Patrick Doyle

Scottish film composer Patrick Doyle is known for his collaborative work with actor-director Kenneth Branagh, for composing music in films such as 'Henry V', 'Sense and Sensibility', Hamlet, and 'Gosford Park', as well as 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', 'Eragon', 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes' and 'Thor'. Doyle has been nominated for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. He is a classically trained composer who studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music, of which he was made a Fellow in 2001. In October 2015, Doyle received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Soundtrack Academy during the Gent Film Festival in Belgium.

Born on: 6 April, 1953

Born in: Uddingston, South Lanarkshire, Scotland