About

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20
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Place of birth:
Dublin, Ireland
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Niall Byrne

Overview

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

Acting
1991 The Miracle Actor Jimmy 59
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Sound
2020 White House Farm Sound Original Music Composer 70
Good
2019 Hatton Garden Sound Original Music Composer 67
Fair
2018 In Darkness Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2016 The Lost Letter Sound Music 58
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2016 The Truth Commissioner Sound Music 59
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2014 Gold Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2012 Loving Miss Hatto Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2011 The Boy in the Bubble Sound Music 59
Average
2010 Parked Sound Music 59
Average
2010 Pelican Blood Sound Music 59
Average
2009 Cairo Time Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2009 Wild Decembers Sound Music 59
Average
2007 How About You... Sound Original Music Composer 59
Average
2007 Damage Sound Music N/A
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2005 Trouble with Sex Sound Music 58
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2003 Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill Sound Music 59
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2001 Clare sa Spéir Sound Original Music Composer N/A
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1994 Words Upon the Window Pane Sound Music N/A
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1935 Guests of The Nation Sound Music 58
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