Does anyone know if the tune from the funeral scene in “Waking Ned Devine” is a traditional tune?
if it is what is it?
Thanks,
Jason
Open your eyes and be enlightened my friend, for the “search” function is the source of all knowledge, it returns:
http://chiffboard.mati.ca/viewtopic.php?topic=4322&forum=1
[edited to fix typo – not enough caffeine this morning …]
[ This Message was edited by: garycrosby on 2002-10-25 13:31 ]
Ahh, thank you. I now have the name of the tune (“Lux Eterna, My Eternal Friend”). However, I still have no idea if this is based on a traditional tune. Does anyone have any idea if it is traditional or based on a traditional tune (and what the name of that tune might be)?
Thanks for any help.
Jason
PS: A search on the name on google doesn’t pull up any references to traditional tunes, only references to the movie. Which makes me think it’s either original or possibly renamed.
[ This Message was edited by: Jason Burke on 2002-10-25 14:29 ]
[ This Message was edited by: Jason Burke on 2002-10-25 14:31 ]
AFAIK it is an original composition by Irish composer Shaun Davey. Whether it is based on a trad tune I do not know. In any case, it certainly is a lovely tune 
What is “AFAIK”???
AFAIK, it means, “as far as I know.” Weird, huh? I thought you were being cussed out at first.
Tony
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[ This Message was edited by: TonyHiggins on 2002-10-25 19:29 ]
Just go ahead and buy the CD!! It is a worthy investment, and I highly recommend it. I have watched the movie so many times, I hear the dialog each time I listen to the CD!
On 2002-10-25 23:48, Tradman wrote:
Just go ahead and buy the CD!! It is a worthy investment, and I highly recommend it. I have watched the movie so many times, I hear the dialog each time I listen to the CD!
I’ll be sure to pick it up, but my ear for picking up tunes still isn’t that great. I’m working on it though and sometimes it just happens naturally (like the whistle piece on “The Lord of the Rings” - I had that banging around in my head for months before I realized where it came from =).
Thanks for the info to everyone else.
On 2002-10-25 16:25, garycrosby wrote:
AFAIK it is an original composition by Irish composer Shaun Davey. Whether it is based on a trad tune I do not know. In any case, it certainly is a lovely tune >
Bit of interesting movie trivia: the whistler at the front of the funeral procession is none other than Mike McGoldrick, under instructions by the director to lead the procession into the graveyard. Instead, he got so into the tune that he forgot and continued to lead the procession up the road much to the anguish of the pall bearers who were carrying a weight! If you look carefully at their faces they looked like they wanted to do him an injury.
[ This Message was edited by: nickt on 2002-10-28 06:26 ]
Bit of interesting movie trivia: the whistler at the front of the funeral procession is none other than Mike McGoldrick, under instructions by the director to lead the procession into the graveyard. Instead, he got so into the tune that he forgot and continued to lead the procession up the road much to the anguish of the pall bearers who were carrying a weight! If you look carefully at their faces they looked like they wanted to do him an injury.
That’s a very cool piece of trivia – thanks
[ This Message was edited by: garycrosby on 2002-10-28 10:27 ]
Gary - told to me by my previous teacher who knows McGoldrick personally, so it’s on good authority it would seem.
Well, McGoldrick is my hero, and I am surprised I never noticed that-especially since Ive watched that movie time and time again. I own it in fact, and I will break it out to verify it myself!
thanks guys for the trivia
Are you sure you dont mean John McSherry? He is the one playing most of the whistle and pipes.
[ This Message was edited by: Tradman on 2002-10-28 13:10 ]
Sounds like an excuse to watch the movie again doesn’t it?
Hi,
I’ve just rewatched the funeral scene in “Waking Ned” and I can say that it is NOT Michael McGoldrick playing - Mike is left handed and plays whistle ‘right hand on top’ whilst the whistle player on WN is clearly playing right handed.
The end credits say “Whistler - Raymond MacCormac” and in the ‘Music’ section of the credits John McSherry is credited ‘Uilleann Pipes and Whistles’
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[ This Message was edited by: keiths on 2002-10-30 15:17 ]
On 2002-10-30 15:09, keiths wrote:
Hi,I’ve just rewatched the funeral scene in “Waking Ned” and I can say that it is NOT Michael McGoldrick playing - Mike is left handed and plays whistle ‘right hand on top’ whilst the whistle player on WN is clearly playing right handed.
The end credits say “Whistler - Raymond MacCormac” and in the ‘Music’ section of the credits John McSherry is credited ‘Uilleann Pipes and Whistles’
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Edited for typo[ This Message was edited by: keiths on 2002-10-30 15:17 ]
Well, sounds like my old teacher got it wrong - just goes to show you need to check things out. I’m a leftie myself and am aware that M McG is a leftie too; I’d better watch the film.