Could you recommend me some Irish-related pictures, specially those loaded with many session tunes / airs / songs ? So far a friend of mine has strongly suggested me to watch
Michael Collins
Angela’s Ashes
Are those two good? Any others?
Thanks,
You might try Waking Ned Devine, a delicious little movie…
Regards,
PhilO
The Secret of Roan Inish.
Also, you might try doing a search as this topic was discussed a little while ago.
Susan
I second this one Hugely
The only Irish related movies in my collection are Barry Lyndon and Boondock Saints. Barry Lyndon has a good amount of Irish tunes, if I recall correctly. The Boondock Saints has an Irish tune for the opening theme, but I think that is it.
You might also enjoy Agnes Browne (1999), which stars Anjelica Huston, is set in Ireland, and has a soundtrack composed by Paddy Moloney (whistle / pipes with the Chieftains). I think it was pretty good, and there was definitely lots of Irish trad in there!
Deirdre
Well, it’s not a traditionally Irish movie, but the Coen Brothers’ “Miller’s Crossing” is one of my favorite movies of all time, and the main character, played by Gabriel Byrne, is VERY Irish. There’s a spectacular version of Danny Boy that plays while Albert Finney is chasing some thugs out of his house…it’s one of those scenes where the music & the film comes together perfectly.
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Not a lot of tunes but a great flick.
Kar - A second HUGE thumbs up for Miller’s Crossing (which not a lot of people seem to know of and others have said was “too complicated”), one of my favorite movies. And yes that scene with Albert Finney walking down the road from his house in his bath robe with a machine gun blazing is priceless!
Regards,
PhilO
Waking Ned Devine
The Nephew
The Matchmaker
You can see Kathleen Keane, John (M) Williams, Kieran O’Hare, Brendan McKinney and Jackie Moran playing trad music in the opening scene (the wake scene) of the recent movie Road to Perdition.
There’s only a little trad music in the movie, but Williams also wrote the air that Tom Hanks and wossname, Paul Newman, play as a duet.
You’ll also hear a little bit of Trad music in Gangs of New York.
Caj
The Boys from the County Clare.
try to search The Rising of The Moon, an old great movie by John Ford.
I’ll second The Quiet Man. The most un-John Waynish John Wayne movie you could imagine. The scenery is gorgeous, and the little bit part actors are delicious. And of course, the magnificent Maureen O’Hara…
Any idea why the surname was added to the title in America? It was just called Waking Ned over here.
Into the West is a nice one. I don’t remember if there is any trad music in it but the story is a charmer.
Mike
The Brothers McMullen – Seamus Egan did the score, and it’s a good movie.
Circle of Friends – I don’t remember how much trad music is in it, but it is set in Ireland in the 50s.
Steven
“The Field” starred Richard Harris, Sean Bean, Brenda Fricker, and Tom Behringer…and some soundtrack work by Liam O’Flynn. A lot less romantic but very powerful all the same.
I don’t remember much of the music except for the haunting “The Lass of Aughrim,” but Huston’s 1987 The Dead is a beautiful movie, somewhat different from the story in Joyce’s The Dubliners but outstanding in my opinion. Joyce’s interest in music and references to it in his writing are well known. Here’s one article about it.
http://www.goshen.edu/facultypubs/Joyce.html
Carol
If you have a sense of humor, and wish to hear American Soul music played by an Irish band, try “The Commitments”…
Best.
Byll