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Brian Kennedy and Billy Farrell recognised for their No.1 album

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At last night’s interview and performances by Paul Williams and Brian Kennedy, Brian and his producer Billy Farrell were awarded for their collaboration on Brian’s No.1 album ‘Voices’

The presentation took place before an interview which shone a light at both Paul and Brian’s backgrounds, style of writing, experiences working in the industry and also their views on the future of songwriting and the industry itself.

The award was presented by IMRO Director of Marketing and Membership Keith Johnson and IMRO Chairman Keith Donald.

Music in Media Award Nomination for IMRO Member Man in a Room

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MiRlogoIMRO member Man in a Room, aka songwriter and producer Steven Connolly, has just received a nod from Hollywood with a nomination in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. His song, “Black & White”, taken from his latest album, The Alchemist’s Apprentice, has been selected as a nominee by the committee and HMMA voting academy in the “New Age / Ambient” category.

Hailing from Dublin and self-taught as a composer, producer and lyricist, the music of Man in a Room is influenced by various genres and life situations and circumstances. The album, filled with atmospheric soundscapes, was released in on Germany’s Lemongrass Music label.

Speaking of the nomination, Steven said: “I’ve been a Movie and Soundtrack fan all my life, so to be nominated at this event is a little bit special.” 

The awards are set to take place at the Fonda Theatre, Hollywood, LA on 19th November 2015. The awards honour leading composers of music for film, TV and other media, as well as independent composers and songwriters in various music genres.

You can find out more about Man in a Room at his website here http://maninaroom.wix.com/miar.

Irish Composer Nominated for ASCAP Film Score of the Year

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Patrick CassidyIrish composer, Patrick Cassidy, has been nominated by ASCAP for Film Score of the Year for his original score for “Calvary”. The ASCAP Composers’ Choice Awards give their members an opportunity to honour their peers in the film, TV and video game music world. The winners will be revealed at the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards on March 9th.

Speaking from his home in Los Angeles this week, Patrick said: “I am delighted that ASCAP has nominated Calvary in the Film Score of the Year Category. Composers’ Choice nominees are hand-picked by a select group of composers, film and TV industry leaders, so it’s a great honour to be have been chosen by other music professionals for such a prestigious nomination.”

The Calvary score has also received a nomination for a Cue Award, the official awards of Tracksounds.com in the category of Best Dramatic Score. The score was previously nominated for the Discovery of the Year Award at the 14th World Soundtrack Awards.

Cassidy has composed the music and worked on the soundtrack for numerous films including ‘Hannibal’, ‘Veronica Guerin’, ‘King Arthur’, ‘Layer Cake’ and ‘Kingdom of Heaven’.

The nominees for 2014 FILM SCORE OF THE YEAR are:

Patrick Cassidy – Calvary

Jóhann Jóhannsson – The Theory of Everything 

Mica Levi – Under the Skin

Gary Yershon – Mr. Turner

Hans Zimmer – Interstellar

Oscar Nomination for Song of the Sea

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Song of the SeaIrish animation, Song of the Sea, has been nominated for an Oscar in the Best Animated Film category. The film features a stunning soundtrack composed by Kíla and Bruno Coulais, along with the vocals of Lisa Hannigan and Nolwenn Leroy.

The Cartoon Saloon production is not the first Oscar nod for the Kilkenny-based studio as its animated feature, The Secret of Kells, was previously nominated for an Academy Award.

Song of the Sea has been nominated alongside Big Hero 6, The Boxtrolls, How to Train Your Dragon 2 and The Tale of the Princess Kaguya. The Academy Awards will take place on Sunday 22nd February.

The soundtrack to Song of the Sea is now available to purchase on iTunes.

BRIT Award Nomination for Hozier

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Hozier-album-cover-Raine-final-boost-1024x1024-300x300Hozier’s international rise continues as he has just been included in the BRIT Awards 2015 nominees. The Wicklow musician has been nominated in the Best International Male Solo Artist category.

The category also sees nominations for Beck, Jack White, John Legend and Pharrell Williams.

The awards are set to take place at London’s O2 Arena on 25th February.

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