Benjamin Bartlett - Giant of the Skies
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- Benjamin Bartlett - "Giant of the Skies" from the BBC TV series Walking with Dinosaurs. All rights reserved, no infringement intended, etc. This song breaks my heart when I hear it, especially the strings in the middle.
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8 years old me wasn't ready for this. 26 years old me isn't either though.
😭
I was 16 back then.
I think I'm even more emotionally unstable now, coz this song is really getting to me
Relatable af
I was 5
"In life, he was the most magnificent beast ever to take to the wing. He ruled the skies supreme, flying far and wide over the lands of the dinosaurs. This is the story of the last great journey this giant will ever make."
Liam Roberts "his life has come full circle in his time he travelled the globe but death finds him here at the very same place where he first mated some 40 years ago."
@@Sean_Last1995 on the beach around him are others who lost out in the struggle to reproduce.
@@theunknownguy5775 But nature is seldom wasteful. They have become food, for the next generation.
@@robstoppablecosplay The pterosaurs continued to rule the sky for millions of years, while the dinosaurs stretched out into every corner of the land below. In the next episode, we’ll see how they lived in the strangest environments of all. The south pole
@@the4thtomato138 “Dawn, over a silent forest a few hundred miles from the south pole”
"The king has lost his majesty,"
The feels
“His life has run full circle. In his time, he traveled the globe. But death finds him here, in the very same place where he first mated, some 40 years ago. On the beach around him are others who lost out in this struggle to reproduce. But nature has seldom wasteful. They have become food for the next generation.”
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@@nickp2271 *nature is seldom wasteful
@@Goldstone93 and he has become food for younger generations
*"....Finally molten rock begins to shower from the darkening sky. This is the end of the age of dinosaurs..."*
That scene right there was the moment of my childhood where i learned what extinction really meant. The dinosaurs didn't just disappear into thin air and turn into a bunch of bones, their world ended.
"The comet struck the Gulf of Mexico with the strength of 10 billion Hiroshima bombs. With the catastrophic climate changes that followed, 65% of life died out. It took millions of years for Earth to recover, and when it did, the giant dinosaurs were gone. Never to return."
It canoot be
Oof... Let's hope a similar extinction for Humanity doesn't occur within our lifetimes.
@@OleandyrTheGreatDragonGod nope,this time human will destroy itself.no need for god to eliminate us all.
I remember watching the ending as a kid and bawling my eyes out. It really hit home that life on earth at that time had ended. It still makes me a little sad to think that these creatures are gone...
Execs: we don't need anything too fancy, it's just background music for a dinosaur documentary.
Benjamin Bartlett: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
When I listen to this it is like I am hearing an hymn to extinction, a requiem to all the species that have passed away... and a flashback straight to my childhood, remembering me that what is lost... is lost.
Pietro Facco Beautifuly said my friend, you win the Internet
Pietro Facco these words are just... perfect
+Pietro Facco Wow what a beautiful way to describe this soundtrack, love it.
+Pietro Facco I kept thinking of this theme throughout all my school day.
+TheHero136 Me too, dude.
The entire 'Walking with...' trilogy was a masterpiece.
+Steve O. Agreed. It was far ahead of its time (still can't believe it's 16 years old)
I wouldn't call Monsters a masterpiece.
Dinosaurs and Beasts, though, absolutely.
i don't think it wasn't just a trilogy... was it ?!
i mean : 1 "walking with dinosaurs"
2 "walking with beasts"
3 "walking with monsters"
4 "walking with cave man" i think...
and i think i might missing another one... :P
Then there were the Nigel Marven specials, Sea Monsters & Chased by Dinosaurs, plus Big Al!
Only in terms of presentation.
In terms of accuracy it was quite bad even for its time, so....
Who's unashamed to admit this episode ended with them crying?
Tahkaullus01 me
not ashamed
Me
Me
Not me because I am a heartless monster
The BBC spent their money so incredibly well with this soundtrack. 20 years on and still packs a punch, just as iconic as the images of prehistoric landscapes they conjured up. Hands down the best soundtrack to any TV series, or documentary, ever.
I can't think of any documentary that was as dedicated to the music than the walking with series. Especially nature documentaries
This portion of the series hit me hard as a child.
Same
So true. This music still gives me a very eerie unsettled feeling. But I love it.
There's a sort of "Rage rage against the dying of the light" quality to it, no? Ultimately, things fall apart, but I think this part of the show is where I learned the virtue of resisting the inevitable decay.
couldn't agree more the nostalgia is REAL!
Even worse, the exact fossil that inspired this episode burnt down in September.
Genuinely one of the most depressing pieces of music ever. The violin strings make you really feel for this magnificent beast.
This is the story of the last great flight this giant ever made... :**(
TwilightSparkle Fan u good at remembering that line so sad
Out of all the beautiful soundtracks in this masterpiece of a series, this one always makes me cry the most...
group of iguanadons on the beach... remember when i was a kid it impressed me so much, i always tried to draw that scene
Dose it have a star wars feel in some way
If you're looking for the music that played in that scene, its called "Flight of the ornithiheirus" (definately spelt that wrong)
This hits even harder as you get older and your own mortality is clearer day by day.
"In life, he was the most magnificent beast ever to take to the wing. He ruled the skies supreme, flying far and wide over the lands of the dinosaurs. This is the story of the last journey this giant ever made."
3:01 Truly heart-piercing...
I love your reviews.
Absolutely right... left my tearing up...
HoopsAndDinoMan
Like you said in your review on WWD, it is heart breaking
Nice to see you here, even if i'm late
The violin is more powerful
the past is now gone, but the future will come and the lifeforms of this beautifull planet will cntinue to evolve without us, evolution is a masterpiece from present, future... and past... never forget the gems from prehistory
It took the Earth millions of years to recover, and when it did the giant dinosaurs were gone *never* *to* *return* .
@Ryan James and Mokele Mbembe in Congo
Oh noooo
@Buddy Christ why do you do this too me, the tears!
@@HereticHighlord because i lost all loves of the girls FOREVER :'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:'(:-P:'(:'(:'(
RIP bruddas. We still got our bird bois tho
Walking with Dinosaurs is by far my favorite documentary of all time. Everything from the music to the realistic dinosaurs. This theme hit me hard because it showed just how cruel life was for some of the most fascinating creatures that ever roamed the skies. RIP Ornithocheirus
Los dinosaurios de realistas no tenían nada
This theme is like if the theme of Schindler's List and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring fused together to become this overwhelming dirge symbolizing the end of life itself...
02:18 The king of the skies has lost his majesty ... I am crying when I remember this dying Ornithoceirus ; _ ;
I've loved Walking with Dinosaurs since I was a kid, but this episode has always been my favorite. So beautiful and sad. This soundtrack is a masterpiece.
me too
It was my favorite too. I think it's because I love pterosaurs so much X3
Yeah me to since 2010
Mine's Death of a dynasty.
I honestly can’t decide which episode is my favourite. Every episode is nothing short of a masterpiece.
The soundtrack to this whole documentary is just too beautiful for words. Every episode captures a different aura because of the musical pieces. This one is a true tearjerker….
This was one of the saddest episodes of a TV series that I've watched. This is just the kind of thing that makes ya bawl, especially that the episode's protagonist died.
The best one in my opinion. It depicts everything, from the Iguanodon herd to the death of Ornitocheirus.
Name more iconic trio then this song, goosebumps and tears
This series was so powerful. Great effects for the time and narrative spot on and very emotion driven
Not to mention the very powerful soundtrack with its tear jerking moments such as this
I want this song to be played at my funeral/memorial service.
20 years later, this masterpiece still has me tearing up.
2:54 has me imagining that the moment when the the last non avian dinosaurs are looking at their world as a devastated place with plant life gone, the food they ate are nothing more than a pile of bones and lightning striking into the world of darkness.
And there is only one important thing in life and its that “No species lives forever”
It's pieces like this that'll make them live forever. Many a child watched this growing up, and even many adults. So many artists helped to make this emotional masterpiece, and generations will admire it for a long time to come.
cockroaches be like: "Is that a challenge?"
@@rayzuke1232 Jellyfish: What was that?
@@wikansaktianto9215 mass extinction: wanna see that sun explode
Damn this still makes me cry almost 20 years later
Who else got chills listening to this?
This series was incredible at best, controversial at worst. While it assumed a lot and passed on a lot of either false or incomplete bits of information as fact, the interest it garnered in dinosaurs will never be forgotten. I really hope this new paleo docuseries airing on Apple TV this month is going to be comparable to this series. Some of the most special videos in the world to me, these things.
What makes this even sadder is that the pterosaurs have no living relatives left alive today x( How beautiful these animals must have been.
His life has run full-circle in his time he travelled but death finds him here the very same place where he first mated some 40 years ago..
Rest well, old soldier
I watched this series in 2000, when I was a child, it was the first and only time that it was broadcast on the open TV in my country, I never forgot it and I only saw it 20 years later, without a doubt this is the epsode saddest in the series.
Once, he was a king, ruling the skies with no question.
But now, defeated by merciless time, he is no more.
And his throne is empty and cold, waiting for new blood to claim it. And his mighty wings, that once took him over the world, wait to slowly rot away, useless and forgotten.
That's deep.
Is that from the book?
@@speedracer2008 Book? Lol, nah
I came up with it myself ^w^'
@@CaffeineDeprivation Oh. Lol. Definitely seemed like something that would have been written in the accompanying Walking with Dinosaurs: A Natural History book
I love how it sounds like it's going to swell into something thriumphant, but instead dies away...
A musical hope spot. It represents the Ornithocheirus managing to rise, only to collapse from exhaustion, once more, before finally dying.
"his life has run full circle in his time he travelled the globe, but death finds him here at the very same place where he first mated some 40 years ago"
On the beach around him are others who lost out in this struggle to reproduce. But nature is seldom wasteful. They have become food for the next generation.
@@robstoppablecosplay *a small ornithocherius eats tiny bits of flesh off the once known king of the skies as it chirps two times before resuming his eating....Video ends*
The part at 3:01 - 3:06 to me is one of the saddest pieces of music I've ever heard.
Makes me cry every time.
Agreed
Devan Hinskey
Add this music into the brachiosaurus scene on jurassic world, an maybe you would die in sadness
Honestly I love how somber the meteor scene in WWD was, it fit the series well. There weren't stakes, just a catastrophe that suddenly swept over these creatures' daily lives.
For an action version see the end of Prehistoric Park's first episode, that's probably the most awesome version of the K/Pg meteorite ever. Even if it lacks ejecta lol.
So every kid has a scene in cinema where something dies, and it makes the kid very sad. For some kids it's Mufasa, others have Bambi's mom or Little Foot's mom. For a bit, I thought mine was Gandalf's fight with the Balrog...but I think it might actually be this episode.
.... this... RIP that beast. Beautifully told the story of a tragedy of living animals, different to most others.
The king of the skies.... has lost his majesty.
I want a painting of this, the image is just too beautiful.
I didn't hear this tune for 10 + years, but just the first 20 seconds brought back all the memories man.
I actually watched the VHS tape so often that it broke.
Best dino documentary ever and it's not even close.
Doctor: You have 3 minutes and 49 seconds left to live.
Me: *plays this*
This has to be the most ruthlessly sad theme I’ve ever heard. Jesus christ those violins.
This used to be my least favorite episode in the whole series. Not because it was boring, or inaccurate, or any other criticism you could throw at it. It was because of the death of the ornithocheirus. I remember bawling my eyes out when this majestic creature died, with this music playing. After a while I stopped watching the series as I grew up. Recently I came back to it, and after rewatching it, this episode is my second favorite in the whole "Walking With.." series, right behind Death of a Dynasty. And ironically enough, it’s one of my favorites for the exact reason I used to hate it. I appreciate what this show did so much. Sure, it may not have been very accurate, even for its time, and yes, the CGI is outdated. But what this show did more than anything was present these creatures as real living animals, with realistic behavior, instead of showing them as monsters or ruthless killers. It made these creatures seem real, and the presentation of the show was probably the best out of any dinosaur documentary in history. It may not be the most accurate, and it may not have aged well in certain places, but I appreciate this show more than any other dinosaur documentary out there. It's a masterpiece.
In fact i meant the music that starts playing in the final chapter(the mammoths) almost in the end where there's a flash back to present and some museum stuff is being shown. But anyway, it came to my knowledge that mr Bartlett himself has said, that some tracks aren't available at all,and it's a shame. Many thanks for this piece in any case.
This piece of music also makes me think of the extinction of the last of the American megafauna 10,000 years ago. So many terrifying and awe-inspiring species disappearing.
22 years later this song still gets me, i miss being a kid lol.
I’m not crying... you’re crying...
Best episode from the whole "Walking with" series in my opinion
I agree
For me it’s TotT or DoaD
Legends cried at this episode
i was around 5 when i first saw and heard this masterpiece and it stuck with me forever. i still watch it from time to time
Even after almost a decade hearing this, I still cant. I just fucking cant
Play this at my funeral!
was just thinking the same thing.
13thmistral. Lol
Same
bold of you to assume that you a worthy of a music masterpiece that was made in honor of a imagined falsely portrait Ornithocheirus that supposedly lived 127.000.000 years ago.
Mine too!
Best WWD episode by far.
I love this! I first saw the show in 2012. I have it on DVD.
3,000 km to the south, the massive comet crashes into Earth. The light from the impact fades in silence. Then the shock waves arrive. Next comes the blast front. Finally a rain of molten rock starts to fall out of the darkening sky - this is the end of the age of the dinosaurs.
+TheHero136 You'd be hard pressed to find such grim finality in a nature documentary today.
+SinDawg030 I know. Its kinda sad. This was my childhood right here.
TheHero136 You and me both, friend. Kenneth Branagh's narration and Benjamin Bartlett's score did a fantastic job getting us invested in the lives of dinosaurs that were depicted by nothing more than anamatronic puppets and CGI.
+SinDawg030 what is your favorite episode in the series? I think mine is Spirits of the Ice Forest. But the first one I watched was actually the Ballad of Big Al.
But this soundtrack is the best by far. It sounds so ominous and dark. I don't think I have heard a scarier more chilling theme. The fact that this comes from a documentary about Dinosaurs is unbelievable. Such an amazing piece.
This is the story of how a winged beast lived the last years of his life.
This is the story of how a giant of the skies fell to the ground...
And how his world and all he held dear...
Faded away...
Just makes me think of J2 the orca, washed up on the beach, the oceans greatest predator, finally breathing her last. (J2 was the oldest orca ever known.)
Will there ever be anything superior like the walking with series in the future?
Doubt it... this was the absolute best!
hopefully.
Boy do i have some news
@@giovannia.casula2542 HAHAHA
Nothing will ever come close to beating it.
Just finish Prehistoric Planet, fantastic series but none of the soundtracks come anywhere near close to this.
Play at my funeral
that was my idea, damn it! I was going to specify in my will that an orchestra be hired to play that, amongst other pieces, during the church service. This was to be timed to play as they walked me out, effortlessly capturing the tragic nature of my departure and evoking the appropriete solemnity from the tearful audience.. And now I can't use it because I'd look like I'm copying you.
kk
Same
a king no more
now just another carcass
Beautiful.
Impending Depression.
"I had no girlfriend, I wanted sex. Now I die now...." *music playing
"His life has run full circle...In his time he travelled the globe, but death finds him here, in the very same place where he mated, some 40 years ago..."
"On the beach around him lay others who lost out in the struggle to reproduce. But Nature is seldom wasteful. They have become food, for the next generation."
What a life though, he might have faltered at the final finish, but just imagine how many successful mating seasons he had over the span of forty years…
Damn this music... childhood memories.
Play this at my funeral. I want every single soul weeping their fucking tears.
This touched me in the heart. Walking with Dinosaurs was the closest ever realistic caption of their existence. I hope one day they do anther just very much like this.
His life has run full circle. in his time he traveled the globe. but death finds him here in the very same place that he first rated some 40 years ago.
The old ornitocheirus😞😭
The 3 Soundtracks of extinction :
-Giant of the Skies
-No species last forever
-Permian Desert
If this isn’t playing at my funeral I ain’t coming. Preferably they dress up my corpse as Ornithocheirus stretch out my feeble ‘wings’ on the grass too.
this episode hits hard
I want this series to be remade.
You know its going to be an amazing documentary when the bbc make it, because they have the LCO at their disposal
R.I.P. Ornithocheirus
8 year old me was seriously devastated
Brings me to tears every time.
can't listen to this without crying a little, tbh...
3:00 Finally a rain of molten rock starts to fall from the darkening sky, this is the end of the age of the dinosaurs”
I was like 2 when I first saw this series, and it has become one of the most formative pieces of media of my life. I hope that they bring Bartlett back for the sequel series, his score is unmatched imo.
Just like when I was a kid, this piece makes me feel the presence of death in the air
I still have PTSD from this
I love this track cause makes me cry.
As fantastic as prehistoric planet was it really doesn't even approach walking with dinosaurs from a story telling and drama perspective. I cant stop my self from being disappointed regardless of how silly that it might be....
Play this over the Brachiosaurus death scene in JWFK.
Watching the dinosaurs be swept away by the asteroid like they were nothing made me value life so much more. It makes me afraid of seeing family members die. And in a way since dinosaurs have been a part of my life since I was 2, I see them more as giant lizards. I see family
I've lost my memory of watching the original episode, but this still made me the first time I heard it.
Non Dino fans: It's just some music from an old documentary, why are you getting emotional?
The music:
2:38, 2:54, 3:01: Haunting.
Episode 4: Giant of the Skies features Tapejara, Ornithocheirus, and Utahraptor.
you also missed iguanadon and polacanthus
Dinosaurs & Goosebumps WOW LARRY, WHAT A STORY.
The Dinosaur Channel Well, it was actually Tupandactylus and Tropeognathus. They got the names wrong. Great documentary and amazing soundtrack, nonetheless.
@@Dinoman972 and the American Polacanthus is actually the closely related Hoplitosaurus and the American Iguanodon is actually the closely related Dakotadon
😭poor demon birdie- my exact reaction when I saw the episode. The testament still stands to this day