This should be titled, “Hey I found the Soundtrack to The Secret of Roan Inish”, but where’s the fun in that?
And I actually did purchase “The Book of Bunny Suicides” from Barnes and Nobels. It’s for my dad, who’s sense of humor is as warped as mine. Nothing but simply drawn cartoons on one innocent rabbit as he finds creative ways to do himself in. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it.
Anyway, cluching my small, demented paperback, I wandered into the misic section and was mystically pulled (as always) into the irish music section. Picked up a Kate Rusby album, where fate pulled me back to the soundtrack section. And there it was, sitting in plain sight. I don’t remember mention of the soundtrack to Roan Inish being available. An unusually beautiful collection of tunes, what a weird feeling it is to listen to samples of the album and to have to catch yourself before you start crying in joy or disbelief at the sudden appearance of an old friend.
I’m not sure if the movie is still in print . . . although I would want a DVD version of it if it becomes available. I’ve seen it many times on video and enjoy it each time. Even better with hot tea and irish bread on a damp day.
Excellent soundtrack cd. I stumbled across it in a store a few years ago. I said, “Oh, cool!” and bought it. I’m wondering about the song sung to the melody of the jig, Mist Covered Mountain, which, I believe was composed by Junior Crehan.
Tony
Roan Inish is now available on DVD. I’m not sure when this happened, but the VHS version had gone out of print a while back when I checked on Amazon. Now it is available on DVD in widescreen and formatted on one disk. I’m putting in my order ASAP. One for me and one for my dad . . . who shares my love of irish music. Or do I share his?
It is also worth mentioning that “Goodby, Lenin!” will soon be out on DVD here in the states and is also worth seeing.
Boy! Do I get trapped into reading some postings! I thought I was going to hear about the secret deaths of Bunnies at the Playboy Mansion. I have heard that being rejected by Hugh Hefner can lead to a great deal of trauma but not suicide.
Ah yes! - I read that book a while back (hmm… it’s not exactly called reading when it’s just a book full of pictures, what do you call that?) And I thought it was excellent. It’s one of these books that you only start ‘getting’ after the first few pictures. But it slowly sank in…
What?!?!?!?! What kind of suicides? Was it supposed to be funny? What is funny about bunny suicides?!?!?!
That’s like some kind of demented teenage suicide joke.
Oh, I suppose that would be a nice avitar. I wish I had it to wear to the drum corps show tommorrow. I was vomit bunny in that forum too.
I’d be very interested in seeing the lyrics to that song. Someone I knew once sent me a phonetic version based on what she could hear, but I would like to learn the true words. If you find it, please let me know…
It’s printed in Irish and English in the liner notes of the cd. Something about buying an animal at the fair and it being dissapointing or annoying in some way.
Tony
-I haven’t seen the Bunny Suicide book, but people liking it might also like “Oopsy Daisy’s Bad Bad Day”, in which a sacharrine kids book cartoon character encounters first the bumps along life’s road, then the end of the road-in twisted but funny ways. I encountered it while Xmas shopping, and its character’s darkly funny downward spiral cheered me up considerably-a good foil for stressful commercial cheer.
Well, you were right, Mama and Tony, this is a surprisingly good CD. The 4th cut is a gorgeous slow air. The liner notes say it’s traditional but all the names of the cuts on the CD have something to do with the movie instead of the actual tune, and on the 4th cut it has the name of movie part but not the name of the slow air. I’ve begun learning it by ear, but I’d like to know which one I’m learning. Do any of you know what it’s called?
I’m glad you’re enjoying the Cd, Blackhawk. I don’t like soundtracks as I find the songs are often too short or I simply don’t like listening to every piece of incidental music. But Roan Inish is enjoyable from start to finish. I’m enjoying more than I thought I would, I did not think it would be as nice as it is.
