Brian Crosby (born 12 June 1973) is an

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composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist working primarily in music for film and TV .

Career

Crosby is a founding member of the Irish band

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along with

Damien Rice Damien George Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He began his career as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper, who were signed to Polygram Records in 1997. The band enjoyed moderate success ...

and later of Bell X1 along with

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, Dominic Phillips and David Geraghty with whom he recorded four records and toured the world extensively between 1996 and 2008. In 2006, Brian devised, curated and produced

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, a collective that featured high profile members of the Irish music scene including

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Lisa Hannigan Lisa Margaret Hannigan (born 12 February 1981) is an Irish musician, singer, composer, and voice actress. She began her musical career as a member of Damien Rice's band. Since beginning her solo career in 2007 she has released three albums: '' S ...

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and Bell X1 along with

Nina Persson Nina Elisabet Persson (; born 6 September 1974) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. She has also worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has also appeared as a ...

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The Cardigans The Cardigans is a Swedish rock band formed in Jönköping, Sweden, in 1992 by guitarist Peter Svensson, bassist Magnus Sveningsson, drummer Bengt Lagerberg, keyboardist Lars-Olof Johansson and lead singer Nina Persson. Post-hiatus shows sin ...

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and Nick Seymour ( Crowded House). Having sold double platinum in Ireland, the record was released worldwide, and received further recognition when the song ‘Some Surprise’ was featured in the ABC drama ''

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''. All profits from the Cake Sale go to the charity Oxfam. To date The Cake Sale has raised in excess of €300,000. Brian now focuses on film scoring and has gained recognition for producing haunting cinematic scores for a range of feature films, documentaries and gallery installations. Brian has also scored several international commercials, and is the founder of Caravan Music who produce bespoke scores for some of the world's biggest brands. Brian was a central collaborator on ''Starboard Home'' as part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme. He is a graduate of

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and has been on the board of directors of the

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(IMRO) since 2009, and is the Chair of the newly formed Screen Composers Guild of Ireland. He operates the publishing label Kick the Tyre, and lives with his wife and three children on the south east coast of Ireland.

Discography

* Bell X1 ''

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'' (2000) * Bell X1 '' Music in Mouth'' (2003) * Bell X1 '' Flock'' (2005) *

(2006) * Bell X1 '' Tour De Flock'' (2007) * One Day International ''Blackbird'' (2008)

Film scores

* ''The Silent City'' (co-composer) directed by Ruairi Robinson (2006) * ''

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'' (co-composer) directed by Nick Ryan (2008) * '' As If I Am Not There'' (additional music) directed by

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(2010) * ''The Night Nurse'' (composer) directed by Terence White (2010) * ''Some Other Stories''
Some Other Stories
' (composer) directed by Dzidzeva, Juka, Rosi, Tanovik, Slak (2010) * ''The Door Ajar'' (composer) directed by Paddy Jolley (2011) * ''The Other Dream Team'' (additional music) (2011) * ''Stop'' (composer) directed by Paul Murphy (2013) * ''Estranged'' (composer) directed by Adam Levins (2015) * ''

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'' (co-composer) directed by LuLu Wang (2015) * ''Der Letzte Mieter'' (musician) directed by Gregor Erler (2018) * ''The Mercy'' (musician) directed by James Marsh (2018) * ''Mary Magdalene'' (musician) directed by

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(2018) * ''In Our Own Words'' (composer) directed by

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(2018)

TV series

* ''

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''(co-composer) (2007) * ''

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'' (arranger, mixer) directed by

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(2016) * ''

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'' (co-composer, one episode) directed by

(2016)

Art installations

* This Monkey by Paddy Jolley * Fall by Paddy Jolley * Freeze by Paddy Jolley * Mattresses by Paddy Jolley * Sitting Room by Paddy Jolley * Snakes by Paddey Jolley * The Swimmer by Nicky Grogan / Fergal McCarthy * From the Mountain by MJ Whelan

References

External links

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