I got this email from Eric Rigler of the band Bad Haggis. It has the full ring of authority:
Hi Dale!
Thanks for the website info. I’m looking forward to checking it out.
Actually, you’re very close. I played all the uilleann pipes on TITANIC
soundtrack, and my good friend, Tony Hinnigan, from London, played the low
whistle. We’ve worked together for James Horner on the soundtracks of
BRAVEHEART, THE DEVIL’S OWN, TITANIC, and the CD follow-up, BACK TO TITANIC.
Before we did the soundtrack to TITANIC, I made a trip over to London to
pick up some whistles that I had made for me by Phil Hardy. I brought Tony
along, they struck up a friendship, and Tony got a whole set of Chieftain
whistles from Phil.
When we got together with James Horner to do the soundtrack, James heard the
whistles, loved them, and assigned Tony the task. So, yes, it is a
Chieftain whistle played by Tony Hinnigan.
For more high profile whistle moments, check out the upcoming films that
I’ve recently recorded:
DEATH TO SMOOCHY (Composer David Newman) starring Danny DeVito & Robin
Williams
Overton Low D
Chieftain Low C
various high Chieftain’s
THE ROAD TO PERDITION (Composer Thomas Newman) starring Tom Hanks & Paul
Newman
Overton Low D
Copeland C & D
TREASURE PLANET (Composer James Newton Howard) Disney
Overton Low D
Chieftain Low B & C
various high Chieftain’s
Copeland D & C
Ok…now that THAT mystery is solved…I WANT A NEEEEEEEEW mystery. We ALL need mysteries in life right? and NO that stuff that acculmulates in the whistle is NO mystery fluid.