Niall Byrne studied Piano and Composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He was awarded first prize at the 1992 Dublin Film Festival's music competition, chaired by composer Michael Nyman. Since then he has composed music for feature films and television dramas both in Ireland and abroad. He pursues personal music projects and received a Music Bursary in 2012 from the Arts Council to compose 'The Promenade', a solo piano album released in July, 2013. He has received several IFTA award nominations and won Best Original Score at the IFTA Awards in 2013 for his score to the BBC film 'Loving Miss Hatto' Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.