It’s up at 54,000 watches on their site at the moment, hope all those watchers enjoyed my score!

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Mr. Foley

The score can be heard over here

‘Saving The Titanic’
Monday April 9, RTÉ, 9pm

Having received its world premiere at the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival in February, IFTA award winning director Maurice Sweeney’s 92-minute feature will be broadcast on RTÉ One this Bank Holiday Monday (April 9) at 9pm.

This Irish-German co-production was filmed in London and at Wicklow’s Ardmore Studios. Tile Films’ were the Irish co-producer with Stephen Rooke (Cromwell In Ireland) producing the €1.6m project.

Its selling point is that it’s the first ever drama-documentary film to focus on the engineers of the doomed ship. Based on eye-witness accounts, it features dramatic re-enactments scripted by Britain’s Colin Heber-Percy and Lyall Watson.

Sweeney (The Forgotten Irish) says that ‘Saving the Titanic’ gives a “human face to what happened below deck. The script and story are essentially a look at heroism and how men reacted in different ways.”

Rooke adds: “I knew this film would be a real opportunity to bring this untold story of the Titanic to the screen for the first time. This story has never been told in a drama documentary; that’s what makes this film unique and why I spent two years of my life putting it together.”

The stellar ensemble cast of leading Irish actors includes David Wilmot (The Guard), Owen McDonnell (Single Handed), Ciaran McMenamin (Primeval), Jonathan Byrne (Primeval); Andrew Simpson (Notes on a Scandal), Hugh O’Conor (Killing Bono), Stephen Hogan (Earthbound, The Tudors) and Conor MacNeill (Five Minutes of Heaven). The script for the drama re-enactment is written by Britain’s Colin Heber-Percy and Lyall Watson.

Shot on Red cameras, ‘Saving the Titanic’ features CGI created at Windmill Lane Pictures. Production began last August using purpose built sets in Ardmore Studios. It was shot by director of photography Richard Kendrick (Treasure of the Bogs).

The score was composed by Irish composer Steve Lynch of Stellarsound. Lynch, went to Slovakia in January where he recorded the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra before combining these lush string recordings with the harsh, eerie sound of bowed metal, courtesy of percussionist Robbie Harris at Dublin’s Hellfire Studios.

Lynch said of his score: “The idea from the beginning was to use sweeping string motifs to represent the optimism of the time, and to contrast that with dark claustrophobic tones and moods once the disaster begins to unfold.”

Lynch has worked with ‘Saving the Titanic’ director Maurice Sweeney on a number of projects in the past, including the IFTA winning ‘Cromwell in Ireland’.

Some of the cues from the soundtrack can be heard here.

‘Saving The Titanic’ also features narration from Irish actor Liam Cunningham (The Guard). It was co-produced by Reinhardt Beetz and Keith Farrell.

‘Saving the Titanic’ is a co-production between Tile Films and Gebrueder Beetz Filmproduktion in Germany. Funding came from RTÉ, the BAI, Section 481, the Irish Film Board, AETN UK, ZDF Enterprises, ZDF & ZDF/ARTÉ.

Thanks to the guys at IFTN!

There’s also an interview with Conor MacNeill, who plays young Frank Bell in the film.

Music for LVA “Dublin Does Fridays” campaign

Agency – Cawley Nea

Trócaire Lenten Campaign
Agency – Publicis QMP

Music for Alzheimer’s Ireland commercial
Directed by Brian Durnin
Edited by Tony Kearns
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

“Saving the Titanic” is currently airing on PBS (USA) and will air on RTE (Ireland) on April 9th (9.30pm).

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