whistles in movies

fancypiper · Post by **fancypiper** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 7:45 am

okstatepiper wrote:In the movie Young Guns, there is a scene on main street in which the refered to orchestra consist of a fiddle, tin whistle and something else. They played for several minutes.

I think they also had a set of Gibson fireside pipes. I wish I had the full screen version as it was just a brief glance of the piper on the extreme right hand of the screen when I showed it when I ran a movie theater back in the 70's.

walrii · Post by **walrii** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:42 am

I saw "Troy" last night on the tube. In the scene where Paris and Hector are sailing back to Troy, there is a brief shot and audio of a whistle player noodling on deck. The whistle looks like a black Bb, possibly PVC, but I only got a glimpse.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 2:29 pm

walrii wrote:The whistle looks like a black Bb, possibly PVC, but I only got a glimpse.

Aha, that explains all those plastic soda bottles Schliemann dug up.

I watched it last night, too, but missed that scene. Dang.

emtor · Post by **emtor** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:50 pm

The Boys from County Clare.
"Despite the Beatles, one man keeps the faith"

Jason Paul · Post by **Jason Paul** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:51 pm

I've only seen it once, but I seem to remember one of the guys playing a whistle in Hitchcock's "Lifeboat".

Jason

Belgian_Waffle · Post by **Belgian_Waffle** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 6:10 am

The Chieftains received an oscar for these songs on the soundtrack of Barry Lyndon !!!

2. Seán Ó Riada: Women of Ireland
The Chieftains 4:08
3. Piper's Maggot jig
presumably The Chieftains, though not specifically credited 1.39
4. The Sea-Maiden
The Chieftains 2.02
5. Seén Ó Riada:Tin Whistles
Paddy Moloney and Seán Potts

Tucson Whistler · Post by **Tucson Whistler** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:17 pm

I just watched 'You Kill Me' with Ben Kingsley and Téa Leoni. Ben Kingsley is working at a wake and there's an Irish band playing. I don't remember the tune and I'm not sure what brand whistle it was, but it was brass with a green top.

walrii · Post by **walrii** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:25 am

Tucson Whistler wrote:...it was brass with a green top.

That narrows the field a bit.

MTGuru wrote:
walrii wrote:The whistle looks like a black Bb, possibly PVC, but I only got a glimpse.
Aha, that explains all those plastic soda bottles Schliemann dug up.

And the PVC plumbing in the Trojan bathrooms. The Greeks had to make do with PVC porta-potties.

sjcavy · Post by **sjcavy** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:15 pm

a burke viper low d was played in gangs of new york.

just so you know.

irish69 · Post by **irish69** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:17 pm

I believe the movie "Glory" has a small ensemble with a whistle player in it.

Meadow · Post by **Meadow** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:30 pm

Lord of the Rings has quite a bit of tinwhistle in it. You never see anyone one playing it in the movie, but it's quite noticeable in the soundtrack. Especially in the 'Concerning Hobbits' track. I love that tune

.

Since I'm new the the tinwhistle, I've only recently been training my ears to find it in movies

. So my eyes... um... ears will be peeled.

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 8:47 pm

Jason Paul wrote:I've only seen it once, but I seem to remember one of the guys playing a whistle in Hitchcock's "Lifeboat".

Jason

I just watched that one a few minuets ago. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifeboat_(film) Canada Lee as Joe Spencer
a sailor from the ship that sank played the whistle.
http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt8/ ... nada-1.jpg

Tommy · Post by **Tommy** » Wed Jan 28, 2015 9:24 pm

okstatepiper wrote:In the movie Young Guns, there is a scene on main street in which the refered to orchestra consist of a fiddle, tin whistle and something else. They played for several minutes.

That tune would be a ''Carolan'' (Planxty Irwin). Kevin Kiefer was waltzing with the flower of his eye.

Billgh · Post by **Billgh** » Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:44 pm

The series "Treme" has a street musician playing tin whistle in several scenes and episodes, usually with Steve Earle's character. Really great blues and cajun style playing. This was a truly great series and a must see for any musician interested in jazz, blues, or cajun music, or in seeing a series set in New Orleans starting immediately after Katrina. Made by the same people who brought you "The Wire".

pancelticpiper · Post by **pancelticpiper** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:58 am

sjcavy wrote:a burke viper low d was played in gangs of new york.

just so you know.

Wow anachronistic on so many levels! One would think they would try for some authenticity.

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