Derek Dolan

Derek Dolan
Film & Media Composer • Orchestration & Sound Design
Dublin, Ireland • derekdolan.com • IMDb

Profile
Dublin-born composer and guitarist scoring features, shorts, theatre, and documentary.

Training
in orchestration, film-scoring mechanics, and 20th century harmony via Screen Skills
Ireland/UCLA Extension; workshops with Conrad Pope.

Concert work performed by the Dublin
Philharmonic Orchestra. Award-winner for God’s Whisper.

Selected Credits
The Oath (Animated Shorts) — Composer &
Sound Design, 2025

Eternal Error (Short) — Composer, 2025

The Voice (Short) — Composer, 2024

Wild Camping Ireland (YouTube Theme) —
Composer, 2024

A Family at War: The Story of the Hales
Brothers (Doc) — Composer, 2023

The Troubles: A Dublin Story (Feature) —
Composer, 2022

God’s Whisper (Short) — Composer, 2022 (Best
Original Score, ROHTAK IFF)

Woman with a Suitcase of Salt (Smock Alley
Theatre) — Composer, 2019

Crow (Fan Film) — Composer, 2017;

Lorca (Trinity College Theatre) — Composer, 2017

Mr. Donkey (Feature) — Composer, 2012;

The Arrival (Short) — Composer, 2012

Awards & Performances
Best Original Score — God’s Whisper, ROHTAK International Film Festival (2022)
Brian Boru: Great High King of Ireland — Performed & recorded by the Dublin Philharmonic
Orchestra (U.S. tour, 2009)

Education & Training
Orchestration & Arranging — Conrad Pope, Hollywood Music Workshop (30 hrs), 2020
Mixing for Composers — Dennis Sands (20 hrs), 2020
Scoring Tools Masterclass — Leandro Gardini (30 hrs), 2019
Orchestral Mixing — Jake Jackson (8 hrs), 2017
Cinematic Music: Idea to Finished Recording (26 hrs), 2017
Advanced Certificates (Level 6 FETAC, Distinction): 20th Century Harmony (2003); UCLA / Screen
Skills Ireland
Advanced Certificates (Level 6 FETAC, Distinction) Mechanics of Film Scoring (2002)
UCLA / Screen Skills Ireland
Classical Guitar — People’s College (Grade 5, Distinction); Dublin School of Guitar

Core Skills & Affiliations
Film Scoring • Orchestration • Sound Design • Thematic Development • Hybrid/Orchestral Mockups •
MIDI Programming •Session Prep & Part Extraction • Mixing for Media • Theatre Music Direction •
Guitar (Classical & Contemporary) — Irish Music Rights IMRO• Screen Composers Guild Ireland SCGI

derekdolan75@hotmail.com