Film Score Monthly and the John Williams website have announced that John Williams is currently writing the score to this film. Ladies and gentlemen, we now have website. You'll find the answer to that question in Eric Lurio's review of the film, along with some minor story spoilers . The problem with making a movie of a beloved best selling book is that it always disappoints. Even if the movie is wonderful, it's never as good as the original product.
Stuff has to be left out and usually that means a favorite part is left out.
With that proviso, let's ignore the book entirely. This, being based on real life, is a story of failure. This first death drives Dad to drink and Mom to deep depression. Mom's sisters decide that the McCourt family can't make it in America and raise the money to send them back to Ireland. They move into a slummy area of Limerick called 'the Lanes' which has doesn't have running water except when it rains and it comes in through the front door.