Gavin FridayIn America – Topic – Gavin Friday – Official Site http://gavinfriday.com Official Site Wed, 09 May 2012 19:19:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Jim Sheridan http://gavinfriday.com/archive/people/jim-sheridan/ http://gavinfriday.com/archive/people/jim-sheridan/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:37:37 +0000 Caroline http://gavinfriday.com/?page_id=5135 Jim Sheridan

The Irish Director Jim Sheridan rose to international prominence with his 1989 debut, his adaptation of Christy Brown’s “My Left Foot” (starring Daniel-Day Lewis) which earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Virgin Prunes - Projects Arts Centre (1978) After leaving University College Dublin with a degree in English and Philosophy, Sheridan founded The Projects Arts Centre which became the focal point of alternative theatre in Ireland. Here Sheridan gave the Virgin Prunes some of their first gigs, including one on September 18, 1978 when they share the bill with U2, and the 24-hour-non-stop Dark Space festival in February ’79, which also featured The Mekons, Throbbing Gristle, Public Image Ltd and local bands among which The Atrix, Berlin, Rocky de Valera and D.C. Nein.

Sheridan emigrated to Canada, and later New York in 1981, where he became artistic director of the Irish Arts Center. Still in New York, he was approached by Dublin Theatre producer Noel Pearsan with the idea of “My Left Foot”, which he eventually directed. His next film was “The Field”, which earned its star, Richard Harris, an Oscar nomination.

Gavin and Jim kept in touch over the years. His response to the soundtracks of Sheridan’s two earlier films had been tepid, so when work on “In The Name Of The Father” started, Sheridan asked Gavin and Bono for advice. Gavin emerged as the more regular consultant.

The soundtrack of Jim Sheridan’s 1993 film “In The Name Of The Father” incorporates an original score by Trevor Jones as well as new songs by Gavin Friday, Maurice Seezer and Bono: the title track and first single “In The Name Of The Father“, “Billy Boola” and the second single “You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart” featuring vocals by Sinead O’Connor. Gavin Friday also acted as music consultant for the movie.

Sheridan went on to direct “The Boxer” in 1997 and “In America” in 2003. Both films were scored by Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer. Two years later Sheridan directed 50 Cent’s “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” for which Gavin and Maurice wrote incidental music in collaboration with Quincy Jones.

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]]> http://gavinfriday.com/archive/people/jim-sheridan/feed/ 0 Jim Sheridan – director Virgin Prunes – Projects Arts Centre (1978) In America – Time Enough for Tears – Lyrics http://gavinfriday.com/lyrics/in-america-time-enough-for-tears/ http://gavinfriday.com/lyrics/in-america-time-enough-for-tears/#comments Sat, 12 Mar 2011 20:29:33 +0000 GFcentral http://catholic.gavinfriday.com/?page_id=2453 Let’s read the trees and their autumn leaves
As they fall like a dress undone
At the end of summers love will find lovers
Who need the shadows of a winter’s sun
Don’t tell me you’re leaving
We can hide in the evening
It’s getting darker than it should
If we read the leaves as they blow in the breeze
Would it stop us now my love
Time enough for hard questions
Time enough for all our fears
Time is tougher than we both know yet
Time enough for tears
The moon is milk and the sky where it split
It’s magic and we all need to believe
We can wake in our dream
It’s not as hard as it seems
You know it’s harder to leave
Time enough for being braver
Time enough for all our fears
Time is tougher than we both know yet
Time enough for tears
I heard you say underneath your breath
Some kind of prayer
I heard you say underneath your breath
That you never wanna feel
this way about anybody else
Time enough for hard questions
Time enough for all your fears
Time is tougher than we both know yet
Time enough for tears
Time enough for being braver
Time enough I love this time of year
Time is tough it’s running away from us
Time enough for tears
Time enough
(I know, I know)
(It’s ok, it’s ok)

 

From the soundtrack ‘In America’
Bono/Gavin Friday/Maurice Seezer
Vocals by Andrea Corr

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This BBC Weather ‘Be One Step Ahead’ trailer which has been running on BBC television for the last couple of months features the track “All our troubles have flown away” from the Friday/Seezer soundtrack for Jim Sheridan’s movie ‘In America’.

The soundtrack CD is available from:
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com

MP3 downloads from:
iTunes (USA)
iTunes (UK)
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com

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]]> http://gavinfriday.com/2008/05/08/america-on-dvd/feed/ 0 ‘In America’ score nominated for Ivor Novello award http://gavinfriday.com/2004/03/23/in-america-score-nominated-for-ivor-novello-award/ http://gavinfriday.com/2004/03/23/in-america-score-nominated-for-ivor-novello-award/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2004 23:13:55 +0000 Caroline http://gavinfriday.com/wordpress/2004/03/23/in-america-score-nominated-for-ivor-novello-award/ Gavin and Maurice’s score for Jim Sheridan’s ‘In America’ has been nominated for an Ivor Novello award. The awards ceremony will take place in London in May this year.

The IVORS are internationally respected as the premier award ceremony to reflect the talent of British songwriters and composers and their contribution as the creative source of the music industry’s prosperity.

The event is presented by the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters in association with the Performing Right Society.

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]]> http://gavinfriday.com/2004/03/23/in-america-score-nominated-for-ivor-novello-award/feed/ 0 Time Enough For Tears nominated for Golden Globe award http://gavinfriday.com/2003/12/18/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-golden-globe-award/ http://gavinfriday.com/2003/12/18/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-golden-globe-award/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:56:53 +0000 Caroline http://gavinfriday.com/wordpress/2003/12/18/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-golden-globe-award/ “Time Enough For Tears” has been nominated in the best Original Song category of the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards. The film In America was also nominated for best Screenplay. The awards ceremony takes place in Los Angeles on January 25, 2004. (source: GF)

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]]> http://gavinfriday.com/2003/12/18/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-golden-globe-award/feed/ 0 Time Enough for Tears nominated for BFCA Award http://gavinfriday.com/2003/12/17/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-bfca-award/ http://gavinfriday.com/2003/12/17/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-bfca-award/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2003 21:54:18 +0000 Caroline http://gavinfriday.com/wordpress/2003/12/17/time-enough-for-tears-nominated-for-bfca-award/ “Time Enough For Tears”, written by Bono/Friday/Seezer and available on the In America soundtrack, has been nominated in Best Song Category of the BFCA Critics’ Choice Awards. The film In America received a total of seven nominations.

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The ‘In America’ soundtrack will be released on Warners in the U.K. and Ireland on November 21st. In the U.S.A. the album is on Atlantic Records, out on November 25th.

Track listing:
1. Time Enough For Tears
2. Some things you should wish for
3. All our troubles have flown away
4. Mr American Dream I
5. Fe Fi Fo Fum
6. Painting an Angel
7. Mr American Dream II
8. Hell’s Kitchen Suite
9. Happy Holiday
10. I’m an alien
11. Bad Blood
12. The whole world has had a bad day
13. Mateo goes home
14. The third wish (In America finale)
15. All our troubles have flown away finale
All tracks written by Friday/Seezer and performed by the Friday/Seezer Ensemble, except Time Enough For Tears which is Bono/Friday/Seezer, sung by Andrea Corr.

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‘In America’ by Irish director Jim Sheridan has won the Grand Price for Best Film at the 30th International Filmfestival Flanders-Ghent, Belgium. Producer Arthur Lappin accepted the EUR25,000 award. (Yahoo report)

Gavin and Maurice wrote the film’s score.

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