Bagpipes in film
JOANN HAWK
and a Funeral, lately...But Chris Tweedy made a quote from
one of my favoriate "Z" Grade films...Lair of the White
Worm...The film has won my personal award for the "Best Use
of Bagpipe, Sporran, and Mongoose" in a film. It makes me
think , other than Tunes of Glory and that one Shirley
Temple film ( not to mention The Fugitave)...what are some
good movies with bagpipes featured in them??? Joann
Robert W. Whitlock
Chris Tweedy
> and a Funeral, lately...But Chris Tweedy made a quote from
> one of my favoriate "Z" Grade films...Lair of the White
> Worm...The film has won my personal award for the "Best Use
> of Bagpipe, Sporran, and Mongoose" in a film. It makes me
> think , other than Tunes of Glory and that one Shirley
> Temple film ( not to mention The Fugitave)...what are some
> good movies with bagpipes featured in them??? Joann
One of the things that I really appreciated about the piping in
Lair of the White Worm is that it was actually *competent*! If
you (or anybody else familiar with the film) know the name of the
6/8 march Angus played in the movie, I'd be grateful. It's a pretty
cool tune. If not, I guess I'll just have to watch the tape a buncha
times and pick it up that way (sigh).
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Dewey Dykstra, Jr.
>Ive been watching the talk about the piper in Four Weddings
>and a Funeral, lately...But Chris Tweedy made a quote from
>one of my favoriate "Z" Grade films...Lair of the White
>Worm...The film has won my personal award for the "Best Use
>of Bagpipe, Sporran, and Mongoose" in a film. It makes me
>think , other than Tunes of Glory and that one Shirley
>Temple film ( not to mention The Fugitave)...what are some
>good movies with bagpipes featured in them??? Joann
Joann, you will find extensive discussion of this particular issue in the
archives to the bagpipe list. One that I do not recall having received
mention is "I married an axe murderer" The scene with the line "We've got
a piper down. The piper is down." is really a tickler.
Dewey
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The Master Of Darkness
There's always the one Star Trek film with Scotty playing the pipes, and
I believe the Dead Poet's Society had a piper in there...
Ken Jackson
On Wed, 15 Mar 1995, Chris Tweedy wrote:
> <snip>
> One of the things that I really appreciated about the piping in
> Lair of the White Worm is that it was actually *competent*! If
> you (or anybody else familiar with the film) know the name of the
> 6/8 march Angus played in the movie, I'd be grateful. It's a pretty
> cool tune. If not, I guess I'll just have to watch the tape a buncha
> times and pick it up that way (sigh).
>
> 55 M.P.H. | Chris Tweedy | The opinions expressed
> It's not a good idea, | Digi International Inc. | are MINE.
> It's just the law. | c...@digibd.com | Get your own.
>
>
Chris, most movies contain the names and artists for the music played in
the credits. (usually the last part of them). You could check there
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Mike Oltz
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>>think , other than Tunes of Glory and that one Shirley
>>Temple film ( not to mention The Fugitave)...what are some
>>good movies with bagpipes featured in them??? Joann
>There's always the one Star Trek film with Scotty playing the pipes, and
>I believe the Dead Poet's Society had a piper in there...
The Shirley Temple film is "Wee Willie Winkie" (a Kipling story,
in which the eponymous character is a boy); the Trek film is
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, in which the scene with Scotty
playing is at the very end.
(I had trouble posting this, hope you don't get two)
Frank Dumont
If I'm allowed to put in my 2 cents, the movie that impressed me with
bagpipes was one with Katherine Hepburn as Mary Queen of Scots. I don't
remember the name of the movie, but it may have been called Mary......
The Earl of Boswell had his Pipe band in the movie. What impressed me about
his pipe band was their drums, continental drums. I have been corrected that
they are now called Medieval drums. After seeing this movie, it poisoned me
into feeling that present day pipe bands play snappy tin cans for drums,
and have drifted away from the original intent of having pipes and drums
as an instrument of War.
And, I am not too far off. I am being visited by a retired Pipe Major of
the Canadian Black Watch, who corrected me as to the proper drum
terminology. Jerry also informs me that the 72 Frasers, part of his old
regiment, plays for a public demonstration medieval pipes and drums.
In the movie of Tunes of Glory, I noticed in the band equipment room, sets
of kettle drums. Never seen a present day pipe band play kettle drums
either. Apparently, military tradition GHB playing doesn't keep up with
their traditions either. The military tradition type of piping has
nothing over Gaelic piping or Real Pipe Music, as far as losing
traditions.
Frank El gaitero
PS. To certify Jerry's credentails. What GHB say in battle is:
"Garigali, garigalu. Come on and fight with me.
I'll have you for a pot of stew."
bea...@lvvx.dnet.dupont.com
I must be the only one old enough to remember seeing Victor Mature, Cary y
Grant, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Victor Jory in "Gunga Din". I don't remember
when the film was made but I would suspect late 40's early 50's, and if I
remember correctly it was in black and white.
I have never seen or at least don't remember seeing all of the film but
I have seen the last 30 or 40 minutes several times and the "Black Watch"
regiment is part of the British Army in the film. The final scene is at night
and the British troops are burying their dead and the pipers are playing.
It has been some time so I am not certain but I believe I read or saw someplace
that they played "When the Battle is Over".
I also recently saw a film, possibly a made for TV film, one of
Sherlock Holmes cases, more recent than the old Basil Rathbone films made that
had some piping excerpts in it including when Queen Victoria was piped into
the room. Did not recognize the piece however.
Frank
MacKenzie Strickland
"A River Runs Through It" had a short piping scene in it, too.
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Morris Benjamin CDT
While "Tunes of Glory" may be one of the better bagpiper movies around, my
vote still has to go to the wedding scene in "So I Married an Axe Murder". An
absolute classic scene that all pipers should see at least once.
Just my $.02
Jamie Morris
John Rae
"I Know Where I'm Going" - an old British romantic comedy with Wendy
Hillier.
"The Rats of Tobruk" - with Richard Burton and Chips Rafferty - about the
Siege of Tobruk during the North Africa campaign in WW 2. As I recall the
film, when the siege was broken, there were pipers in the British armoured
division coming through playing "Garry Owen" (with apologies to the person
who lamented the modern overexposure of this tune.) Australian forces were
involved in this action, so they tend to take it rather seriously (pardon
the parochialism).
Cheers
John Rae