Giles Packham wrote the score for Outcast, a supernatural thriller starring James Nesbit and Kate Dickie, directed by Colm McCarthy (Ripper Street, The Tudors and Murphy's Law).

The edgy film set in high-rise flats in Edinburgh tells the tale of Petronella and Fergal, her mysterious Irish boyfriend. As their doomed relationship plays out, a Beast stalks the estate, killing locals, working its way towards the protagonists. Meanwhile Cathal and Liam, two mysterious men from Ireland use Celtic ritual and magic on a blood hunt to track Fergal down.

The film premiered in March 2010 as part of the South by Southwest Festival. It was also screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival and received a UK release later that year.
Score for the film blended traditional horror orchestration with elements of punk rock and electronic music to reflect the edgy urban setting.

Outcast Driving

The Zoo TV Series 1 - 4, RTE 1, Animal Planet

Giles Packham writes the score and composed the theme tune to the The Zoo TV Series. The popular programme takes viewers behind the scenes at Dublin Zoo following the dedicated men and women who take care of the 600 plus exotic animals who live there.
With 39 episodes broadcast to date, The Zoo has become a favourite with audiences across the generations.

Viewers not only get up close and personal with the many beautiful, exotic and often critically endangered animals in the zoo, but also join the keepers on the journey of taking care of them; from day to day life and animal husbandry to the excitement of births, deaths and unexpected emergencies.

Over the last four years, Giles' carefully crafted score for The Zoo has mirrored the highs and the lows of life in the Zoo. It has echoed the tension lived by zoo keepers as they make difficult decisions about a sick animals, accompanied a penguin chick as she takes her first swim, and brought tears of joy with the birth of a baby rhino.

The Zoo TV Series Theme

The Zoo Getting Ready Getting Busy Edit

The Apprentice is an Irish reality television series, in which a group of aspiring young businessmen and women compete for the chanceto win a job as "apprentice" to a business leader. The TV3 series is now in its fifth season.

Giles Packham's music score has helped ignite tension in the boardroom, fire contestants, and connect with audiences as the apprentices come to terms with challenging tasks.

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

This is the soundtrack of the documentary film The Man Who Wanted To Fly which tells the irresistible story of 80-something bachelor farmer Bobby Coote. He left school at 13 and says his reading and writing isn't great. Bobby fixes clocks and spends a lot of time in his back shed making violins from old furniture. 

But he’s never lost sight of a lifelong dream to fly. 

Capturing the wonder of one man’s dreams, The Man Who Wanted To Fly is a unique journey into a disappearing Irish border hinterland.

The Man Who Wanted To Fly

Never Seen Him Flyin Again

Making a Violin Fly

Sillycopter

Complicated Machine

Welcome to Our House

Scooter Field Ride

The Field Ahead

Born and Reared

Introduce the Cootes

The man Who Wanted To Fly Opening Title

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