The Sea Hawk is OVER 80 YEARS OLD and still one of the BEST ACTION MOVIES ever made. Faantastic pace, editing, performances, set and costume design and soundtrack PLUS Errol Flynn -SOLUD GOLD HOLLYWOOD
It sure is! To me, nothing beats the calibre of big screen films made from the 1940s, 50s and 60s in particular (to be fair, I have plenty of films in my collection beyond that era right up until today that I also love, but for me anything from that golden era is special). I wish Warner Archive would release Humoresque (1946) on bluray. The DVD I have is OK but a bluray done to the quality of their Sea Hawk release would just make my life complete!
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 'The Sea Hawk' main title is still fresh and stirring today with wonderful romantic string sections as well. One can hear how his scores influenced future Hollywood composers.
That's because you never saw me in the movie, "Drop 'Em, Betty." Well, maybe because it was never made, but it should have been. I would've given Flynn a run for his money. And my film score alone would've been worth the price of the ticket.
Truth be told, I am 22 years old, I have the movie sea hawk 5 times, this piece of music encompasses Flynn's character in the film, the music itself incredible. As good as Flynn was, the lady who played the queen in that film was absolutely superb.
One of the reasons the old movies are better than the crap we have now ( besides the writing, directing and acting ) is music like Korngold's . GLORIOUS !
It is so good to see these brilliant young musicians appreciating the extraordinary beauty of this masterpiece and playing with such passion. My best wishes to all of you.
Largely german and austrian composers and a few huspanos were the music makers of hollywood. Then john williams and Terrence blanchard goldsmith, andre desplait, others james horner ennio morricone
Thank you for sharing this treasure. I am a huge Erich Korngold fan. His genius, fortunately lives on. Each film score is a masterpiece indeed. He will always be legendary.
Korngold's music is always a delight. His film music underscores what is happening in a scene, its motivation, and its direction. His concert music, such as his violin concerto, is sublime.
Sounds just like the opening theme of my favourite childhood cartoon Peter Pan & the pirates. 🏴☠️ It’s truly mesmerising. Perfect for the high seas! 🌊
"Spain is an old country with a very rich culture. In fact, there is much in Spain that we English could profit by." "We'll we're certainly doing the best we can!"
One of the movies I grew up with was "The Sea Hawk" with Errol Flynn in black and white. Our heroes were dashing, sword fighting, men (emphasize MEN), fighting their way across the screen at sea, in the air or upholding the 'code of the West.' We had real heroes to imitate, a code to follow as an example, and honorable goals to set with which to grow up. We were proud of our country and loved her for giving us a platform to follow those goals. Today, what is left? The exact opposite. We have greedy, power hungry, cowards in office only interested in power and money. We have an education system only interested in tearing down the whole American system in favor of proven failures like socialism and communism. Hollywood puts out ridiculous cartoons laced with racism and ultra liberal nonsense, Finally, we have a despicable media that acts as the spokesman for the ultra left perpetuating lie after lie after lie put out by the liberal left. God help The United States before the American citizens have to take our country back ourselves.
And the films then had lots of strong female characters, but they weren't expected to win sword fights against men twice their size... as in the pathetic Preaching The Message action films of today.
I was listening to something else on youtube, and someone mentioned that this music had similar elements to it that reminded him of more of the same (rip-off). Actually I find that the 'elements' were few, (a spurt} and that this music is more beautiful sounding, (to me anyway). I have never even heard of it before today, and had no idea that it was a film soundtrack.
My uncle (Walter Scharf) composed the music for some 200+ movies. It was a very competitive business. Believe me didn't have any kind words about Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann or Jerry Goldsmith. He did say, in a moment of weakness that Korngold was simply the best bar none,. The problem was that most of his music was recorded in very limited fidelity and it wasn't until it was re-recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra that the public understood what a giant he was. My favorite score is from "Robin Hood". That music was the basis for Korngold's violin concerto. Regarding Ralph Trout's comment, every composers of large scale motion picture music owes a debt to Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Donald Barrett : I recognized the name right away! My first memory of seeing the name ‘Walter Scharf’ in title credits is during the delightful Main Title of the original Willy Wonka film with Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. Only later did I notice his name on a Jerry Lewis film or two. Odd also delightful coincidence finding your post here on this specific YT page: I was in school in Queens NYC back in the 1970s with Jeffrey Schindler, whom I seem to recall has had a successful career conducting out of California…so, many thanks for your post.
@@schwei56 I stumbled on your reply today, three months after you sent it. I just wanted to add, that Walter's career extended way past motion pictures. He wrote a symphony, a symphonic suite, which was premiered with the Israeli Philharmonic, and two Operas: "The Streets Shall Be Green" and "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" based on a radio play by the great Norman Corwin. My family wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I did go to music school at the Royal College of Music in London but instead wound up as a Write-Producer-Director in film and television.
Donald Barrett: Thanks! Send a portfolio of your “uncle Wally’s” stuff to JoAnn Falletta at the Buffalo Philharmonic, referencing me (we were colleagues in the late 70s/early 80s). She has been devoting time and energy to showcasing lesser-known composers, including film composers, Jerome Moross recently. Definitely worth a shot, if there’s a symphony in his catalog. It would also be a treat someday for a live orch to accmpany the first wonka film, live. I seem to recall that that was scored in Europe inasmuch as there were those Munich exteriors . . . Cheers!
The film was released in 1940. This is exactly the kind of music to stir the hearts of the people of the democracies in a time in history even more dangerous than the era of the Spanish Armada.
A great musical score for a superb film. Made as part of the war effort and the perfect exposition of how totalitarian regimes through the ages have cruelly abused peoples of the world over.
Following the death of Debussy, 99 percent of the serious composers went a(to)nal and 12 tone serial, because people thought there was nothing more to explore in the chromatic sphere. This piece shows just how wrong they were. Who listens to 12 tone acoustical programming nowadays ?
99%? How about Shostakovich, Gershwin, Thomson, Hanson, Piston, Britten, Schuman, Bernstein, Harris, or Copland? There was a whole swath of composers whose musical language (for the most part) remained quite tonal.
@@jg2904OK, I was exaggerating. 90 percent sounds about right, but that was sufficient to cause a loss of continuity with the past that has never been recovered IMO.
@@jg2904 For all the musical elite would have it - there was for several decades only one game in town. If you weren't writing atonal music - you were not taken seriously. It's not that the tonal composers weren;t around - it's just that they were seriously pooh poohed. I did a BMUS in the 1980s - and even R Strauss was roundly mocked - and the only 20th C lineage that was followed/ respected was Wagner Schoenberg Webern Berg Varese Stockhausen Reich Glass. With grudging exceptions thrown for Shostas/ Prokoviev and Britten....
Most live performances of this piece are too slow. Then again, Korngold was a genius madman. The opening fanfare alone would make a seasoned musician struggle at full tempo. Anyways, very well done performance!
I have many recordings of this music, including the original movie score. This is the slowest and dragiest rendition yet. "Dragiest"? Is that a word? Errol Flynn must have dueled Wolfingham in slow motion to this music. But, all things considered, it's one of the greatest film scores ever written. Fans should watch the whole movie.
The word should be spelled "draggiest". In your spelling it would have to be pronounced "dray-gee-est". But you're right, the performance is too slow in most places.
But this isn't the film score - this is a suite made from the film score, released into the world to have a life of its own. It can be played as the conductor thinks fit. If you want the film score, watch the film.
@@jslasher1 Exactly! Films should be seen as they were intended. Black and White films have a tone and lighting that can not be matched in color. What would the great film noirs of the late forties and early fifties be without Black and White...?
+elchoya100 Perhaps they're just watching and hoping their son or daughter get better future. It's sad that it's the only thing they care and not the music. Either that or they're bottling their emotions. Not healthy.
As a performer, I can tell you that the audience often looks bored when they are actually relaxed and paying close attention. Classical music tends to take us away mentally and internally, and faces often look bored or unhappy when they are truly relaxed. Some times during a performance I will think think the same thing, "these people are bored/unhappy", but then after the program they will be animated, enaged, and truly enthusiastic about the performance... they were just listening.
The Sea Hawk is OVER 80 YEARS OLD and still one of the BEST ACTION MOVIES ever made. Faantastic pace, editing, performances, set and costume design and soundtrack PLUS Errol Flynn -SOLUD GOLD HOLLYWOOD
I thoroughly agree! Outstanding through and through!
And the best soundtrack too… Erich Wolfgang Korngold, the Last Prodigy…
You couldn't be more correct!
Errol at the height of his looks.
It sure is! To me, nothing beats the calibre of big screen films made from the 1940s, 50s and 60s in particular (to be fair, I have plenty of films in my collection beyond that era right up until today that I also love, but for me anything from that golden era is special). I wish Warner Archive would release Humoresque (1946) on bluray. The DVD I have is OK but a bluray done to the quality of their Sea Hawk release would just make my life complete!
Korngold, Rhoza, Steiner, dragged the neo-romantic classical sound into Hollywood, and there it thrived, even to this day.
Least we forget Hugo Friedhofer
Profoundly beautiful music; how good to see that Korngold's music is getting the recognition that it always deserved.
Erich Wolfgang Korngold's 'The Sea Hawk' main title is still fresh and stirring today with wonderful romantic string sections as well. One can hear how his scores influenced future Hollywood composers.
'cough' star wars 'cough' from korngold's King's row
Beautiful music. Great film starring Errol Flynn! Ah, they don't make music or actors like that anymore
That's because you never saw me in the movie, "Drop 'Em, Betty." Well, maybe because it was never made, but it should have been. I would've given Flynn a run for his money. And my film score alone would've been worth the price of the ticket.
That was in the day when a film was made to be enjoyed by anyone from ages 9 to 90
John Williams is pretty good though
@@williamdavidhilton6659
LMAO, the ego on this guy. I'm surprised you didn't topple over writing this comment with a head that big.
What a beautiful piece. Korngold will always remain for the ages.
Great score, I don't think Korngold received enough recognition for his many wonderful works.
Truth be told, I am 22 years old, I have the movie sea hawk 5 times, this piece of music encompasses Flynn's character in the film, the music itself incredible. As good as Flynn was, the lady who played the queen in that film was absolutely superb.
That lady was the great Flora Robson.
@@laniersmith1798 Flora Robson channels Queen Elizabeth I !!! On screen she was the best Queen Elizabeth I ever!!!
I loved how she would blush when Captain Thorp would enter the room. So funny!
Flora Robson Kicked Royal Butt. She was magnificent. The Queen's ending speech make you feel tingly and emotional
Flora Robson
One of the reasons the old movies are better than the crap we have now ( besides the writing, directing and acting ) is music like Korngold's . GLORIOUS !
Besides.....very funny. "other than that Mrs. Lincoln, did you enjoy the performance."
It is so good to see these brilliant young musicians appreciating the extraordinary beauty of this masterpiece and playing with such passion. My best wishes to all of you.
For some reason Warners didnt put this forward for film music of the year, but American film goers voted it their no.1 film score
Love this movie score, captured the film movement and mood.
Largely german and austrian composers and a few huspanos were the music makers of hollywood. Then john williams and Terrence blanchard goldsmith, andre desplait, others james horner ennio morricone
Excellent performance. This movie is my No. 1 of all time, I know it by heart, script and all. This rendition of the music is really extraordinary!!
Eduardo Barriga Caro I listen this too and it tears up how well they perform this.
I think I have to say The Adventures of Robin Hood is mine... everything about it.
I agree. I saw it for the first time about six months ago. I'm 58. Incredible movie and my number one as well!
It is truly an excellent film! I also love The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 and Ben Hur 1959.
Captain Blood
Korngold and Flynn, Need i say more,
Thank you for sharing this treasure. I am a huge Erich Korngold fan. His genius, fortunately lives on. Each film score is a masterpiece indeed. He will always be legendary.
Korngold is a true master that i can never get enough of! wonderful conducing!
Romantic and dreamy, optimistic and wholesome, just how it should be
Perfect performance!!! A fine orchestra and a very good conductor
EWK was a superb composer. He captured the essence of "The Sea Hawk" with his rousing music score. Hardly surprising that its a concert favourite.
Korngold's music is always a delight. His film music underscores what is happening in a scene, its motivation, and its direction. His concert music, such as his violin concerto, is sublime.
What a wonderfully entertaining motion picture! I never get tired of it!
LOVE this film and this score
ah yes...BEFORE there was a john williams....there was...korngold !!
That's what I've always thought. Has Williams ever mentioned Korngold as an influence? I wouldn't be surprised. I love that sweeping love theme!
I was thinking the same thing, because if you listen to the music of Star Wars you can definitely hear some similarities .
As well as lots of Gustav Holst...
Of course he mentioned it.Star Wars opening is a Reminiszenz of Korngolds "Kings Row" opening.
and Waxman !!!! and Herrmann !!!
Sounds just like the opening theme of my favourite childhood cartoon Peter Pan & the pirates. 🏴☠️ It’s truly mesmerising. Perfect for the high seas! 🌊
You're joking, right. Maybe the cartoon stole it from Warners
It is my dream to hear this score played live!
"Spain is an old country with a very rich culture. In fact, there is much in Spain that we English could profit by."
"We'll we're certainly doing the best we can!"
The riches of the new world are limitless, and the new world is ours.
That theme is wonderful, action, love , heart felt music all in one theme.
You can see the reaction of the live audience that they are mesmerised.
Queen: Then you will have the grateful affection of Elizabeth. Jeffrey Thorpe: Then I shall take with me that which I prize above all things.
Geoffrey
Only Flynn could deliver those lines and make you believe them!
Pure class
Such beautiful music literally makes me want to see the movie The Seahawk.☸️⚓
Ich liebe Korngold, schade, daß ihn so wenige kennen. Ich liebe seine Oper Die tote Stadt
Congratulations to the orchestra and conductor. Very well performed.
great music by korngold , beautifully played
When I was out among the tall ships in a Rhode Island bay I heard the intro fanfare bit.
This slower tempo allows one to appreciate the amazing harmonies. When I watched the film, I didn't hear nearly as much.
So true. The harmonies are so beautiful!
Who can really give the music the attention it desreves when Errol Flynn is on the screen?
Wonderful performance.
great performance! Shimmering!
they should have shown film clips on a screen to the audience.
Haste keine Ohren- eigene Regie ?😳
No offense intended, but that would've been incredibly annoying, distracting, - and absolutely unnecessary. 😐
One of my favorite movies, haven’t seen it in so long though. Last time I saw it was back when I was a kid
Chords!!!!!!! Completely sublime.
this was the first piece i played in the lower saxony youth orchestra and it was awesome
One of the greatest composers in films, korngold
Excellent performance
Now i know where the peter pan and the pirates theme song came from.
what a wonderful score.....
They don't make many of em like this anymore.
really good performance, for that difficult score !
Very beautiful, mit feeling. Great job!
I love this stuff.
One of the movies I grew up with was "The Sea Hawk" with Errol Flynn in black and white. Our heroes were dashing, sword fighting, men (emphasize MEN), fighting their way across the screen at sea, in the air or upholding the 'code of the West.' We had real heroes to imitate, a code to follow as an example, and honorable goals to set with which to grow up. We were proud of our country and loved her for giving us a platform to follow those goals.
Today, what is left? The exact opposite. We have greedy, power hungry, cowards in office only interested in power and money. We have an education system only interested in tearing down the whole American system in favor of proven failures like socialism and communism. Hollywood puts out ridiculous cartoons laced with racism and ultra liberal nonsense, Finally, we have a despicable media that acts as the spokesman for the ultra left perpetuating lie after lie after lie put out by the liberal left.
God help The United States before the American citizens have to take our country back ourselves.
And the films then had lots of strong female characters, but they weren't expected to win sword fights against men twice their size... as in the pathetic Preaching The Message action films of today.
Korngold would be very happy with the performance as I am. Thanks. Out.
Absolutely amazing ❤
That's magnificent..
Love it!!
BEST movie score ever!
Just Beautiful❤
That intro is worthy of Richard Strauss.
Great performance!
Hermosa musica aventur a amor sentimiento trajedia y sensibilida caracterizan esta hermosa y bella interpretacion
Thats real music ! WOW...😲
this is the first song that i played in my brass band
Still the greatest
For me this is a love affair in music.
As a child i loved to listen and conduct with a pencil.
I used my mom's sewing needle.
I don't mind the slow down it gives us time to really dwell on those beautiful notes.
I love this theme my personal view it's on par with land of hope and glory.
I was listening to something else on youtube, and someone mentioned that this music had similar elements to it that reminded him of more of the same (rip-off). Actually I find that the 'elements' were few, (a spurt} and that this music is more beautiful sounding, (to me anyway). I have never even heard of it before today, and had no idea that it was a film soundtrack.
My uncle (Walter Scharf) composed the music for some 200+ movies. It was a very competitive business. Believe me didn't have any kind words about Dimitri Tiomkin, Bernard Herrmann or Jerry Goldsmith. He did say, in a moment of weakness that Korngold was simply the best bar none,. The problem was that most of his music was recorded in very limited fidelity and it wasn't until it was re-recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra that the public understood what a giant he was. My favorite score is from "Robin Hood". That music was the basis for Korngold's violin concerto. Regarding Ralph Trout's comment, every composers of large scale motion picture music owes a debt to Erich Wolfgang Korngold.
Donald Barrett : I recognized the name right away! My first memory of seeing the name ‘Walter Scharf’ in title credits is during the delightful Main Title of the original Willy Wonka film with Gene Wilder and Jack Albertson. Only later did I notice his name on a Jerry Lewis film or two.
Odd also delightful coincidence finding your post here on this specific YT page: I was in school in Queens NYC back in the 1970s with Jeffrey Schindler, whom I seem to recall has had a successful career conducting out of California…so, many thanks for your post.
@@schwei56 I stumbled on your reply today, three months after you sent it. I just wanted to add, that Walter's career extended way past motion pictures. He wrote a symphony, a symphonic suite, which was premiered with the Israeli Philharmonic, and two Operas: "The Streets Shall Be Green" and "The Plot to Overthrow Christmas" based on a radio play by the great Norman Corwin.
My family wanted me to follow in his footsteps. I did go to music school at the Royal College of Music in London but instead wound up as a Write-Producer-Director in film and television.
Donald Barrett: Thanks! Send a portfolio of your “uncle Wally’s” stuff to JoAnn Falletta at the Buffalo Philharmonic, referencing me (we were colleagues in the late 70s/early 80s). She has been devoting time and energy to showcasing lesser-known composers, including film composers, Jerome Moross recently. Definitely worth a shot, if there’s a symphony in his catalog.
It would also be a treat someday for a live orch to accmpany the first wonka film, live. I seem to recall that that was scored in Europe inasmuch as there were those Munich exteriors . . .
Cheers!
The original Star Wars theme music.
Playing this in Training Orchestra this year
would be nice to put the city and country in the description. nobody has ever heard of this "AISOI symphony orchestra" or conductor.
why why why is most of the video pointing at the conductor, we want to see the orchestra.
The film was released in 1940. This is exactly the kind of music to stir the hearts of the people of the democracies in a time in history even more dangerous than the era of the Spanish Armada.
The movie was a metaphor for the time it was made!!!
there is a colourised version!
Weltklasse !!!
A great musical score for a superb film. Made as part of the war effort and the perfect exposition of how totalitarian regimes through the ages have cruelly abused peoples of the world over.
Where is the Orquestra????
Superb performance despite tempi that are a bit on the slow side.
Somehow I felt the conductor wanted a faster tempo, it seemed to me he wanted the orchestra to push the tempo just a bit.
Following the death of Debussy, 99 percent of the serious composers went a(to)nal and 12 tone serial, because people thought there was nothing more to explore in the chromatic sphere. This piece shows just how wrong they were. Who listens to 12 tone acoustical programming nowadays ?
i agree completely, juliangernos. rachmaninoff and medtner are the last of the great serious composers for me.
99%? How about Shostakovich, Gershwin, Thomson, Hanson, Piston, Britten, Schuman, Bernstein, Harris, or Copland? There was a whole swath of composers whose musical language (for the most part) remained quite tonal.
@@jg2904OK, I was exaggerating. 90 percent sounds about right, but that was sufficient to cause a loss of continuity with the past that has never been recovered IMO.
@@jg2904 For all the musical elite would have it - there was for several decades only one game in town. If you weren't writing atonal music - you were not taken seriously. It's not that the tonal composers weren;t around - it's just that they were seriously pooh poohed. I did a BMUS in the 1980s - and even R Strauss was roundly mocked - and the only 20th C lineage that was followed/ respected was Wagner Schoenberg Webern Berg Varese Stockhausen Reich Glass. With grudging exceptions thrown for Shostas/ Prokoviev and Britten....
Tempo is just right. Listen to the original with the brass struggling to keep up.
4:55 i didn’t know dudamel used to be a percussionist
😂
Most live performances of this piece are too slow. Then again, Korngold was a genius madman. The opening fanfare alone would make a seasoned musician struggle at full tempo. Anyways, very well done performance!
Haven't seen that film in 40 years. They just don't show or make films today that don't cater for the 14 year old boy's mind.
I have many recordings of this music, including the original movie score. This is the slowest and dragiest rendition yet. "Dragiest"? Is that a word? Errol Flynn must have dueled Wolfingham in slow motion to this music. But, all things considered, it's one of the greatest film scores ever written. Fans should watch the whole movie.
The word should be spelled "draggiest". In your spelling it would have to be pronounced "dray-gee-est". But you're right, the performance is too slow in most places.
But this isn't the film score - this is a suite made from the film score, released into the world to have a life of its own. It can be played as the conductor thinks fit. If you want the film score, watch the film.
Love theme from Marion and robin
I hardly get on here, but Dan Holmes: thank you! You get it!
lol this was in family guy pirate chase scene
John Williams wishes he could write as well..........
this is like John Williams music like Star Wars, Superman, and Jim and Sandra QVC Adventure.
John Williams is like Korngold....i think you meant to say :-)
Maestro Korngold is the OG.
Ps. I would be smiling with excitement and wonder. The audience look like death warmed up.
The beginning sounds like it's from One Piece
Peter Pan and the Pirates theme...
More wagnerian than Wagner...
The Sea Hawk (1940) needs to be colorized.
+Spartaculus Jones
And so does The Sea Hawk.
... why?
Stupid comment. Would you re-frame the "Mona Lisa"?
The intent was to do it in color, but Warner Bros. balked at the extra expense.
@@jslasher1 Exactly! Films should be seen as they were intended. Black and White films have a tone and lighting that can not be matched in color. What would the great film noirs of the late forties and early fifties be without Black and White...?
Bad camera work should concentrate on the musicians not the Audience,
before there was williams, there was Mancini.
what a great score,but what a boring looking audience.
+elchoya100 Perhaps they're just watching and hoping their son or daughter get better future. It's sad that it's the only thing they care and not the music. Either that or they're bottling their emotions. Not healthy.
Well I feel its pretty hard to keep smiling non-stop. They're probably just concentrating on listening.
Yes, they bore me to death.
Since when is it a part of a concert for the audience to be exciting? It's not about them after all
As a performer, I can tell you that the audience often looks bored when they are actually relaxed and paying close attention. Classical music tends to take us away mentally and internally, and faces often look bored or unhappy when they are truly relaxed. Some times during a performance I will think think the same thing, "these people are bored/unhappy", but then after the program they will be animated, enaged, and truly enthusiastic about the performance... they were just listening.
Great composer. Not the best performance to be honest.
what could this be called as a genre? "golden age hollywood music"? I MUST FIND MORE
Movie scores, but they're also listed under Classical sometimes.
Movie theme, soundtrack, scores.
They're wonderful!
It's called Hyper-Romanticism. Korngold, Max Steiner and Alfred Newman are my favorites from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
@@agustinfodrini thanks!