Pat Irwin
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Birth name | Patrick Irwin |
Born | May 17, 1955 |
Origin | United States |
Genres | Film score, contemporary classical music, rock |
Occupation(s) | Composer, pianist, conductor, keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist |
Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards, guitar, saxophone |
Pat Irwin (born May 17, 1955) is an American composer and musician who was a founding member of two bands that grew out of
He composed the score for the Showtime series,
Biography
Pat Irwin graduated from Grinnell College in 1977.[1] He received a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for international study and moved to Paris after graduation. In Paris he attended composition workshops with John Cage. Moving to New York City in 1979 he was a founding member of the no wave band 8-Eyed Spy which included Lydia Lunch and Jim Sclavunos, both members of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and George Scott III from the Contortions. With Scott, he later formed the Raybeats with other former members of the Contortions: Jody Harris and Don Christensen.
8-Eyed Spy dissolved in 1980 after the death of George Scott. The band released Live on
The Raybeats continued to perform with Danny Amis on bass. They released two full-length albums, Guitar Beat, produced by Martin Rushent and recorded in 1981 at Rushent's newly built studio outside London. The Raybeats second LP, It's Only A Movie was recorded in New York City in 1983 and was produced by the band with Joe Blaney and mixed at Electric Lady Studios. In 2013 The Raybeats released The Lost Philip Glass Sessions on Orange Mountain Music, a collection of recordings that were started with Philip Glass in 1982 but were never completed.
Robert Palmer, writing in The New York Times, described Irwin as a "mercurial presence on the New York rock scene of the early 80's. The bands he helped found, the Raybeats and 8-Eyed Spy resembled each other only in that they had an aversion to the predictable and the ordinary."
Irwin composed the score for the Showtime series, Dexter: New Blood. He also composed the scores for HBO’s Bored To Death and the Showtime series, Nurse Jackie. He composed the scores for many cartoons including Rocko’s Modern Life, Pepper Ann, A Little Curious, and the Emmy Award winning Class of 3000 (with André 3000 from the group, Outkast.) His contributions to the SpongeBob SquarePants soundtracks were given ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards in 2011, 2012, and 2013. The Cartoon Music Book referred to Irwin’s music as "astonishing musical cues that hold up with the best of Raymond Scott."
Irwin has performed in various venues throughout the world including
.Irwin’s first feature film score was for My New Gun which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992. He has since composed the scores for many independent films including But I’m A Cheerleader, and Bam Bam and Celeste as well as several documentaries including Fall To Grace written and directed by Alexandra Pelosi for HBO Documentaries.
In 2012 Irwin received an honorary doctorate from
Discography
- See The Raybeats Discography
- See The B-52's Discography
- See 8-Eyed Spy Discography
- 2018: SUSS - Ghost Box
- 2019: SUSS - High Line
- 2019: Pat Irwin & J. Walter Hawkes - Wide Open Sky
- 2020: SUSS - Promise
- 2021: SUSS - Night Suite
Filmography (composer)
- 1987: The Day Of Five Billion (Documentary)
- 1987–88: Tales from the Darkside (TV)
- 1989: Without Borders (Documentary)
- 1990–96: Captain Planet and the Planeteers (TV, Theme)
- 1990: Nauru: The Island Planet (Documentary)
- 1992: Nova: An Astronaut's View Of Earth (Documentary)
- 1992: I Talk To Animals (Documentary)
- 1992: My New Gun
- 1993–96: Rocko's Modern Life (TV)
- 1995: Heading Home
- 1996: Loose Women
- 1996: Breathing Room
- 1996: Sudden Manhattan
- 1997: Colin Fitz Lives!
- 1997 Bear in the Big Blue House (episode) Why Bears Can't Fly?
- 1997–2000: Pepper Ann (TV)
- 1998: JetCat from KaBlam!
- 1998–99: A Little Curious (TV)
- 1999: Paramour (TV)
- 1999: Arresting Gena
- 1999: Suits
- 1999: 24 Hour Woman
- 1999: But I'm a Cheerleader
- 2000: Drop Back Ten
- 2000–02: A Little Curious (TV)
- 2002: The Groovenians (TV, Songs and Theme)
- 2003: Trekkies 2 (TV, Theme /w Fred Schneider)
- 2004: Personal Sergeant"
- Bam Bam and Celeste
- 2005–08: My Gym Partner's a Monkey (TV, Theme co-writer)
- 2006–07: Class of 3000 (TV)
- 2008: The Accidental Advocate (Documentary)
- 2011: Stags
- 2011: Bored to Death Season 3 (TV)
- 2012: Cherry Cottage (Documentary)
- 2012: Pervertigo
- 2012: La Muse (short)
- 2013: Fall to Grace (Documentary)
- 2013–15: Nurse Jackie Season 5-7 (TV)
- 2019: Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling
- 2021: Dexter: New Blood
References
- ^ "Pat Irwin – Soul Full of Heart". Raybeats.net. 2007-04-19. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ Palmer, Robert (23 April 1987). "The New York Times". Retrieved 2012-01-13.
- ^ a b "Pat Irwin". The B-52's Official Website. Archived from the original on January 11, 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ^ "Pat Irwin". www.theb52s.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2003. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Grinnell College (2012-05-25), Pat Irwin '77, Honorary Degree Recipient, Grinnell College Commencement 2012, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-10-19