MovieScore Media bring us the Celtic-flavoured soundtrack to the romantic drama Finding You, co-composed by Timothy Williams and Kieran Kiely. Directed by Brian Baugh, the film tells the story of Finley Sinclair, a talented aspiring violinist, who meets Beckett Rush, a famous young movie star, on the way to her college semester abroad program in a small coastal village in Ireland. An unexpected romance emerges as the heartthrob Beckett leads the uptight Finley on a reawakening as she emboldens him to take charge of his future...

Whether you like Timothy Williams and Kieran Kiely's score for Finding You will depend greatly on whether you are a fan of cinema's interpretation of "traditional" celtic music. To a lot of people it always seems to sound the same, thanks mainly to the overuse of a similar set of instruments and an upbeat energy generally being adopted by film makers. If this isn't your thing then it's doubtful that you'll enjoy what's on offer here.

However there are some beautiful pieces, like 'The First Kiss', 'Finley's Tune' and 'Home to New York'. The only downside to these is that they seem to stop in the middle of what are promising themes.

Talking about the project, Williams said: "Director Brian Baugh came to me with this wonderful film set in Ireland about a young violinist and I knew this would be a perfect film to bring on composer Kieran Kiely, known for collaborations with such renowned artists as Sinéad O'Connor, Stevie Nicks and David A. Stewart. We found the perfect violinist in Zoë Conway to play both the virtuoso classical material, as well as the fun and rhythmic Irish material. Rounding out the Irish ‘band’ is the legendary John McSherry, Steve Coogan, Paul Cartwright and Ash Soan. While the Irish colours permeate the film, we still wanted to create a dramatic score that covers Finley’s journey of growth, friendship and discovery, with strings, piano, electronics and a barrage of strummed instruments including several Celtic harps, auto harp, mandolin and an Irish bouzouki. Driving the score is the bodhran and overtop sit the whistles and uilleann pipes played by John McSherry. It was so much fun to create this rousing adventurous score."

An interesting, if slightly cliched score.

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Darren Rea