The Banshees of Inisherin soundtrack

Writing on his own website, Burwell explained that McDonagh had sent him the script before shooting and asked for any ideas – only to shoot down his idea that the music should be Irish.

"He's a patient and understanding collaborator but he made it clear that he absolutely hated that idea, hated 'diddly-di Olde Worlde Oirish film music'," he explained.

"Martin sent me some music he'd been listening to while thinking about the film: some Brahms lieder, a Bulgarian song, an Indonesian gamelan piece. None has an obvious relationship to 1920's Ireland, and I think he liked that. He put those recordings in his first cut of the film."

The gamelan piece was eventually replaced by My Life Is on Inisherin, one of Burwell's many original compositions – all of which you can find in the full tracklist below.

The Banshees of Inisherin soundtrack

All composed by Carter Burwell.

1. Walking Home Alone
2. Night Falls on Inisherin
3. Marking the Calendar
4. The Island Comes to Church
5. Doesn’t Time Be Flying
6. Standing Prayer
7. Delivering Milk But No News
8. Colm Takes the Reins
9. Padraic Wakes – Driving Into the Rain
10. The First Finger
11. Padraic and Jenny
12. Padraic Keeps Quiet
13. Colm Throws the Balance
14. Jenny and the Fourth
15. Dark Padraic
16. Siobhan Leaves
17. The Slow Passing of Time
18. Padraic Leaves the Church
19. My Life Is on Inisherin
20. A Smoldering New Day
21. The Mystery of Inisherin

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