Tommy Reilly (born 7 March 1989) is a Scottish singer–songwriter from

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. He gained recognition after winning the

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TV show ''

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''. Shortly after, Reilly's first single "Gimme A Call" reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in its first week of release. Reilly released his debut album, '' Words on the Floor'', in 2009. His follow-up, ''Hello! I'm Tommy Reilly'', was released less than a year later on 14 June 2010. In December 2015 he released the 6-track EP "Weightless", recorded in the Scottish highlands and released b
Gizmo Tunes Recordings
Reilly is also composing music for TV and movies, for instance for the Scottish movie production ''

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''. The duo arranged the music and wrote the score for “Our Ladies” for Sony International, and they supplied songs for

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’s revival of ''

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''.

Orange unsignedAct

Reilly entered the television talent show ''

'' after hearing that his friends entered the competition themselves. After the first round in the open auditions, Reilly was picked out, however he flew from Glasgow to the auditions and made it through with four yeses from the judges.

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at first decided at the open auditions he did not have enough experience, but later re-thought her decision. He later received a place on the Unsigned act tour. Reilly then went to win the competition via public vote with

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coming second and Scarlet Harlots coming third place. Reilly received a £60,000 advance, a

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with

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, a single release, an album deal and a multi-media marketing campaign.

''Words on the Floor''

After winning Orange UnsignedAct, Reilly released his debut single, "Gimme A Call", which reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart. Soon after he began recording his debut album, '' Words on the Floor'', which was released on 3 August 2009. The album proved commercially unsuccessful, and only managed to reach number 79 in the

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. Reilly headlined the T Break Stage at 2009's

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, and appeared on the main stage of

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2009 in Victoria Park, London. Soon after, he toured the UK in support of the album.

''Hello! I'm Tommy Reilly''

Shortly after the release of ''Words on the Floor'' A&M ended Reilly's recording contract, soon after this he signed with Euphonios and recording began on the follow-up to Tommy's debut release. The second studio album, titled ''Hello! I'm Tommy Reilly'', was produced by Roddy Hart who supported Reilly on the ''Words on the Floor'' Tour. The album, ''Hello! I'm Tommy Reilly'', was released on 14 June 2010 with the first single taken from the album, "Take Me Away For the Night" released the week before on 7 June. To promote the new album ahead of its release, Reilly went on tour in the UK supporting

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and

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throughout May and June 2010. Following this Reilly announced that he would tour again, this time as the headline act throughout September 2010.

''Waking a Sleepwalker''

On 23 April 2012, Reilly started a

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project with the aim to raise funds to enable him to record and independently release his third studio album. On 26 July 2012, the project had reached 100% of its target. The album was released to pledgers on 24 July titled Waking A Sleepwalker. EP

''Weightless EP''

After the intensity of writing and touring his first 3 LPs, Tommy took a year off to complete a Masters at the

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. With a fresh perspective he returned working on his 6-track EP ‘Weightless’, released on Gizmo Tunes Recordings in December 2015. All songs were written and composed by Tommy Reilly and recorded in the Scottish highlands. The EP was co-produced b
Ryan Joseph Burns
and Gordon Skene, mixed by Ryan Joseph Burns and mastered b
Paul McGeechan

Discography

Albums

* '' Words on the Floor'' (2009) UK No. 79 * ''Hello! I'm Tommy Reilly'' (2010) * '' Waking a Sleepwalker'' (2013)

EPs

* ''Weightless'' (2015)

Singles

* "Gimme a Call" (2009) - UK No. 14 * "Jackets" (2009) - SCO No. 1 * "Take Me Away for the Night" (2010) * "Make the Bed" (2010) * "Shut My Eyes" (2013) * "This Time of Year" (2015) * "Weightless" (2015)

Film and TV

Together with

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, Reilly composed the music of the zombie comedy-musical ''

''. The film hit cinemas in 2018. They have also been writing songs for the first two seasons of the revival of ''

'' for

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as executive produced by

, which aired on the

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network from 2020.

Awards and nominations

Reilly was shortlisted in the BAFTA Scotland New Talent Awards 2016 (for his work in The Beholder

The ''

'' song 'Suffragette Song' won a 48th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song for a Preschool, Children’s or Animated Program, along with

, Andrew Barbot and Jess Lacher.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Reilly, Tommy 1989 births Living people Scottish male singer-songwriters Scottish singer-songwriters Scottish film score composers People from Torrance, East Dunbartonshire Universal Music Group artists Musicians from East Dunbartonshire 21st-century Scottish singers 21st-century Scottish composers