“The song from the Last of the Mohicans”

Some questions have been rolling in regarding the tune I'm playing in this video. The lilting main riff comes from a tune called The Gael written by Dougie MacLean, the Scottish fiddler. Trevor Jones adapted it for use in The Last of the Mohicans, adding those long slow notes that fit so sweetly over the riff when the two are played together, hence the soundtrack titles, Promontory or The Kiss.

Since I'm just one fiddle, I fancy imagining the sound of one part when I'm playing the other. You shouldn't be able to hear that, but maybe it makes me dig in a little differently…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVbu8bh7SWk&w=420&h=315]