You were my childhood back in 1453 BC, as I gazed upon your life from birth to death within the confines of a bubonic fever dream. I'd advise against you eating any vegetarian lasagna in Memphis, by the way, lest you meet your untimely end.
It’s amazing because this film score sounds like it could’ve been written for a film in the 70s. Very ahead of its time and I love how Straussian and Wagnerian it is. I still haven’t gotten through the entire film since it’s pretty tough to sit through a silent film, but the score is just so lush.
Truly thrilling and romantic. The music of Gottfried Huppertz contributes mightily to Fritz Lang's masterpiece. It has stayed with me since I first heard it upon viewing the film 20 years ago.
This music echoes Gustav Holst's "The Planets" for me. John Williams cheerfully acknowledges his debt to Holst, who wrote "The Planets" about 12 years before "Metropolis".
It's a strange amalgam, at times soulding like what Wagner might have written had he lived in the Weimar Republic. The passage beginning at 3:37 is quite lovely, no doubt depicting Maria..
I just have to smile. We're on the same musical page. If Huppertz had have produced more scores, it may have diminished this singular triumph. A silent movie with musical accompaniament for the premiere. One time only. It's only during the past 20 years that we've been able to put the original music to the rediscovered film. And it's really better than the sum of it's both parts. I'd like to think that Korngold was there at the premiere.
When Strobel is the Karajan version of the music, Heller is the Solti version, if that comparison from Wagner-Recordings makes any sense. There is just more oooomph behind Heller's conducting, which is an artistic choice, not one i'd judge per se.
I invite all to check out my new English subtitled fan edit of *Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS* in eight natural narrative break episodes - featuring a curated score source cued soundtrack: ruclips.net/p/PL8hvWgwXTVHN5eqg5imzBko6bg-TMv_DU
Metropolis is featured on Tubi - January 2024. The music used in this version is a jazz arrangement. The original music should have been left in. This jazz version does not connect with the film. It is awful and disruptive. Don't understand why this wonderful, original score was replaced by jazz in this version. Big mistake.
One of the greatest film scores ever composed. It's hard to believe it was ignored and forgotten for so long.
This was my childhood back in 1927
You were my childhood back in 1453 BC, as I gazed upon your life from birth to death within the confines of a bubonic fever dream. I'd advise against you eating any vegetarian lasagna in Memphis, by the way, lest you meet your untimely end.
I used to listen to this on my Walkman while taking my pet dinosaur for a stroll.
Thanks for helping me go back to my childhood in the 30's
It’s amazing because this film score sounds like it could’ve been written for a film in the 70s. Very ahead of its time and I love how Straussian and Wagnerian it is. I still haven’t gotten through the entire film since it’s pretty tough to sit through a silent film, but the score is just so lush.
Definitely more Strauss than Wagner. Wagnerian film scoring is more LOTR-esque imo.
@@Pellagrah very true. There’s also a bit of Mahler 6 in this. And Salome’s Dance. Kinda all makes sense.
Truly thrilling and romantic. The music of Gottfried Huppertz contributes mightily to Fritz Lang's masterpiece. It has stayed with me since I first heard it upon viewing the film 20 years ago.
This music echoes Gustav Holst's "The Planets" for me. John Williams cheerfully acknowledges his debt to Holst, who wrote "The Planets" about 12 years before "Metropolis".
It's a strange amalgam, at times soulding like what Wagner might have written had he lived in the Weimar Republic. The passage beginning at 3:37 is quite lovely, no doubt depicting Maria..
Amazing! The “missing link” between Wagner and Korngold, Waxman, Steiner, Herrmann, etc
I just have to smile. We're on the same musical page. If Huppertz had have produced more scores, it may have diminished this singular triumph. A silent movie with musical accompaniament for the premiere. One time only. It's only during the past 20 years that we've been able to put the original music to the rediscovered film. And it's really better than the sum of it's both parts. I'd like to think that Korngold was there at the premiere.
Beautiful
Great score.
It is now Public Domain...as is the film. Free to use..😂
The Strobel recording is more emotional and more powerful.
And it’s faster, as it’s intended by Huppertz.
You are wrong. Strobel's is slower. Heller is faster.
@@vidimur1977 I don’t see how you came to that conclusion. I listened to both multiple times and it’s pretty clear this version is much faster.
What exactly is it about the Heller recording that you prefer over the Strobel recording?
When Strobel is the Karajan version of the music, Heller is the Solti version, if that comparison from Wagner-Recordings makes any sense. There is just more oooomph behind Heller's conducting, which is an artistic choice, not one i'd judge per se.
Is this recording in the public domain?
No. Only the score might be, as Huppertz died pretty early.
I invite all to check out my new English subtitled fan edit of *Fritz Lang's METROPOLIS* in eight natural narrative break episodes - featuring a curated score source cued soundtrack:
ruclips.net/p/PL8hvWgwXTVHN5eqg5imzBko6bg-TMv_DU
Metropolis is featured on Tubi - January 2024. The music used in this version is a jazz arrangement. The original music should have been left in. This jazz version does not connect with the film. It is awful and disruptive. Don't understand why this wonderful, original score was replaced by jazz in this version. Big mistake.