Hugh Rodgers
Hugh Rodgers is an award-winning composer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and filmmaker based in Dublin, Ireland. He has written scores for internationally award-winning documentaries, short films, commercials, and online media. He is a versatile composer, as comfortable working with electronics or individual musicians, as he is with larger ensembles and orchestral arrangements. His music ranges from charming and whimsical to ethereal and atmospheric, and he can infuse flavours of any musical genre into his own individual style.
Scores include: Growing Up Gay (2-part doc series 2010), Somebody To Love (IFTA winning 1hr TV doc 2014), One Million Dubliners (IFTA winning feature doc 2014), Strange Occurrences In A Small Irish Village (feature doc 2016), Bittersweet (RAW Science L.A. Award Winning 30min doc 2017), When Women Won (Boston Irish Film Festival Director’s Choice winning feature doc 2020), How To Tell A Secret (feature documentary 2022). Commercial scores: Budweiser, Eir, Chadwicks, Keelings, Trinity College Dublin.
Hugh has performed and recorded with various bands and artists, and is a founding member of the alternative folk band, A Dark Horse, whose music has been praised at home and abroad, described by Seattle Weekly as “compelling, dense and dreamy” and “a rich, cinematic sound” by Nialler9.com. He is a first class honours graduate of the Music & Media Technologies masters in Trinity College, where he studied under Donnacha Dennehy, Linda Buckley and Roger Doyle.