The Banshees of Inisherin soundtrack
American composer Carter Burwell provided the score for the new film.
Searchlight Pictures
- Patrick Cremona
Published: Thursday, 27 October 2022 at 5:34 pm
Martin McDonagh's latest film The Banshees of Inisherin has been one of the most well-reviewed of the year so far – proving every bit as popular as the writer/director's last collaboration with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, In Bruges.
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The score for the film was provided by American composer Carter Burwell, who has collaborated with McDonagh on all of his previous movies in addition to working with the likes of the Coen brothers, Spike Jonze, and Todd Haynes.
Writing on his own website, Burwell explained that McDonagh had sent him the script before shooting and asked for any ideas – only to shoot down his idea that the music should be Irish.
"He's a patient and understanding collaborator but he made it clear that he absolutely hated that idea, hated 'diddly-di Olde Worlde Oirish film music'," he explained.
"Martin sent me some music he'd been listening to while thinking about the film: some Brahms lieder, a Bulgarian song, an Indonesian gamelan piece. None has an obvious relationship to 1920's Ireland, and I think he liked that. He put those recordings in his first cut of the film."
The gamelan piece was eventually replaced by My Life Is on Inisherin, one of Burwell's many original compositions – all of which you can find in the full tracklist below.
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The Banshees of Inisherin soundtrack
Colin Farrell in Banshees of Inisherin. Searchlight Pictures
All composed by Carter Burwell.
- Walking Home Alone
- Night Falls on Inisherin
- Marking the Calendar
- The Island Comes to Church
- Doesn’t Time Be Flying
- Standing Prayer
- Delivering Milk But No News
- Colm Takes the Reins
- Padraic Wakes – Driving Into the Rain
- The First Finger
- Padraic and Jenny
- Padraic Keeps Quiet
- Colm Throws the Balance
- Jenny and the Fourth
- Dark Padraic
- Siobhan Leaves
- The Slow Passing of Time
- Padraic Leaves the Church
- My Life Is on Inisherin
- A Smoldering New Day
- The Mystery of Inisherin
The Banshees of Inisherin is now playing in UK cinemas. Check out more of our Film coverage or visit our TV Guide to see what's on tonight.
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Patrick CremonaSenior Film Writer
Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
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