Trampoline
Top 10 Film Scores
Director: Tom Ryan Starring: Aoife Spratt, Audrey Hamilton, Maggie Donovan Release Date: Limited Release
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Batman (1989)
Renowned for its ability to bring the character of Batman to life through fast-paced riffs and suspicious recurring motifs, this is an incredible piece of music.
J aws (1975)
As well as that infamous two-note figure on the double bass, this work also features short, sweet passages on the violins that add to the sense of terror in the most sarcastically sickening way.
Harry Potter (2001—2011) Easily one of the most recognisable film scores of all time, the music behind the movies is essential in creating the sense of enchantment and mystery that we, as an audience, find so appealing about the movies. The actors may be forgotten, the scripts torn up, but the music will live forever.
7 6 5 Trampoline is a new Irish indie feature film set in Nenagh, Tipperary; which follows the story of twenty-something Angie Corbett, who has been offered a teaching position at her former secondary school, but she’s in no position to take it seriously. Angie’s apathy towards her professional life soon forces her to acknowledge what she really wants. The film boasts as much talent as it does heart. Dialogue is unforced and digressive, and there’s an absence of cliché in debut writer-director Tom Ryan’s lines, which allows for great family dynamics and believable on-screen chemistry. Aoife Spratt excels as lackadaisical Angie and Audrey Hamilton radiates as the kooky best friend, Kate, but Maggie Donovan is outstanding as Angie’s wounded sister Jenny. Family is the beating heart of the film and Angie and Jenny are in perfect imbalance as the sister that could afford to care so little about home, and the one who has had to care too much. Donovan brings an intensity to the role that seems natural and deserving. There’s welcome comic relief in the shape of younger brother Alan, an excellent choice in Tadhg Reddy and definitely one to watch. There’s a vagueness to the film, complimentary to Angie’s disconnect, and to young adult life itself as an uncertain place to be. Shot on a meagre budget of €1,000 with the help of the town itself, featuring a cast sourced in part from The Nenagh
Players, Nenagh is presented with a lot of love; featuring stunning shots at the castle and a scene at Lough Derg. As is Dublin, in a gorgeous sequence of Angie leaving by night, among others. Angie lounges on a diving board with no intention of plunging in, meets with her love interest James (Eddie Murphy) in a playground and begins to express her true self when she’s in fancy dress. Ryan uses plenty of thoughtful, playful and masterly devices to cement Angie as a not-quite-grown-up grown-up, something the onesie generation can readily identify with. This is a film with real social relevance. Watching it reminds one of the authenticity of Gerard Barrett’s Pilgrim Hill (2013), and while Ryan examines what becomes of this emergent generation in present-day Ireland rather than the previous one, it still has that organic feel and a sense of the necessity of producing something close to home, a grass roots operation when addressing areas like heritage and the local seems increasingly urgent. In a nutshell For its small-town charm, Trampoline achieves the universal in a story of adjustment recognisable the world over, asking big questions with relative ease, even confronting a recognisable reluctance in young Irish people to pursue their dreams.
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pirates of the Caribbean (2003)
This particular work does exactly what every film score should: when you listen, you can imagine yourself standing on a ship with Captain Jack Sparrow, sailing the high seas and drifting into the bay of Tortuga.
The Godfather (1972)
Written by Nino Rota, the music tells a story of loss, revenge and ruthlessness. The score of The Godfather captures the Italian-American culture beautifully in a work filled with pride and vulnerability.
Inception (2010)
Hans Zimmer perfectly mixes sadness and nostalgia to create beautiful, haunting melodies. This is not just the score to another movie; it is an individual work of art, separate from the picture. This is a piece of music that can harrow someone who has never even seen the film.
Star Wars (1977-2005)
Is there anybody on this planet who can’t identify the truly iconic work that is the score of Star Wars? The music is incredible, filling the hearts and minds of so many with fear, thrills and excitement. No matter how many times it is played, it is impossible to forget. What Williams has written isn’t just a piece of music; it is a piece of film history.
Lord of the Rings (20012003)
This is a breathtaking piece of music. While listening, one can feel the emotions of the characters: the loyalty of Sam, the greed of Gollum and the fear of Frodo. Very few scores can so accurately do such a thing.
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
In one thrilling piece of music, Clint Mansell takes us inside the mind of a drug addict, the uncontrollable chaos that rules in a haze of suspended disbelief; the desperation and longing for anything substantial.
Schindler’s List (1993)
Featuring Itzhak Perlman on violin, this score perfectly captures the hopelessness and demoralisation of war, and the heartbreak of one man’s selfless actions to save those who were sentenced to death. John Williams has written quite simply the saddest and most shattering musical score ever to appear in film.
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