The Ireland Podcast15 Apr 2024

46. Fiachra Trench - Part 1: Arranger for Hans Zimmer, Pogues, Van Morrison etc

Conversation includes: early life; music lessons; computer games; first gigs; working on ‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ by Boomtown Rats with producer Phil Wainman; adding “sweetening” as an arranger; seeing and hearing as an arranger; inspiration vs. plagiarism; working on ‘A Rainy Night In Soho’ and the oboe version; Fiachra’s method of arranging; working on ‘Fairytale Of New York’; the influence of Ennio Morricone’s ‘Once Upon A Time In America’; Van Morrison’s ‘Have I Told You Lately’; working on ‘Poetic Champions Compose’; heterophony; Ukrainian musicians; working with Hans Zimmer; recording a sampling session for ‘The Thin Red Line’; working on ‘Pearl Harbor’; other movies Fiachra has worked with Hans Zimmer on; arranging ‘Mná na hÉireann’ for Kate Bush and Dónal Lunny; working with Brian Kennedy and Mark E Nevin; the four scenarios the arranger faces when being employed as well as other topics.

The second and final part follows in the coming days.

Relevant Links

https://www.cmc.ie/composers/fiachra-trench

Additional Links

‘I Don’t Like Mondays’ Boomtown Rats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Kobdb37Cwc

'Deborah’s Theme' - Ennio Morricone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ruz1VJQyqc&t=24s

'Fairy Tale Of New York' - The Pogues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

‘Have I Told You Lately’ - Van Morrison

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J789GId1kaY

‘A Rainy Night In Soho’ The Pogues’ oboe version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNdeQda2fDg

‘Mná na hÉireann’ Kate Bush

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9vtaQNTTHc

Greystones Guide - Tracks Of My Years: Fiachra Trench

https://www.greystonesguide.ie/tracks-of-my-years-fiachra-trench/

Marty chats with Fiachra Trench in Studio 8

https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/clips/22295759/

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