About

Patrick James Watson is a Northern Irish Composer for film and concert, as well as a classically trained multi-instrumentalist. After more than a decade of performing and touring with many orchestras and ensembles between Ireland and England, often holding principal positions, Patrick was appointed as Northern Ireland Percussion Ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation at the end of 2019.
Outside of performance, he has worked alongside many songwriters as a producer, engineer, orchestrator and composer across many genres. Originally writing electronic music almost exclusively, he slowly turned towards contemporary classical, and electro-acoustic music, but is still known to be very eclectic in his work.

Experimenting with the fusion of musical styles led to a passion for Film Music and the completion of his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Production at Leeds Conservatoire. Here he focused heavily on Contemporary Classical Composition, studied Composition and Production for Film and Television, and continued performing with Orchestras, touring the United Kingdom and Europe shortly before graduating. He would then begin to study for his Master’s Degree in Professional Media Composition, which he attained in 2023.

After living and working in Leeds until 2021, Patrick returned to Northern Ireland. He then began working on the film “Cold Start” with Los Angeles-based writer and director Richard Townsley. “Cold Start” premiered at LA Shorts International Film Festival 2022, an Academy Award Qualifying Event, as part of the Official Selection. Patrick would then begin to work on “Sisters” with director Christopher Norton and MonkeyDribble Films and has since been a frequent collaborator with the production company. Their latest work together “Secrets” is a horror/thriller feature set for release in 2025.

In 2024 Patrick was supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the National Lottery Foundation to complete his debut work for concert “EMBERS”. This twenty-two minute piece in five movements for String Quintet is available on all major streaming platforms now.