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Hasta Oscar® Winner	What are the best Irish scores out there? Obviously Braveheart, but what else? Right now I'm listening to McKenzie's Durango for the first time, and it sounds like a pretty darn good score. Fantastic main theme, that's for sure. And then there is Goldenthal's Michael Collins, perhaps the best Irish score I've heard... What else is out there?
posted 09-16-2001 12:41 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Far from what most people would suggest, I find The Secret of Roan Inish my favorite of them all. The list, as I expect will grow as people contribute to this thread, will be pretty big. Some classics you may want to consider are Max Steiner's The Informer, Victor Young's The Quiet Man, Henry Mancini's The Molly Maguires and Maurice Jarre's Ryan's Daughter. Most of the group here would probably suggest Goldsmith's Rudy, Williams' Far and Away or Angela's Ashes and Horner's The Devil's Own. Scores from smaller films include Egan's The Brothers McMullen, Kamen's Circle of Friends, or, to be quirky, Goldenthal's Butcher Boy or Portman's War of the Buttons. And then there's Morricone's State of Grace. This is only a start....
posted 09-16-2001 01:43 AM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Yes Far and Away, is very good indeed. Rob Roy is nice as well. Say is Michael Collins really that good? Don't get Angela's Ashes though, it is not Irish music. It is a good score, by all means, but it is not Irish. Scott
posted 09-16-2001 02:03 AM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	You are right, Scott, Angela's Ashes doesn't jig. Rob Roy is technically Scottish... so is Braveheart. Ah hell. We need a few pints of Guiness to get us through this mess....
posted 09-16-2001 02:14 AM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	TV show Robin of Sherwood by folk band CLANNAD, great music by genuine Irish composers!
posted 09-16-2001 04:57 AM PT (US)

OHMSS76 Oscar® Winner	Ok, I'll probably get my hand slapped for this, but I have to mention it since I play it often....it's very catchy stuff, by everyone's 'favorite' Irish composer....oh yes, it's James Horner's HEAVEN HELP US. At long last I found a used VHS of the film last month, and knowing that his three written scores had been bowlderized in the film,I wanted to know which one made the final cut. Two cues of his made it. The first, a quicktime Irish jig. The other introduces the prior cue with a rolling harp motif, with soprano sax carrying the melody. These two pieces are heard randomly during the film, and play together on the boot, but were seperated in the film. Now to the Irish stuff....the genui at Soundtrack Library issued a 58min. disc of this in their early days, and the sound is not all bad, although production is as usual lacking. The 'album' mixes parts of the above mentioned Irish music,which is catchy as all hell, with the Mozart piece Horner adapted, along with flute and horn 'intimate' scoring which was not used at all. Phew! In short, Heaven Help Us has good Irish music NP:Big Wednesday(Poledouris)Another SL epic, can't wait for the real deal of this someday so I can junk this CDR! Sean
posted 09-16-2001 12:41 PM PT (US)

Timmer Oscar® Winner	Now wouldn't you mean 'Oirish' composer Jamie Horner?! A foine composer of oirish music so he is
posted 09-16-2001 05:46 PM PT (US)

sakman Oscar® Winner	What, no Shaun Davey? "Waking Ned Devine" is a lot of fun. Along the same lines is Hans Zimmer's amusing score to "An Everlasting Piece" with lots of jigs and Riverdancish music well-played and done. The Boston Pops had an album a while back entitled "The Celtic Album" appropriately with a mix of classical and film music plus some "original" themes.
posted 09-16-2001 08:13 PM PT (US)

Hasta Oscar® Winner	Sakman I forgot about An Everlasting Piece, quite the enjoyable little score.
posted 09-16-2001 08:45 PM PT (US)

Emo Oscar® Winner	Michael Collins, Brothers McMullen, The Boxer, to name a few.
posted 09-16-2001 11:19 PM PT (US)

Jeron Oscar® Winner	I've gotta chime in and put in my vote for Durango as an excellent Irish score, as Jason mentioned initially. It's a great score, and deserves much more recognition that it gets. In agreeance with Peter, Rudy and Circle of Friends are top notch... and then there are the usual suspects, which I won't bother to mention. Jeron
posted 09-16-2001 11:34 PM PT (US)

PeterK FishChip	Some more: Patrick Doyle's Into the West and Paddy Maloney's Long Journey Home for PBS. Both great!
posted 09-16-2001 11:48 PM PT (US)

Scott Oscar® Winner	Now, while I know that the following suggestions aren't soundtrack scores, I think they would make a very nice additon to anyone who loves Irish music. Riverdance and Lord of the Dance. Don't yell at me either.... Scott NP:Courage Under Fire
posted 09-16-2001 11:49 PM PT (US)

Hasta Oscar® Winner	After listening to Durango about four or five times, I'd have to say that I'd classify it as GOOD rather than GREAT. Why? Well, it's just too darn repetative and there isn't enough diversity! Once you've heard the first suite (which is by far the best track on the CD), you've heard almost everything that's worth hearing in the entire score Anyway just thought I'd chime in. NP: Durango (McKenzie)
posted 09-17-2001 07:06 PM PT (US)

Crono/Kyp Oscar® Winner	Jason, I gave you a track from that CD remember? Is Michael Collins really bad ass? I't on my to get list. --Brian Gryffindor Seeker
posted 09-17-2001 11:19 PM PT (US)

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