Brendan Cooney’s compositions were listened to 2.8 billion times in 2019.
He is a composer and pianist based in Philadelphia.
Cooney has composed classic, wacky cartoon music for over 500 episodes of Pencilmation, one of the most popular channels on Youtube. If you watch Pencilmation, you have heard his music.
Composer for Pencilmation
Cooney is musical director and composer for Not So Silent Cinema. Not So Silent Cinema performs newly-composed live film scores to classic silent film. Cooney has composed over 14 full length scores for silent classics.
Here’s a scene from Not So Silent Cinema’s album of music for the 1932 film Vampyr featuring a meditative, terrifying blend of acoustic and electronic elements.
Not So Silent Cinema
Projects
Cooney can be heard performing in a wide variety of projects, from jazz to classical piano, bluegrass and Turkish.
The New River Ensemble
Featuring Martha Hyde-woodwinds, Lisa Liske-cello, and Brendan Cooney-piano, the New River Ensemble plays traditional chamber music as well as contemporary (and original) repertoire..
ZRNA
ZRNA plays Turkish inspired electric music.
Noggin Hill
Cooney plays banjo, fiddle and mandolin in Noggin Hill, one of Philly’s busiest bluegrass and old-time bands.