Larry Mullen Soundtracks and Produces “Left Behind”

Original Story by Aaron J. Sams (2024-10-19)

Larry Mullen Jr is listed as a producer and has contributed music to a new film, Left Behind, which debuted at the Woodstock Film Festival yesterday. The film is directed by Anna Toomey, and documents the struggle of kids with dyslexia in the New York City public school system, and a group of mothers who open New York City’s first public school for dyslexic students.

The producers of the film are listed as David Beal, Sian Edwards Beal, Chris Farrell, Larry Mullen Jr., Mari Keiko Gonzalez and Chelsi Bullard.

A quote from Anderson Cooper from CNN about the film shares, “Powerful…inspiring…Left Behind is an urgent call to action to help dyslexic kids.” Larry attended the film premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival last night at the Bearsville Theatre. A photo of Larry at the premiere can be found on Getty.

Larry Mullen’s oldest son has dyslexia. Larry spoke to the audience after the film telling them, “I showed it to my son and he was—moved. I felt that I needed to do something, just to express his rage at the way that he was treated.” Quicksand also reports that Larry Mullen shared, “And I don’t want to overarch it and make it sound so emotional, but it is a big deal when you have a dyslexic child who has fallen through the cracks and, at 29, is still trying to find their way through it. So, the power of the film is that it gives hope that there are answers. If I had known then what I know now, I would have done things differently. Thankfully, my son has a sense of humor about failure and it does feel like failure.”

Two songs in the film also feature Larry Mullen. David Baron shares, “Larry Mullen Jr and I did the opening music/ song with Donna Lewis and the closing song with Gayle.” Baron is a record producer, musician and composer, and has worked with a wide range of musicians including the Lumineers, Lenny Kravitz, and Shania Twain. Donna Lewis, the singer on the opening track, made her singing debut in 1996, and hails from Wales. Gayle who sings on the closing song, is an American singer / songwriter, who released her first album in 2021.

More information about the film can be found at leftbehindfilm.com. Release plans for the songs outside of the film have not been announced.

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