Listen to my album "The Horizons" with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra: https://deezer.page.link/UwuvVcTWCBJyMnzJ8
Described as an artist “whose concision…is nothing short of mesmerizing” (The American Prize), Patrick O’Malley is an award-winning composer of symphonic, chamber and film music. Whether writing for an orchestra or with electronic textures, his music conjures abstract worlds with the intent to ignite listeners’ imaginations and awaken their emotions.
O’Malley has been recognized or performed by organizations across the United States and Europe, including the Albany, Minnesota, Ft. Wayne, and Milwaukee Symphonies, the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s National Composer Intensive, The ASCAP Morton Gould Award and Rudolf Nissim Prize and The Aaron Copland House Residency. He was named “Composer of the Year” by the Sioux City Symphony in 2018 and made his Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Youth Symphony in 2021. As a film composer, his work has been presented at numerous American film festivals, including the Austin Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, Miami International Film Festival, and Beverly Hills Film Festival.
O’Malley also serves as the arranger and a conductor for the video game concert series "Journey LIVE" with BAFTA & Grammy-nominated composer Austin Wintory. O’Malley completed his master’s and doctoral degrees in music at the USC Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California where he studied with Andrew Norman, Sean Friar and Frank Ticheli. He divides his time between living in Los Angeles, California, and Lake Charlevoix, Michigan.
