Biography

Irish composer Stephen McKeon has been composing music for film and television for over 34 years. A highly versatile multi-instrumentalist, he has scored over 100 feature films and numerous award-winning international television drama series and documentaries, including BLACK MIRROR (15 Million Merits) and eight feature-length POIROT films. 

He has been nominated for several international awards and is the recipient of three Irish Film & Television Academy awards for BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: PILGRIMAGE (starring JON BERNTHAL & TOM HOLLAND) in 2018 and in 2006 and 2015 for his scores for legendary director John Boorman's "THE TIGER'S TAIL" & "QUEEN & COUNTRY", the follow-up to "HOPE & GLORY". 

His recent scores include Lee Cronin’s THE MUMMY, from New Line/Blumhouse; the TV crime drama series KIN (BRON Studios/AMC); EVIL DEAD RISE for WARNER BROTHERS/NEW LINE (produced by SAM RAIMI, ROB TAPERT & BRUCE CAMPBELL); folk horror series THE RED KING for UK television; THE DAMNED, which premiered at Tribeca; and SHARP CORNER, which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024.

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FILM

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy
(2026)
Production Company: Blumhouse / New Line
Director: Lee Cronin

One Last Deal
(2026)
Production Company: Hail Mary Pictures / Vertigo
Director: Brendan Muldowney

Wounds
(2025)
Production Company: Bald Eagle Pictures
Director: Ron Krauss

Sharp Corner
(2024)
Production Company: Neon Films
Director: Jason Buxton

The Damned
(2024)
Production Company: Wild Atlantic Pictures
Director: Thordur Palsson

Baltimore
(2023)
Production Company: Desperate Optimists
Director: Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy

Evil Dead Rise
(2023)
Production Company: New Line Cinema, Warner Bros.
Director: Lee Cronin

The Cellar
(2022)
Production Company: Shudder / Screen Ireland
Director: Brendan Muldowney

Rose Plays Julie
(2019)
Production Company: Samson Films
Director: Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy

The Hole in the Ground
(2019)
Production Company: Savage Productions / A24
Director: Lee Cronin 

TV

The Hardacres
(2024)
Production Company: Playground Entertainment
Directors: Rachel Carey, Kieron J. Walsh

The Red King
(2024) 
Production Company: Alibi
Director: Daniel O’Hara, Lisa Clarke
Creator: Toby Whitehouse

Kin
(2023) 
Production Company: BRON Studios
Directors: Diarmuid Goggins, Tessa Hoffe, Felix Thompson
Creators: Ciaron Donnelly, Peter McKenna

Charlie
(2015) 
Production Company: Element Pictures
Directors: Kenneth Glenaan, Charlie McCarthy

Black Mirror
(2011) – ‘Fifteen Million Merits’
Production Company: Broke & Bones / Netflix 
Creator: Charlie Brooker

Primaeval
(2011) 
Production Company: ITV
Creators: Tim Haines, Adrian Hodges

Poirot
(2011) 
Production Company: Carnival Films