatas and oratorios using traditional Irish texts and themes. His aria “ Vide Cor Meum ” was used in the films Hannibal and Kingdom of Heaven .

Discography

  • 1988: Cruit
  • 1993: Children of Lir
  • 1996: Famine Remembrance
  • 1998: Deirdre of the Sorrows
  • 2004: Immortal Memory (with Lisa Gerrard )
  • 2006: Ashes and Snow (with Lisa Gerrard)

Filmography (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Outstanding Contribution to Culture / Arts Alumni Award at ulaa.ul.ie , accessed on June 1, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Cassidy, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish composer
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Claremorris