Amie Doherty is an Irish composer, conductor, and orchestrator for film and television. She is the first woman to score an animated feature for DreamWorks.[2]
Amie Doherty | |
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| Birth name | Amie Doherty |
| Born | Ballinasloe, Ireland[1] |
| Genres | Film and television scores, soundtracks, jazz, rock, pop, electronic, ambient |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, orchestrator |
| Instruments | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer, guitar |
| Years active | 2010–present |
| Website | https://www.amiedoherty.com/ |
Her most prominent works were for Spirit Untamed (2021),[3][4][5] Undone (2019), Here and Now (2018), Love You to Death (2019), The High Note (2020),[6][7] Battle at Big Rock (2019),[8] Happiest Season (2020), She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022), and Blue Eye Samurai (2023).
In addition to her composing work, she has orchestrated and conducted music for numerous TV series including Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Picard, Fargo, The Umbrella Academy, and Altered Carbon;[9][3] and for musicians including Lady Gaga and 50 Cent.[2]
Career
editBefore moving to Los Angeles full-time in 2013,[3] Amie lived, worked and studied in London, South Korea, Vietnam, India, and Spain.[10] She graduated magna cum laude from Berklee College of Music's Masters program in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games, where she was awarded the Howard Shore Scholarship.[11] She holds a bachelor's degree in music from Trinity College, Dublin.[3]
In 2016, Amie became a Sundance Composer Fellow,[12] having been chosen from over 500 composers to attend the intensive Sundance Institute Music & Sound Design Lab at the legendary Skywalker Ranch. Following her time at the lab, she was announced as the 2016 Sundance Institute/Time Warner Foundation Composer Fellow.[13] In 2013, she received the ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Award[14] after being chosen as one of 12 composers worldwide to participate in the ASCAP Television & Film Scoring Workshop.
Her score for Spirit Untamed was nominated for the 2021 International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film.[15] The score has received praise from The Film Music Institute: "Soaring voices, boisterous old west orchestrations, ethnic energy, whipping dastardly villains and tips to the Morricone hat make for a mighty impressive first time in the saddle for a female composer at DreamWorks."[3]
Doherty won Best Score for an Animated Short for Marooned[16] at the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).[17]
In 2022 she was nominated for IFMCA (International Music Film Critics Awards) Breakthrough Composer of the Year.[18]
Works
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Director | Studio(s) | Notes |
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| 2016 | Feast of Varanasi[10] | Rajan Kumar Patel[19] | — | |
| 2018 | Here and Now | Fabien Constant | Paramount Pictures | — |
| 2019 | Love You to Death | Alex Kalymnios | Lifetime Entertainment Services | Television film |
| 2019 | Battle at Big Rock | Colin Trevorrow |
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| 2019 | Marooned | Andrew Erekson |
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| 2020 | The High Note | Nisha Ganatra | Focus Features | — |
| 2020 | Happiest Season | Clea DuVall |
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| 2021 | Spirit Untamed | Elaine Bogan |
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| 2023 | Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain | Paul Briganti | — |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Creator(s) | Studio(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Undone | Kate Purdy Raphael Bob-Waksberg |
Amazon Studios The Tornante Company Boxer vs. Raptor Submarine Amsterdam Hive House Project |
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| 2022 | She-Hulk: Attorney at Law | Jessica Gao | Marvel Studios | — |
| 2023 | Blue Eye Samurai | Michael Green and Amber Noizumi | Netflix Animation | — |
References
edit- ^ "Composer Amie Doherty on The Ryan Tubridy Show". RTE. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ a b Neophytou, Nadia (2021-06-04). "'Spirit Untamed' Composer Amie Doherty Describes Recording Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Funny, Endearing' Singing". Billboard. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ a b c d e "Interview with Amie Doherty – Film Music Institute". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Burlingame, Jon (2021-11-05). "Jonny Greenwood, Hans Zimmer Among Likely Original Score Contenders for Oscars in 2022". Variety. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Heckman, Chris (2021-06-21). "Fearless: Amie Doherty on Spirit Untamed". Cinesamples Magazine. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
- ^ "Amie Doherty Scoring Nisha Ganatra's 'The High Note' | Film Music Reporter". Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "Music In The Air: Scoring The High Note". Focus Features. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ Weintraub, Steve 'Frosty' (October 2, 2019). "Watch: 'Battle at Big Rock' Filmmakers Discuss Their 'Jurassic World' Short in 30-Minute Q&A". Collider. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
- ^ "Amie Doherty | Berklee". www.berklee.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ a b "Untold Stories By Amie Doherty". Audio Network. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "Berklee announces winners of Master's scholarships in Scoring for Film, TV and Video Games". Berklee Valencia Campus. 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ "Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound Announce Film Composers and Independent Filmmakers for July Music and Sound Design Labs - sundance.org". 2016-06-29. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ "Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation Select 12 Fellows for 2016 Artist Support Grants - sundance.org". 2016-08-09. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ "The ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Film & TV Award". The ASCAP Foundation. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
- ^ "IFMCA Award Nominations 2021". IFMCA: International Film Music Critics Association. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-05-21.
- ^ Marooned | Official Site | DreamWorks, retrieved 2022-05-20
- ^ "HMMA Winners". Hollywood Music in Media Awards. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "IFMCA (International Music Film Critics Awards) Announce Nominations". Awardsdaily. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
- ^ "BBC Asian Network - Alpa Pandya, Rajan Kumar Patel".
External links
edit- Amie Doherty at IMDb