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Irish sound engineer, composer, producer and musician, born in Dublin, 1957.

Started at Eamonn Andrews Studios in 1972 before moving on to Lombard Studios, which he redesigned. He also oversaw construction of its successor Westland Studios. Subsequently worked freelance in various studios in the UK and around the world. Currently operates his own studio Philip Begley Sound.

ALBUMS


Nina Pušlar
Malo Drugače
2015, CD, Comp, RM, Sedvex, ,
Vocal
Paddy Glackin, Mícheál Ó Domhnaíll*
Reprise Athchuairt
2011
Various
Celtic Christmas II
1996, CD, ,
Celtic/Holiday
Andrej Šifrer
Sedem Irskih Noči
1994
Declan Nerney
Lucky I Guess
1993, CD, Album, Ritz Records
Don Baker
Ain't Got No Money
1989, 7", Single, Lunar Records (3)
Mama's Boys
Growing Up The Hard Way
1987
Mama's Boys
Waiting For A Miracle
1987
Mama's Boys
Higher Ground
1987
Quarterdeck
The Last War
1985, 7", Single, BUS Records (2)
Mary Black
Without The Fanfare - 2 Bonus Tracks
1985
Toy With Rhythm
Cartoon Hero
1983, 7", Vixen Records
Brush Shiels
Hey Mr.Diablo / When I Come Home
1982, 7", Single, Bruised Records
Brush Shiels
Bring 'Em Back Alive / The Green Fields Of France
1982, 7", Single, Bruised Records
Brush Shiels
Battered Wives
1981, 7", Single, Bruised Records
The Bogey Boys
Obituary
1981, 7", Polydor,
Misty
The Leavin' Of Liverpool
1981, 7", Fox Records (31)
The Bogey Boys
Obituary
1981, 7", Polydor,
Brush Shiels
Better Than I Expected But Not As Good As I Hoped c/w You Won't See Mine
1980, 7", Single, Bruised Records
Brush Shiels
Naturally High
1980, 7", Single, Bruised Records
Brush Shiels
Real Beauty Comes From Within
1980, 7", Single, Bruised Records
Big Tom
The Angry Man
1980, 7", Single, Denver Records
The Blazers
The Blazers
Cass, EP, Unicorn Records (19)
Various
The Big Squeeze - Masters Of Celtic Accordion
1988, ,
Celtic
Mary Black
Without The Fanfare
1985
Zoë Conway
Zoë Conway
2020
Paul Brady
The Vicar St. Sessions Vol. 1
2015, CD,
The Mornington Singers
Water Night
2010, CD, Album, Not On Label (The Mornington Singers Self-released)
Daniel O'Donnell
O Holy Night - A Collection Of Daniel's Favorite Christmas Carols
2010
Sean O'Farrell
Think Of Me...
2009, CD, Album, Sofar Productions Limited
Mary Duff
Heartbreaker
2002
Bill Whelan
Tanz In Die Freiheit (Dancing At Lughnasa) (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1998, ,
Soundtrack
Mary Duff
Shades Of Blue
1997,
Bill Whelan
Some Mother's Son - Music From The Motion Picture
1996, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Score
Danny Doyle
Folk Masters Ensemble
1994, CD, Album, Rego Irish Records
Daniel O'Donnell
Favourites
1990
Daniel O'Donnell
Thoughts Of Home
1989,
Mama's Boys
Higher Ground
1987

APPEARANCES +


Various
A Celtic Christmas (Peace On Earth)
1999
Various
Quare Groove Vol.1
2018, 2x12", Album, Comp, RM, All City Records (3), Allchival, ,
Funk/Electro/Boogie/Post-Punk
Connor And The Crooks
Naked
2012, CD, Album, Spiral Music
Daniel O'Donnell
Mother's Birthday Song
2008, CD, Single, Rosette Records
The Mornington Singers
Solas
2008, CD, Not On Label (The Mornington Singers Self-released), ,
Contemporary/Romantic
Maura O'Connell
The View From Here (The Very Best Of Maura O'Connell)
2005, CD, Comp, Third Floor Music
Yasunori Mitsuda
Xenogears Original Soundtrack
2005, ,
Breakbeat/Soundtrack/Score/Ambient/Video Game Music
Samantha Fox
Touch Me
2003, 3xCD, Comp, Ariola Express, ,
Europop
Daniel O'Donnell
Faith & Inspiration
2003
Paul Brady
The Paul Brady Songbook - Music From The RTE Series
2003
Daniel O'Donnell
Songs Of Faith
2003
Clannad
A Magical Gathering - The Clannad Anthology
2002
Paul Brady
The Paul Brady Songbook
2002,
Various
Christmas Carol - The Movie (Music From The Motion Picture)
2001, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Holiday
Various
Celtic Christmas (Silver Anniversary Edition)
2001, ,
Celtic/Holiday
The Corrs
Best Of The Corrs
2001, CD, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock
Dónal Lunny*
Journey - The Best Of Dónal Lunny
2001, 2x CD, ,
Folk/Celtic
Paul Brady
Oh What A World
2000, CD O-Card,
St. Petruskoor*
Jubileum (1989-1999)
1999, CD, Album, Reel Records (22), ,
Ballad/Schlager
Various
Winter Solstice On Ice
1999, 2x CD, ,
New Age/Easy Listening/Holiday
Daniel O'Donnell
Greatest Hits
1999
Daniel O'Donnell
A Christmas Kiss
1999
Maighread* & Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill With Dónal Lunny*
Idir An Dá Sholas - Between The Two Lights
1999
Daniel O'Donnell
Give A Little Love (The Romanian Challenge Appeal)
1998,
Windham Hill*
A Winter Solstice Reunion
1998, ,
New Age/Acoustic/Folk/Holiday
The Corrs
Dreams
1998, CD CD Plant Pressing, ,
House/Garage House
Yasunori Mitsuda = 光田康典* & Millennial Fair = ミレニアル・フェア*
Creid = クリイド
1998
The Corrs
Talk On Corners
1998
Various
Metal Gear Solid Original Game Soundtrack
1998, CD, ,
Modern Classical/Score/Ambient/Video Game Music
Daniel O'Donnell
The Magic Is There
1998, ,
Ballad
Various
Legacy: A Tribute To Fleetwood Mac's Rumours
1998,
Daniel O'Donnell
Love Songs
1998
Various
On A Starry Night
1997
Daniel O'Donnell
I Believe
1997
Daniel O'Donnell
The Love Songs E.P.
1997, ,
Vocal
Bill Whelan
The Roots Of Riverdance
1997, CD, ,
Soundtrack/Celtic/Musical
Various
Celtic Christmas III (A Windham Hill Sampler)
1997, ,
Celtic/Holiday/New Age
Daniel O'Donnell
Footsteps
1996
Eimear Quinn
The Voice
1996
Trudi Lalor
Next Time 'Round
1995, CD, Album, Hazel Records (2), ,
Country
Mary Black
Looking Back
1995
Mary Duff
Just Lovin' You
1995, ,
Country
Sean O'Farrell
Love Is On The Way
1995, CD, ,
Country
Samantha Fox
The Hits Album
1995, CD, ,
Pop Rock/Dance-pop/House
Margo
New Beginnings
1994, CD, Album, Ritz Records,
Andrej Šifrer
Sedem Irskih Noči
1994, Cassette, ,
Folk Rock
Daniel O'Donnell
Christmas With Daniel
1994
Daniel O'Donnell
Especially For You
1994
Don Baker
Winner In You
1993, CD, Single, Lunar Records (3),
Declan Nerney
If I Were In Your Shoes
1993, Cass, EP, Ritz Records
Declan Nerney
If I Were In Your Shoes
1993, CD, Single, Ritz Records
Samantha Fox
The Very Best
1993, CD, ,
Pop Rock/Dance-pop/House
Daniel O'Donnell
Follow Your Dream Live
1992, VHS, Ritz Records
Mary Black
The Collection
1992, Vinyl,
Daniel O'Donnell
I Just Want To Dance With You
1992
Daniel O'Donnell
Follow Your Dream
1992
Samantha Fox
Greatest Hits
1992, Vinyl, ,
House/Pop Rock/Hi NRG/Synth-pop
Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill
Gan Dha Phingin Spre (No Dowry)
1991, CD, ,
Celtic
Andy Irvine
Rude Awakening
1991
Samantha Fox
Just One Night
1991, ,
Dance-pop/House/Ballad/Pop Rock
Foster & Allen
The Magic Of Foster & Allen - Their Greatest Hits vol. 2
1990, CD, Comp, Quality
The Black Family
Time For Touching Home
1989
Mary Black
No Frontiers
1989, ,
Soft Rock/Folk
Christy Moore
Voyage
1989
The Wolfe Tones
25th Anniversary
1989, ,
Folk/Celtic
Princes Street
Song For You?
1989
Mary Black
No Frontiers
1989
Various
Playing With Fire (The Celtic Fiddle Collection)
1989
Paddy Reilly
Songs Of Ireland
1989, Vinyl, ,
Celtic
Foster & Allen
The Magic Of Foster & Allen - Their Greatest Hits
1989
Various
Dumle-special Med Pernilla
1988, Cass, Comp, Sonet Grammofon AB
The Dubliners
The Dubliner's Dublin
1988
Kevin* Agus Séamus Glackin
Na Saighneáin / Northern Lights
1988
Christy Moore
Christy Moore
1988, CD, ,
Folk Rock
Foster & Allen
Maggie
1987
Foster & Allen
Reflections
1987, ,
Celtic/Folk/Easy Listening
Jim McCann
From Tara To Here
1987
Flex & The Fastweather*
The Darkness
1987
The Dubliners
Celebration (25 Years)
1987, 2x CD, ,
Folk
The Outsiders
Walking On Ice
1986, LP, Album, Old Mill
The Fureys
When You Were Sweet Sixteen
1986, CD, ,
Celtic
Foster & Allen
The Very Best Of Foster & Allen
1986
Frank McCaffrey
I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
1986
Foster & Allen
Love Songs - The Very Best Of Foster & Allen Vol. 2
1986
Flo*
Stranger Than I Thought
1985, 7", Single, MCA Records
Josef Locke
Josef Locke In Concert: The Songs I Love So Well
1985, Cass, Album, Harmac
Josef Locke
In Concert - The Songs I Love So Well
1985, Vinyl,
Various
The Frog Prince (The Original Soundtrack Recording)
1985
Various
The Irish Folk Collection
1985,
Daniel O'Donnell
Two Sides Of
1985
Christy Moore
Ordinary Man
1985
Those Nervous A·N·I·M·A·L·S*
The Business Enterprise (My Friend John)
1984, 7", Single, Dead Fly Records (2)
The Business
Leavin' On The Midnight Train / Still Wondering
1984, 7", Single, BUS Records (2)
Moving Hearts
State Music
1984, 7", Single, Tara
Kevin Burke
Up Close
1984
Jackie Daly - Séamus & Manus McGuire*
Buttons & Bows
1984
Foster & Allen
The Very Best Of
1984
Mama's Boys
Midnight Promises
1984, Vinyl, ,
Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
Host
Tryal
1984
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill
Tríona
1984
Mama's Boys
Mama We're All Crazy Now
1984
Toy With Rhythm
Junior Discovers Electricity
1983, 7", Lunar Records (3)
Those Nervous Animals
Just What The Sucker Wanted
1983, 7", Dead Fly Records (2)
Mama's Boys
In The Heat Of The Night
1983, 7", Single, Liberation Records, ,
Hard Rock
Mary Black
Mary Black
1983, Vinyl,
Minor Detail
Minor Detail
1983
Mama's Boys
Too Little Of You To Love
1983
Bosco Sings*
This Is Where I Live
1983
Dubliners*
Prodigal Sons
1983, ,
Celtic
Mama's Boys
Turn It Up
1983, Vinyl, ,
Heavy Metal
Brendan Grace
The Dutchman
1982, 7", Single, Bottler
Denis Allen
Portraits Of Denis Allen
1982, LP, Ritz Records, Ritz Records
Dickie Rock
Just For Old Times Sake
1982, LP, Album, Jewel Records (18)
Foster & Allen
The Foster & Allen Selection
1982
General Humbert
II
1982
Mama's Boys
In The Heat Of The Night
1982
Mama's Boys
Belfast City Blues / Reach For The Top
1982
Nick Bicât* / De Danann
The Irish R.M.:Themes, Jigs And Melodies From The Television Series "The Irish R. M."
1982, ,
Celtic
Mama's Boys
Plug It In
1982
Mick Hanly
As I Went Over Blackwater
1982
Oisín
The Jeannie C
1982
Treasa O' Driscoll
Farewell But Whenever - Amhráin Ghrá (Love Songs Of Ireland From The Fifteenth To The Twentieth Centuries)
1981, LP, Album, Gael-Linn, ,
Folk
Mama's Boys
Silence Is Out Of Fashion c/w Rock & Roll Craze
1981, 7", Single, Pussy Records
The Clowns (7) Featuring Angel
Andante Andante
1981, 7", Single, Polydor
Stocktons Wing*
Fiddler John
1981, 7", Single, Tara, ,
Folk
Ceoltoiri Ghoill ,Le (With) Robert Elliott
An Bonnan Bui
1981, 7", Single, Gael-Linn
Brendan Grace
Speedy Gonzales
1981, 7", Single, Bottler
Na Casaidigh
Na Casaidigh
1981
Freddie White
Do You Do
1981,
Kevin Burke (2), Jackie Daly
Eavesdropper
1981
Jimmy Crowley
Some Things Never Change
1981
Cotton Mill Boys
Should I Come Home
1980, 7", Single, Hawk (2)
M
The Official Secrets Act
1980
Stockton's Wing
Take A Chance
1980
Danny Doyle
Raised On Songs And Stories
1980
Kevin Burke (2) & Mícheál Ó Domhnaill
Promenade
1979
Dolores Keane & John Faulkner
Broken Hearted I'll Wander
1979
Jimmy Crowley & Stokers Lodge
Camp House Ballads
1979
Scullion
Scullion
1979
Mick Hanly
A Kiss In The Morning Early
1976, ,
Celtic
Spud
A Silk Purse
1975
John Aherne
At Home And Abroad
1974
MacMurrough
Mac Murrough
1974
Clannad
Clannad 2
1974
Mushroom
Devil Among The Tailors / Siun Ni Dhuibhir / The King Of Irelands' Daughter
1973, Vinyl 4-prong centre, ,
Folk
Mushroom
Early One Morning
1973
Peggy's Leg
Grinilla
1973
Anne And Francie Brolly
The Best Of The Brollys
Cass, Comp, Lough Neagh Records,
Sharon Herron
Runnin' After You
CD, Album, Not On Label (Sharon Herron Self-released)
Geraldine* & Danny Doyle
Emigrant Eyes
Cassette, ,
Celtic
Various
Heart Of The Gaels
CD, ,
Celtic
Andy Irvine
Rain On The Roof
CD, ,
Celtic/Folk
Various
Country Gold
LP, Comp, Release Records (2)
Peggy's Leg
Grinilla
2019
Minor Detail
Minor Detail
2016, ,
Synth-pop/New Wave
Mushroom
Early One Morning
2004, CD, ,
Folk/Prog Rock
M
The Official Secrets Act
2001
The Corrs
Best Of The Corrs
2001, ,
Soft Rock/Pop Rock
Yasunori Mitsuda
Xenogears Original Soundtrack
2001, ,
Breakbeat/Soundtrack/Score/Ambient/Video Game Music
Daniel O'Donnell
Thoughts Of Home
1992, Cass, Album, Unofficial, Ritz Records
Samantha Fox
Greatest Hits
1992, ,
House/Pop Rock/Hi NRG/Synth-pop
Mama's Boys
Growing Up The Hard Way
Samantha Fox
Discomania
Mama's Boys
Turn It Up