Customer Reviews

Waking Ned Devine

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This is just utterly amazing - I bought it to hear the last track but just love them all.

My family purchased the movie long before we bought the CD. We loved the movie and the soundtrack is every bit as good. The hypnotic drone of the Uilleann pipes and whistles take you back to Ireland. The pulsing bodhran will get your blood pumping. In fact, this CD inspired us to start our own Celtic band complete with bodhran, whistles and guitar. Now if only we could afford a set of Uilleann pipes!

Such a beautiful movie... such a beautiful soundtrack. I recently went through an exercise of writing last wishes, medical and otherwise (hopefully for the distant future). I could think of no better song to have sung at my funeral than The Parting Glass, and my wish for this has now been recorded. Thank you, Shaun Davey, for your moving music... your utterly divine music.

The best movie soundtrack, period. I have collected quite a few and there are always a few songs that I could do without. Not here. From the beginning to the end, you may not be able to fight the urge to dance a jig or sing out loud. If you loved the movie, there is no question that you can't do without this CD!

Being Celtic, I've always been partial to this type of music, but I must say Shaun Davey has put together a masterpeice! If one wants to take a trip to the mystical shores of The Emerald Isle and never leave his chair just plug this CD in and close your eyes and let your mind wonder. After listening to the CD, the movie is a must see. After this, sorry to say You're Hooked. In my opinion one could honestly wear this CD out.

Ernest Hutcherson
Smyrna, TN.

This is the first soundtrack that has not disappointed me, even a little. Even Jackie's spoken tribute to his friend Michael at the funeral is there. If you loved the movie you will love the CD. It is the first time I have heard the Waterboys and "Fisherman's Blues". I know, where have I been? I have ordered more of Shaun Davey's music because of this movie and this soundtrack.
Shaun Davey, it is sheer poetry. THANKS

If you ask me, the song 'The Parting Glass" is worth the entire album. The first time I saw that there was a soundtrack I knew I had to have it because of that one song. It is the song that really cut an impression into my mind the first time I saw the movie. The rest of the album is great, but that is the song that truely stands out in my memory. Another great song is 'The Lotto Man Cometh'. It is another song that sticks out, but not as far as 'The Parting Glass'. I would highly reccomend this album to anyone who cares to buy it.

This soundtrack is awsome. The song 'The Parting Glass' is amazing, as is the rest of the album. The only complaint I have to regester about it is the song 'Fishermans Blues'. But other than that, the album is great.I would highly reccomend it to anyone who would want to buy it.

Wow, what a CD! One of my favorites of all time, this is a fantastic bit of Irish music. I agree with all the people below that "The Parting Glass" is worth the whole thing. What a song! It will bring tears to your eyes because of its perfect beauty and simplicity. However,just because they have one heavenly song doesn't mean that the others are any less wonderful. The Fisherman's Blues, performed by Mike Scott and the Waterboys, is a rolicking bit of Irish rock. The Lotto Man Cometh contains a beautifully haunting whistle descant, and Michael's Ride will make you get up and dance very single time you hear it. An Angel Will Cry is a gorgeous duet between a bagpipe and a violin. These are just a few of the 15 fantastic songs on the album! If any reader out there is curious about the music being too much of a backround soundtrack, I can honestly say that only one comes even close to being so. Each one stands alone.

The first time I heard "The Parting Glass" was during the conclusion of a documentary about the last game at Tiger Stadium in Detroit. This song played as Al Kaline, the Hall-of-Famer, took one last look around the empty stadium before heading down the tunnel for the last time. The tears flowed and I knew I had to find a copy of this song. I was, therefore, delighted when I watched "Waking Ned Devine" and this was the last song played in the movie. Since buying the CD I have played this one song over and over again. It alone is worth the price of the entire CD. Highly recommended.