Stephen McKeon

Stephen McKeon
Born	Ireland
Genres	Film and television scores, orchestral, experimental, ambient, drone
Occupation	Composer
Instruments	Piano, keyboards, guitar, percussion, violin, cello
Years active	1994-present

Stephen McKeon is an Irish composer of film and television soundtrack music. He has received two Irish Film and Television Awards, both for John Boorman films, The Tiger's Tail in 2007 ^{[1] [2]} and Queen & Country in 2015, ^{[2] [3]} and was previously nominated for Blind Flight , ^[4] Savage , and the children's animated film Niko 2 - Little Brother, Big Trouble . His other notable credits include Niko & the Way to the Stars , Ooops! Noah Is Gone... , Norm of the North , Pilgrimage , The Hole in the Ground , The Cellar , Evil Dead Rise , One Last Deal and Lee Cronin's The Mummy . He is also a frequent collaborator with directors Brendan Muldowney, Lee Cronin, Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor.

McKeon has also worked on several television series, including an episode of Black Mirror ^[2] and the fourth and fifth seasons of Primeval . He is a multi-instrumentalist whose work covers a wide spectrum from large orchestral scores to ambient guitar-based music such as that written for the Scottish BAFTA winning film Summer . ^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director(s)	Studio(s)	Notes
1995	Korea	Cathal Black	Black Star Films Cathal Black Films De Facto Film and Video	—N/a
1996	The Boy from Mercury	Martin Duffy	Clarence	—N/a
1998	The Nephew	Eugene Brady	United International Pictures	—N/a
	The American	Paul Unwin	BBC Films	Television film
1999	Sweety Barrett	Stephen Bradley	Warner Bros.-Seven Arts	—N/a
	Carnivale	Deane Taylor	BAC Films Capitol Films	First score for an animated film
	A Secret Affair	Bobby Roth	CBS	Television film
2000	Borstal Boy	Peter Sheridan	Strand Releasing	—N/a
	Der Runner	Micky Rowitz	ProSieben	Television film
2002	Random Passage	John N. Smith	CBC	Television miniseries
2003	Cowboys & Angels	David Gleeson	Buena Vista International	—N/a
	Blind Flight	John Furse	Makar Productions Parallax Pictures	Irish Film and Television Award winner
	The Clinic	—N/a	RTÉ One	Television series
2006	The Tiger's Tail	John Boorman	Merlin Films Fern Gully Tales	First collaboration with John Boorman Irish Film and Television Award winner
	Battleplan	—N/a	Military Channel	Television series
2007	The Old Curiosity Shop	Brian Percival	ITV	Television film
2008	Niko & the Way to the Stars	Michael Hegner Kari Juusonen	Nordisk Film	First collaboration with Kari Juusonen
	Wired	—N/a	ITV	Television series
	Summer	Kenneth Glenaan	Vertigo Films Contender Entertainment Group	—N/a
2009	Seamus Heaney - Out of the Marvellous	Charlie McCarthy	Icebox Films	Documentary film
	Savage	Brendan Muldowney	TLA Releasing	First collaboration with Brendan Muldowney Irish Film and Television Award nominee
2010	Jack Taylor	—N/a	TV3	Television series
2011	Primeval	—N/a	ITV	Television series, seasons 4-5
	Hattie	Dan Zeff	BBC Four	Television film
	Legends of Valhalla: Thor	Oskar Jonasson Toby Genkel Gunnar Karlsson	Telepool	First collaboration with Toby Genkel
	Black Mirror	Euros Lyn	Channel 4	1 episode, Fifteen Million Merits
2012	Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure	Kari Juusonen Jorgen Lerdam	Nordisk Film	Second collaboration with Kari Juusonen Irish Film and Television Award nominee
2013	Love and Marriage	—N/a	ITV	Television series
	Mister John	Christine Molloy Joe Lawlor	Artificial Eye	First collaboration with Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
2014	Queen and Country	John Boorman	BBC Worldwide	Second collaboration with John Boorman Irish Film and Television Award winner
2015	Ooops! Noah Is Gone...	Toby Genkel	Wild Bunch	Second collaboration with Toby Genkel
2016	Norm of the North	Trevor Wall	Lionsgate	—N/a
	The Flag	Declan Recks	Treasure Entertainment	—N/a
2017	Pilgrimage	Brendan Muldowney	RLJE Films	Second collaboration with Brendan Muldowney
2019	The Hole in the Ground	Lee Cronin	Wildcard Distribution	First collaboration with Lee Cronin
	Rose Plays Julie	Christine Molloy Joe Lawlor	Screen Ireland	Second collaboration with Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
	Nuclear	Catherine Linstrum	101 Films	—N/a
2021	As Luck Would Have It	Clare Niederpruem	Hallmark Channel	Television film
	Much Ado About Christmas	Michael Damian	GAC Family
2022	The Cellar	Brendan Muldowney	Shudder RLJE Films	Third collaboration with Brendan Muldowney
2023	Kin	Felix Thompson Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor Kate Dolan	RTÉ One	Television series, season 2
	Evil Dead Rise	Lee Cronin	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	Second collaboration with Lee Cronin
	Apocalypse Clown	George Kane	Vertigo Films	—N/a
	Baltimore	Christine Molloy Joe Lawlor	Bankside Films	Third collaboration with Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
2024	The Red King	Daniel O'Hara Lisa Clarke	U&Alibi	Television series
	The Damned	Thordur Palsson	Vertical	—N/a
	Sharp Corner	Jason Buxton	Elevation Pictures	—N/a
	The Hardacres	Rachel Carey Kieron J. Walsh	Channel 5	Television series
2026	One Last Deal	Brendan Muldowney	Wildcard Distribution	Fourth collaboration with Brendan Muldowney
	Lee Cronin's The Mummy	Lee Cronin	Warner Bros. Pictures New Line Cinema	Third collaboration with Lee Cronin

References

1. "Winners of the 4th Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
2. "Stephen McKeon". American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers . Retrieved 1 November 2024.
3. "2014 Winners". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
4. "Winners of the 2nd Annual Irish Film & Television Awards". Irish Film & Television Academy. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
5. "Stephen McKeon - Projects". https://stephenmckeon.com . Retrieved 12 April 2026.{{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)

External links

• Official website
• Stephen McKeon at IMDb