Paul Mounsey (born 15 April 1959) is a

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musician, composer, arranger and record producer. A graduate of

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, where he studied with

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, Mounsey has composed for film, television, theatre, and television commercials, as well as the concert hall and the Latin American pop market. He has written pop hits for Mexican boy bands, received commissions for concert and multimedia works, lived with and recorded the music of indigenous communities in the Amazon rainforest, and to date released five solo albums. Paul Mounsey collaborated with composers John Powell, Henry Jackman and Danny Elfman. He is currently based in

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, United States, working as composer, orchestrator and programmer in the film industry. Mounsey's fifth album, ''Tha Na Laithean a' Dol Seachad (The Days Flash Past)'', was commissioned to celebrate the opening, in September 2005, of the An Lanntair Arts Centre in

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on the

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Discography

Solo albums

* '' Nahoo'' (1994) * ''

NahooToo ''NahooToo'' is the second album by Scottish musician Paul Mounsey. Track listing # "Remembrance" (5:27) # "Wherever You Go" (5:04) # "North" (5:44) # "Infinite Contempt" (5:05) # "Another Clearance" (4:57) # "Kaiwa Farewell" (5:02) # "Psalm" ...

'' (1997) * ''Nahoo 3 – Notes from the Republic'' (1999) * '' City of Walls'' (2003) * ''Tha Na Laithean a' Dol Seachad (The Days Flash Past)'' (2005)

With Runrig

* '' Proterra'' (2003)

References

''Folk World'' magazine

''All Celtic Music'' article

''BDi Music'' composer profile

External links

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BDi Music Composer Biography

Planeta Musical Sur

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