Davey As Film Composer
Davey has a talent that is obviously suitable for films. His most famous film score has been Waking Ned (1998), with contributions from Nollaig Casey and Arty McGlynn. His other scores include Twelfth Night, The Tailor of Panama and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Television work includes the theme to Ballykissangel. In 2000, Richard Nelson's play "James Joyce's The Dead" (a dramatisation of a short story) was performed on Broadway, with incidental music by Shaun Davey for which he received a Tony nomination.
For many people his greatest work remains "Granuaile", partly because of the abundance of melodies, and partly because of Rita Connolly's soaring soprano voice. Liam O'Flynn's solo album "Out To An Other Side" (1993) had several tracks arranged by Davey. Shaun's arrangement of St. Patricks Breastplate titled 'The Deer's Cry', first used on the soundtrack of the TV documentary 'Who Bombed Birmingham' and later included on his album The Pilgrim, is probably his most requested song.
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