Career
In 2006 Crosby devised, curated and produced The Cake Sale, a band featuring an eclectic and high-profile collective of musicians and writers, who combined to create an album of previously unrecorded material for the international charity Oxfam. Among the artists involved were Glen Hansard, Gary Lightbody, Paul Noonan, Lisa Hannigan, Damien Rice, Nina Persson, Gemma Hayes, Neil Hannon, The Frames and The Thrills. The album was released in Ireland on 3 November 2006.
Its success in Ireland exceeded expectations and so went on to be released in Europe and the United States of America in 2007 through Yep Roc Records.
Later in 2007, it received further recognition when the song "Some Surprise’, was featured on the American Broadcasting Company medical drama Greys Anatomy. To date, the project has profited over €250,000 which is used to support Oxfam’s Make Trade Fair campaign and their overseas programme work in countries such as Tanzania and Malawi.
All the publishing royalties for The Cake Sale also go to Oxfam, an unusual occurrence for a charity album. Crosby now focuses on film scoring and has gained recognition for producing dark minimalist scores for a range of feature films, shorts and gallery installations.
Crosby is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin and is a board director on the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO).
The Silent City (co-composer) directed by Ruairi Robinson (2006)
The German (co-composer) directed by Nick Ryan (2008)
As If I Am Not There (additional music) directed by Juanita Wilson (2010)
The Night Nurse (composer) directed by Terence White (2010)
"Some Other Stories" (composer) directed by Dzidzeva, Juka, Rosi, Tanovik, Slak (2010)
The Door Ajar (composer) directed by Paddy Jolley (2011)
Stop (composer) directed by Paul Murphy (2013)
Estranged (composer) directed by Adam Levins (2013)
Posthumous (co-composer) directed by LuLu Wang (2014)
This Monkey by Paddy Jolley
Fall by Paddy Jolley
The Swimmer by Nicky Grogan / Fergal McCarthy
From The Mountain by MJ Whelan.