Maurice Seezer

Maurice Seezer is a songwriter and film music composer. Film-scores written or co-written by Maurice include Angel Baby (1995), The Boxer (1997), Disco Pigs (2000), In America (2003), Get Rich Or Die Tryin' (2006) and The Pier (2011). He collaborated on 3 albums with Gavin Friday for Island Records from 1989 until 1995. Each Man Kills The Thing He Loves, Adam'n'Eve and Shag Tobacco. Since the early 90's he has contributed songs to soundtracks for Jim Sheridan, Baz Luhrmann and Michael Rhymer - In The Name Of The Father, The Boxer, In America, Romeo And Juliet and Moulin Rouge among others. He was a proud member of "The Mohawks", Billy Hatchett's backing band in Neil Jordan's Breakfast On Pluto where he made his onscreen speaking debut with the key line "Wumba Wumba Wumba". Collaboration and production credits include work with Bono, Gavin Friday, Maria McKee, Andrea Corr, Camilla Griehsel, Sinead O'Connor, Interference (Fergus O'Farrell) and Colin Vearncombe (aka Black). Composition work for theatre include original scores for Corcadorca's October 2012 production of Romeo & Juliet in Cork Opera House and Corcadorca/Cork Opera House October 2013 joint production of Patrick McCabe's play The Big Yum Yum, both directed by Pat Kiernan. A founding committee member of the Fastnet Short Film Festival, Maurice was Chair and Artistic Director of the festival from June 2009 until September 2013. He contributed to Talents Guadalajara at FICG 29, March 2014, and was a member of the Ibero American Short Film Jury there. He has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe (1994, 2004), twice for an Ivor Novello Award (1995, 2004), once for a Broadcast Film Critic's Association Award (2004). In 2003 he won the Phoenix Film Critic's Society award for Best Original Song (Time Enough For Tears - In America).