Career
He began his career as a guitarist in London in the late 1980s. In 1991, he developed a writing partnership with Dyer, leading to the formation of rock band Skunk Anansie. 2004 saw the release of songs for Skin"s first Solo Album, Fleshwounds on Electric and Music Industries followed by her second solo album, Fake Chemical State (V2 Music) released in March 2006.
The huge hit song "Secretly" was used in the film Cruel Intentions (1999), along with other tracks for the films Strange Days (1995), Mission: Impossible (1998), The Avengers (1998), and other television credits in Europe and America.
Arran has composed music for many computer games, including the Sony Entertainment Personal Computer game Tellurian Defence. He has scored music for several Irish short films, in addition to music for "Simon Community" television commercials.
He has scored films including the award winning A Dublin Story (2003), and Push Hands (2004), Past Pupil (2005) and L"Empire des loups (2005). Other works include the British romantic comedy The Truth About Love (2006), the Shimmy Marcus/Paul Davey documentary ""(2008) and the latest feature from Shimmy Marcus, Soulboy"".
In 2009 the film " (2007), scored by Arran was nominated for an Oscar at the 81st Academy Awards ( 2009).? He has recently written for singers J Marie Cooper and Indie Murton both of whom appeared on British Broadcasting Corporation show The Voice 2012, and played guitar with Skunk Anansie for European acoustic shows in April 2013, one of which will be released on live Digital Video Disc in the summer 2013.
Arran lives in Dublin, Ireland.