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The Wild Geese is a 1978 war film starring an ensemble cast led by Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris and Hardy Krüger.The film, which was directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, was the result of a long-held ambition of producer Euan Lloyd to make an all-star adventure film in the vein of The Guns of Navarone or Where Eagles Dare.
The date of creation of the lyrics are unknown. The inspiration for the poem is described in his memoirs The Wanderer Between Two Worlds: . I was lying as a war volunteer on the forest clearing plowed by grenades as I was a hundred nights before as a listening post and stared into the flickering light of the stormy night which was criss-crossed by the restless spotlights on German and French ...
Reid's song "The Wild Geese" (also known as "Norland Wind") from his debut album, in which he put music to Violet Jacob's 1915 poem, has been performed and recorded by many other artists, including Battlefield Band, Malinky, Frightened Rabbit with Lau and Jim Malcolm. [9]
The tranquil and serene piece depicts the scene of wild geese flying and alighting by the water. The Qing dynasty Guqin Notation of Heavenly Sound Pavilion had an introduction: "Set against the clear autumn sky, the air is crisp and fresh, while the breeze remains calm, as does the sandbank by the water. Amidst clouds stretching for miles, wild ...
On October 13, 2023, the band released the corresponding EP, 4D Country, featuring unreleased songs from the 3D Country recording sessions. [3] On December 22, 2023, Geese announced on social media platforms that guitarist Foster Hudson would be leaving the band to focus on his academic efforts, and that the band would continue as a quartet.
The reference in both the Irish and English versions to the "Wild Geese" alludes to the Flight of the Wild Geese. Following the Treaty of Limerick (3 October 1691) the Jacobite soldiers left Ireland to serve in French and Spanish armies. The term was also applied more generally to Irish soldiers who left to serve in continental European armies ...
The title music for The Sea Wolves was adapted by Roy Budd from the famous Warsaw Concerto of composer Richard Addinsell. [7] Budd had, at the time, already composed or arranged numerous other film scores, notably those of The Wild Geese and Get Carter.
Boyle was born in Bushey Park near Enniskerry, County Wicklow, and grew up in a restricted circle of her mother, father and sister.Her first music lessons were with her father William Foster Boyle (1860–1951), who was curate at St. Patrick's Church, Powerscourt, and was given violin and cello lessons by her governess with her younger sister Phyllis.