Declan de Barra

Declan de Barra is an Irish musician, animator and screenwriter, best known for his work in American television. In addition, de Barra's animations have featured in various international film festivals.[1][2][3]

Declan de Barra
de Barra sings at Dublin house show in 2011
Born
Waterford, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Musician, Animator, Screenwriter
Known forClann Zú
The Witcher

Music

Born in Bunmahon, County Waterford, Ireland, de Barra emigrated to Australia in 1989 and started playing in various bands while studying fine art in Perth, Western Australia. He toured the country for a number of years with his group Non-Intentional Lifeform on Dutch label Roadrunner Records. In 1999 he formed the musical group Clann Zú featuring various musicians from Melbourne's classical, punk and electronic scenes. Clann Zú released two albums Rua and Black Coats and Bandages on Canadian political label G7 Welcoming Committee. de Barra returned to Ireland in 2002, continuing to perform with Clann Zú on their final tour throughout 2004 in Canada and Australia. In 2005 he released a debut solo album, Song of a Thousand Birds followed by "A Fire to Scare the Sun" in 2008, and "Fragments Footprints & the Forgotten" in 2011, all on Swedish Label, Black Star Foundation. de Barra creates all the artwork for his records.

Screenwriting

de Barra has worked as a writer for Aardman's Canimals and CBBC's Funky Fables and Roy. He transitioned onto more adult content, working on The CW's horror series The Originals, a spin-off of The Vampire Diaries, and the Marvel/Netflix television series Iron Fist. He wrote episodes of Netflix's The Witcher,[4] as well as singing on four tracks on the official soundtrack.[5][6] He is the creator and showrunner on The Witcher prequel series, The Witcher: Blood Origin.[7]

References
  1. "FFF - Florida Film Festival 2007". Floridafilmfestival.com. 31 March 2007. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  2. "Darklight Digital Festival 2004". Darklight. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. "San Francisco Irish Film Festival » 2005 San Francisco Irish Film Festival". Sfirishfilm.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. "The Witcher: Season One Review". Explosion Network. 20 December 2019.
  5. "The Witcher: 'The Song of the White Wolf' Exclusive Music Debut - IGN". 20 December 2019 – via www.ign.com.
  6. "The Witcher (Music from the Netflix Original Series)". Apple Music.
  7. "'The Witcher: Blood Origin': Michelle Yeoh Cast as Scian in Netflix Prequel Series". 6 July 2021.
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