Stephen Rennicks
- Composer
- Music Department
- Director
For more than sixteen years, award-winning Irish composer, Stephen Rennicks, has been crafting inimitable soundtracks for the best of independent cinema and television in Ireland, the UK, Europe and America. 2016 sees Rennicks' work gracing two of the most exciting feature films of the year, Lenny Abrahamson's Oscar-winning drama, Room, and the truly remarkable documentary, Forever Pure.
Based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name and starring Brie Larson (Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, Room was nominated for four Oscars in total, with Abrahamson picking up his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
Maya Zinshtein's Forever Pure is an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC. It's already received great reviews from the likes of Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter, and looks set for a full international theatrical release.
Room marked Rennicks' fifth collaboration with Abrahamson and theirs has become one of contemporary cinema's most extraordinary partnerships. Their first feature film collaboration, Adam and Paul, won Best Film at the 2004 Irish Film and Television Awards. They collaborated again in 2007 on Garage (Best Film at the Torino Film Festival, CICAE Art Cinema Award at Cannes) and What Richard Did in 2012, a film praised by the international press and awarded the Golden Tulip for Best Film at the 32nd Istanbul International Film Festival. Frank, released in 2014, saw the Rennicks-Abrahamson collaboration hit a new high. A film with music at its heart, Rennicks' songwriting, score and musical direction were unanimously praised, and the film's soundtrack, released on Silva Screen Records, was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums of 2014.
Outside of his partnership with Abrahamson, Rennicks has written acclaimed scores for Richie O'Donnell's celebrated 2010 documentary, The Pipe; Paddy Breathnach's 2004 comedy Man About Dog and 2016 drama, Viva; Stephen Bradley's 2005 horror comedy, Boy Eats Girl; and John Butler's 2013 hit, The Bachelor Weekend (The Stag). His recent television work includes Channel 4's 2015 hit drama, Not Safe for Work, written by playwright DC Moore and starring Zawe Ashton.
Based on Emma Donoghue's bestselling novel of the same name and starring Brie Larson (Best Actress at this year's Academy Awards), Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen and William H. Macy, Room was nominated for four Oscars in total, with Abrahamson picking up his first Academy Award nomination for Best Director.
Maya Zinshtein's Forever Pure is an extraordinary feature-length documentary on the transfer of two Chechen Muslim soccer players to Israel's Beitar Jerusalem FC. It's already received great reviews from the likes of Vanity Fair and the Hollywood Reporter, and looks set for a full international theatrical release.
Room marked Rennicks' fifth collaboration with Abrahamson and theirs has become one of contemporary cinema's most extraordinary partnerships. Their first feature film collaboration, Adam and Paul, won Best Film at the 2004 Irish Film and Television Awards. They collaborated again in 2007 on Garage (Best Film at the Torino Film Festival, CICAE Art Cinema Award at Cannes) and What Richard Did in 2012, a film praised by the international press and awarded the Golden Tulip for Best Film at the 32nd Istanbul International Film Festival. Frank, released in 2014, saw the Rennicks-Abrahamson collaboration hit a new high. A film with music at its heart, Rennicks' songwriting, score and musical direction were unanimously praised, and the film's soundtrack, released on Silva Screen Records, was named number three in Mojo's soundtrack albums of 2014.
Outside of his partnership with Abrahamson, Rennicks has written acclaimed scores for Richie O'Donnell's celebrated 2010 documentary, The Pipe; Paddy Breathnach's 2004 comedy Man About Dog and 2016 drama, Viva; Stephen Bradley's 2005 horror comedy, Boy Eats Girl; and John Butler's 2013 hit, The Bachelor Weekend (The Stag). His recent television work includes Channel 4's 2015 hit drama, Not Safe for Work, written by playwright DC Moore and starring Zawe Ashton.
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