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{{Short description|American multi-instrumentalist and composer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Patrick O'Hearn
| image = Patrick o'hearn treme 2011.JPG
| caption = Patrick O'Hearn performing in HBO series ''[[Treme (TV series)|Treme]]'' February 2011
| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
| birth_name = Patrick John O'Hearn
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|09|06}}
| birth_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| genre = [[New age music|New age]], [[jazz]], [[Rock music|rock]], [[New wave music|new wave]]
| occupation = Musician, composer
| years_active = 1969–present
| label = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Private Music]], [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], Deep Cave, Patrick O'Hearn Music
| associated_acts = [[Frank Zappa]], [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]], [[John Hiatt]]
| website = {{URL|patrickohearn.com}}
}}


'''Patrick O'Hearn''' ([[September 6]], [[1954]] – ) is a critically acclaimed New Age recording musician.
'''Patrick John O'Hearn''' (born September 6, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist.

Known primarily as a [[bass guitar]]ist and keyboardist, O'Hearn came to prominence with [[Frank Zappa]] and co-founded the early 1980s [[New wave music|new wave]] band [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] with several other veterans from Zappa's bands. O'Hearn's musical repertoire spans a diverse range including [[new-age music|new-age]]. In addition to solo albums, he has composed soundtracks for movies and television.

==Biography==


==History==
===Formative years===
===Formative years===
Patrick O'Hearn began his career on the California coast, touring with [[Frank Zappa]] in the mid-1970s. By 1980, however, O'Hearn teamed with trumpet player [[Mark Isham]] and guitarist [[Peter Maunu]] to form '''Group 87''', an ensemble heavily influenced by the instrumental rock fusion that had flourished in Scandinavia and Western Europe in the prior decade. Although only one self-titled LP was produced, Group 87 would heavily influence the musical direction of O'Hearn's solo career, and both Isham and Maunu would become important collaborators on O'Hearn's subsequent solo releases.


Born in [[Los Angeles]], California and raised in the [[Pacific Northwest]], O'Hearn began his professional music career at age 15 when he joined the [[American Federation of Musicians|Musicians Union]] and began playing night clubs in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Upon graduating from [[Sunset High School (Beaverton, Oregon)|Sunset High School]] in 1972, he moved to [[Seattle]], Washington. There, he briefly attended [[Cornish College of the Arts]] and, as well, studied privately with bassist [[Gary Peacock]].
Following Group 87, O'Hearn joined another former Zappa musician, [[Terry Bozzio]], as the bassist for the New Wave group [[Missing Persons]].
===Private Music===
Increasingly disenchanted with the New Wave scene, O'Hearn's solo career was spurred in part by former [[Tangerine Dream]] member [[Peter Baumann]], who by 1984 was conceiving of a new music label that would showcase progressive instrumental music - a niche earlier explored by Group 87. Baumann signed O'Hearn as one of the flagship artists for [[Private Music]] (along with other New Age notables such as [[Yanni]] and [[Suzanne Ciani]]), and produced O'Hearn's solo debut album, ''Ancient Dreams''.


In 1973, he moved to [[San Francisco]], California and soon became involved in the [[Bay Area]] jazz scene of that time, playing bass for established artists [[Charles Lloyd (jazz musician)|Charles Lloyd]], [[Joe Henderson]], [[Dexter Gordon]], [[Joe Pass]], [[Woody Shaw]], Eddie Henderson, and Bobby Hutcherson. He also collaborated with musicians his own age, including [[Terry Bozzio]], [[Mark Isham]] and Peter Maunu.
Signature elements readily manifest in ''Ancient Dreams'': found percussion instruments, hypnotic bass guitar patterns, synthesized pads, and minimalist harmonies. Perhaps biased by his preferred instrument, O'Hearn often adds jazz elements, particularly in his frequent use of the bass guitar (often a fretless bass) as the lead melody.


While on tour in Los Angeles in 1976, O'Hearn met musician [[Frank Zappa]], who offered him a job as bass player in his band—a position he held for over two years. During this period, O’Hearn shifted from the acoustic bass to the electric bass guitar, and also became increasingly interested in electronic music. Zappa encouraged O’Hearn to explore his collection of synthesizers, and also introduced him to the technical aspects of music production, audio engineering, and home studio audio recording equipment.
O'Hearn followed ''Ancient Dreams'' with two more albums - ''Between Two Worlds'' (1986) and ''Rivers Gonna Rise'' (1988). Notably, the albums gradually became brighter in tone as O'Hearn began to receive greater airplay on jazz and new age radio stations. O'Hearn also co-produced several tracks for guitarist [[Colin Chin]]'s ''Intruding on a Silence'', featuring Mark Isham on trumpet - as such, the output strongly echoes Group 87's earlier work.


In 1979, O'Hearn teamed with trumpet player Mark Isham and guitarist Peter Maunu to form Group 87. They only produced two LPs—''Group 87'' in 1980, and ''A Career in Dada Processing'' in 1984. Isham and Maunu would appear as collaborators on several of O'Hearn's subsequent solo releases.
The fourth album, ''Eldorado'' (1989), ventured decidedly into the World Music genre - infusing O'Hearn's signature sound with rhythms and timbres drawn from disparate sources such as South America and the Middle East. As such, O'Hearn's arrangements accommodated a wider array of instrumentation - such as human singing and the solo violin (most notably on "Black Delilah".) Commercially, ''Eldorado'' performed well among New Age audiences - some tracks remain popular on jazz stations today.


===1980s and solo career===
An album of techno remixes followed in 1990, featuring contributions from notable popular music producers, including David Frank and Carmen Rizzo Jr. However, ''Mix Up'' was panned by critics and fans, and remains long out of print. In a [http://www.ambientvisions.com/ohearn.htm 2001 interview], O'Hearn said that the album was "the brain child of the A&R dept. of Private Music.... Overall, I enjoyed the outcome, but some of the stuff makes me cringe to this day."
In 1981, drummer and former Zappa bandmate [[Terry Bozzio]] invited O’Hearn to join his emerging new wave band, [[Missing Persons (band)|Missing Persons]] along with guitarist and fellow Zappa alumnus [[Warren Cuccurullo]] and [[Dale Bozzio]], who had performed vocals in several Zappa productions and recently married Terry. O'Hearn shifted from electric bass to synthesizers. Missing Persons recorded three albums for Capitol Records: ''[[Spring Session M]]'' (1982), ''[[Rhyme & Reason (Missing Persons album)|Rhyme & Reason]]'' (1984), and ''[[Color In Your Life]]'' (1986). The band dissolved in early 1986; subsequently, O'Hearn joined with former [[Duran Duran]] guitarist [[Andy Taylor (guitarist)|Andy Taylor]] and former [[Sex Pistols]] guitarist [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]] for one album, ''[[Thunder (Andy Taylor album)|Thunder]]'' (1987), and a brief tour.


O'Hearn's solo career was spurred in large part by former [[Tangerine Dream]] member [[Peter Baumann]], who had been conceiving of a new music label that would showcase progressive instrumental music—a niche earlier explored by Group 87. Baumann formed the [[Private Music]] label in late 1984, and produced O'Hearn's debut solo album, ''Ancient Dreams'' (1985).
Yet another major turning point in O'Hearn's music career was marked with the release of ''Indigo'' (1991). Ostensibly billed by the label as a "return" to the tradition of ''Ancient Dreams'', O'Hearn downplays the use of synthesizers and instead focuses on manipulating space, acoustics, and textures to create a consistency of tone previously eschewed in albums like ''Eldorado''.


O'Hearn followed ''Ancient Dreams'' with two more albums—''Between Two Worlds'' (1987), which earned the artist his first [[Grammy Award|Grammy]] nomination, and ''Rivers Gonna Rise'' (1988). O'Hearn began to receive greater airplay on jazz and new-age radio stations. O'Hearn also co-produced several tracks for guitarist [[Colin Chin]]'s ''Intruding on a Silence'', featuring Mark Isham on trumpet. O'Hearn released his fourth solo album ''Eldorado'' in 1989, which blended elements of World Music with warm keyboard textures.
Following the commercial success of Yanni's compilation albums, Private Music issued a retrospective - ''The Private Music of Patrick O'Hearn'' - in 1992.
===Deep Cave===
After a three year absence, which included a move from California to North Carolina, O'Hearn released ''Trust'' under the newly formed Deep Cave record label. Featuring contributions from [[David Torn]], Terry Bozzio, and [[Warren Cuccurullo]], ''Trust'' earned O'Hearn his first [[Grammy]] nomination.


===1990s===
Shortly after the release of ''Metaphor'' (1996), the Deep Cave record label folded.
The next O'Hearn release was ''Indigo'' in 1991. Winding up their contract, Private Music assembled a compilation album in 1992 titled ''The Private Music of Patrick O'Hearn.'' This album included three previously unreleased tracks titled "Down Hill Racer", "Irene", and "Step".
===Sampling Controversy===
In November 1997, Patrick O'Hearn filed suit against electronica musician [[Robert Miles]]. O'Hearn alleged that Miles illegally [[sampling | sampled]] "At First Light" from O'Hearn's ''Ancient Dreams'' album - using it as the foundation for the international hit single "Children".


In 1992, O'Hearn composed and performed the music score for ''[[White Sands (film)|White Sands]],'' a police thriller starring [[Willem Dafoe]] and [[Samuel L. Jackson]]. The film was directed by [[Roger Donaldson]]. Later that year he composed the score to ''[[Silent Tongue]]'', written and directed by [[Sam Shepard]] and starring [[Alan Bates]], [[Richard Harris]], [[River Phoenix]] and [[Dermot Mulroney]].
===Today===
O'Hearn's five year absence ended with the release of two albums under his eponymous label: ''So Flows The Current'' (2001) and ''Beautiful World'' (2003). ''Beautiful World'' was voted the #1 New Age album on the nationally syndicated radio program ''Echoes''.


O'Hearn released ''Trust'' in 1995 under the newly formed Deep Cave record label. Featuring contributions from [[David Torn]] and former bandmates Terry Bozzio and [[Warren Cuccurullo]], ''Trust'' earned O'Hearn his second [[Grammy]] nomination.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hearn |first=Patrick |title=38th Annual GRAMMY Awards |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/patrick-ohearn/5132 |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref> Shortly after the release of his next album, ''Metaphor'' (1996), the Deep Cave record label folded. Also released in 1996 was the soundtrack to the film ''[[Crying Freeman (film)|Crying Freeman]].''
''Slow Time'' (2005) marks a departure for O'Hearn, in that he ventures into the experimental realm characterized by [[Modernism (music) | musical movements in the 20th century]] - including references to [[Steve Reich]] and [[Pierre Boulez]]. Says O'Hearn on his [http://www.patrickohearn.com/ website]:

<blockquote>''Slow Time'' is for me an interesting record. From cyclical sounding, music for three vibraphones -- a complex arpeggio or round, of two simple Major 9th chords -- which never quite repeats itself, to the ambient leaning title track, slow time. The album explores or touches upon territories of the tonal, abstract, experimental and traditional.</blockquote>
There have been a few various artists albums that O'Hearn has contributed new material to. In 1998, his 12-minute composition "35th Parallel" appeared on the five-artist album ''The Ambient Expanse''. In 2000, his version of a Johann Sebastian Bach piece called "Prelude from Cello Suite No.&nbsp;1" appeared on the compilation ''A Different Prelude: A Contemporary Collection''. In 2003 his version of the [[Joaquín Rodrigo]] composition "Adagio from Fantasy for a Gentleman" appeared on the compilation ''Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection''. This last track can also be found on the various artists compilation ''Sundown: Windham Hill Piano Collection'', released in 2006.

===2000s===
O'Hearn's next solo project, ''So Flows the Current'' (2001), was recorded over a three-year period from 1997 to 2000.

In 2002, cinematographer David Fortney created a film of landscape images paired with O'Hearn music. The result was ''Timeless - A National Parks Odyssey'' which was released on DVD in 2002. This also includes a new version of the track "Beauty In Darkness," originally from O'Hearn's debut album.

''Beautiful World'' was O'Hearn's next release in 2003, and it was voted the No.&nbsp;1 album on the nationally syndicated radio program ''[[Echoes (radio program)|Echoes]]''. This was followed by ''Slow Time'' in 2005. O'Hearn dedicated the track "Music For Three Vibraphones" in memory of his mentor Frank Zappa.

In 2006, O'Hearn released three recordings via iTunes online delivery only. The first two of these are the soundtrack EP to Sean Garland's short film ''The Wheelhouse'', and the soundtrack album to the Sam Shepard stage play ''[[Simpatico (play)|Simpatico]]'' (originally recorded in 1994). These were followed by ''The So Flows Sessions'', which is a full-length album of previously unreleased material from the recording sessions in 1997–2000 that produced ''So Flows The Current''.

The next year in 2007 O'Hearn released the CD ''Glaciation'', inspired by images of Earth's Arctic regions. In the summer of 2007, O'Hearn was introduced to singer-songwriter [[John Hiatt]] and played bass on Hiatt's ''[[Same Old Man]]'' album. Hiatt subsequently asked him to join his band and tour in support of the album's 2008 release. O'Hearn continued to tour with Hiatt through 2010 and recorded on his following releases: ''[[The Open Road (album)|The Open Road]]'' (2010), ''[[Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns]]'' (2011), and ''[[Mystic Pinball]]'' (2012).

===2010s===

O'Hearn's 13th album ''Transitions'' was released digitally on August 23, 2011, and on CD on October 4. It was voted No.1 album of 2011 on the ''Echoes'' Listener's Poll.

In December 2013, a various artists album titled ''Nashville Indie Spotlight'' was released, which includes a new piece by Patrick O'Hearn and Peter Maunu called "Out of Reach".

His daughter, Rachel, is an [[electronic music|electronic]] musician, performing under the names Chromatiq and Black Sound Effects.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.me.com/advancednb/Sine_Language/CHROMATIQ.html|title=Chromatiq information @Sine Language Bass Agency|access-date=January 9, 2012}}</ref>

===2020s===

In October 2020, Patrick O’Hearn released a new track online titled “Rivulet”, which also had a second version titled “Rivulet (Tranquility Mix)”.


==Discography==
==Discography==

{| {{prettytable}}
===Solo albums===
!Image
{| class="wikitable"
!Release date
|-
!Released
!Title
!Title
!Label
!Label
|-
|-
|1985
|
|[[1985]]
|''Ancient Dreams''
|''Ancient Dreams''
|Private Music
|Private Music
|-
|-
|1987
|
|[[1986]]
|''Between Two Worlds''
|''Between Two Worlds''
|Private Music
|Private Music
|-
|-
|1988
|
|''Rivers Gonna Rise''
|[[1988]]
|''River's Gonna Rise''
|Private Music
|Private Music
|-
|-
|Aug 4, 1989
|
|[[August 4]], [[1989]]
|''Eldorado''
|''Eldorado''
|Private Music
|Private Music
|-
|-
|Sep 24, 1991
|
|[[September 11]], [[1990]]
|''Mix Up''
|Private Music
|-
|
|[[September 24]], [[1991]]
|''Indigo''
|''Indigo''
|Private Music
|Private Music
|-
|-
|July 25, 1995
|
|[[November 10]], [[1992]]
|''The Private Music of Patrick O'Hearn''
|Private Music
|-
|
|[[July 25]], [[1995]]
|''Trust''
|''Trust''
|Deep Cave
|Deep Cave
|-
|-
|March 7, 1996
|
|[[1996]]
|''Metaphor''
|''Metaphor''
|Deep Cave
|Deep Cave
|-
|-
|Jan 20, 2001
|
|[[February 20]], [[2001]]
|''So Flows the Current''
|''So Flows the Current''
|Patrick O'Hearn
|Paras Recording
|-
|-
|Nov 4, 2003
|
|[[November 4]], [[2003]]
|''Beautiful World''
|''Beautiful World''
|Patrick O'Hearn
|patrickohearn.com
|-
|-
|Feb 28, 2005
|
|[[June 28]], [[2005]]
|''Slow Time''
|''Slow Time''
|Patrick O'Hearn
|patrickohearn.com
|-
|July 7, 2006
|''The So Flows Sessions''
|Patrick O'Hearn
|-
|Aug 22, 2007
|''Glaciation''
|Patrick O'Hearn
|-
|Aug 23, 2011
|''Transitions''
|Patrick O'Hearn
|}
|}


==See Also==
===Compilations===
{| class="wikitable"
*[[Mark Isham]]
|-
*[[Terry Bozzio]]
!Released
*[[Dale Bozzio]]
!Title
*[[Warren Cuccurullo]]
!Label
*[[David Torn]]
|-
*[[Peter Baumann]]
|Sep 11, 1990
|''Mix-Up'' (Remixes by other producers)
|Private Music
|-
|Nov 10, 1992
|''The Private Music of Patrick O'Hearn''
|Private Music
|-
|July 15, 1997
|''A Windham Hill Retrospective''
|Windham Hill
|-
|2008
|''Timeless - A National Parks Odyssey''
|Janson Media
|}


==External Links==
===Soundtracks===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Released
!Title
!Label
|-
|April 24, 1992
|''[[White Sands (film)|White Sands]]''
|Morgan Creek
|-
|April 29, 1996
|''[[Crying Freeman (film)|Crying Freeman]]''
|Ariola
|-
|June 15, 2006
|''The Wheelhouse'' (short film)
|Patrick O'Hearn
|-
|June 26, 2006
|''[[Simpatico (play)|Simpatico]]'' (stage play)
|Patrick O'Hearn
|}

===Additional music for film and television===
Patrick O’Hearn did the soundtrack music for these, without releasing a soundtrack album.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Released
!Title
!Medium
|-
|September 28, 1988
|''[[Destroyer_(1988_film)|Destroyer]]''
|Film
|-
|1989–1990
|[[Falcon Crest|''Falcon Crest'', Season 9]]
|TV series
|-
|October 4, 1991
|''[[Heaven Is a Playground (film)|Heaven Is a Playground]]''
|Film
|-
|January 28, 1993
|''[[Silent Tongue]]''
|Film
|-
|August 27, 1993
|''[[Father Hood]]''
|Film
|-
|May 10, 1995
|''[[As Good as Dead (1995 film)|As Good As Dead]]''
|TV movie
|-
|January 28, 1999
|''[[Alien Cargo]]''
|TV movie
|-
|2001
|''Border Patrol''
|TV movie
|}

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.patrickohearn.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.patrickohearn.com/ Official site]
*[http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:0hpsa9tgy23d Patrick O'Hearn] at the [[All Music Guide]]
*[{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p110652|pure_url=yes}} Patrick O'Hearn] at [[Allmusic]]
*{{IMDb name|0641383}}
*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641383/ Patrick O'Hearn] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[https://candethamine.wordpress.com/about// Patrick O'Hearn Discography]
*{{iobdb name|6975}}

{{Missing Persons}}


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Patrick O'Hearn
Patrick O'Hearn performing in HBO series Treme February 2011
Patrick O'Hearn performing in HBO series Treme February 2011
Background information
Birth namePatrick John O'Hearn
Born (1954-09-06) September 6, 1954 (age 70)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
GenresNew age, jazz, rock, new wave
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Years active1969–present
LabelsColumbia, Capitol, Private Music, BMG, Deep Cave, Patrick O'Hearn Music
Websitepatrickohearn.com

Patrick John O'Hearn (born September 6, 1954) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and recording artist.

Known primarily as a bass guitarist and keyboardist, O'Hearn came to prominence with Frank Zappa and co-founded the early 1980s new wave band Missing Persons with several other veterans from Zappa's bands. O'Hearn's musical repertoire spans a diverse range including new-age. In addition to solo albums, he has composed soundtracks for movies and television.

Biography

[edit]

Formative years

[edit]

Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in the Pacific Northwest, O'Hearn began his professional music career at age 15 when he joined the Musicians Union and began playing night clubs in Portland, Oregon. Upon graduating from Sunset High School in 1972, he moved to Seattle, Washington. There, he briefly attended Cornish College of the Arts and, as well, studied privately with bassist Gary Peacock.

In 1973, he moved to San Francisco, California and soon became involved in the Bay Area jazz scene of that time, playing bass for established artists Charles Lloyd, Joe Henderson, Dexter Gordon, Joe Pass, Woody Shaw, Eddie Henderson, and Bobby Hutcherson. He also collaborated with musicians his own age, including Terry Bozzio, Mark Isham and Peter Maunu.

While on tour in Los Angeles in 1976, O'Hearn met musician Frank Zappa, who offered him a job as bass player in his band—a position he held for over two years. During this period, O’Hearn shifted from the acoustic bass to the electric bass guitar, and also became increasingly interested in electronic music. Zappa encouraged O’Hearn to explore his collection of synthesizers, and also introduced him to the technical aspects of music production, audio engineering, and home studio audio recording equipment.

In 1979, O'Hearn teamed with trumpet player Mark Isham and guitarist Peter Maunu to form Group 87. They only produced two LPs—Group 87 in 1980, and A Career in Dada Processing in 1984. Isham and Maunu would appear as collaborators on several of O'Hearn's subsequent solo releases.

1980s and solo career

[edit]

In 1981, drummer and former Zappa bandmate Terry Bozzio invited O’Hearn to join his emerging new wave band, Missing Persons along with guitarist and fellow Zappa alumnus Warren Cuccurullo and Dale Bozzio, who had performed vocals in several Zappa productions and recently married Terry. O'Hearn shifted from electric bass to synthesizers. Missing Persons recorded three albums for Capitol Records: Spring Session M (1982), Rhyme & Reason (1984), and Color In Your Life (1986). The band dissolved in early 1986; subsequently, O'Hearn joined with former Duran Duran guitarist Andy Taylor and former Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones for one album, Thunder (1987), and a brief tour.

O'Hearn's solo career was spurred in large part by former Tangerine Dream member Peter Baumann, who had been conceiving of a new music label that would showcase progressive instrumental music—a niche earlier explored by Group 87. Baumann formed the Private Music label in late 1984, and produced O'Hearn's debut solo album, Ancient Dreams (1985).

O'Hearn followed Ancient Dreams with two more albums—Between Two Worlds (1987), which earned the artist his first Grammy nomination, and Rivers Gonna Rise (1988). O'Hearn began to receive greater airplay on jazz and new-age radio stations. O'Hearn also co-produced several tracks for guitarist Colin Chin's Intruding on a Silence, featuring Mark Isham on trumpet. O'Hearn released his fourth solo album Eldorado in 1989, which blended elements of World Music with warm keyboard textures.

1990s

[edit]

The next O'Hearn release was Indigo in 1991. Winding up their contract, Private Music assembled a compilation album in 1992 titled The Private Music of Patrick O'Hearn. This album included three previously unreleased tracks titled "Down Hill Racer", "Irene", and "Step".

In 1992, O'Hearn composed and performed the music score for White Sands, a police thriller starring Willem Dafoe and Samuel L. Jackson. The film was directed by Roger Donaldson. Later that year he composed the score to Silent Tongue, written and directed by Sam Shepard and starring Alan Bates, Richard Harris, River Phoenix and Dermot Mulroney.

O'Hearn released Trust in 1995 under the newly formed Deep Cave record label. Featuring contributions from David Torn and former bandmates Terry Bozzio and Warren Cuccurullo, Trust earned O'Hearn his second Grammy nomination.[1] Shortly after the release of his next album, Metaphor (1996), the Deep Cave record label folded. Also released in 1996 was the soundtrack to the film Crying Freeman.

There have been a few various artists albums that O'Hearn has contributed new material to. In 1998, his 12-minute composition "35th Parallel" appeared on the five-artist album The Ambient Expanse. In 2000, his version of a Johann Sebastian Bach piece called "Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1" appeared on the compilation A Different Prelude: A Contemporary Collection. In 2003 his version of the Joaquín Rodrigo composition "Adagio from Fantasy for a Gentleman" appeared on the compilation Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection. This last track can also be found on the various artists compilation Sundown: Windham Hill Piano Collection, released in 2006.

2000s

[edit]

O'Hearn's next solo project, So Flows the Current (2001), was recorded over a three-year period from 1997 to 2000.

In 2002, cinematographer David Fortney created a film of landscape images paired with O'Hearn music. The result was Timeless - A National Parks Odyssey which was released on DVD in 2002. This also includes a new version of the track "Beauty In Darkness," originally from O'Hearn's debut album.

Beautiful World was O'Hearn's next release in 2003, and it was voted the No. 1 album on the nationally syndicated radio program Echoes. This was followed by Slow Time in 2005. O'Hearn dedicated the track "Music For Three Vibraphones" in memory of his mentor Frank Zappa.

In 2006, O'Hearn released three recordings via iTunes online delivery only. The first two of these are the soundtrack EP to Sean Garland's short film The Wheelhouse, and the soundtrack album to the Sam Shepard stage play Simpatico (originally recorded in 1994). These were followed by The So Flows Sessions, which is a full-length album of previously unreleased material from the recording sessions in 1997–2000 that produced So Flows The Current.

The next year in 2007 O'Hearn released the CD Glaciation, inspired by images of Earth's Arctic regions. In the summer of 2007, O'Hearn was introduced to singer-songwriter John Hiatt and played bass on Hiatt's Same Old Man album. Hiatt subsequently asked him to join his band and tour in support of the album's 2008 release. O'Hearn continued to tour with Hiatt through 2010 and recorded on his following releases: The Open Road (2010), Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns (2011), and Mystic Pinball (2012).

2010s

[edit]

O'Hearn's 13th album Transitions was released digitally on August 23, 2011, and on CD on October 4. It was voted No.1 album of 2011 on the Echoes Listener's Poll.

In December 2013, a various artists album titled Nashville Indie Spotlight was released, which includes a new piece by Patrick O'Hearn and Peter Maunu called "Out of Reach".

His daughter, Rachel, is an electronic musician, performing under the names Chromatiq and Black Sound Effects.[2]

2020s

[edit]

In October 2020, Patrick O’Hearn released a new track online titled “Rivulet”, which also had a second version titled “Rivulet (Tranquility Mix)”.

Discography

[edit]

Solo albums

[edit]
Released Title Label
1985 Ancient Dreams Private Music
1987 Between Two Worlds Private Music
1988 Rivers Gonna Rise Private Music
Aug 4, 1989 Eldorado Private Music
Sep 24, 1991 Indigo Private Music
July 25, 1995 Trust Deep Cave
March 7, 1996 Metaphor Deep Cave
Jan 20, 2001 So Flows the Current Patrick O'Hearn
Nov 4, 2003 Beautiful World Patrick O'Hearn
Feb 28, 2005 Slow Time Patrick O'Hearn
July 7, 2006 The So Flows Sessions Patrick O'Hearn
Aug 22, 2007 Glaciation Patrick O'Hearn
Aug 23, 2011 Transitions Patrick O'Hearn

Compilations

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Released Title Label
Sep 11, 1990 Mix-Up (Remixes by other producers) Private Music
Nov 10, 1992 The Private Music of Patrick O'Hearn Private Music
July 15, 1997 A Windham Hill Retrospective Windham Hill
2008 Timeless - A National Parks Odyssey Janson Media

Soundtracks

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Released Title Label
April 24, 1992 White Sands Morgan Creek
April 29, 1996 Crying Freeman Ariola
June 15, 2006 The Wheelhouse (short film) Patrick O'Hearn
June 26, 2006 Simpatico (stage play) Patrick O'Hearn

Additional music for film and television

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Patrick O’Hearn did the soundtrack music for these, without releasing a soundtrack album.

Released Title Medium
September 28, 1988 Destroyer Film
1989–1990 Falcon Crest, Season 9 TV series
October 4, 1991 Heaven Is a Playground Film
January 28, 1993 Silent Tongue Film
August 27, 1993 Father Hood Film
May 10, 1995 As Good As Dead TV movie
January 28, 1999 Alien Cargo TV movie
2001 Border Patrol TV movie

Notes

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  1. ^ O'Hearn, Patrick. "38th Annual GRAMMY Awards". www.grammy.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  2. ^ "Chromatiq information @Sine Language Bass Agency". Retrieved January 9, 2012.
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