Somewhere there's another land different from this world below, far more mercifully planned than the cruel place we know. Innocence and peace are there-- all is good that is desired. Faces there are always fair; love grows never old nor tired. We shall never find that lovely land of might-have-been. I can never be your king nor you can be my queen. Days may pass and years may pass and seas may lie between-- We shall never find that lovely land of might-have-been. Sometimes on the rarest nights comes the vision calm and clear, gleaming with unearthly lights on our path of doubt and fear. Winds from that far land are blown, whispering with secret breath-- hope that plays a tune alone, love that conquers pain and death. Shall we ever find that lovely land of might-have-been? Will I ever be your king or you at last my queen? Days may pass and years may pass and seas may lie between-- Shall we ever find that lovely land of might-have-been?
The lyrics to this song rival the most heart-wrenching in any song - filled with longing and sadness. But interesting that the last lines of the song are framed as questions rather than statements, lending a sense of hope amid the melancholy. Great stuff.
I agree,I find this almost unbearably sad and wistful.....as so much of Novello’s music is, not in tune with modern day fashion but so reflects the sad history of the times, so many young lives lost. This version beautifully played , not too heavy on extra frills and trills a charming ,perfect performance.
I am glad this song is getting attention. It is truly an excellent exponent of the British talent from this genre and time in the 20th century. Great melody and lyrics. And really magical piano part/orchestration.
I agree, I am in 80s and I cannot get through this song without having my eyes fill. I love the piano in this performance, it is perfect not too over ornamented with runs an trills. This is a deceptively simple melody that is all the more piercing for being unadorned.
To me it speaks more of the unjust class system where the 'downstairs' people had almost no chance to climbed up socially and economically. Their lives would always be tied to their masters, forever unable to decide their own courses. They would never be 'kings nor queens'. I agree with you, the music in this movie is achingly beautiful.
@@judithmarianne that's interesting how many different interpretations can be made with this song :) I always assumed it was about gay relationships, and the lack of tolerance of the era, since Novello himself was gay.
I can,t hear this without my eyes filling…….to me it is the regret of letting all the good of the past go. This was just after the slaughter of WW1,everything was changing, the world in a state of flux much like now.
Haven't listened to this song in years. I was watching a "Frankie Drake Mystery" on PBS, and there was a line in it about the male character being a king and making the female character his queen. My brain was whispering to me, "there's a song you with words like that.” Finally, with a bit of concentration, I realized it was "The Land of Might-Have-Been." What a divinely beautiful, bittersweet, and oh so hopeful love song! It's a wonderful song that you can actually sing, unlike today's so-called songs. You can feel the passion in your heart, which just bursts with every word and note. Ivor Novello composed some wonderful music, and obviously the British think so, too, as they present the Ivor Novello awards for songwriting and composing ever since 1956. I’d love to hear some other singers and even choruses perform this song ♥️
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I was watching Gosford Park (for the zillionth time), I drifted off on the couch and woke up to hear this floating through my ears. I'm now working on my own lovers' reggae version of it. It's giving me so much pleasure to work on such a magical, romantic melody.
this is what music should always be and what love really is all about .. makes your soul ache to want to feel it .. bravo for Ivor Novello & Jeremy's portrayal
I've seen Gosford Park several times...real sense of period...Jeremy Northam, I believe actually sang himself...beautifully...an a fine acting job...Hats off to Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Helen Mirren...well, to the entire cast...fine acting all around. I've always enjoyed seeing this film...added to the fact that I share the same surname as Ivor Novello...his life and music has always been of interest to me. ignato100
I've just enjoyed the full impact of Ivan Novello by watching the film 'Gosforth Park'. No doubt the highlight (tho all the acting was superb) of the film was the Jeremy Northham sequence singing Ivan Novello. Blew me away-i.ve played it over and over. Never realised Mr Novello was welsh either- explains the musical talent and voice. Thx Mr uploader.
I just watched this movie this morning and it is such a great one that prepared me for Downton Abbey. This is one of my favorite songs..so beautiful and pure. Thank you for uploading.
Such a beautiful song! I've been a fan of Ivor Novello on film - esp from The Lodger - and just recently saw I Lived With You where i heard him speak for the first time! Such a wonderfully funny film! And I have just revisited Gosford Park for the interest of hearing some of his songs - Its great there's quite a few used in the film! This one is my favourite :)
I absolutely love this song with every fiber of my being, but I know if I overplay a song it eventually loses its substance. So I've been avoiding it ... 4 years, so, man. That was ethereal.
A truly lovely bitter sweet song of the unrequited, those who have been there finds its words resonate, perfectly paced flowing version probably one of the best of his works and one song dear to me for the reason above unrequited
Thank you for sharing this! Gosford Park, my alltime favorite movie, I never tire of watching it, and Jeremy Northam is dreamy in it. Masterful singing of this beautiful song. Every aspect of this movie is brilliant. ALL of the actors did a superb job, and Robert Altman outdid himself. Wonderful wonderful!
Omigosh it brings tears to me too! Cos i love the film/the time/and his music soooo much. Was at a Ivor Novello tribute performance at a gallery in Cardiff today....loverrrly. x
Esta canción es una maravilla. Es una maravilla la letra, es una maravilla la música, es una maravilla con el sentimiento y la preciosa voz con que es cantada. Muchas gracias 🙏
I love this song and performance so very much. I sent away to England to get the sheet music several years ago. Too high for me to sing but still nice to have it.
It's the end-titles song, played as the cars drive away from the mansion, maybe that's why. This song is so beautiful it can make me cry. And what a voice!
Difficult to add overall to MrLegg. I grew up with Ivor and Noel as my heros but never heard this. I cant u derstand how good singers dont fight for meloodies like Ivors Now. Everlasting. As Dame Hilda says " lvor was Romance". MW
One of many matchless Novello songs that deserve contemporary reappraisal. I have suggested that John Wilson, his orchestra and soloists are just the ticket for this on CD after their wonderful arrangements/performances of film and show tunes - found elsewhere on RUclips. I can hope. can't I?
Great movie. Better this song! The soul that longs for the place on high. The pull of the heart. Where did this purity of heart and music go? God help us 😢
Jeremy Northam The Land of Might-Have-Been Somewhere there’s another land different from this world below, far more mercifully planned than the cruel place we know. Innocence and peace are there- all is good that is desired. Faces there are always fair; love grows never old nor tired. We shall never find that lovely land of might-have-been. I can never be your king nor you can be my queen. Days may pass and years may pass and seas may lie between- We shall never find that lovely land of might-have-been. Sometimes on the rarest nights comes the vision calm and clear, gleaming with unearthly lights on our path of doubt and fear. Winds from that far land are blown, whispering with secret breath- hope that plays a tune alone, love that conquers pain and death. Shall we ever find that lovely land of might-have-been? Will I ever be your king or you at last my queen? Days may pass and years may pass and seas may lie between- Shall we ever find that lovely land of might-have-been?
Ray Cole I could listen to that song any number of times. Jeremy Northam's performance is stunning. I can't imagine anyone else doing that role so perfectly. Say, you were stuck in Morocco for a while, is that right?
The reason my comment was in quotes was because that's a line from the movie. Trentham says this when they're playing cards, and Ivor is playing/singing. See the comments below? Some of those are lines too. See the humor?
Apparently, in an interview, he admitted that surprisingly he was not a huge fan of his singing voice (at least publicly), given that he did work as a “singing waiter” in drama school, which was apparently a really embarrassing experience for him. Then again, the real Ivor Novello himself wasn’t a huge fan of his own singing voice and never really sang in public either. I heard someone on a video of hushabye mountain in Italian for chitty Chitty bang bang that had they made that movie today (or made it into a miniseries) that they would have him as Caractacus Potts.
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I love being able to hear this when I want. A refreshing break from what's usually forced on us.
The ability to create our own playlists of music we own is one of the greatest powers we possess in the modern day.
@@LaPimpernelle those really were the days .
Somewhere there's another land
different from this world below,
far more mercifully planned
than the cruel place we know.
Innocence and peace are there--
all is good that is desired.
Faces there are always fair;
love grows never old nor tired.
We shall never find that lovely
land of might-have-been.
I can never be your king nor
you can be my queen.
Days may pass and years may pass
and seas may lie between--
We shall never find that lovely
land of might-have-been.
Sometimes on the rarest nights
comes the vision calm and clear,
gleaming with unearthly lights
on our path of doubt and fear.
Winds from that far land are blown, whispering with secret breath--
hope that plays a tune alone,
love that conquers pain and death.
Shall we ever find that lovely
land of might-have-been?
Will I ever be your king or you
at last my queen?
Days may pass and years may pass
and seas may lie between--
Shall we ever find that lovely
land of might-have-been?
Hope that plays *her* tune alone ...
Live it
Thanks a lot.
I'm a blues man by inclination, but this melts my heart. I find it simply beautiful.
The lyrics to this song rival the most heart-wrenching in any song - filled with longing and sadness. But interesting that the last lines of the song are framed as questions rather than statements, lending a sense of hope amid the melancholy. Great stuff.
I really wish that this type of music was popular once again!
Jeremy Northam has an utterly beautiful voice. Thank you so much for uploading this!
Ivor Novello wrote astonishingly melodic music. Love it!
This song makes me weep
Nostalgia
Me to it is so unbelievably real
I agree,I find this almost unbearably sad and wistful.....as so much of Novello’s music is, not in tune with modern day fashion but so reflects the sad history of the times, so many young lives lost. This version beautifully played , not too heavy on extra frills and trills a charming ,perfect performance.
I am glad this song is getting attention. It is truly an excellent exponent of the British talent from this genre and time in the 20th century. Great melody and lyrics. And really magical piano part/orchestration.
So poignant in light of current events. Sigh*
I agree, I am in 80s and I cannot get through this song without having my eyes fill. I love the piano in this performance, it is perfect not too over ornamented with runs an trills. This is a deceptively simple melody that is all the more piercing for being unadorned.
I can't stop my eyes welling up - completely stunning.
A lovely song reminiscing unrequited love to which many of us can relate. One of the highlights of Gosford Park.
To me it speaks more of the unjust class system where the 'downstairs' people had almost no chance to climbed up socially and economically. Their lives would always be tied to their masters, forever unable to decide their own courses. They would never be 'kings nor queens'. I agree with you, the music in this movie is achingly beautiful.
@@judithmarianne that's interesting how many different interpretations can be made with this song :) I always assumed it was about gay relationships, and the lack of tolerance of the era, since Novello himself was gay.
That is how great art works. It speaks many truths.
@@susansallin3341 Quite right Susan. I love ambiguous endings in books,plays, were an audience will come up with a hundred different interpretations.
I can,t hear this without my eyes filling…….to me it is the regret of letting all the good of the past go. This was just after the slaughter of WW1,everything was changing, the world in a state of flux much like now.
Haven't listened to this song in years. I was watching a "Frankie Drake Mystery" on PBS, and there was a line in it about the male character being a king and making the female character his queen. My brain was whispering to me, "there's a song you with words like that.” Finally, with a bit of concentration, I realized it was "The Land of Might-Have-Been." What a divinely beautiful, bittersweet, and oh so hopeful love song! It's a wonderful song that you can actually sing, unlike today's so-called songs. You can feel the passion in your heart, which just bursts with every word and note. Ivor Novello composed some wonderful music, and obviously the British think so, too, as they present the Ivor Novello awards for songwriting and composing ever since 1956. I’d love to hear some other singers and even choruses perform this song ♥️
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. I was watching Gosford Park (for the zillionth time), I drifted off on the couch and woke up to hear this floating through my ears. I'm now working on my own lovers' reggae version of it. It's giving me so much pleasure to work on such a magical, romantic melody.
this is what music should always be and what love really is all about .. makes your soul ache to want to feel it .. bravo for Ivor Novello & Jeremy's portrayal
Beautiful sentimental music - They should name an award after this Novello guy.
Have you HEARD of the Ivor Novello Awards? Google them. Maybe you are just joking.
I'm in love with Jeremy Northam!!
As Dane .Hiida says,.. Ivor WAS romance.
Jeremy Northam's brother was the actual pianist in the soundtrack.
GREAT COMPOSITION AND THE LYRICS DON'T COME BETTER THAN THIS
I know what you mean, I don't get tire of this amazing movie I watch it over and over; it's irresistible =)
I've seen Gosford Park several times...real sense of period...Jeremy Northam, I believe actually sang himself...beautifully...an a fine acting job...Hats off to Dame Maggie Smith, Dame Helen Mirren...well, to the entire cast...fine acting all around. I've always enjoyed seeing this film...added to the fact that I share the same surname as Ivor Novello...his life and music has always been of interest to me.
ignato100
I love the music in this movie.
Jan96106 it made the movie !!! like the music in The Shining
I would have said The Graduate.
Beautiful. What a lovely voice for a beautiful song. Perfect for this movie.
Ivor Novello was such a gentle man, God bless his soul.
I've just enjoyed the full impact of Ivan Novello by watching the film 'Gosforth Park'.
No doubt the highlight (tho all the acting was superb) of the film was the Jeremy Northham
sequence singing Ivan Novello. Blew me away-i.ve played it over and over.
Never realised Mr Novello was welsh either- explains the musical talent and voice.
Thx Mr uploader.
One of the most beautiful musical scenes in movie history imho.
Beautiful voice and expression.
I just watched this movie this morning and it is such a great one that prepared me for Downton Abbey. This is one of my favorite songs..so beautiful and pure. Thank you for uploading.
Fun fact that show was originally planned to be a spin-off of Gosford Park, but was developed as a stand alone property.
Such a beautiful song! I've been a fan of Ivor Novello on film - esp from The Lodger - and just recently saw I Lived With You where i heard him speak for the first time! Such a wonderfully funny film! And I have just revisited Gosford Park for the interest of hearing some of his songs - Its great there's quite a few used in the film! This one is my favourite :)
Was The Lodger really a flop like Lady Trentham says..?
Amazingly beautiful!
Lovely, simply lovely.
'Far more mercifully planned....we shall never find the land of might have been'...sad acceptance... love this song.
I absolutely love this song with every fiber of my being, but I know if I overplay a song it eventually loses its substance. So I've been avoiding it ... 4 years,
so, man.
That was ethereal.
Beautiful. I am transported to the land of might-have-been .....
simply beathtakingly beautiful both in tune and words. A different vibration of love
“No..I didn’t love him..But I didn’t mind him”
A truly lovely bitter sweet song of the unrequited, those who have been there finds its words resonate, perfectly paced flowing version probably one of the best of his works and one song dear to me for the reason above unrequited
Thank you for sharing this! Gosford Park, my alltime favorite movie, I never tire of watching it, and Jeremy Northam is dreamy in it. Masterful singing of this beautiful song. Every aspect of this movie is brilliant. ALL of the actors did a superb job, and Robert Altman outdid himself. Wonderful wonderful!
Omigosh it brings tears to me too! Cos i love the film/the time/and his music soooo much. Was at a Ivor Novello tribute performance at a gallery in Cardiff today....loverrrly. x
Wonderful complex musical phrases!It is a pity that modern music is now gone simplified way!
listening to this is so refreshing for my soul
what a song.
Esta canción es una maravilla. Es una maravilla la letra, es una maravilla la música, es una maravilla con el sentimiento y la preciosa voz con que es cantada. Muchas gracias 🙏
I love this song and performance so very much. I sent away to England to get the sheet music several years ago. Too high for me to sing but still nice to have it.
The music and lyrics are timeless.
Sublime.
This is absolutely Lovely!! I just watched the movie today and thank God for it!
Tabeer Khilji Thank Ivor Novello
perfection-the song,the singer takes you almost there
So deep, it truly is a work of Art🖼❤️.......
Thanks for uploading.. Such a beautiful song of a bygone era..
Never knew Jeremy Northam; this is my first time to hear his voice. He has a lovely voice! Thank you for posting.😘
His brother is playing the piano.
It's the end-titles song, played as the cars drive away from the mansion, maybe that's why.
This song is so beautiful it can make me cry. And what a voice!
This song makes me wonder where we really are.
We are who we are.
I would have LOVED to have lived in that time. It seems like such a fairy tale world to me.
Devine music by ivor Novello this music should be performed his musicals so lavish so good this song melts ur heart
Difficult to add overall to MrLegg. I grew up with Ivor and Noel as my heros but never heard this. I cant u derstand how good singers dont fight for meloodies like Ivors Now. Everlasting. As Dame Hilda says " lvor was Romance". MW
A stunning beautiful song. Plus I love the arrangement that starts out vocal and ends up instrumental.
he's so handsome and has such a nice voice
A song so Devine by a master and by god he was beautiful man music sublime this tune I cannot describe in it's pathos sublime and devine
Yummie - yummie - yummie to quote my favourite line & character from this film
Stellar cast, set and costume!
love, love, love England
I've absolutely fallen in love with this song, and I can give you the starlight! Can anyone reccommend any other similar songs/artists? x
Sentimental and beautiful!
Just beautiful
I love this song and of course the movie
Lovely sentiment, music, movie.
Love the movie and the song!!!!
Both are just great!!!
makes me cry
Emotion and beauty. Thanks.
Beautiful lyrics.
Saw it this past weekend, excellent movie.
One of many matchless Novello songs that deserve contemporary reappraisal. I have suggested that John Wilson, his orchestra and soloists are just the ticket for this on CD after
their wonderful arrangements/performances of film and show tunes - found elsewhere on RUclips.
I can hope. can't I?
Lovely. I have no Miniver Cheevy tendencies, but this song could certainly tempt one to long for the past that never was.
You've summed up exactly how I feel, it really does make my heart ache with it's raw beauty.
Achingly beautiful.
just beautiful.
What a beautiful song, and such a perfect rendition!
Beautiful song, and beautifully sung!
Great movie. Better this song! The soul that longs for the place on high. The pull of the heart. Where did this purity of heart and music go?
God help us 😢
In love with this song ♥️
this is one great song!!!
Beautiful
Totally agree!. It is one of my favorites too. The other one is The Talented Mr. Ripley!
LOL! One of my favourite lines, too! ;)
The most wonderful land of all.....
wonderfull song
It's great!
Thank you !!!
Jeremy Northam The Land of Might-Have-Been
Somewhere there’s another land
different from this world below,
far more mercifully planned
than the cruel place we know.
Innocence and peace are there-
all is good that is desired.
Faces there are always fair;
love grows never old nor tired.
We shall never find that lovely
land of might-have-been.
I can never be your king nor
you can be my queen.
Days may pass and years may pass
and seas may lie between-
We shall never find that lovely
land of might-have-been.
Sometimes on the rarest nights
comes the vision calm and clear,
gleaming with unearthly lights
on our path of doubt and fear.
Winds from that far land are blown, whispering with secret breath-
hope that plays a tune alone,
love that conquers pain and death.
Shall we ever find that lovely
land of might-have-been?
Will I ever be your king or you
at last my queen?
Days may pass and years may pass
and seas may lie between-
Shall we ever find that lovely
land of might-have-been?
Ray Cole How are you doing?
Ralph Dratman I'm good thanks, how are you?
Ray Cole I could listen to that song any number of times. Jeremy Northam's performance is stunning. I can't imagine anyone else doing that role so perfectly.
Say, you were stuck in Morocco for a while, is that right?
Ralph Dratman Yes Ralph, I was.
Ray Cole I hope you are well now, and that your friend is in better circumstances.
Lovely
So haunting. So halcyon.
Loverly 😊
Reminds us of that now long ago time when romance was important.
love this.
The reason my comment was in quotes was because that's a line from the movie. Trentham says this when they're playing cards, and Ivor is playing/singing.
See the comments below? Some of those are lines too.
See the humor?
I love his compositions , yet his old friend Noel Coward could never resist criticising his work to his face !
bangin track!
I love this kind of wistful, melancholic nostalgia.
I find this song oddly soothing...
A singing James Bond!
"A bit much for background music."
great movie
I wonder if Jeremy Northam had ever thought of having a recording album. Either Pop Standard or Christmas Recording. I really like his voice.
Apparently, in an interview, he admitted that surprisingly he was not a huge fan of his singing voice (at least publicly), given that he did work as a “singing waiter” in drama school, which was apparently a really embarrassing experience for him. Then again, the real Ivor Novello himself wasn’t a huge fan of his own singing voice and never really sang in public either. I heard someone on a video of hushabye mountain in Italian for chitty Chitty bang bang that had they made that movie today (or made it into a miniseries) that they would have him as Caractacus Potts.
judging by the words I have always thought this song was about a fairer most just world .
"It seems to be more than just background music."