Known For
Sound
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Credits
25 titles
Niall Byrne
Biography
Niall studied piano and composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He was awarded first prize at the 1992 Dublin film festival's Music awards, chaired by English composer and critic Michael Nyman. Since then Niall has composed music for feature films, animation and many critically acclaimed and award-winning British television drama series including 'The Widower', 'Cilla' and 'Little Boy Blue'. He has received awards from the Irish Arts council, one of which included a series of seminars on film music by Ennio Morricone at the Chigiana Music school in Sienna. Niall has received several IFTA (Irish Film & Television Awards) nominations and won the award for his score to the BBC film 'Loving Miss Hatto', starring Francesca Annis and Alfred Molina. In 2017 he received the Venus award at the Badalona Film Festival in Barcelona for his score to the animated film 'The Lost Letter', narrated by Kate Winslet. In 2019, his score for the 26-part animation series 'Peek Zoo' was nominated for Best Score at the Irish Animation Awards.
Known For
Filmography
White House Farm
Original Music Composer
A Confession
Original Music Composer
Hatton Garden
Original Music Composer
Manhunt
Original Music Composer
In Darkness
Original Music Composer
The Lost Letter
Music
The Truth Commissioner
Music
Cilla
Music
Gold
Original Music Composer
Loving Miss Hatto
Original Music Composer
The Boy in the Bubble
Music
Parked
Music
Pelican Blood
Music
Cairo Time
Original Music Composer
Wild Decembers
Music
How About You...
Original Music Composer
Damage
Music
Trouble with Sex
Music
Short Order
Original Music Composer
Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill
Music
Clare sa Spéir
Original Music Composer
Spaghetti Slow
Original Music Composer
Words Upon the Window Pane
Music
The Miracle
Jimmy
Guests of The Nation
Music