Treasure Island soundtrack

Pyroh · Post by **Pyroh** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:14 am

Right - I finally got it in my grasps and it´s sooo good (actually, I like it more than most other Chieftains stuff).

I have few questions though - are tunes there original compositions, or traditionals? Thank you very much

LorenzoFlute · Post by **LorenzoFlute** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:45 am

i love that movie, and i love its music!
the only tune i recognized is "the cup of tea", that you find on the track called "the hispanola" i think. "Blind Pew" sounds traditional as well, but i'm not sure about it. dont know about the others.
Great music anyway

Pyroh · Post by **Pyroh** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:16 am

Othannen wrote:i love that movie, and i love its music!
the only tune i recognized is "the cup of tea", that you find on the track called "the hispanola" i think. "Blind Pew" sounds traditional as well, but i'm not sure about it. dont know about the others.
Great music anyway

Thanks, you´re right about the Cup of tea.

Indeed, the movie is awesome too (it was probably my first experience with irish music, even though I didn´t know it was irish at that time).

Plus, I believe that the tune in Spyglass inn is some version of Star of the county down, but it didn´t make it to the soundtrack (pity, I guess).

Steamwalker · Post by **Steamwalker** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:36 am

I have the Chieftains' album "Film Cuts" which contain 8 tunes from Treasure Island and they are all listed, "Music Composed and Arranged by Paddy Moloney." That doesn't necessarily mean though that they aren't based off traditionals.

MTGuru · Post by **MTGuru** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:14 pm

Thanks for the pointer, Steamwalker. I was going crazy trying to identify the soundtrack. There have been dozens of film version of Treasure Island, and I figured that the Muppets version was not the right one.

Of the Chieftains tunes, the traditional ones are:

Blind Pew: The Hut in the Bog
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/4305

Treasure Cave: Langstrom's Pony
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/61

The Hispaniola: The Cup of Tea
http://www.thesession.org/tunes/display/20

The other tracks sound composed, or taken from other sources. For example, the "Silver and Loyals March" sounds like a set dance or a Playford dance, but I can't identify the source.

LorenzoFlute · Post by **LorenzoFlute** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 3:45 pm

yeah thanks a lot MTguru!!! its always nice to find the names of tunes you can play