One major failure with Irish movies is that the music is sh-te. From some crap Dublin indie band to a tosser with a synth to an orchestra-lite score to some pretentious piano riff the films are let down time and again. Most major filmmakers from Woody Allen to Jacques Rivette use classical music in their films. Why won't Irish directors do so? Is it because they don't listen to the stuff or are only into popular culture? What they don't realise is that it's all related: art, music, cuisine, architecture, literature, and cinema. It's all connected. Having amazing cinematography, crisp editing, stunning scenery, good script, quality acting is not enough. The best filmmakers either use no music or choose stuff from a quality composer. That's what they do. It's a shame no Irish director has the skill or intellectual ability to use existing music from a serious composer? Even the early short films from the French New Wave used classical music. Irish cinema will never be taken seriously when its music is identical to television.
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