PaddyR

freelance composer and violinist

Self employed / Freelance • Freelance

Jul 2000 - Present • 26 yrs 3 mos

As a composer Paddy’s music has been used on Sky Sports Cricket for the T20 Cricket World Cup 2024, BBC One’s The One Show and Panorama, ITV’s This Morning, Love Your Garden, Unbelievable Moments Caught on Camera, Tonight 2021, On Assignment and the documentary After The Storm: America’s Enemy Within about the Capitol riots as well as Channel 5’s Coastal Devon & Cornwall. Paddy has also composed extensively for production music libraries including Boost Music, Lift Music, Poke Music, Bibliotheque and BMG Production Music. Paddy’s music has also been used on BBC radio, ABC1 in Australia and NHK TV in Japan as well as several other international broadcasters. As a session violinist Paddy has performed and recorded with orchestras such as BBC Concert Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra and is a member of Heritage Orchestra. He has also performed and recorded with artists including Paul McCartney, George Michael, Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Becky Hill, Raye, Liam Gallagher, Barbra Streisand, Gladys Knight, Massive Attack, Nick Cave, The Arctic Monkeys, Pete Tong Ibiza Classics, Nas, Earth Wind Fire as well as many others. He has performed on numerous soundtracks for major Hollywood films and TV productions including Masters of the Universe (AmazonMGM 2026), Downton Abbey The Grand Finale 2025, Wolf Man (Universal, 2025), Argylle (2023), The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (Lionsgate), Ridley Scott’s Prometheus (20th Century Fox), African Cats (Disney), Red Lights (Millennium Films), The Lady In The Van (TriStar), Poltergeist (Fox, 2015) Downton Abbey, Grantchester, Hornblower (ITV), and Doctor Who, Call The Midwife, Frozen Planet and Wild Isles (BBC).