[3] His Pluto Symphony created for the Hayden Planetarium was an official selection for nomination for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
[4][5] Patchel composed the opera "Plain of Jars" about the U.S. bombings of Laos which premiered at the Medicine Show Theater in New York City on December 10, 2016.
[6][7] Patchel played guitar and sang backing vocals on the track Losin' Anna on Richard Lloyd formerly of Television's 1987 album Field of Fire.
[8] Patchel created the original music for the 2008 film Shoot First and Pray You Live starring Jim Gaffigan.
[9] Patchel wrote and performed the accompanying music for Anthony Haden-Guest's 2017 spoken word cd The Further Chronicles of Now.