The Theme From Harry's Game (arr. John Ivor Holland) by Kieran Brennan Sheet Music for Concert Band at Sheet Music Direct

Product Details

Title The Theme From Harry's Game (arr. John Ivor Holland)

Artist Kieran Brennan

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer Paul Brennan Kieran Brennan

Arranger John Ivor Holland

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 38

Arrangement Concert Band

Publisher John Ivor Holland

Level 2

Product ID 1578482

Genre World New Age Film/TV Multicultural 20th Century

Performance Group Concert Band

Product Description

"Theme from Harry's Game" is a 1982 song by Clannad commissioned as the theme for 'Harry's Game', a Yorkshire Television miniseries adapted from a 1975 novel set in The Troubles in Northern Ireland. It was released as a single in October 1982 and became a surprise hit, reaching number 5 in the UK Singles Chart the following month and number 2 in the Irish Singles Chart. The song is to date the only British hit single ever to have been sung entirely in Irish. The chorus "Fol lol the doh fol the day, Fol the doh fol the day", is ancient Irish mouth-music, known as Portaireacht, which is common in traditional music. The song won an Ivor Novello award, and launched Clannad's global career. It has since appeared in several Hollywood movies, most notably 'Patriot Games', in which an IRA member, played by Patrick Bergin, is seen watching the music video for the song on his television. Available for concert bands worldwide for the first time, this haunting piece would provide a contrasting interlude in a programme of film and television music and features passages for cor anglais, which are cued for smaller ensembles.

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