JW St. Patrick's Day listening

[Dr. Rick 1,155]

Happy SPD to everyone, whether you're Irish or not!      

 

Here's what I'll be listening to today, am I missing any JW Irish-themed music?
 

• Far & Away LLL (just received yesterday!)
• Cinema Serenade (F&A theme)
• Angela's Ashes
• Donnybrook Fair from Across the Stars w/ ASM

 

Let me know if I'm missing any!

[Smeltington 1,436]

"The Brannigan" from 1941, based on the traditional Irish tune "The Rakes of Mallow".

 

I love how there's a JW tune, or entire score, for all occasions!

[Falstaft 2,132]

You might also want to include some material from JFK, in which Williams aimed to "reference [Kennedy's] Irish ancestry..."

 

There's also this -- I suppose more Herefordian than Irish given the movie, but not a huge substantive difference for Williams.

 

 

Same goes for the quotation of "Spanish Lady" in Jaws. Sort of pan-Celtic:

 

 

 

[Thor 7,490]

Not JW's compositions, but a couple of Irish-themed tunes on his POPS BRITANNIA album with the Boston Pops:

 

https://www.deccaclassics.com/en/cat/4787174

 

(also includes a suite from Williams' own JANE EYRE, but that's obviously English, not Irish).

 

 

[Naïve Old Fart 9,512]

Today, it has to be ANGELA'S ASHES...

 

 

...and a couple of Donal and Connal videos - "I'm gonna stab yer in the face, Patrick" 

[Josh500 1,615]

Angela's Ashes and Far and Away! 

 

I'll spend the whole time listening to these two scores. They remind me of an easier, happier, more carefree time... Although the characters in these movies go through some serious struggles, of course.