About the Work
It’s a hot summer, and a young inner-city boy, Donal, tries his hand at cutting lawns for pocket money in a quiet, affluent suburb. Not having much luck, he encounters Gerry, an old man who, strangely, pays him just to be left alone.
Giles Packham wrote the score for Cutting Grass, a Irish Film Board Signatures Short Film directed by Ruairi O’Brien and John Kennedy. The music for the film blends traditional orchestration with elements of sound design and electronic music.