"Macalla Chill Áirne" film soundtrack, by Charlie O'Brien

"Macalla Chill Áirne" film soundtrack

by Charlie O'Brien

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1.	Charlie O'Brien and Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin - Fáinne Geal an Lae 03:48	lyrics	buy track
Ar maidin moch do ghabhas amach, Ar bhruach Locha Léin. An samhradh 'teacht 's an chraobh len' ais, Is lonrach te ón ngréin. Ar thaisteal dom trí bhailte poirt, Is bánta míne réidhe, Cé a gheobhainn le m'ais ach an chúileann deas, Le fáinne geal an lae. Ní raibh bróg ná stoca caidhp ná clóc, Ar mo stóirín óg ón spéir, Ach folt fionn órga síos go troigh, Ag fás go barr an fhéir. Bhí calán crúite aici ina glaic, 'S Ar dhrúcht ba dheas a scéimh, Do rug barr gean ar bhéineas deas Le fáinne geal an lae. Do shuigh an bhrídeóig síos le m'ais Ar bhínsín glas den fhéar, Ag magadh léi bhíos dá maíomh go pras Mar mhnaoi nach scarfainn léi. 'S é dúirt sí liomsa "imigh uaim Is scaoil ar siúl mé a réic" sin iad aneas na soilse ag teacht, Le fáinne geal an lae.
2.	Toomies Mountain 00:37		buy track
3.	The Long Range 01:35		buy track
4.	Nead an Iolair 00:51		buy track
5.	Ochón a Leanbh 02:19		buy track

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The ¨Macalla Chill Áirne¨ soundtrack melds modern and older sensibilities. The first track, ¨Fáinne Geal an Lae," was written in the 1830's, the decade our period film is set in. The song's lyrics begin on the same lake in the opening scene of the film, "one morning early I went out on the banks of Lough Leane.¨ Séamus Barra Ó Súilleabháin, rap and slam poet, contributes vocals on ¨Fáinne Geal," giving a new energy and flow into this old classic Gaelic song. The synths and harmonium that accompany him, add an otherworldly vibe that fits easily with this ¨aisling¨ or vision poem of old. Séamus is our main actor on film, playing the part of Partlán. Heres a link to the short film itself:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB70Zz-2Y_E&t=1s&ab_channel=CharlieO%27Brien

The physical phenomenon of the Killarney Echo is the sound that resounds off the mountains and lakes of Killarney when you fling music or noise at them. Whatever auditory projections are thrown-bounce off the lakes and jump back tenfold into the ears of those who seek "the echo." It was an obligatory part of the tour of the Killarney district throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Back then, they brought trumpets and bugles with them on their boat tour, to coax the echoes from their hiding places amongst the ancient mountains. ¨Ochón a Leanbh¨ is an old Irish lament that I arranged here for French horn and trumpet. The arrangement attempts to evoke something of the wonder of that interaction of brass and mountain, in days of yore. The film itself is a recreation of that tour of old.

Macalla Chill Áirne, is set in 1837 in the west of Ireland - the shadow of hindsight hangs heavy over the film's proceedings. The film takes place just a few short years before "the Great Famine," which will change the country utterly - ushering out Gaelic Ireland and ushering in a new English speaking country. Constantly, conflict is hinted at and rebounded through contrast, all culminating in the performance of the brass musicians and the thunderous finale of the cannon’s roar, which marked an end to this Victorian musical tour of antiquity. We left out the cannons from this album, that had already been done by 1812!

bainigí sult a chairde Gael!
Séarlas Ó Briain

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released August 1, 2021

Voice - Séamus Barra ó Súilleabháin
Trumpet - Roy Kelleher
French Horn - Louise O'Sullivan
Synths, Harmonium - Charlie O'Brien

All compositions and arrangements by Charlie.

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Trouble or Fortune Records Killarney, Ireland

Trouble or Fortune is where myself, Charlie O' Brien's, music and film projects are found.

Besides my own work and collaborations, Japanese alt. folk artist, Mari Mochizuki, is the first formal addition to label.

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