Where Eagles Dare - Main Theme
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- The opening credits. Taken from the movie "Where Eagles Dare." I love the heck out of this movie, and the two things I love the most are the score and scenery, both of which are shown well here.
This is honestly probably one of the greatest openings of a film ever
Sunset Volgs comment:
Think you're dead right with that comment
I would love to remake it.
It's already great. I would update the wilderness skills at the beginning and spycraft - more stealth, more ninja.
I agree!
Do not forget Indiana Jones though. (This opening is phenomenal though)
yes
I saw this back in about 1970 when I was 7. The opening credits, with that plane, and that music still takes me back to that night at the Roxy in Oldham and still makes my hair stand on end.
Me and my little brother used to watch this back in the 80:s when we where kids. Good movie and good memories.
What a shame, Burton and Eastwood made together this one movie only. They would've been a great duo.
saw this film when it came out in 69 watched it 4 times straight.Clint Eastwood great
A classic intro film score.
It's proper classical music really. Fantastic composition. Really suits the dark mood of the film...
This is a great movie I absolutely love Clint Eastwood and the theme I have this as my ringtone on my iPhone
Awesome Legendary Movie. I cherish having seen it in Metro cinema, Mumbai.
for war movies, this and the theme for "patton" are the first 2 that come to mind. but then there is also another clint eastwood movie that comes to mind shortly after, and that is "kelly's heroes" with the mike curb congregation singing the song "burning bridges" i don't know if those songs are iconic to film, but seriously, who cares? it's your memories, and no one else needs to worry about it.lol
Great opening great movie outstanding
The castle is "Burg Hohenwerfen" in Austria and can be visited again by everyone once Covid-19 is over. Entry-fee is around 30 US-Dollars. Eagle/vulture-show included.
I was hoping to get a nice view of the Schloss Aldler . Got a fab picture of the actual castle (Hohenwerfen castle just south of Salzburg) a few weeks ago on our way back from mountain climbing in Slovenia which is just over the border. Chuffed to bits our local paper used it this week. It has to feature in one of my growing number of Climbing Slovenian Alps RUclipss soon!
This masterpiece of a movie always reminds me of IGI 2 mountain mission😂
If I remember", the movie was entertaining, with two great actors" however" it was far fetched. Great" musical score".
Great Classic!
una de las mejores bandas sonoras de guerra por el maestro ron goodwin
Hey best ever! I'm getting on a bit now watched as a yongster even better now
I still remember my Father tried to explain the movie plot, I must have been 8 or 9.... this was my father's favorite movie. He passed away several years back. I love both my Dad & this movie....
Haha yes trying to explain the plot of this movie is mission impossible! I remember having to watch it a few times before fully understanding the plot
it was one of my Dad's fave film too. He died 19 months ago
@@thisisnotme7017 Sorry to hear your loss... ultimately we fondly embrace our parents' favourite movies, songs etc. cos they bring back memories...
Yeh this was really nice my father also watch this
Ahh mate same here. This Kelly's hero's and The Guns of Navarone.
great movie to watch on a cold saturday in mid november with a hot bowl of soup and crusty bread
:)
Finish it off with a few scotches and a cigar perhaps next to a roaring fireplace!
You. I like the cut of your jib sir!
I did that a couple of weeks ago, with a blizzard coming down outside. VERY atmospheric!
you nailed it ben
Quite possibly the best theme music and opening to a movie EVER made! Powerful, beautiful, moving.
Omg somebody just referenced this movie theme to a similar used by The Shaw Brothers in their films lol
Brave Archer
Shaolin Martial Club i think
Yooooo i just watchec the preview to this movie
I am so hooked on this film now just from the trailer and this theme
I havent even seen the movie yet lol
And it's from the same people who did The Dirty Dozen another jam of mine lol
Ron Goodwin who made this theme has made better than this too. Listen to 633 Squadron theme or the Battle of Britain theme.
633 Squadron is also very good.
Without a doubt one of the best movie soundtracks and just movie in general of all time especially this opening scene just gives you chills right off the bat.
They don't make movies like this anymore
I agree with you! As I listen to the main title it seems to me Ron Goodwin is using it as a musical synopsis of the entire film. Each movement in the piece captures or creates the essential essence of the movie. Superb!
The first ever action movie I ever saw, as a kid. My father came home and found I had wired the whole house with "explosives" using legos and string :D
I believe you! Funniest thing I've read here today.
hahaha....
+Mick Reilly agree.
+DevilizerHimself awesome!
+DevilizerHimself That my friend made me smile.
One of the finest war-films of all time. Even after watching this hundreds of times, I still can't work out the mayhem of double-crossing in the dining-table scene... Awesome!
So it's not just me then! 🙌
Absolutly true!
Burton gaslighted the germans well
Me too!! I like to spoof or liken it to a miser trying to get out of his turn to buy the next round lol
You have to read MacLean's Novel to get it & he followed it nearly word for word in the script which he wrote as well
Every Christmas without fail I watch this classic! This makes me want to watch it now..
"His plane was riddled with machine gun holes - British machine gun holes, but a hole is a hole is a hole as they say" - greatest war movie ever bar none.
This and Kelly's Heroes are tied for me.
💯💯 my favourite all time movie.
Burton + Eastwood = I did not know one movie could contain so much coolness. This is a great flick.
David Powell Burton was out of his depth and too old for this film
Probably my favorite war movie of all time!
Norris + Lee Marvin in Delta Force is awesome too
@@catrionamaclean3675 Geez, never thought I'd be starstruck by proxy in the comments section on RUclips.
I, ll be honar madam
I still remember seeing this with a schoolmate in elementary days. We were in a big, old- fashioned theatre with the wide screen, and watching the intro scenes in the dark, when your entire field of view was the pilot's POV as he cleared those ridges at night - the audience sucked in its collective breath each time the scenery dropped away! I'll never forget that. 8-D
Carmium comment:
..great description of the cinema experience..thanks for taking us through that 👏👏
And then some second rate punk stood up, walked across the cinema just to go for a piss. SIT DOWN, COLONEL!!
@@Zapple7 I think Carmium is referring to the experience of seeing the film in 70mm !
This is one of those movies i have to re-watch atleast once in a year... best world war 2 movie, together with Das Boot.
Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers were better - but the world had to way 3 decades+ to have them made
Agreed. I'm about once a year as well.
A bridge too far. Saving Private Ryan.
@@bobsingh7949 "Where Eagles Dare", "A Bridge Too Far", "Saving Private Ryan", "Band of Brothers". Excellent choices all, gentlemen!! Might I also nominate "Operation Crossbow" (1965) and Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk"?
@@paulfaulkner6299 das Boot is by far better than saving p.r.
Saw this when it first came out in about ‘69 and must have watched it 100 times! Absolutely brilliant. “I seem to remember ze cazedral voz on ze uzzer side of ze square”
..another fabulous quote
Colonel!! Zit down!
"The Schloss Adler is the highest castle in Bavaria"
One of the best WW2 movie soundtracks and intros, once seen not forgotten.
Action all the way. Total boys own stuff. Brill
The opening theme to this movie is an absolute masterpiece! One of the best ever written!
Ron Goodwin
No question.
Whoa.... What about the magnificent 7..... Shiiit
Nothing takes me back to my childhood like this movie does. This movie had everything a young boy (and middle aged guy) could ever wish for. The ultimate bad guys vs. the ultimate good guys, breath taking scenery, a castle, mystery, adventure, espionage, tension, explosive action and two beautiful women!
I thought Ingrid Pitt was so beautiful.wasnt she a dracula actress too? Christopher Lee. The biggest and baddest dracula.
She was "Countess Dracula". @@katrineroberts4084
@@ndardani You go right a head.
Plus extremly cute young Clint Eastwood ❤❤
Spot on👍
Eastwood and Burton, nothing in Hollywood can touch them these day.
fabulous music.... Ron is sorely missed. What a great composer.
Saw this at the cinema, late 60’s or early 70’s. A double bill, with For Whom the bells toll. I’m 65 now.
This war movie is one of my dad's fave movie of all time as well as the music soundtrack...this is heartfully dedicated to my Father who passed away 20 yrs. ago.
Same here, my late Father loved it.
"Next time you have one of these things, please keep it an all-British operation"
I'll try Major I'll try ....
From the sound of that JU 52 roaring overhead, and the growling of her tri-motors, to the music, you just know that you are in for a treat! One of the BEST opening sequences for a movie!😄
There used to be a Ju-52 parked next to a C-47 at the Gary, IN airport. I’d look for them every time I drove to or from college. I believe the Ju-52 is at the VA Beach military aviation museum now, still flying.
I like the way every vehicle in the film explodes into a fiery ball of flame when going over a cliff!
Been watching this movie since 1973-never get tired of it.
Burton went for a Burton :)
Ditto. 100%!.....holds its own
Burton foi um monumento do cinema, cuja obra será para sempre lembrada!
Tive a honra de ser um entre algumas centenas de anónimos no seu funeral! Uma emoção para sempre! ❤
Fuckin 'A !!! I know the feeling!!! 👍👍 From Ireland 🍀
@@dougaldouglas8842😂😂😂👍👍
Love it when I am on my own for the day. A big boys slob out day. In goes "Where Eagles Dare", "Zulu", "The Eagle has Landed" and for a little light humour "Kelly's Heroes". Got to be done when my Mrs and daughter's are out and soundtracks up loud-ish and best of all no one complaining.
You and just about every bloke of our generation thinking exactly the same. A rare moment when the wife and kids are out. All I need is a home cinema to do these classic movies justice.
Hell yeah!😊👍
U forgot lawrence....
Fantastic film,but pity about that radio depending on terrain it would not reach more that three mile
That choice nailed it, there go some of the best war movies of all times! And also soundtracks are amazing...
broadsword calling danny boy !!!
mark pulling “Danny boy calling broadsword, do you have it”
Kshitij Karnik "Broadsword calling Danny Boy, we have it. We have it all. Over"
man All sins forgiven
+ mark pulling My new ringtone.
I have it as the ring tone for the mrs 😁
Broadsword calling Danny Boy !!!! Broadsword calling Danny Boy !!!!
;)
You can get that as a text tone on zedge, I have it!
All sin forgiven?
Ken Bruce: "Yes? Hello?"
@@slobodanreka1088 No, your response should be " Danny boy calling broadsword over"
They do not make movies like this anymore 😢
True
Very True.
@@jacklangus9092 True.
Always has to be what gets the money
Unfortunately
I love this film so much I can honestly say I must have watched the file over 50 times over the past 20 years - in fact not only can I recite the entire script - I have also been to to the scene of the cable car station (in Ebensee, Austria) on several occasions
"Broadsword calling Dannyboy, I repeat Broadsword calling Dannyboy can you hear me?"
Ah could anyone but Richard Burton make such a simple line sound so damn classy with that accent.
one of the top 5 world war 2 movies ever made,with great actors and outstanding action sequences.
I first saw it by chance when I was about 10, and the rest is history. One of the greatest ever made.
awesome movie with superb soundtrack.
This is one of those movies it would be sacriledge to re-make.
A very atmospheric theme tune so typical of the many second world war films that were made in the 1960's. This particular theme tune really made this film and epitomised the mysteriousness, efficiency and brutality of the German armed forces of that period. Modern film makers of the modern age are pretty damn clueless when compared with these type of films made in the golden age..........
colin hussey correct
well observed - its almost as if people can't think their way through to what makes a good film- the primary question.
Modern filmmakers are pussies in comparison. Most of those guys saw the war first hand.
I know. It was a costume drama that made the war seem more exciting than it was. Movies like Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and The Fighting Lady depict the war more as it was, They were made in the early 1940s.
Yet recently Dunkirk did it quite good!
Before Mission Impossible. Before Jack Ryan. There was Where Eagles Dare.
Jack Ryan's got nothing in Broadsword!
I saw this movie rite after I'd served 14 months in Vietnam and it gave me chills up and down my spine.
Yes
@@bennohoundsuk9179 then Dannyboy it is...
"British spies! Vhy vasn't I informed?"
"I'm informing you now, Herr Colonel"
Fabulous quote.. thanks for the reminder..👏
Major.
I was about 16 when I went to the Odeon theater in Oxford, UK. The sound system they had was fantastic. The score when played in a good theater is worth a memory.
Likely a 70mm print ; the soundtrack's four magnetic stripes had six sections : outside left , inside left , centre , inside right , and outside right , with a surround channel in the roof from 6 strategically placed loudspeakers ; the separation was distinct and clear with that distinctive analogue sound. It had a realistic "ambience". Digital soundtracks these days can be too powerful and oppressive.
The greatest opening music to a movie ...ever
633 Squadron possibly….
The opening and closing scenes with the plane are my favorites.
Me too
"Major, you... seem to be forgetting something..."
"Admiral Rolland accompanied you to the plane didn't he? He also gave you that gun..."
"You see before the mission began we removed the firing pin as a precaution....."
This film holds a special place in my DVD collection.
I still remember the audience laughing out loud when the late great Richard Burton said: "Incredible, yes; but to the British, very very simple." Pure Gold. One of the great moves of the 20th century, and of all time.
Great line Russell... almost genius
Even I have collected this movie in a dvd format from usa I have more than 60 old war movies of world war 2. Pity no more classic movies are made
Must have seen 1000 times still i find something new. Greatest
Absolutely I agree never gets old
Caught this on tv when I was a kid, just switching channels on late Friday night...
It was just coming on and those drums just got me. I was transfixed until the end...
Despite it's many flaws, I cant help but love this movie. It reminds me of when I was a kid, and going to the movies was a really big deal, especially with fun, exciting films like this.
You really have to suspend belief and just let it roll.
What flaws?
What flaws
Saw it on 70 mm screen. Blessings.
This is a absolutely fantastic movie full of action, twists and drama. One of the top war films you can ever watch.
What a superb score! They don't make opening sequences like that any more.
Yeah. By the time the trumpets came, there would be thousands of explosions already had the movie been done today. Old war movies are the best, one of my best childhood memories are watching them.
A bridge to far ?
"An embarrassing trial. Painful for MI6."
"Perhaps, but not as painful as that long drop at the end of a rope."
Ah yes, I have only seen Patrick Wymark in 2 roles - but both were extremely memorable.
Watched this with my son last night, seen it loads of times over the years but it's one of those i can watch again and again. The music throughout is awesome and helps in my opinion to make it a classic film. in fact i love the soundtrack so much, i want it playing at my funeral!
@Djaru I know what you mean. Sometimes I find myself randomly saying, "Shtrange...I seem to vemember...zat zee cazeedral vas on zee OZER side of zee shquare..."
"You seem to have a lot of women stashed around this country Major!"
That's my kinda action hero
and What a disguise, hahaa
@@carlosnayager1719 Hahahhaha, "our top agent in Bavaria for several years....."
God damn, you can definitely agree with his taste.
One of the best WW2 films ever
A gore bucket under the screen would have been useful.
This and "Das Boot" (5hr version, in German).
This movie is a classic!
Get goose bumps watching this, the music is strong & stirring an such a fabulous scenic film.
you and me both yorkie Elliot, why can't they make greats like this anymore, today it's all cgi and over the top action,
It just captures the whole WW2 atmosphere so well. I grew up in the 70s and 80s. The war was staple fare back then :)
This is what a full orchestra and orchestration sounds like. And it not done this way anymore and it's sad Hollywood is so dam cheap
One of the greatest themes of all time!
Saw this in the theatre when it came out in 1969. This opening scene on the big screen and the big sound system was epic.
One of the best casting n opening scene ever.. been more than 50 years, still the best❤️❤️❤️
I went to see this at the Odeon Leicester Square on the 29th April 1969. I'm one of these boring people that remember dates. I was 15 and with a group from school. We'd visited the Bank of England and the Guildhall and taken copious notes about both as part of a geography field trip, This was our reward in the evening. Us girls wanted to see Ann of Green Gables at the theatre but we were out voted. So glad we were. Yes there are historical discrepancies, but it's one of those films you take at face value. Pure entertainment. (By the way I went on to become a history teacher and I could pick hundreds of holes in the plot, as well as inaccuracies in the uniforms, guns etc. It's still a great film tho'!)
+Kris Spencer It's a great movie. That Nazi nurse with the go go boots and those sideburns on the Germans were a nice touch. In in the late 60s folks weren't concerned with hairdo accuracy. Still I love this movie.
Gerald Johnson Even though it's, with hindsight, a bit far fetched and historically inaccurate in places, it's still a great movie. Glad someone else likes it too.
+Kris Spencer I am not a history teacher but have studied it for over 40 years. I am surprised that a history teacher would shorten the word though to tho. The English language is butchered enough these days without someone in your position doing it. I hope you are not offended. It is not my intention. It is just a pet peeve of mine. You are right. It is a great film.
Peter Newton Good God! Straining at a gnat while swallowing a camel. This isn't an English lesson. It's about a movie. Get a life! Even teachers need to relax!
Don't worry about my grammar folks. Peter Newton, fair point. I don't always shorten words. It's just that some days my arthritic hands can only take so much. That includes typing. If you had read my comment of the 4th September last, you would have seen 'though' written in full. Gerald Johnson, thank you for the defence, it was much appreciated.
Shame because not only do modern films have SO MUCH SWEARING but they aren’t as good as these as well as the actors they aren’t as good as these. Doesn’t seem to make sense saying something similar twice
SIT DOWN, Colonel!!
Why is Ron Goodwin not more appreciated for the genius he was?
You certainly know several tunes by Ron Goodwin, like "Miss Marple", "The Dam Busters", "Those Fantastical Men in their Flying Machines" or the "Elizabeth Serenade." It seems he wanted to live a quiet life with a listed telephone and without too much publicity.
TheWuschelMUC Add to that list the iconic soundtracks of The Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron and Operation Crossbow. What a superb composer he truly was :) Eric Coates composed the Dam Busters theme though.
TheWuschelMUC magnificent, not fantastical.
Sorry, felt pedantical there for a moment.
Sorry, that was a re-translation from "Die tollkühnen Männer in ihren fliegenden Kisten"
EASYTIGER10 My favourite Ron Goodwin piece is the Luftwaffe March (Aces High) from The Battle of Britain
I've always loved the Tante Ju in snow camouflage, really awesome!!!!
You're the 1st to mention the winter camouflage..
yep, you're dead right,
no question..
..it's truly AWESOME...
What an opening scene with a Ron Goodwin score.
I love that movie. Seen it a hundred times.
BROAD SWORD calling Danny Boy
BROAD SWORD calling Danny Boy
DANNY BOY go ahead Broad Sword
Woods east of castle. Descending at dusk will you monitor. OVER.
yes will monitor. DANNY BOY OUT
Dear Friends, this film strike a chord with me. My family were members of the Italian Resistance. In the town centre, in Italian Alps, was the Headquarters of the German Armies in Italy; just above, in the forest, was my grandmother and mother house, the Headquarters of the Resistance. Many and many dramatic events took place, which could provide the material for many films like “Where the Eagles Dare”.
I remember playing with my action man whilst half watching this as a kid in the late 70's at Christmas time.Great days.
Major John Smith: Lieutenant, in the next 15 minutes we have to create enough confusion to get out of here alive.
Lt. Morris Schaffer: Major, right now you got me about as confused as I ever hope to be.
The music by Ron Goodwin is the action's pulse. You have not seen this film until you have on a Proper Cinema screen. If you're lucky enough to see it Cinematically, you'll get vertigo looking down from the cable car! Why hasn't anyone built a proper Cinema & reshow all those Films that were made for the Cinema. Generations have not seen so many Films as they were made to be seen.
I played in a small marching band in Norway when I was little, and I remember that playing this amazing song was my biggest dream at that time. My parents were a bit worried I think...
You will be alright as long as you keep those thoughts about marching on Poland to yourself !
kev mcdevin lol
I have the 33 1/3 LP of the score to this film. And I still think that the main title theme only sounds "right" with the roar of those big radial engines backing it. :-)
Hands down, one of my favorite war films. Fantastic opening, magnificent score.
One of the great movie ....Who is watching this theme song in 2019
Seen the movie at least 40 times.
Vijay Shastri -- shall meet in 2020 too !
For all the musicians out here, it’s very interesting to hear the thematic development of this theme. Goodwin pays tribute to Strauss’ Alpine Symphony. You can hear little quotes from it throughout his score. genius!
I'm so glad you posted this comment. I noticed the similarities between Lizts Le Prelude. ..
Clint Eastwood is my life long hero but, Richard Burton in this is amazing.
Clint does well against a talky character. But, always a big Burton fan. He must have had a blast making this.
Dam right, they are both brilliant in this film!
Stormin Boy apparently Burton drank a lot of vodka making this film
@@alfie4troy 4 bottles a day
@@scottm8292 So basically Orson Welles without the girth then.
MWAAA THE FREEEENNNNCHCHHHH.....
I saw this on the big screen with my Dad and Brother when it first came out. The awesome soundtrack, the roar of those twin radial engines, and the stomach dropping sight of that Junkers maneuvering over the Swiss Alps. Awesome.
That Junkers was a trimotor. Not a common engine layout, so it is easy to miss.
This is music for when you jump out of an n aeroplane at dead of night in mid winter, land in ground feet deep in snow, find a handy hut to shelter in, then go for a walk and find another handy hut with a beautiful blonde in it. These things only happen of course when you are Richard Burton
Another great score from Ron Goodwin, fine composer.
johnbarry007 One of my faves too. Frenzy, a dissimilar film with a similarly stirring opening theme and a similar visual opening.
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This was one of my dad's favourite movies and the reason I actually know of it and like it because it was way before my time, think I first saw this when I was about 6 or 7. I cannot watch the movie or clips of it without breaking down in tears and also joy and laughter all at the same time. He passed away August 01/24. It's like I feel his presence every time I watch this.
(Climbing the Eagle's Nest wall)....."It's the first time I've been hot in this bloody country!"
definitely better with the sound of the aircraft engines along with the music
Ron Goodwin.
-Well. It seems I have no cards left to play. Do I?
-No, Colonel, you don't.
-Do I have an alternative?
-If you want it.
-Thank you.
-I'll have those books.
-...
Lynx polling...
..best quote so far..👏👏
This what makes this movie incredible
Would have been a twist ending if the Col went flying on his own, then a couple beats, then Burton realizes
: “Scheisse!!!!!”
Roll credits.
Somewhere in the middle of 1970s I had watched this movie as a teenager and after that watched it dozens of times.
The the musical theme is one of the best themes ever. 💥💣👍🏼👊
I had a curry recently with Denis Wick, long-standing principal trombone (legend) with the London Symphony Orchestra. He informed me of the brass section for the original recording of this superb Ron Goodwin film music. It was:
Trumpets:
Dennis Clift
Dennis Egan
Sid Ellison
Trombones:
Alfred Flaszinski
Denis Wick
Ray Premru
That would explain the great playing, then and almost a section all called Dennis! Thought it should be recorded on the net for posterity.
Does he know who the snare drummers were? :p
What no French Horns !!!!!