Dancing At Lughnasa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [Soundtrack]

Bill Whelan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 10, 1998)
• Original Release Date: November 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000DI0O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,606 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Get it! This is music.For thinking and life., November 13, 1998

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[e-mail] (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dancing At Lughnasa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

I will confess that I have heard just over 3/4 of this CD and it was nothing less than outstanding listening. I immediatly purchased it. The music is what I feel classical music is meant to be. It relaxes you, promotes genuine thought, feelings, and quite simply it is as peaceful as new music gets. I highly reccomend it. Somehow the music reminded me of Samual Barber and Beethoven both. I think you will like it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music for an Endearing Film, October 1, 2004

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roika (Southern United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dancing At Lughnasa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Bill Whelan's orchestral soundtrack for "Dancing At Lughnasa" is simply gorgeous. The music aptly conveys the feelings of longing, alienation, sadness, and uncertainty, as well as times of joyful exuberance, as revealed by the film's endearing characters.

I find that the music also perfectly suggests the transition of the winding-down of summer and the coming of autumn, just as the film's characters also face a severe change of season in their personal lives.

Even without the wonderful film, the music that Bill Whelan has created here stands on its own as a cohesive, moving, emotive work.

Highly recommended!

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Question, January 4, 2012

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rotus - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dancing At Lughnasa: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Audio CD)

Why was the Homes of Donegal featured in the story when the story takes place in 1936 and the song wasn't written until 1956. How can the character hate something that hasn't happened yet? Just wondering...