This is the movie that inducted me into a lifelong fan of Beethoven’s 7th symphony. The ending made such an impact to me when I saw it as a child. The music left a deep impression on me.
This would be even better without the titles. I've always thought the visuals of the giant floating stone head with that piece of music was a beautiful nightmare.
yeah, this song is spellbinding ------------ can't explain why ---------- Ludwig knew how stimulate our senses -------- and ------- always liked sean connery (and the best james bond, by far) in the crazy movie, but interesting!
This is a fucked up film. I love it. 70s sci fi is unlike any other sci fi from any other era. Dont get me wrong, I love sci fi from all the other eras. But the 70s sci fi is just so much more bleak, and I also like when sci fi is that.
There was a bluray released with a limited 5000 printer release, that version had an isolated score! Did anyone manage to pickup a copy of that bluray and rip the audio? From a Bluray review "Isolated Score - The movie's score, both the original compositions by David Munrow and the extensive excerpts of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 7," are presented in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo."
I tried to find this once but there was never a soundtrack album. Hopefully the master recording exists somewhere. My favorite version of this movement.
I only know that David Munrow made this arrangement of Beethoven but, unlike with his other music for movies (for La course en tête - a documentary about the cyclist Eddie Merkx), this music of his didn't appear on a separate LP, which is a shame. Contact the Royal Academy of Music: they have a Munrow archive there which has at least the score for this setting, if not a recording.
@@fatlegsdaffy9133 It's not. If you say "He got ate" it doesn't make any sense. Besides "he was eaten" is better than that. English is my third language, but i know how it works.
The atheist argues against the spirit. And this seems very convincing. Until we reach music. How could I respond to music like this, If no more than a clod of clay. Music like this, convinces me I do have a soul. It is such music alone, that convinces me of this.
No other vocal version, I know of, but the 2nd movement has been used in so many films: - The Black Cat (1934) - The Bells in Old Town (1946) - The Long Night (probably; 1947) - A Ham in a Roll (1949) - Lola (probably; 1961) - Me enveneno de azules (probably; 1971) - A touch of Class (probably; 1973) - Zardoz (1974) - O Casamento (probably; 1976) - The Outsider (probably; 1981) - Frances (1982) - La scorta (probably; 1993) - Immortal Beloved (1994) - Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) - El mundo contra mi (probably; 1997) - Photographing Fairies (1997) - Scotland, Pa. (probably; 2001) - Salvage Squad - TV series/''Biber Submarine'' (2002) - Irreversible (probably; 2002) - Cravate Club (2002) - Copying Beethoven (probably; 2006) - The Fall (2006) - Crap Shoot: The Documentary (2007) - The Darjeeling Limited (2007) - The Man From Earth (2007) - Tears of April (2008) - Tres caminos (probably; 2008) - Block (short) (probably; 2009) - Knowing (2009) - Mustache Party (short) (probably; 2010) - The King's Speech (2010) - LA Phil Live - TV Series/''Dudamel Conducts Beethoven'' (probably; 2011) - No Ordinary Family - TV Series/''No Ordinary Detention'' (2011) The Knowing (Nicolas Cage) The Fall (Lee Pace) King's Speech A new X Men movie TV show Mr. Robot
yep, just saw the black cat about 10 days ago and noticed it too ---------- there's something about this song that is mesmerizing ---------- really love it ----------- instrumental and now, vocally --------- great job artists ----------- and thanks a lot, Ludwig!
The Nodame Cantabile anime / live action series has Beethoven’s 7th as a sort of signature guest that pops up regularly. Though they focused more on the 1st movement
@@phexus I already knew this one, this is definitely the kind of dramatic music i'm searching for ! although you're right, it's missing this cheap sci fi movie vibe haha thanks anyway!
Ghastly. The little estate organ sounds great but the organist leads the clueless counter tenors as they suffer through some nasty, poor phrasing. A big loss for Beethoven's music and all involved. Big win for artsy cinema posers.
you didnt get it at all then,, what you are cluelessly confusing for cluelessness and clumsiness is very deliberate, atmospheric rubato and modulation-- broken, drunk, lost to limbo,, fall behind, rush and catch up-- dystopia, discord, agony, anguish, mesmerizing and mesmerized, unknowingly beautiful in its ruin,, absolute aimlessness, emptiness, peace and chaos interwoven unto oblivion-- achingly melancholic, unsettling, haunting, infinite
This is the greatest use of the 7th symphony in cinema history
correct
This music and the floating head has stayed with me since I first saw it almost 50yrs ago
This is the movie that inducted me into a lifelong fan of Beethoven’s 7th symphony. The ending made such an impact to me when I saw it as a child. The music left a deep impression on me.
Me too
I saw the opening scene and I was mesmerized. Then this music played and I was in love.
I know I can't explain, but I can listen to this over and over....the grey energy.
🎼🎬eau de Parfum AMOUAGE EPIC🎼
A beautiful piece of music sung by beautiful voices.
Genuinely one of the best movies ever made.
finally someone shares my sentiment
Alongside DUNE and Flash Gordon.
Burt reynolds was suppose too be the lead actor but was in hospital so they had too get Sean O'Connery
I totally agree. And quite misunderstood.
@@puppiesarepower3682 I never understood the Dune hate. I was 14 and never read the books and I understood what was going on. Awesome music as well.
How did Beethoven know how to write the perfect music for Zardoz opening scene 1000s of years before?
Beethoven wasn't around in 900ad you pillock !
The from the gunshot to a floating head in the fog with singing accompaniment of Beethoven!
That’s an introduction to a world worth exploring!
Best gunshot in cinematic history: .455 Webley to Beethoven's 7th.
One of the best sci-fi movie ever
It's not particulary a sci-fi movie it is grotesque satire on our world... and surely one of the best ever made
@@nevoobrazimiy I mean you are right but everything is a Shakespeare if you want to be dick about it
This would be even better without the titles. I've always thought the visuals of the giant floating stone head with that piece of music was a beautiful nightmare.
yeah, this song is spellbinding ------------ can't explain why ---------- Ludwig knew how stimulate our senses -------- and ------- always liked sean connery (and the best james bond, by far) in the crazy movie, but interesting!
It evokes how we are resigned to the brevity of our mortal lives, and yet the etenity of oblivion that comes after dwarfs our comprehension.
It's so stupid. But, that's the message.
always loved this piece of music and vocals. best 7th version ever.
This is a fucked up film. I love it. 70s sci fi is unlike any other sci fi from any other era. Dont get me wrong, I love sci fi from all the other eras. But the 70s sci fi is just so much more bleak, and I also like when sci fi is that.
Love this _and there's something fascinating when an actor addresses/acknowledges the camera - like Sean does at start
Perfect music in this context whimsical and melancholy.
Excelsa y magnanima cumbre de la gran obra completa
the essential music for every dreary indie film about a mad genius, an old house and some sort of surreal twist ending.
RIP Sean Connery, this movie may be a bit wacky but still better than the shit that comes out these days.
✌️O.o
For some reason I'd love to hear this as a football chant.
You could sing it as a victory song or if your team loses… it’s appropriate either way! Excellent!
There was a bluray released with a limited 5000 printer release, that version had an isolated score!
Did anyone manage to pickup a copy of that bluray and rip the audio?
From a Bluray review
"Isolated Score - The movie's score, both the original compositions by David Munrow and the extensive excerpts of Beethoven's "Symphony No. 7," are presented in lossless DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 stereo."
I had no idea that I wanted this.
Dude
This Movies was really a head of its time
1.-Evolution
2.-Sex
3.-Mortality
4.-God
5.-why are we here
Great Movie Still
David Munro.....God Bless him.
素晴らしい
Best bit.
The organ coming in.... OMG!!! Where can I get this particular movie version??
People living in gated communities .cloning and super computers and hippey philosophy.we have the beginnings of the wizard of oz zardoz.
In 1973! Way before it's time. And just four of the many underlying themes/narratives of the movie.
still hoping to find a full version of this music
there was a dvd rip of the music which you can find on the internet, but it has a lot of sfx in it sadly.
yeah i found that its better than nothing
I tried to find this once but there was never a soundtrack album. Hopefully the master recording exists somewhere. My favorite version of this movement.
They really made that stone head float without CGI.
I only know that David Munrow made this arrangement of Beethoven but, unlike with his other music for movies (for La course en tête - a documentary about the cyclist Eddie Merkx), this music of his didn't appear on a separate LP, which is a shame. Contact the Royal Academy of Music: they have a Munrow archive there which has at least the score for this setting, if not a recording.
omg thank you. It'll be awesome if they have a recording.
@@markd222 Did you ever get ahold of this?
@@markd222 Yeah I'd like to know what became of this
Sung by the late English countertenor James Bowman (1941-2023).
Yes, from the kings speech.
There was once a soundtrack album for this movie, but it is nowhere to be found now.
R.I.P Cameraman
No shit. He got ate
@@fatlegsdaffy9133 eaten*
@@PresidentialWinner naw. Its "ate".
@@fatlegsdaffy9133 It's not. If you say "He got ate" it doesn't make any sense. Besides "he was eaten" is better than that. English is my third language, but i know how it works.
@@PresidentialWinner well its my first language. So i know better than you.
The atheist argues against the spirit. And this seems very convincing. Until we reach music. How could I respond to music like this, If no more than a clod of clay. Music like this, convinces me I do have a soul. It is such music alone, that convinces me of this.
Who fashioned you out of the clay? Is God in show business too?
gangulf very true!
Beethoven's 7th, 2nd movement.
Described by Goethe as a "Slow Procession of Insane Monks"
Well, that fits: To me it is the ultimate expression of the joy and tragedy of the cycle of human life (as at the end of Zardoz). Same thing, I guess.
Saturn
No other vocal version, I know of, but the 2nd movement has been used in so many films:
- The Black Cat (1934)
- The Bells in Old Town (1946)
- The Long Night (probably; 1947)
- A Ham in a Roll (1949)
- Lola (probably; 1961)
- Me enveneno de azules (probably; 1971)
- A touch of Class (probably; 1973)
- Zardoz (1974)
- O Casamento (probably; 1976)
- The Outsider (probably; 1981)
- Frances (1982)
- La scorta (probably; 1993)
- Immortal Beloved (1994)
- Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
- El mundo contra mi (probably; 1997)
- Photographing Fairies (1997)
- Scotland, Pa. (probably; 2001)
- Salvage Squad - TV series/''Biber Submarine'' (2002)
- Irreversible (probably; 2002)
- Cravate Club (2002)
- Copying Beethoven (probably; 2006)
- The Fall (2006)
- Crap Shoot: The Documentary (2007)
- The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
- The Man From Earth (2007)
- Tears of April (2008)
- Tres caminos (probably; 2008)
- Block (short) (probably; 2009)
- Knowing (2009)
- Mustache Party (short) (probably; 2010)
- The King's Speech (2010)
- LA Phil Live - TV Series/''Dudamel Conducts Beethoven'' (probably; 2011)
- No Ordinary Family - TV Series/''No Ordinary Detention'' (2011)
The Knowing (Nicolas Cage)
The Fall (Lee Pace)
King's Speech
A new X Men movie
TV show Mr. Robot
This is best usage (and best version) but when it turned up in The Black Cat it really gave me the chills. Such a nightmarish movie.
yep, just saw the black cat about 10 days ago and noticed it too ---------- there's something about this song that is mesmerizing ---------- really love it ----------- instrumental and now, vocally --------- great job artists ----------- and thanks a lot, Ludwig!
The Nodame Cantabile anime / live action series has Beethoven’s 7th as a sort of signature guest that pops up regularly. Though they focused more on the 1st movement
still, none of those compare to the powerful final Zardoz scene, a masterpiece of cinema
Damn.. thank you! Boorman namechecks Beethoven on his desert island discs..
Sean Connery is so badass that he can take a rare revolver (Webley-Fosbery...semi auto), shoot the audience, and do it with no rounds in the chambers.
All he had in that chamber was pure testosterone. Male or Female, you might be pregnant now.
Zardoz...I am brazilian.
So Conker's other bad day was going to start like this but with the Panther king's head.....
Does anyone know if there is a commercially available, in print version of this vocal arrangement on CD? I have only found orchestral versions.
Are there comments? Its like im blind.
does someone know other music like this ? I tried searching for dramatic choir classical music, but it doesn't have this 70's mystic vibes
First thing that came to mind for me was this: ruclips.net/video/AiuC_CaObbI/видео.html
but i’m not so sure about 70’s mystic vibes..
@@phexus I already knew this one, this is definitely the kind of dramatic music i'm searching for ! although you're right, it's missing this cheap sci fi movie vibe haha thanks anyway!
THis was used on X-men Apocalypsis
Zardoz needs to see his dentist...
uau 1:25 Joe #Biden2020
Are you stupid or what?
The majesty of this score undermined by a flying stone head
You have no taste. Like store-bought bread.
That's what makes it!
LOL It's a communist movie XD
Nope. It's an anti-woke movie.
It is not a communist movie
@@goodstuff8156 There's a reason for starting the sentence with a LOL and finishing with a XD.
Ghastly. The little estate organ sounds great but the organist leads the clueless counter tenors as they suffer through some nasty, poor phrasing. A big loss for Beethoven's music and all involved. Big win for artsy cinema posers.
you didnt get it at all then,, what you are cluelessly confusing for cluelessness and clumsiness is very deliberate, atmospheric rubato and modulation-- broken, drunk, lost to limbo,, fall behind, rush and catch up-- dystopia, discord, agony, anguish, mesmerizing and mesmerized, unknowingly beautiful in its ruin,, absolute aimlessness, emptiness, peace and chaos interwoven unto oblivion-- achingly melancholic, unsettling, haunting, infinite
@@roryeilers2451 You are hearing drunk countertenors. Look up David Munrow.
All I am seeing is some twat who wants to be edgy and stand out from everyone by saying some stupid nonsense, piss off.
FU
@@andrewbrown6307 Too soon, huh?