Posts Tagged ‘Film’
Video: In the Name of the Father – Gavin Friday and Bono
Video for In the Name of the Father by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer. Lyrics for In the Name of the Father by Bono, Gavin Friday and Maurice Seezer. Trailer for the film In the Name of the Father (director: Jim Sheridan)
Read MoreGavin Friday and Hal Willner score Abel Ferrara movie
Gavin Friday has teamed up with producer Hal Willner to create the score for ‘Chelsea on the Rocks‘, a new movie by director Abel Ferrera (Bad Lieutenant, King of New York). Willner and Friday recorded the score as a live improvisation to the picture over two days in Manhattan earlier this month. Musicians included Tony…
Read MoreBreakfast in Berlin
Breakfast on Pluto will be screened at the Berlin film festival on February 11th. Complete list of screenings: Sat, Feb 11 21:30 Zoo Palast 1 Sun, Feb 12 10:30 CinemaxX 7 Sun, Feb 19 17:00 International You can download a nice pdf flyer about the film on the festival website.
Read MoreFourth Irish Film and Television Awards
Gavin Friday will attend the Irish Film and Television Awards today at Dublin’s RDS. ‘Breakfast on Pluto’ tops the list of nominees, having being shortlisted in ten categories. “IFTA lifetime member and Pierce Brosnan will be joined by fellow actors Gabriel Byrne, three-time IFTA nominee Liam Cunningham (‘The Wind that Shakes the Barley’, ‘Murphy’s Law’,…
Read More10th-anniversary DVD re-release of Romeo + Juliet
A new DVD re-release of Baz Luhrman’s film Romeo + Juliet – dubbed the “Music Edition” – highlights the music of the film. The Romeo + Juliet soundtrack including Gavin Friday’s Angel as well as songs by Radiohead, Garbage, Des’Ree and Stina Nordenstam was a huge hit in the 90’s, selling 8 million copies. Luhrman…
Read MoreHitchcock at the IFI
Musician & composer Gavin Friday will introduce Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds at the Irish Film Institute on Sunday, August 20 at 2pm, as part of the ‘The film music of Bernard Hermann’ season. Read more.
Read MoreGavin Friday lands role in ‘Breakfast on Pluto’
You may have picked up some rumours already and we can now confirm that Gavin will indeed play a role in Neil Jordan’s new film ‘Breakfast on Pluto’. The film is written by Neil Jordan and Pat McCabe after McCabe’s 1999 novel. The Breakfast on Pluto cast consists of Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson,…
Read More‘In America’ soundtrack details
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…
Read More‘In America’ wins 30th Flanders International Film Festival
‘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.
Read More‘In America’ release postponed
The release date for Jim Sheridan’s In America has been put back till November 26. You can watch a trailer including Gavin and Maurice’s music on Fox Searchlight’s site. The song for the film, written by Friday, Seezer and Bono and sung by Andrea Corr has been recorded. Gavin and Maurice will be working with…
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