Eímear Noone

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Eimear Noone
Born
Kilconnell, County Galway, Republic of Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)conductor and composer

Eimear Noone (born in

Oscars on 9 February 2020, leading the orchestra in excerpts from the five nominated film scores.[3] Noone was also the first woman to conduct at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, Ireland.[4][5]
A documentary about the life of Eimear Noone is currently in production by Krenshaw Films.

Early life

Originally from

Trinity College, Dublin[7] who has taught conducting for UCLA Extension, Columbia College Chicago, the Society of Composers and Lyricists, and the LA Conducting Salon at the LA Ballet School.[8] Noone co-founded the Dublin City Concert Orchestra[6] and is co-creator of the Dublin International Game Music Festival.[9]

Work

Noone's composing and conducting work includes 26 film and video game titles, including notable Blizzard Entertainment titles Overwatch (2016), Hearthstone (2014), Diablo III (2012), Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (2010), and World of Warcraft (2004) and its expansions.,[10] as well as The Legend of Zelda 25th Anniversary Special Orchestra CD included with The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and the following Symphony of the Goddesses Tour.[11] As a part of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Legend of Zelda Series, Eímear Noone's conducting was filmed as the first three-dimensional footage of a symphony orchestra for the Nintendo 3DS.[11] Noone has helped bring to life BASE Hologram's new show, The Maria Callas Hologram Tour. Featuring conducting by Eimear Noone and a hologram of the iconic soprano and live, synced, classical music to match the singers performance. [12]

In 2016 she worked with Tommy Tallarico, conducting the Video Games Live European Tour.[13]

In 2019 she took over from Jessica Curry as the presenter of the Classic FM show High Score, which features orchestral arrangements of video games music. [14]

In 2020, she became the first female conductor to ever perform at the Academy Awards.[15]

Awards and nominations

Eímear Noone's score for "World of WarCraft: Warlords of Draenor" received the "Hollywood Music in Media Award" in 2014 for "Best Video Game Score", and was nominated for five "Annual game Music Awards 2014".[16]

References

  1. Extra.ie
    . 25 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. Thetimes.co.uk
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  3. ^ Burlingame, Jon. "Oscars to Feature Female Orchestra Conductor for the First Time". No. Variety. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  4. ^ Keane, Caomhan (28 March 2015). "Taking up the baton". The Irish Times.
  5. ^ "Rennes. Une chef d'Hollywood pour le concert Video games". Ouest-France.fr (in French). Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b O'Connell, Dave (28 March 2015). "Kilconnell native scored world's biggest videogame ever". Connacht Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  7. Independent.ie
    . Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  8. OCLC 840387657
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  9. ^ "About – iDIG Music Festival". idigmusicfest.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Eimear Noone". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  11. ^
    Independent.ie
    . Retrieved 8 March 2017.
  12. ^ Morris, Keegan (5 September 2019). "Meet the conductor who's resurrecting Maria Callas (in hologram form)". WFMT. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  13. ^ Roche, Antoine (9 November 2016). "Video Games Live : nos impressions sur le show parisien de novembre 2016" [Video Games Live: our impressions of the Paris show in November 2016]. Begeek (in French). Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Video game composer Eímear Noone to host High Score on Classic FM". ClassicFM.com.
  15. ISSN 1059-1028
    . Retrieved 6 October 2020.
  16. ^ "Eímear Noone – iDIG Music Festival". idigmusicfest.com. Retrieved 8 March 2017.

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