{{Short description|Irish composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist | name = Amie Doherty | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | birth_name = Amie Doherty | alias = | birth_date = 30 November 1987 | birth_place = Ballinasloe, Ireland<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-30 |title=Composer Amie Doherty on The Ryan Tubridy Show |url=https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/highlights/1238313-composer-amie-doherty-on-the-ryan-tubridy-show/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=RTE |language=en-US}}</ref> | origin = | instruments = Piano | occupation = Composer, conductor, orchestrator | genre = Film and television scores, soundtracks, jazz, rock, pop, electronic, ambient | years_active = 2010–present | spouse(s) = | label = | associated_acts = | website = https://www.amiedoherty.com/ }} '''Amie Doherty''' is an Irish composer, conductor, and orchestrator for film and television. She is the first woman to score an animated feature for DreamWorks.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |last=Neophytou |first=Nadia |date=2021-06-04 |title='Spirit Untamed' Composer Amie Doherty Describes Recording Jake Gyllenhaal's 'Funny, Endearing' Singing |url=https://www.billboard.com/culture/tv-film/composer-amie-doherty-spirit-untamed-interview-9582690/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
Her most prominent works were for ''Spirit Untamed'' (2021),<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Interview with Amie Doherty – Film Music Institute |url=https://filmmusicinstitute.com/interview-with-aime-doherty/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=2021-11-05 |title=Jonny Greenwood, Hans Zimmer Among Likely Original Score Contenders for Oscars in 2022 |url=https://variety.com/2021/artisans/awards/original-score-contenders-jonny-greenwood-hans-zimmer-1235105007/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Heckman |first=Chris |date=2021-06-21 |title=Fearless: Amie Doherty on Spirit Untamed |url=https://cinesamples.com/magazine/fearless-amie-doherty-on-spirit-untamed/ |access-date=2022-05-20 |website=Cinesamples Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> Undone (2019), ''Here and Now'' (2018), ''Love You to Death'' (2019), ''The High Note'' (2020),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amie Doherty Scoring Nisha Ganatra's 'The High Note' {{!}} Film Music Reporter |url=http://filmmusicreporter.com/2020/03/23/amie-doherty-scoring-nisha-ganatras-the-high-note/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Music In The Air: Scoring The High Note |url=https://www.focusfeatures.com/article/interview_composer-amie-doherty |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Focus Features |language=en}}</ref> ''Battle at Big Rock'' (2019),<ref name=Collider>{{cite web |last1=Weintraub |first1=Steve 'Frosty' |title=Watch: 'Battle at Big Rock' Filmmakers Discuss Their 'Jurassic World' Short in 30-Minute Q&A |url=https://collider.com/battle-at-big-rock-making-of-explained-interview-colin-trevorrow/ |website=Collider |accessdate=October 30, 2019 |date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> ''Happiest Season'' (2020), ''She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' (2022), and ''Blue Eye Samurai'' (2023).
In addition to her composing work, she has orchestrated and conducted music for numerous TV series including ''Star Trek: Discovery'', ''Star Trek: Picard'', ''Fargo'', ''The Umbrella Academy'', and ''Altered Carbon'';<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amie Doherty {{!}} Berklee |url=https://www.berklee.edu/people/amie-doherty |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=www.berklee.edu |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> and for musicians including Lady Gaga and 50 Cent.<ref name=":2" />
==Career== Before moving to Los Angeles full-time in 2013,<ref name=":1" /> Amie lived, worked and studied in London, South Korea, Vietnam, India, and Spain.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Untold Stories By Amie Doherty |url=https://www.audionetwork.com/content/the-edit/inspiration/amie-doherty |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=Audio Network |language=en-GB}}</ref> She graduated magna cum laude from Berklee College of Music's Masters program in Scoring for Film, Television, and Video Games, where she was awarded the Howard Shore Scholarship.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-23 |title=Berklee announces winners of Master's scholarships in Scoring for Film, TV and Video Games |url=https://valencia.berklee.edu/berklee-announces-winners-of-master%e2%80%99s-scholarships-in-scoring-for-film-television-and-video-games-at-fimucite-in-tenerife/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=Berklee Valencia Campus |language=en-US}}</ref> She holds a bachelor's degree in music from Trinity College, Dublin.<ref name=":1" />
In 2016, Amie became a Sundance Composer Fellow,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-06-29 |title=Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound Announce Film Composers and Independent Filmmakers for July Music and Sound Design Labs - sundance.org |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2016-skywalker-sound-film-composers-sound-design-lab/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> having been chosen from over 500 composers to attend the intensive Sundance Institute Music & Sound Design Lab at the legendary Skywalker Ranch. Following her time at the lab, she was announced as the 2016 Sundance Institute/Time Warner Foundation Composer Fellow.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-09 |title=Sundance Institute and Time Warner Foundation Select 12 Fellows for 2016 Artist Support Grants - sundance.org |url=https://www.sundance.org/blogs/news/2016-artists-selected-for-time-warner-foundation-fellowship-program/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2013, she received the ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Award<ref>{{Cite web |title=The ASCAP Foundation Harold Arlen Film & TV Award |url=https://www.ascapfoundation.org/programs/awards/award-recipients/arlen_filmtv.aspx |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=The ASCAP Foundation}}</ref> after being chosen as one of 12 composers worldwide to participate in the ASCAP Television & Film Scoring Workshop.
Her score for ''Spirit Untamed'' was nominated for the 2021 International Film Music Critics Association Award for Best Original Score for an Animated Film.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-03 |title=IFMCA Award Nominations 2021 |url=http://filmmusiccritics.org/2022/02/ifmca-award-nominations-2021/ |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=IFMCA: International Film Music Critics Association |language=en-US}}</ref> The score has received praise from The Film Music Institute: "Soaring voices, boisterous old west orchestrations, ethnic energy, whipping dastardly villains and tips to the Morricone hat make for a mighty impressive first time in the saddle for a female composer at DreamWorks."<ref name=":1" />
Doherty won Best Score for an Animated Short for ''Marooned''<ref>{{Citation |title=Marooned {{!}} Official Site {{!}} DreamWorks |url=https://www.dreamworks.com/movies/marooned |language=en |access-date=2022-05-20}}</ref> at the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMA).<ref>{{Cite web |title=HMMA Winners |url=https://www.hmmawards.com/hmma-winners/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Hollywood Music in Media Awards}}</ref>
In 2022 she was nominated for IFMCA (International Music Film Critics Awards) Breakthrough Composer of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-03 |title=IFMCA (International Music Film Critics Awards) Announce Nominations |url=https://www.awardsdaily.com/2022/02/03/imfca-international-music-film-critics-awards-announce-nominations/ |access-date=2022-05-12 |website=Awardsdaily |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Works== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable sortable" width=75% |- !width="15"|Year !width="100"|Title !width="125"|Director !width="150"|Studio(s) !Notes |- |2016 |''Feast of Varanasi''<ref name=":0" /> |Rajan Kumar Patel<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071gwsy | title=BBC Asian Network - Alpa Pandya, Rajan Kumar Patel }}</ref> | | {{N/A}} |- | 2018 | ''Here and Now'' | Fabien Constant | Paramount Pictures | {{N/A}} |- | 2019 | ''Love You to Death'' | Alex Kalymnios | Lifetime Entertainment Services | Television film |- |2019 | ''Battle at Big Rock'' | Colin Trevorrow | {{Plainlist| * Universal Pictures * NBCUniversal Television Distribution * Amblin Entertainment }} | {{Plainlist| * Short film * First composition for Universal Pictures }} |- | 2019 | ''Marooned'' | Andrew Erekson | {{Plainlist| * Universal Pictures * DreamWorks Animation }} | {{Plainlist| * Short film played before Abominable * Second composition for Universal Pictures }} |- | 2020 | ''The High Note'' | Nisha Ganatra | Focus Features | {{N/A}} |- | 2020 | ''Happiest Season'' | Clea DuVall | {{Plainlist| * Hulu (United States) * Sony Pictures Releasing (International) }} | {{N/A}} |- | 2021 | ''Spirit Untamed'' | Elaine Bogan | {{Plainlist| * Universal Pictures * DreamWorks Animation }} | {{Plainlist| * First feature film composed for Universal Pictures * Third composition for Universal Pictures * First composition for an animated feature }} |- | 2023 | ''Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain'' | Paul Briganti | {{Plainlist| * Universal Pictures * Apatow Productions * Mosaic | {{N/A}} |- | 2025 | ''Freakier Friday'' | Nisha Ganatra | Walt Disney Pictures | {{Plainlist| * First feature film composed for Walt Disney Pictures }} |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable sortable" width=75% |- !width="15"|Year !width="100"|Title !width="125"|Creator(s) !width="130"|Studio(s) !Notes |- |2019 | ''Undone'' | Kate Purdy<br>Raphael Bob-Waksberg | Amazon Studios<br>The Tornante Company<br>Boxer vs. Raptor<br>Submarine Amsterdam<br>Hive House Project | {{N/A}} |- |2022 | ''She-Hulk: Attorney at Law'' | Jessica Gao | Marvel Studios | {{N/A}} |- |2023 |''Blue Eye Samurai'' | Michael Green and Amber Noizumi | Netflix Animation | {{N/A}} |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|nm4074194|Amie Doherty}}
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