Music for Alzheimer’s Ireland commercial
Directed by Brian Durnin
Produced by Red Rage

www.alzheimers.ie

Director – Maurice Sweeney
Editor – Mick Mahon
Produced by Tile Films
Strings – Bratislava Symphony Orchestra
Bowed Metal – Robbie Harris

Here’s a video of the string recording in Bratislava! -

She was the pride of the British Empire. A leading example of state-of-the-art engineering in a time of groundbreaking scientific and technological innovations on a global scale: the RMS Titanic. Yet she sank in less than three hours after striking an iceberg on 14th April 1912. We all know about the many deaths in the icy waters, the fates of the rich and famous on the ship’s maiden voyage and the dramas that played out in the Titanic’s last hours. What is less known however is how a team of shipbuilders and engineers attempted to save the stricken vessel.

Seeking to answer the question of what happened in the engine and boiler rooms after the collision Saving the Titanic tells the story of the disaster from below deck, with the action taking place between the time the crew embark the Titanic at Southampton and the eventual sinking of the ship. Based upon eye-witness accounts, this is the remarkable story of nine central characters from the engineering crew as they work among the huge, coal-fired furnaces heating the boilers and massive dynamos whirring to satisfy the ship’s demand for electricity. These nine men – among them 18-year-old electrical engineer Albert Ervine from Belfast and Chief Engineer Joseph Bell – are the heroes of this epic film. Their personal stories of bravery are recounted as the men fought courageously to hold back the power of the sea and keep the power systems running, even when they learned that all was lost. Most of these men died but their actions saved many lives.

The concept for this unique drama documentary was the brain child of Keith Farrell, the Creative Producer of Saving the Titanic, who first came across the stories when talking to old shipyard workers in Belfast in the mid 90’s. “I was very moved by what I heard and determined to someday give voice to the men who died below deck”

“The fresh angle taken on the story is what makes this drama-doc unique” says producer Stephen Rooke. “This story has never been told in a drama documentary; that was our original approach and why RTÉ and the Irish Film Board and everyone else have come on board.”

Saving the Titanic has a stellar ensemble cast of leading actors to play the key roles in this drama-doc including David Wilmot (The Guard; The Tudors; Intermission), Ciaran McMenamin (One hundred mornings; Sinking of the Laconia; David Copperfield; Primeval), Owen McDonnell (Mount Pleasant; Singlehanded; Conspiracy of Silence) Jonathan Byrne (Primeval; On Home Ground; Fág an Bealach); Andrew Simpson (Notes on a Scandal; Perriers Bounty), Hugh O’Conor (Your Bad Self; Killing Bono), Douglas Rankine (Loose Talk), Paul Kennedy (Cherrybomb; 50 Dead Men Walking), Stephen Hogan (Earthbound; The Tudors), ConorMacNeill (Cherrybomb; 50 Dead Men Walking), and Chris Newman (Love/Hate; Love is the drug).

Saving the Titanic is a co-production between Tile Films Ltd. In Ireland and Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion in Germany produced in association with RTÉ, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland – Sound and Vision Broadcasting Funding Scheme, Bord Scannán na hÉireann/the Irish Film Board, Windmill Lane Pictures Ltd., Section 481 – Ireland’s Film Investment Scheme, AETN / History UK, ZDF, and ZDF Enterprises.

Music for Unicef commercial
Agency – Javelin
Directed by Brian Durnin
Produced by Red Rage Films

Music for Airtricity commercials.

Agency – Leo Burnett

Brass played by the excellent Newyorkbrass.com

Music for NDC commercials.

Directed by Brian O’Malley
Produced by Red Rage
Agency – Kick Communications
and here’s a jazzier version -

Here’s a little xmas tune, vocals by Liam from Funzo

Music for Horse Racing Ireland radio commercials

Agency – Cawley Nea

Music for Eircom commercials.
Directed by Brian O’Malley
Produced by Red Rage Films
Agency – Chemistry