Highlights from the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland’s Trade Mission to Los Angeles
Posted: 10th March 2023
Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland was proud to support last week a Composers trade mission to Los Angeles, in association with the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland and Culture Ireland.
The Irish screen industry is made up of determined, passionate creatives who are driven to create, craft and share stories on screen. This includes a rich heritage of music performers, from traditional Irish to orchestral. There are many world class musicians and singers to work with if recording film score in Ireland. In addition to accessing Ireland’s 32% tax rate, productions choosing Ireland as the destination for their music department can look to work with excellent performing and recording ensembles.
This trade mission allowed a selection of ten brilliant composers for screen to travel to network and promote Ireland as a prime destination for music for screen.
The ten composers to participate in the trade mission were Emer Landers (Bach Is Blue, Aura: Cinematic String Emotions), Giles Packham (Nova Jones, Jessy & Nessy), Irene Buckley (Nothing Compares, Much Ado About Dying), Jake Morgan (The Boat, The Ghastly Ghoul), Kevin Whyms (Reincarnation, Here Are The Young Men), Michael Fleming (How To Tell a Secret, Broken Law), Natasa Paulberg (Atomic Hope, The Yellow Dress), Patrick Hatchett (The Dog House, Murder: First on the Scene), Stefan French (Terrible Things, Lies for Rent) and Stephen Shannon (Sunlight, Pure Grit). To find out more about them and other Screen Composers Guilds of Irenad member composers, visit the SCGI professional directory.
A few highlights from last week have been selected below:
Industry Learning and Networking Day, including pitch session, agent and music supervisor panels and meeting with European Composers working in Los Angeles
A busy week for all, including studio visits to Disney and Netflix.
Finishing off the trip with a visit to the Consulate General of Ireland in Los Angeles for their first TRASNA Composers Event - a transatlantic network connecting Irish arts and international industry.
About the Screen Composers Guild of Ireland
The Screen Composers Guild of Ireland was established in May 2018 and is the representative body for professional composers of original music for Film, TV, Animation, Advertising and Games. The SCGI was set up by a group of working composers and is a not for profit organisation run by its members, for its members.
The SCGI aims to improve the status and rights of Irish Screen Composers and their craft in Ireland and internationally, to offer a positive contributing voice to the wider audiovisual industry and to provide resource services for our members and those wishing to work with composers. They are dedicated to constantly improving the quality and visibility of original music for screen created in Ireland and believe in the importance of continual professional development for creators.
The SCGI members' work can be heard on many award-winning feature films and TV series including the TV series Normal People (Hulu), The Dry (Britbox) Harry Wilde (Acorn) Smother (Acorn) Love/Hate (RTÉ) Young Offenders (BBC) as well as the Oscar nominated features Wolfwalkers, Song of the Sea and The Secret of Kells. The Oscar winning Room, Emmy winning documentary The Farthest and the 2023 Irish language feature nominated for the Best International Feature Film Academy Award An Cailín Ciúin (The Quiet Girl).
Find out more on the SCGI's website.