Sunday, 16 May 2021

Grimethorpe Colliery Band "Brassed Off" - Soundtrack 1996

Brassed Off is a 1996 British comedy-drama film written and directed by Mark Herman and starring Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald and Ewan McGregor...

...The film is about the troubles faced by a colliery brass band, following the closure of their pit. The soundtrack for the film was provided by the Grimethorpe Colliery Band, and the plot is based on Grimethorpe's own struggles against pit closures. It has been generally very positively received for its role in promoting brass bands and their music. Parts of the film make reference to the huge increase in suicides that resulted from the end of the coal industry in Britain, and the struggle to retain hope in the circumstances.
In the United States, the film was promoted simply as a romantic comedy involving McGregor and Fitzgerald's characters. - wiki
trax:
01 Death Or Glory 02 A Sad Old Day 03 Floral Dance 04 Aforementioned Essential Items 05 En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor 06 Years Of Coal 07 March Of The Cobblers 08 There's More Important Things In Life 09 Cross Of Honour 10 Jerusalem 11 Florentiner March 12 Trad: Danny Boy 13 We'll Find A Way 14 Clog Dance 15 Colonel Bogey 16 All Things Bright And Beautiful 17 William Tell Overture 18 Honest Decent Human Beings 19 Pomp And Circumstance

2 comments:

RYP said...

Grimethorpe Colliery Band "Brassed Off"
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lemonflag said...

Thanks
Track 5 "Orange Juice" is my favourite.