Soundtrack: Angel Baby

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Soundtrack: Angel Baby

October 23, 2011 in - Comments

Angel Baby is a 1995 Australian film written and directed by Michael Rymer starring John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie and Colin Friels.

Harry (Lynch) and Kate (McKenzie) meet during therapy and fall in love. They move in together and Kate gets pregnant. She decides to go off her medication.

Angel Baby dominated the 1995 AFI Awards winning all the major categories.

Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer wrote the song Until I’m In You (vocals: Anneli Drecker of the Norwegian band Bel Canto) and composed their first bit of film score, Blue & Green (Can Never Be Seen), for Angel Baby.

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Soundtrack: In The Name Of The Father

October 23, 2011 in - Comments

In the Name of the Father is a 1993 biographical film directed by Jim Sheridan. It is based on the true life story of the Guildford Four, four people falsely convicted of the IRA’s Guildford pub bombings.

In the Name of the Father won the Golden Bear at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role (Daniel Day-Lewis), Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Pete Postlethwaite), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Emma Thompson), Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Picture and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.

The songs In The Name Of The Father and You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart, co-written by Gavin Friday, Bono and Maurice Seezer were released as singles.

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Soundtrack: The Boxer

October 23, 2011 in - Comments

The Boxer is a 1997 film by Irish director Jim Sheridan starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson. Day-Lewis plays Danny Flynn, a boxer and former IRA man, who is trying to stay straight after his release from prison.

The Boxer was nominated for three Golden Globes in the Picture, Actor (Daniel Day-Lewis) and Director (Jim Sheridan) categories. It also competed for the Golden Bear at Berlin Film Festival in 1998.

Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer composed the score of The Boxer and wrote two songs for it: In The Shadow Of A Gun and Everything’s Gonna Be Alright.

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Soundtrack: In America

October 23, 2011 in - Comments

In America is a 2003 film directed by Jim Sheridan. The semi-autobiographical screenplay by Sheridan and his daughters Naomi and Kirsten focuses on an immigrant Irish family’s efforts to survive in New York City, as seen through the eyes of the elder daughter.

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Original Screenplay for Sheridan, Best Actress for Samantha Morton and Best Supporting Actor for Djimon Hounsou.

The score, composed by Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer was nominated for Best Original Film Score in the 2004 Ivor Novello Awards.

Time Enough For Tears was nominated in the 2003 Golden Globe Awards for Best Original Song, The Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Song, and won the Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Original Song.

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Irish Opinion : Gavin Friday – Movies.ie

June 4, 2008 in Interviews - Comments

Irish singer, songwriter and composer Gavin Friday is no stranger to film. Since founding Virgin Prunes (legendary avant-garde post-punk group), in 1977, he (with music partner Maurice Seezer), has composed various albums and soundtrack, for films like ‘Short Cuts’, Jim Sheridan’s, ‘In the Name of the Father’ and Neil Jordan’s ‘Breakfast on Pluto’ (in which he also starred). Here, we chat movies with Mr Friday.

Q: How often to you get to sit down and watch a movie?
I am a frequent moviegoer and am addicted to watching DVD’s on my laptop.

Q: Tell us about the last movie you saw?
Mysterious Skin’ on DVD. A great movie…very heavy subject matter that is dealt with in a very real/surreal and uncompromising yet moving way… beautifully acted and wonderfully directed….

Q: What is your favourite Irish movie and why?
It’s a throw up between ‘The Butcher Boy’ and ‘My Left Foot’…Both truly wonderful in their own unique way…

Q: What is your favourite movie of all time?
Impossible question….Two movies I always come back to are The Night of The Hunter and Taxi Driver….thats not to mention anything by Fellini or Fritz Lang

Q: What movie could you never sit through again?
TITANIC….It bored the arse off me

Q: Describe your ideal movie cast… (actor, actress & director)
Oh…maybe Peter Lorre , Jessica Lang directed by Fellini.

Q: Have you ever cried during a movie? Which one?
Yes I have cried many times during a movie….the last one could have been ‘The Sea Inside’

Q: Favourite movie snack?
A bottle of still water.

Q: Favourite TV programme?
I have given up on Television…. Of recent times I had a fondness for ‘Six Foot Under’

Q: Who would play you in the movie adaptation of your life?
You would have to ask my mother that question…..

Breakfast on Pluto – trailer

May 12, 2008 in Film, Video - Comments

View the Breakfast on Pluto trailer hi-res on Apple.com.

“Set in the 1970′s, Breakfast on Pluto follows the exploits of Patrick Braden, an endearing, but deceptively tough young man. Abandoned as a baby in his small Irish hometown and aware from a very early age that he is different, Patrick survives this harsh environment with the aid of his wit and charm, plus a sweet refusal to let anyone and anything change who he is.”

Topic: Film