Danny Mulhern
Biographie Danny Mulhern
Danny Mulhern
is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He releases instrumental music and writes music for film, mostly working with small ensembles, combining contemporary classical with other genres.
Much of his recent work has been with the London Contemporary Orchestra, composing for film and on standalone artistic projects.
Since scoring the critically acclaimed Hollywood film What They Had in 2018, Danny has been examining the motivations behind his work. Singing Through others is essentially a meditation on relationships, taking its title from the words of poet and philosopher Nora Bateson, who also appears on the album.
Danny is motivated by the role art can play in our connection to meaning, and that relationships - personal and collective - are primary to this. Singing Through Others is perhaps also a reexamination (or even a lament) on the concept of an album as an artwork in 2022.
Danny Mulhern is a thinker. An active member of the Rebel Wisdom community, he’s got a deep interest in philosophy and the modern world. He creates the aforementioned moments of optimism, sometimes even moments of lightness and fun (“Woodlark”, “Porcelain”), but he’s also clear-eyed about the costs (“We Are Not Machines”, “The Fertile Night”). This may be a cerebral album but it’s also full of beautiful musical moments: he’s got a wonderful ear for melody and a real talent for orchestration, evidenced by the skilful way he forefronts the diverse talents of the LCO (this is the fourth time he’s worked with the orchestra and it’s well-worth checking out their previous collaborations on 1631 Recordings). In 2018 he soundtracked the critically acclaimed Hollywood movie What They Had. The press release tells us that this prompted him to examine the motivations behind his work, leading to 2020’s Flow States which, as he details in this interview, helped him to rekindle his love of music through collaboration. Collaboration is working together, being generous with one another while staying true to oneself. We have the opportunity to do it every day and, to refer back to Nora Bateson, the way we do it matters.
