Pat Irwin has composed the scores for numerous independent films and cartoons including “Class of 3000”, the Emmy award winning series with Andre 3000 on the Cartoon Network, the classic “Rocko’s Modern Life” on Nickelodeon and the boundary-pushing ABC/Disney show “Pepper Ann.” Pat has written music for such cutting-edge films as “Bam Bam and Celeste,” written, directed and starring Margaret Cho, “But I’m A Cheerleader”, and “My New Gun,” starring Diane Lane and written and directed by Stacy Cochran.

Pat Irwin was a founding member of the ground-breaking instrumental band “The Raybeats,” as well as “Eight Eyed Spy,” formed with Lydia Lunch and others from the experimental New York “No Wave” scene of the late Seventies and early Eighties. “The Raybeats” recorded several albums as well as unreleased sessions with composer Philip Glass.

Pat played guitar and keyboards with “The B-52’s,” joining the band in 1989 and helping “Love Shack” and “Roam” to become international hits. The band toured relentlessly and Pat recorded and performed with “The B-52’s” through 2007.

Pat graduated from Grinnell College and is a recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. While on the fellowship he lived in Paris and attended composition workshops and performed with composer John Cage. He has received numerous grants and awards for composition for theater and dance including an NEA, New York State Council For The Arts, Meet The Composer and a grant from the Mary Carey Flagler Charitable Trust. He also studied clarinet with George Zetzer of the Cleveland Symphony Orchestra.

He currently teaches a seminar in film music composition at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts Graduate Music Theater Program.