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Patrick Doyle

1953 - Today

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Patrick Doyle (born 6 April 1953) is a Scottish composer and occasional actor best known for his film scores. During his 50-year career in film, television and theatre, he has composed the scores for over 60 feature films. A longtime collaborator of actor-director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work on films such as Henry V, Sense and Sensibility, Hamlet, Carlito's Way, Quest for Camelot, and Gosford Park, as well as Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Thor, Brave, Cinderella, Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile. He has scored the films of many renowned directors including Robert Altman, Ang Lee, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, Brian De Palma, Chen Kaige, Amma Asante, Régis Wargnier and Kenneth Branagh. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Doyle is the 1,093rd most popular composer (down from 1,052nd in 2019), the 3,433rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,037th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Patrick Doyle ranks 1,093 out of 1,451Before him are Philippe Verdelot, Henri Pousseur, Valeri Brainin, Simeon ten Holt, Percy Faith, and William Lawes. After him are Toivo Kuula, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Felice Anerio, Jānis Ivanovs, Karl Klindworth, and Peter H. Gilmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Patrick Doyle ranks 285Before him are Lorenzo Serra Ferrer, Taner Akçam, Malika Oufkir, Desi Arnaz Jr., Devi Shetty, and Ho Ching. After him are Pia Zadora, Kvitka Cisyk, Mike Espy, David Deutsch, Ditmar Jakobs, and Hwang Woo-suk.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Doyle ranks 3,434 out of 8,785Before him are Flora Robson (1902), William Lawes (1602), John Lyly (1554), Margaret Price (1941), James Jones (1873), and Edward Charles Howard (1774). After him are Drew McIntyre (1985), Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (1724), Kathy Burke (1964), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), James Arthur (1988), and I. A. Richards (1893).

Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Patrick Doyle ranks 52Before him are William Sterndale Bennett (1816), Harry Gregson-Williams (1961), Richard Addinsell (1904), James MacMillan (1959), Dave Stewart (1950), and William Lawes (1602). After him are Cyril Scott (1879), Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Havergal Brian (1876), Arthur Bliss (1891), John Wilbye (1574), and Henry Bishop (1786).