Biography

Brian Crosby is a musician, producer and award-winning composer. He happily divides his time between Berlin and Dublin.

His early career was in rock bands Juniper (with Damien Rice) and Bell X1, with which he co-wrote four albums and toured the world for more years than he can quite recall.

Brian now composes music for film, television and visual art, as well as writing and producing records with other artists in his Dublin and Berlin studios. He has just completed the score for the feature film ‘Some Other Stories’, a trans-Balkan collaboration between five female directors from Bosnia, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Slovenia. He has also contributed music to the feature 'As If I'm Not There' directed by Juanita Wilson. Both films are due for release later this year.

Some other highlights of work to date include an ongoing relationship with visual artist Paddy Jolley (‘This Monkey’ and ‘Fall’ at Pompidou Centre, Paris, Rotterdam Film Festival, Haus der Culture Die Welt, Berlin); the innovative score for the RTE radio drama “Mayday” by Veronica Coburn which won the Prix Europa in 2007; plus scores for shorts by Nikki Ryan and Academy-nominated Irish director Ruairí Robinson.

Brian’s music is extremely diverse, ranging from the minimalist and starkly evocative soundscapes for Jolley’s work, to the lavish and orchestral scores for ‘Silent City’ and ‘The German’ (which won Best Composition for a Short Movie at the Novarra Short Film Festival in Italy in 2009). Brian is becoming best known for his sensitive and organic approach to film scoring along with his understanding and application of sound design.

Brian also recently co-wrote and produced 'Blackbird', the debut album for Irish band One Day International, as well as devising, curating and producing the double-platinum Oxfam charity album The Cake Sale, which featured Glen Hansard, Gary Lightbody, Nina Persson, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, The Divine Comedy, Gemma Hayes and The Thrills. “The Cake Sale is not just the best charity record we’ve heard in years, it’s one of the best records of the year. 5 stars.” Irish Times. “A consistently great charity record. 4 stars.” Q Magazine.

Brian established and operates Oxfam ireland Publishing as well as his own publishing label Kick the Tyre. He also is a board member of IMRO - the Irish music rights organisation.

Brian is currently working on 'As If', a feature film directed by Juanita Wilson, and 'The Door Ajar', a feature film directed by Paddy Jolley. Brian is also producing the debut album for Irish singer songwriter Ian Doyle.