The Brothers McMullen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

the brothers mcmullen: original motion picture soundtrack [soundtrack]

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Sarah McLachlan's drop-dead beautiful "I Will Remember You" is the calling card here. The bonus is that the Celtic score by composer/flautist Seamus Egan is a gentle treat in itself and merits comparison with Mark Knopfler's work on Local Hero and Cal. --Jeff Bateman

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The Brothers McMullen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Average customer rating:

Fantastic soundtrack!
One of the best film scores out there
Great Irish Tunes
Great song and score.
Seamus Egan Shines through. Irish/Celtic music at its best

The Brothers McMullen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Seamus Egan
Manufacturer: Arista
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002VPR
Release Date: 1995-08-15

Tracks:

I Will Remember You - Sarah McLachlan
A Week In January
Slip Jigs
Intro No.1/Reel Beatrice
Fermoy Lasses
When Juniper Sleeps
Eamon Coyne's/Longford Collector
Once Upon A Time...
Cape Breton Set
The Lark
Dark Slender Boy
Weep Not For The Memories

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Sarah McLachlan's drop-dead beautiful "I Will Remember You" is the calling card here. The bonus is that the Celtic score by composer/flautist Seamus Egan is a gentle treat in itself and merits comparison with Mark Knopfler's work on Local Hero and Cal. --Jeff Bateman

Customer Reviews:

Fantastic soundtrack!.......2005-10-28

This soundtrack features many authentically original Irish pieces by Seamus Egan. If you enjoy up-beat instrumental music, you will love this!

One of the best film scores out there.......2005-02-21

Yes "I will remember you" is a great song...but this album is much more than that one song. The score captures the mischevious (sp?) and soulful aspects of the film. The musicianship is outstanding and Egan seems unafraid to tap into genres that depart from the Irishness of the movie, combining jazz, folk, guitar fingerstyle, and even klezmer (I know I spelled that wrong!). A great listen.

Great Irish Tunes.......2005-01-14

If you're one that really enjoys Irish music, you'll love this CD. It has some of the most beautiful Irish music I have heard. I had to buy another CD since I wore out the original one I bought! Seamus Egan really knows how to pull you into his music and feel the emotion behind it. I have never loved a CD so much over all these years since I bought it seven years ago.

Great song and score........2003-10-28

I do really like "Sarah McLachlan", and the song here is one of her better ones, but I often start this disc on track two. Whether or not it reminds you of the movie, it's just a great 11 tracks, some upbeat, some not, of traditional irish instrumentals. Flute, guitar, and all the instruments you would expect. If you like this cd, you may also enjoy the "Don Juan De Marco" soundtrack. It begins with a great "Bryan Adams" song, and the rest is all spanish guitar. It's also very good.

Seamus Egan Shines through. Irish/Celtic music at its best.......2002-11-13

This album finds its feet essentially in Seamus Egan's captivating score. Sarah McLaughlan's track, albeit surreal, is in no way the "highpoint" of this album. This soundtrack showcases Seamus Egan's immense talent as a composer and juxtaposes it well with the film itself. A film about 3 Irish catholic brothers in Long Island trying to find a firm footing. It almost seems to be an estranged relationship with the new land, and their entrenchement with their culture and history, remnescient by the frequent use of the "Irish Guilt" phrase in the movie.

Its this picture of ireland and the roots/culture that Seamus Egan pulls out and paints beautifully on an alien canvas (analogous to their life in USA). The tin whistles, fiddles, harp etc. lend a magical sound.

The Second track "A week in January" opens with a rousing and well paced guitar laden track followed by a very traditional celtic ensemble. "When Juniper SLeeps" and "Once upon a time" are two of the best tracks on the album. Touch that magical chord deep within. Cape Breton set, actually transports one of the north east canadian shores, of which the music is very remniscent. Finally, the final track offers a beautiful and simple closure to the entire labour of love.

The merits of the movie are quite hotly debated, but the strenghts of this score are unquestioned, some even suggesting that whatever little substance the movie had was made bearable by the beautiful score. Certainly i am going to digress from the heated debate on the film content, and urge you to give this listen for what it is worth, the actual score that makes the album, and not the one track which is but a part of the grand ensemble.

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