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On this 1995 soundtrack from the film by John Sayles, starring Jeni Courtney, Mason Daring's compositions set the moods for the plot turns of Rosalie K. Fry's novel. The Roan Inish Theme is graceful and enigmatic; Fiona is perky; Fiona's Walk tells a story of melancholy; Scampering Away establishes a festive mood only to shift into quiet reflection. The sounds of fiddles, flutes, whistles, pipes, harp, bouzouki, bohdran, and mando-cello combine in Daring's traditional Irish music. All of the vocalists on this album are women; Eileen Loughanne sings Selke Song in Gaelic, and the female vocals in Return to Roan Inish are no less than sublime.