Valentine Slasher Heart Eyes features Spyder Sympson's 80s Love Song

Heart Eyes Irish Connection?

Hollywood Valentine slasher-rom-com, Heart Eyes open this Friday 14th February in cinemas around the UK & Ireland, but did you know there's a slightly obscure Irish connection to the emoji-faced horror flick?

As two of the main characters Ally (played by Olivia Holt) and Jay (Mason Gooding) sit awkwardly in a cab, a dreamy 80s love song twinkles in the background. The song is called "Are You In Love?" and it was written and performed by Drogehda native Dermot "Spyder" Sympson. With a shock of quintessentially 80s blonde hair and seductive voice Dermot was a beloved pop star on the rise, when in 1987 a car crash on the way home from a gig caused injuries from which he never recovered. Tragically, he passed away just a few years later in 1992 at the age of only 27.

You can hear the song in full on YouTube where he performed it live on Irish tv and on streaming platforms from the following link: https://lnk.fuga.com/areyouinlove 

"Heart Eyes" is a Screen Gems / Spyglass Media Group production and is showing in cinemas from this Friday 14th February.

Learn more about Spyder Sympson on this dedicated Facebook fan page.

"Are You In Love?"

Performed by Spyder Sympson

℗ 1988 Crashed Records

Written by Dermot Simpson

Published by Crashed Music

Sync placement in association with Friendly Fire Licensing (USA)

ANOTHER HIT FOR WRITER JAMES CRAMER OF TUPELO

Hugely popular reality TV show Hello Goodbye will feature the upcoming Tupelo single The Shriven Dust. It's another high profile placement for writer James Cramer, his second on the hit Canadian series. The song is taken from Tupelo's new album The Heart's Bloodline.

Stream & Download "THE SHRIVEN DUST"

PROGRAMME: HELLO GOODBYE [CANADA]

NETWORK: CBC TELEVISION

WITH THANKS TO VAPOR MUSIC

FROM THE VAULTS... THE GALWAY GIRL BY SHARON SHANNON

Written by Steve Earle and originally released on his 2000 album Transcendental Blues, The Galway Girl featured the flawless musicianship of Irish national treasure Sharon Shannon. The song has become somewhat of an alternative national anthem and is as recognisably Irish as Guinness and Aran Sweaters. The track was re-recorded by Shannon and Mundy reaching number 1 in the Irish charts for 5 weeks in 2008. It became the highest selling single of the year.

Featured in 2007 Hollywood movie P.S. I Love You starring Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler.

Featured in a Magners/Bulmers Cider advertising campaign.

Featured in Treme S2E9.

The Galway Girl - Sharon Shannon & Steve Earle / (c) 2000 The Daisy Label

The Galway Girl - Sharon Shannon & Mundy / (c) 2008 The Daisy Label

Master recording license contact alan@bohemiarecords.ie

Written by Steve Earle / Published by BMG Rights Management-Primary Wave (Contact licensing@primarywave.com)

FROM THE VAULTS... DEARG DOOM BY HORSLIPS FEATURED IN MCDONALDS AD

Consistently voted one of the greatest Irish songs of all time, Horslips' Dearg Doom was released April 1973. Johnny Fean's guitar riff, inspired by the old Irish trad tune Chief O'Neill's March, is instantly recognisable. A short clip of it features in this advert for the McMór by McDonalds which aired in 2014.

Horslips - Dearg Doom

Written by Carr/Devlin/Fean/Lockhart/O'Connor

Published by Crashed Music

Client: McDonalds

Agency: Cawlea Nea/TBWA

With thanks to Paul Ellis @ Brilliant Productions

Horslips - The Táin

FROM THE VAULTS... NA FILí FEATURED IN BOARDWALK EMPIRE S2 EP9

This vibrant traditional Irish tune by Na Filí was featured in the primetime hit show from HBO Boardwalk Empire. In S2 EP9 Nucky goes to Belfast and offers to trade the IRA machine guns for whiskey, Waxy Gordon plans revenge against Manny Horvitz, and Jimmy enjoys his new status as AC boss. In this scene on the docks of Belfast city Nucky tells Owen he doesn't like secrets and a telegram from Margaret him of Emily's polio.

PROGRAMME: BOARDWALK EMPIRE [USA]

NETWORK: HOME BOX OFFICE INC.

LICENSEE: NEOPHONIC / HBO

TRAD. ARR. TOMÁS Ó CANAINN / MATT CRANITCH / TOM BARRY
PUBLISHED BY FILICEOIL

JOE CHESTER SIGNS TO BOHEMIA RECORDS FOR NEW ALBUM

Joe Chester - Photo by Julie Bienvenu

Bohemia Records are delighted to announce the signing of critically acclaimed, multi-talented musician and producer, Joe Chester.

We will be working closely with Joe on the release of his forthcoming fifth studio album, The Easter Vigil, early in 2017 and also representing Joe's captivating back catalogue for distribution and sync licensing. Joe has been nominated for a Choice Award and a Meteor Award and his debut album, A Murder of Crows, has been included in 101 Irish Albums You Must Hear Before You Die by Tony Clayton-Lea and Dan Hegarty's recently published Buried Treasure: Volume 2.

Joe also has an impressive history of credits in his role as one of Ireland's most in demand producers having worked with Gemma Hayes, Hozier, Mundy, The Coronas, Ryan Sheridan,
Shane McGowan, Camille O'Sullivan, The Hedge Schools.

http://www.joechester.com/

"SAIL AWAY" BY DARLING FEATURED IN HODSON BAY HOTEL CAMPAIGN

The epic, soaring rock anthem by Dublin based pop-rock-electro duo Darling was placed in the Hodson Bay Hotel radio and online campaign in Summer 2016. The song's inspirational melody and motivational lyrics were a perfect fit for this joyous and uplifting series of radio and online commercials.

Darling - Sail Away

Written by Gary Harding / James McGuire, Published by Rapture Music Limited

Licensee Hodson Bay Hotel , Licensed by Darling / Faction Records

With thanks to Paul Ellis @ Brilliant Productions

"MY WORLD AGAIN" TO FEATURE ON CANADIAN TV SHOW

James Cramer's debut single My World Again will feature in Canadian reality TV series Hello Goodbye (S02 EP02). The show takes place in Toronto's Pearson International Airport and airs October 21, 2016. On the same day James' follow up single "Broken" will be released on all digital platforms.

Stream & Download "MY WORLD AGAIN"

PROGRAMME: HELLO GOODBYE [CANADA]

NETWORK: CBC TELEVISION

WITH THANKS TO VAPOR MUSIC