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Let's hope they are selling well. And I second Yavar's request for Oliver Wallace's score for Darby O'Gill. I actually only watched it for the first time this year on TCM and instantly fell in love with it (the music was a pretty big factor in that regard).
Thanks! Darby O'Gill is one of my favorite childhood films, and probably my favorite Disney film ever. It's just a wonderful story, great cast (including young Sean Connery, who cares if his accent is wrong?), impressive special effects for its day, and of course, absolutely wonderful music. Much more lively and Irish-sounding IMO than say, Victor Young's score to The Quiet Man (I always thought that film and score were really overrated, and Darby O'Gill overlooked in comparison.)
Oh, and the banshee in this film still gives me the willies like few full-on horror films ever have done. Go to the comments section on IMDb and you'll see: Full grown adults (even ones who didn't see the film as a kid) get nightmares -- it's kinda awesome! 
Yavar
When I recorded the film, I learned it scared my dad when he was a kid (though it was more the Cóista Bodhar that scared him than the banshee). As for the music, I must agree that Oliver Wallace did a really good job in giving it an Irish feel and wish the film itself would get more recognition. However, this is the first I've heard about complaints on Sean Connery's accent (yes, I know he's actually Scottish, but I felt it fit in rather nicely). I always thought it was his singing that garnered complaints even though his character isn't supposed to be good (the character even admits he "can't sing a lick" in one scene).
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