UNSEALED

The first film to be made about the personal tragedy of September 11th, 2001.

First-time director Jim Simpson deftly adapts journalist-turned-playwright Anne Nelson's tale of an NYFD captain who lost eight of his men in the 9/11 collapse of the WTC, now struggling to write their eulogies--an exercise a range of difficult personal emotions--with the help of an editor. Composer Mychael Danna (Ararat, The Hulk) is thus handed a largely interior emotional landscape to color with his music, and he responds with a quiet, yet subtly moving score.

Anchored by Mary Fahl's Celtic-tinged "The Dawning of the Day" and bookended with an instrumental performance of the ballad by the FDNY Emerald Society Pipes & Drums, Danna's music infuses melancholy orchestral pastoralism with brisk doses of minimalism to good effect. But the composer is also unafraid to let spare, melancholy piano phrases fade gently into the air, a haunting echo of the overwhelming personal loss and power of memory the film's characters wrestle with.

Sigourney Weaver, who appeared in the initial Flea Theater Company production of "The Guys," is also the wife of director Jim Simpson; Bill Murray, Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon, and Amy Irving are among the actors who have also lent their talents to the show. 2003

01. The Dawning of the Day (Mary Fahl) (4:38)
02. My Beautiful, Gleaming... (4:02)
03. Bill (1:30)
04. Are You OK? (4:04)
05. Jimmy (1:30)
06. What They Were Waiting For (1:21)
07. Where Were You that Morning? (3:53)
08. Patrick (2:12)
09. Follow Me (4:02)
10. Barney (1:56)
11. The Dawning of the Day (FDNY Emerald Society Pipes & Drums) (2:12)