Max Steiner had already started composing music for movies, but not big scores. KING KONG was the first BIG movie score, and it opened up the floodgates of memorable scores by Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and many others including Max Steiner.
Without a doubt the most iconic piece of music heard in any monster movie considering that it was used in King Kong 1933. Add to the fact that it was used during many iconic scenes makes the music that was used in this movie even more iconic and unforgettable.
I’d argue that the _Godzilla_ theme is more iconic. People are more likely to recognise it without context, at least today. But _King Kong_ inspired the people who made the first _Godzilla_ film. Probably why they had Kong beat Godzilla when they made _King Kong VS Godzilla_ in 1962.
Does anyone think it's a little strange how King Kong's theme song changes from movie to movie. Meanwhile, Godzilla's 1954 theme has been reused, retuned, and altered throughout numerous films. Sure there are exceptions like in the Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 2000, GMK, and G14 but for the most part, Godzilla has always had a consistent theme.
While John Morgan's reconstruction of this music score is excellent, it still falls short in capturing the raw, full vigor of Steiner's original. A truly definitive re-recording of this fantastic score is yet to be made.
@@boi5375 No, James Newton Howard composed an original score for Peter Jackson's King Kong. John Morgan recorded a reconstruction of Max Steiner's score for original 1933 film.
After hearing the Ifukube Godzilla theme in KOTM, hearing a modernized version of this will be fantastic. Hope Bear McCreary returns for Godzilla vs Kong
@@bmabs35 it would be incredible of mcreary did the soundtrack for GvK in 2020. i would love to hear his take on kong's theme and how he'd modernize it!
2:23 esa parte era mi favorita suena bien pegajosa un like al comentario de monstatron sí le gusta esta parte de la canción de esta famosa y popular película
@David Malcolm Yer never know legendary and Warner bros have more time than they need to make the biggest masterpiece like they have till may 2021 to make the film even better so We never know...
While not the first film score per se (that was Steiner's SYMPHONY OF SIX MILLION in 1932), KING KONG's music covered the widest dramatic range of any other film score before it, and was the first one to achieve notoriety. It set the standard for how film scoring would be defined.
I like King Kong since I was younger. I seen King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) one of my favorite Godzilla franchise and crossover film. Can't wait to see Godzilla vs. Kong (2020). I will be movie director, when I have a job. I was possibly inspired by Godzilla, as we both have a common.
Ian Cassidy I'm a huge King Kong fan, watching the old films at a very young age. My dad told me there was a new Kong movie coming out and I was so excited, he took me to see King Kong (2005) in the cinemas. However I haven't seen any Godzilla movies except King Kong vs Godzilla, and I'm really considering watching the movies. I saw Godzilla (2014) on Blu-Ray at a movie store for about $7.00, should I buy all the films and watch them?
Its faster paced here but in some parts you can hear where Toho might have gotten inspiration from for the Godzilla them as well as their own Kong theme
Fay Wray's was a working star in early talkie movies, look her up on IMDB and she was pretty, Hollywood has NEVER been at a loss of beautiful women, , her best lines- Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Every poster back then did that, and many others have since. You see Gill-man or Frankenstein looming over a town, or Godzilla towering over an entire CITY (even though he's only about as big as some of its skyscrapers).
Ryan don't bring up pacific rims stupid name for monsters kaiju so fucking stupid sorry I just hate how they name monsters like godzilla a kaiju but kong isn't he didn't come from the water
Ryan kaiju is Japanese for strange beast and has developed into the term for large monsters from film and media, due to the overwhelming popularity of creatures like Kong and Godzilla inspiring most films of the genre to be made in Japan
Is It True The Late Composer Max Steiner Was Called "The Father Of The Motion Picture Soundtrack "? Did His Theme From The 1933 Film Classic "King Kong" Set The Stage For More Great Movie Soundtracks To Follow? Almost Every Scene In "King Kong "And Some Other Films He Scored Almost To Near Perfection Matching Every Scene For The Right Type Of Music Including The 1935 Classic "The Informer " To Name A Few More. Is It Also True The Late Actor Keye Luke Designed The King Kong Film Poster? I Await Your Answer.
Possibly the greatest monster movie ever, certainly in the top few; the later remakes, more sophisticated special effects notwithstanding, don't equal it.
Godzilla wouldn't have been made in the 30s without Kong and other atomic era monster films and the only kaiju films before Godzilla like the Japanese King Kong films are lost so it's impossible to know how the score would've been back then. Pretty booming for sure, you can even tell the first few notes in Kong's theme influenced Godzilla's.
@The Man That Uploads It All Actually while King Kong (1933) did inspire Godzilla (1954) as a whole, there is no evidence to suggest Ifukube took inspiration from Steiner.
I love how they feature Kong as part of the cast in the opening
"AND KING KONG: THE 8TH WONDER OF THE WORLD"
If anything Kong was the most realistic thing in front of the screen
@@wrecklessfilmsofficial By 1933 standards.
Is so great they did that as well for godzilla kotm
I Love How they did the Same to Godzilla
They've been doing it for many monster and horror movies since, since directors found it more captivating and interesting to the audience.
I love the "KONG! KONG!" chant during the ceremony!
BoLoo!
WolfieMcMuffin
Me too
KONG! KONG! KONG! KONG!
My dad does an incredible impression of that! Chest-pound and all! XD
My late father would also do that every year when WOR channel 9 in New York would show King Kong on Thanksgiving Day!
Happy 90th Anniversary KONG!!
First film with its own original music score
and one of the greatest film soundtracks ever
Just going behind the scenes and watching videos of how it was all put together is amazing in itself!
Max Steiner had already started composing music for movies, but not big scores. KING KONG was the first BIG movie score, and it opened up the floodgates of memorable scores by Franz Waxman, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and many others including Max Steiner.
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One of the best themes in film history.
the first theme in film history
Amen
Godzilla
@@lolstuffenjoy9880 stfu
@@mr.milkman3893 Chill dude, he's Just saying he Likes Godzilla's Theme
Without a doubt the most iconic piece of music heard in any monster movie considering that it was used in King Kong 1933. Add to the fact that it was used during many iconic scenes makes the music that was used in this movie even more iconic and unforgettable.
You got a sick ass profile pic bro. Puppet Master is one of my all-time favorites!!
@@decapitronboy45 Thanks.
I’d argue that the _Godzilla_ theme is more iconic. People are more likely to recognise it without context, at least today.
But _King Kong_ inspired the people who made the first _Godzilla_ film. Probably why they had Kong beat Godzilla when they made _King Kong VS Godzilla_ in 1962.
Does anyone think it's a little strange how King Kong's theme song changes from movie to movie. Meanwhile, Godzilla's 1954 theme has been reused, retuned, and altered throughout numerous films. Sure there are exceptions like in the Return of Godzilla, Godzilla 2000, GMK, and G14 but for the most part, Godzilla has always had a consistent theme.
Final War Godzilla also had a different music
@@TitanJonkler Well the opening credits of that film did use the Ifukube theme, so I don't count that.
@@natek4488 hmm okay? But yeah Godzilla's theme in final wars is different.
The theme of the 1933 version of King Kong was reused in the 2005 version
@@rorychevalier7177 Yeah, as an orchestra played by in-universe musicians at his debut on stage at the end. It's not the main theme song
all rise for your national anthem
#TEAMKONG
team Godzilla and long (to kill mechaG)
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ruclips.net/video/2bqsWtBkUy8/видео.html Kong theme
21 years before Godzilla
Yes, that's true. Can't wait for Godzilla vs. Kong in 2020. Two monsters will fight and confront each other like the 1962 film did.
I know right its going to be awsome
Awesomebr099 Agree.
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Ikr
Im so hyped both for king of the monsters and to Godzilla vs kong
@@asafakiva1619 I seen Godzilla: King of the Monsters last month and now excited for Godzilla vs. Kong next year. Team Godzilla.
Who thinks this should be in gvsk,seeing how they got the theme for godzilla and mothra
It would be awesome to hear.
Yes
Probably be the best thing ever
i want them to mix godzillas theme and kongs theme for GVK
@Mastnaer Ceef imagine that remastered
Godzilla got his original theme remastered now Kong needs his
King kong will always will be the 8 wonder of the world. 🦍💀🏝
I like the theme at 2:29
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Who's here because of the Junkie XL's music for Kong?
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This was true movie magic in the early 30s. Incredible stuff.
Hope Bear will make good on remastered this in Godzilla vs King Kong.
Jay Rilley is he in charge of the soundtrack?
I think 0:20 would work best in gvk
Well Bear ain’t composing this year.
Junkie XLJunkie
Happy 90th birthday, Kong the 8th wonder of the world!
While John Morgan's reconstruction of this music score is excellent, it still falls short in capturing the raw, full vigor of Steiner's original. A truly definitive re-recording of this fantastic score is yet to be made.
Though his name was james newton?
@@boi5375 No, James Newton Howard composed an original score for Peter Jackson's King Kong. John Morgan recorded a reconstruction of Max Steiner's score for original 1933 film.
Back in the 30s King Kong came out before Godzilla. But still their both damn awsome go see the new Godzilla vs Kong movie
Almost 20 years before Godzilla.
@@jdgoade1306 yep
i really wanna hear a revamped version of 2:23 in the 2020 movie tbh.. it sounds so catchy.
After hearing the Ifukube Godzilla theme in KOTM, hearing a modernized version of this will be fantastic. Hope Bear McCreary returns for Godzilla vs Kong
@@bmabs35 it would be incredible of mcreary did the soundtrack for GvK in 2020. i would love to hear his take on kong's theme and how he'd modernize it!
@@bmabs35 Im from the future... Junkie XL did the music and no remaster of this theme, but the new Kong theme sounds epic and even close to this.
2:23 esa parte era mi favorita suena bien pegajosa un like al comentario de monstatron sí le gusta esta parte de la canción de esta famosa y popular película
@@bmabs35 sadly he did not
My ringtone when my wife calls!
Hahahahhahahahahahahaha
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I would pay enough money for Godzilla vs kong to surpass avatar and endgame if this is in the movie
Same
@David Malcolm
Yer never know
legendary and Warner bros have more time than they need to make the biggest masterpiece like they have till may 2021 to make the film even better so
We never know...
Happy 90th Anniversary King Kong (1933 - 2023)
The best movie soundtrack of all time.
While not the first film score per se (that was Steiner's SYMPHONY OF SIX MILLION in 1932), KING KONG's music covered the widest dramatic range of any other film score before it, and was the first one to achieve notoriety. It set the standard for how film scoring would be defined.
King kong: the first kaiju
Ghidorah: 6th Kaiju
Godzilla technically is the firs kaiju
@@JaguardX3 No,Kong started this kaiju genre before godzilla
@@JaguardX3
Godzilla: 1954
Kong: 1933
Pacman X3 not really
We need a remaster of this in GVK!
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This movie = required viewing!
In the 2005 Remake I Thought Carl Said
"Kong the Ape Wonder Of the world" lol
He should've.
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Yeah. The description is right. This film started everything we all know and love.
The first titan for the win boys TEAM KONG!!!
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I like King Kong since I was younger. I seen King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) one of my favorite Godzilla franchise and crossover film. Can't wait to see Godzilla vs. Kong (2020). I will be movie director, when I have a job. I was possibly inspired by Godzilla, as we both have a common.
Ian Cassidy I'm a huge King Kong fan, watching the old films at a very young age. My dad told me there was a new Kong movie coming out and I was so excited, he took me to see King Kong (2005) in the cinemas. However I haven't seen any Godzilla movies except King Kong vs Godzilla, and I'm really considering watching the movies. I saw Godzilla (2014) on Blu-Ray at a movie store for about $7.00, should I buy all the films and watch them?
I don't know, it's up to you either collect all the King Kong franchise or don't collect all them.
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Seriously, around 2:20 is getting awesome imo
The only kong film with a memorable score
It's a giant monkey
2005 dude
@@redronin7522Couldn’t remember anything from it, but I guess that’s to be expected from RCP-type people?
They should use a remix of this theme for the upcoming Skull Island series or the sequel to Godzilla vs. Kong.
Happy 86th anniversary King Kong, long live the King, THE EIGHTH WONDER OF THE WORLD!
I’d kill for a guitar version of this. But this is still gold.
Its faster paced here but in some parts you can hear where Toho might have gotten inspiration from for the Godzilla them as well as their own Kong theme
Max..stiener..owns movie scores..everyone else learns from him..
CLASSIC 1933
10000 Years Old VHS ANNIVERSARY
Fay Wray's was a working star in early talkie movies, look her up on IMDB and she was pretty, Hollywood has NEVER been at a loss of beautiful women, , her best lines- Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
As well as creep executives who would do them dirty behind the scenes.
The poster of the movie shows King Kong so damn tall
Every poster back then did that, and many others have since.
You see Gill-man or Frankenstein looming over a town, or Godzilla towering over an entire CITY (even though he's only about as big as some of its skyscrapers).
I don't know which is better, Steiner's score for this or "Casablanca"...
What about Gone with the Wind? That one is amazing too.
Awesome music. Have to watch the movie again.
Oty3D Exacly what came through my mind when I heard this score.
KING KONG FILMS ARE THE BEST BLOCKBUSTER FILMS EVER
The first original monster movie with my favorite legend monster sized gorilla 🦍
I want godzilla and king Kong to be friends
I have arrived from the Godzilla vs. Kong trailer
Max Steiner, after the Into blast- the first three notes descending, are the King Kong theme, the Tom Toms play while they around the Natives
The first Kaiju.
Ryan don't bring up pacific rims stupid name for monsters kaiju so fucking stupid sorry I just hate how they name monsters like godzilla a kaiju but kong isn't he didn't come from the water
Ryan kaiju is Japanese for strange beast and has developed into the term for large monsters from film and media, due to the overwhelming popularity of creatures like Kong and Godzilla inspiring most films of the genre to be made in Japan
KaijuEnthusiast wasn't the name kaiju made in Godzilla before Pacific rim
Kaiju means "Strange beast" or "Giant Monster" in Japanese, it didn't come from pacific rim.
THE NOTORIOUS K.E.K Kaiju means "Strange Beast". Daikaiju means "Giant Monster".
All hail the Eighth Wonder of the World, King Kong. 👑🦍👑
"Kong the Eighth Wonder of The World"
The 8th wonder of the world !!
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The best theme I’ve ever heard of
I wish that Kong's 2005 theme is used in Godzilla vs Kong: One Will Fall
At long last, Kong has regained his title as King.
Is It True The Late Composer Max Steiner Was Called "The Father Of The Motion Picture Soundtrack "? Did His Theme From The 1933 Film Classic "King Kong" Set The Stage For More Great Movie Soundtracks To Follow? Almost Every Scene In "King Kong "And Some Other Films He Scored Almost To Near Perfection Matching Every Scene For The Right Type Of Music Including The 1935 Classic "The Informer " To Name A Few More. Is It Also True The Late Actor Keye Luke Designed The King Kong Film Poster? I Await Your Answer.
This theme should be in Kong vs Godzilla 2020, like how they used Godzilla and Mothra's theme in King of The Monsters.
Let this one and Toho theme from the original film (KKVG) soundtrack to be in Godzilla vs. Kong Junkie XL, please.
RIP my English Grammar
Nope tho the music Junkie XL made for Kong is close to this
0:00 god damm that first note hits you like a canon
King kong March, 1933
Godzilla vs kong March, 2021
Gojira november,1954
Godzilla vs the power rangers (comic book)2021,march
3:35 the bride of kong
This video is cool
Beaty killed the beast
Soy fan de king kong!!!
Epic
Possibly the greatest monster movie ever, certainly in the top few; the later remakes, more sophisticated special effects notwithstanding, don't equal it.
King Kong! One of the only monsters that can beat Godzilla!
(The other monster that can beat Godzilla is mothra)
The Chad Kong and the GODzilla
I need this in GvK
Me encantaaaaa!!!!
RKO Pictures/Universal Studios movie monster "King Kong". King Kong was created by Merian C. Cooper and Edgar Wallace.
Nice theme!
Who thing if godzilla was made in the 30's think that this should be the theme song for it.
Godzilla wouldn't have been made in the 30s without Kong and other atomic era monster films and the only kaiju films before Godzilla like the Japanese King Kong films are lost so it's impossible to know how the score would've been back then. Pretty booming for sure, you can even tell the first few notes in Kong's theme influenced Godzilla's.
Happy 89th year King Kong!
TEAM KONG LETS GOOO!!!
King Kong 8th Wonder of The Wrold
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The theme of king of the monke's
The nostalgia is coming back
Nossa obrigado estava mesmo procurando essa música
nostalgia of my granpa
Wow kong is now 91 sadly ray Harry hausen isn't here with me to watch king kong and kong meats Goijira in 1962
If king kong was released in 1933 So king kong is older than Godzilla!?!?!?!?
Would like to see any of these themes in Godzilla vs. Kong.
6:13: The part when Kong falls off the building
This needs to be in Godzilla vs. Kong
King kong is the father of giant movie monsters
The beginning kinda sorta sounds a bit like Godzilla
CustomEntranceVideosAndMashupsHD I know, well all know but what does this have to do with the theme
CustomEntranceVideosAndMashupsHD thanks for the info
The Man That Uploads It All no
Godzilla sounds like the beginning* ;)
@The Man That Uploads It All Actually while King Kong (1933) did inspire Godzilla (1954) as a whole, there is no evidence to suggest Ifukube took inspiration from Steiner.
King Kong vs Godzilla
0:00 why has among us fucked me up so much that I see the sus in the buildings
Sus sus SUS AMONG US AMONG US AMONG US I SEE SUS I SEE SUS
Thanks, now i cant unsee it
the thame song is asome
SEE A*P*E
not to be confused with king kong.
Don't worry for that confuses movie with King Kong
I love very older musics
Deberian hacerle una version moderna para Godzilla vs Kong
I hope this makes it to Godzilla vs Kong!
Same
2:21
🙂...
King Giant
King Kong - The Giant ( The Adventures Of GumBall )
Ann Darrow - Petunia ( Happy Tree Friends )
Jack Driscoll - Handy ( Happy Tree Friends )
6:24 is Creepy & Chillin to me.
Did people say jesus is coming back soon in this time lol
Did this come up in the new Godzilla/Kong films?
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