Hello! My name is Derry McDermott, Im a composer from Ireland.

A super brief background:

I graduated from Trinity College Dublin with a joint honours degree in Mathematics and Music. In music I specialised in composition, composing a symphony for my dissertation. After that and for the last two years I have worked at KPMG. This allowed me to take time to save for this very masters! (In the hopes that id get in!) , and hone my compositional voice and skills, understanding what it was I felt I could offer to this industry.

How I compose & approach visual stories:

I score my music under the assumption that it may only be heard once, as many times it is - the first time someone watches the story. If a cue can’t be felt (and somewhat understood) on first listen by anyone from a film-score nerd to someone who cares little for visual stories then it isn’t doing its job.

Recently, to create widely appealing compositions, I have utilised electroacoustic techniques which merges acoustic sounds and instruments with electronic treatments and effects creating unique sound worlds for each project that blends traditional and modern ideas.