Setting of a poem by Joe Corrie, recorded for 'In Time O' Strife', National Theatre of Scotland 2013/14. Vocals & Violin: Jenny Reeve - Vocals & Guitar: MJ McCarthy - Bass: Adam Scott - Drums: Jonny Scott.

I Am The Common Man

Composed for the Dundee Rep production of 'Tay Bridge' by Peter Arnott, 2019.

Transition From 'Tay Bridge'

Arranged for a production of 'Miss Julie', adapted by Zinnie Harris, Spring 2019. Vocals by Jacqueline Thain & Aidan Moffat.

The Bird In The Bush

Composed for Stef Smith's 'Nora: A Doll's House', Citizens Theatre & Young Vic 2019/20

'Tarantella'

A backing track arrangement for Ann Blake's song 'It's Time', recorded for the 2025 production of Connie by Ann Blake & Joanne Ryan, performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra. 

It's Time (melody by Ann Blake, orchestration by MJ McCarthy)

An arrangement of Ann Blake's melody - a setting of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 'Song' - recorded for the 2025 production of Connie, performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra

Stay At Home (melody by Ann Blake, orchestration by MJ McCarthy)

An orchestral variation on Ann Blake's 'It's Time", recorded for the 2025 production of Connie, performed by the Irish Chamber Orchestra

I Want To Go Back (composition & orchestration by MJ McCarthy)

5 tracks from "Walking Music" - all pieces composes for the Lyceum Edinburgh production of Peter Handke's "The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other". Recorded & Mixed by Mark Freegard at Kyoti Studio, Glasgow. Supported by Creative Scotland Open Project Funding.

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An Unmade Lane

From the album 'Walking Music', a soundtrack composed for the Lyceum Edinburgh production of 'The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other'.

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An excerpt from the soundtrack for Stef Smith's ' A Love Letter to Europe': http://www.stefsmith.co.uk/love-letter-to-europe.html

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