Introduce Yourself : Multi-Award Winning And Nominated Composer by Joel Irwin

Joel Irwin

Multi-Award Winning And Nominated Composer

I'm a composer/orchestrator. Here are some details:

IMDB - www.imdb.com/name/nm5688919

I just finished my 6th film of 2018 (one, "Notes" has been nominated for "best sound design") with two more in queue and I scored 8 films in 2017 (winning one "best score" for "Hotline" and nominated for one 'best score' for "The Last Command").

I score both electronic and live in multiple genre's with an emphasis on orchestral and acoustic instrumentation. Though I also score jazz, pop, and other 'sounds'.

You can hear much of my music at www.soundcloud.com/joelirwin. Some of the films can be seen at www.youtube.com/joelirwin (though some links need to be provided on request).

One my scored films in 2017 ("The Door") won 'best documentary' and a 2014 film, "Gift Of Grace" won "best kidvid". My produced film ("Elegantia") which I also scored in 2013 won the Houston 48hmvp competition and then placed 2nd to Paris at Filmapalooza (international competition of all city winners).

Check out the "Composing" lounge here on stage32.com. I am a major contributor and that lounge is full of my posts/blogs.

JoelIrwin
JoelIrwin
Composer, arranger, songwriter, orchestrator and award winning Film Composer/Scorer. Won "Best Score" in the 2017 for "Hotline" and nominated for Best Score in 2017 for "The Last Command" and 2019 for…
Rachel Walker

That's awesome Joel! So happy for you! :-)

Rosemary Thomas

How cool. Do you ever score short films?

Shelly Spotleson Sinclair

VERY cool, Joel!! Music makes the film!!

Joel Irwin

Rosemary - 26 of my 27 credits are shorts. The one I just finished, "Rumspringa Prelude" is a 16 min short about an Amish girl. I generally don't charge for under 30 min of music as long as the music is used - though my paying gigs (in my day job for the last 10 years I have been a wedding videographer) get priority.

I should mention that I occasionally write music for weddings (i.e., combine my two professions together! :) )

1. The background music for my slideshows was composed by me originally for my wife's surprise birthday party slideshow:

https://soundcloud.com/joelirwin/roberta-through-the-years

2. Earlier this year, I shot a wedding for a Hurricane Harvey victim for free and wrote music for their first look video segment (as an additional product):

https://youtu.be/KIB6lmB4-q0

Patricia Poulos

Incredible achievements Joel Irwin. Thank you for joining us.

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