Phil McClean is an award winning Irish composer (And sometime singer-songwriter) for the visual arts. Self taught in all aspects, he has appeared on the Billboard Top 5 American EDM album ‘In Search Of Darkness’ soundtrack with the hidden bonus track ‘Sleep Paralysis’ on the New RetroWave Bandcamp digital release in 2019. That same year he entered the Horror Hotel International Scoring competition, reaching the TOP 10, eventually placing 9th. In 2020 he released the mini album “The Last Illusion” inspired by the Clive Barker short story. Between 2021 & 2022 he lent his talents to indie games and helped produce and co-write songs for up and coming young talent, but on account of the pandemic, work opportunities were few and far between so he honed his skills behind the production desk and keyboard and released the e.p. ‘Rage’.

He captured silver in the Cuetube's Score Relief General Composition category for “I Catch You” in 2022 and in his directing début, filmed and produced his music video for 'Hangin' On The Line'. In November 2023, he received the “Best Director” award for this video in the “Best Music Video” category during the 38th Vesuvius International Film Festival in Italy.

Phil captured silver again in The XV Jerry Goldsmith Awards for his work ‘The Last Illusion’ in the 'Free Creation' category in 2023. 

Phil scored his first feature length film, released in 2024 ‘Am Fear Líath’ directed by Pauric Brennan. Which was well received, including a release on Amazon Prime. The ‘Am Fear Líath’ Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is currently streaming on the usual platforms.

In 2025 he was announced the winner of the 2024 International Horror Hotel Film Score Competition in Cleveland, Ohio in the USA. Following this, he completed his second feature length score for ‘Reputation’ directed by Philip Curry and which received a theatrical outing in The Lighthouse Cinema in Smithsfield, Dublin on May 13th 2025. 

That same year, he was announced winner of ‘Best Score’ for ‘Star Wars: Rebels On The Run’, directed by Brian Matthews-Murphy at the May The 4th Sci-Fi Film Festival, in Portmagee, Kerry in Ireland

He has recently finished scoring the emotional drama, ‘Kathleen’, directed by Dr. George Leslie. Next up, he is set to begin composing on the Irish noir thriller ‘Perdu’, directed by John McNally & produced by Brian Matthews-Murphy. 

His influences range from Cab Calloway to Danny Elfman to Nine Inch Nails, ensuring an always original and typically unusual sound palette, which he employs as a powerful tool to best serve the story and creator's vision.