Adding this here since some people don't know. This is not lip synced. They are singing live and it is recorded live. Samantha talks about that in an interview, how she hoped they would edit out the sniffles, etc. but they didn't. She did about 20 some takes and it was freezing too, BTW. She was listening to the piano through an earpiece. The pianist was off camera in a soundproof booth and was to follow her lead as she sang it as she felt it. The piano was to give her something to focus on. Later, they added in the full orchestra, or what of it they wanted to add. There is also a feature about that. The director is actually conducting the orchestra to fit the way she sang it. All of the singers did this except one or two...and a couple of instances where groups were singing together. So it is "dubbed" in a way, but backwards. What you hear is what she is singing BUT the backing orchestra is what is dubbed in.
I heard director intended for scene to be in a condition that would create sniffles etc, to bring authenticity to the physically emotional response from the actress. Great work you feel for her pain.
Actually if you apply this song to book Éponine, it becomes much, much more tragic. Book Éponine was horrifically emaciated, withered through years of poverty, malnourishment and abuse, mentally unstable, and quite simply creeped Marius out. She was no Sam Barks - she was an ugly, desperate, sick, half-crazy girl who no one can save, and no one can love. Her 'love' for Marius is more ambiguous, because it's as much love as a coping mechanism for her depression and poverty. She reaches for that love because it's the sole good thing in her otherwise completely hellish life. Marius was an escape, an ideal for her, but one can even say that the two never ever understood each other. Her mental instability also lends a new interpretation to phrases like 'he is gone, the river's just a river' etc, as they could be interpreted as actual hallucinations instead of daydreams.
Exactly, I couln't have said it better. And yet, that malnourished, poor, abused, unstable, creepy and miserable girl, by wanting so hard to be loved, has helped Marius to find happiness. It's such an incredible character, she has a wonderful development in the book.
The genius of "Les Misérables", is in the fact that EVERYONE is miserable: miserable in work, miserable in life, miserable in politics, miserable in the army, and yes.. miserable in love. Eponine's misery is so palpable to anyone on this planet who sought love. We have all been there, and we have all sung this song.
Actually, ‘les misérables’ more closely translates to ‘the wretched’. “In any case, there is a point where the poor and the wicked become mixed up and lumped together in the one fateful word: Les Misérables (the wretched). Whose fault is this?” So even the Thénardiers would fall under the umbrella.
Ya the phantom in my mind told me to check out all the despair today, the despair that provoked others to move towards impacting each other in the worse possible ways. I want to encourage the opposite of that. I think I still have a way to go.
Don’t you just HATE IT when you’ve had a crush on your childhood best friend for countless years, knowing that he’ll never love you the way you love him, only to discover that he’s fallen head over heels for a girl that just so happens to be your adopted sister who he’s only seen once and then you feel obligated to give him the girl’s address and information because you want your crush to be happy but then you end up singing in the rain, barefoot, wearing rags, completely soaked, AND at the risk of getting sick all because your crush doesn’t like you back?
@@joshb789 *meme voice* I would have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right? (This has not happened to me, it’s a meme)
The fact that this song was mostly done in a single long shot and the actor was actually singing while acting not lip syncing is really impressive. (For those of you don't know, We are listening to the actual voice while the actor is acting, not the pre-recorded song in studio, this technic won this movie Oscar best sound mixing that year.)
@@meyhleo8672 That was really just Tom Hooper's directorial style, he definitely didn't need to be that close up for the live-singing to work. Thats what microphones are for.
Its always been my favourite solo of the production. Duets - jean val jean and javier Chorus - do you hear the people sing and Heartfull of love/ in my life
@@Rugbymummaaunty I couldn't agree more. First started to love the film due to I dreamed a dream, and rightfully so. However over time I've come to love this song more for what it means. Unrequited love means a lot to me personally.
She truly was remarkable she reprised this role she was in the 25 anniversary Broadway of le miserables for the same role so she was a sure thing for part but still the emotion and feeling from this scene Is so sad
She delivered by far the best vocal performance, tbf as is expected from a professional musicalperformer of her calibre. In general as soon as we get away from Valjean and Javert the musical numbers in this movie moved towards way better performances (btw Crowe and Jackman performed their songs well in promos etc., I don't fault them for the overall bad musical direction and decisions made around the music in this movie).
Éponine is my favourite character. I feel her pain and loneliness. She just suferred her whole life and never met true love.. and even destroyed, she loved... in a beautiful and selfless way. This is sad, inspiring and ridiculously possible. This song touches my soul and this performance is outstanding.
I love the fact that while she sang "the trees are bare and everywhere, the streets are full of strangers" in 2:05 in left a random stranger suddenly passes by😃😃
I like how when she sang half the second verse: “In the rain, the pavement shines like silver.” they moved the camera angle up over the top right side of her shoulder to actually show how the rain was reflecting off of the ground from the light in such a sparkly shinny form. I think that was a really nice and beautiful touch.😌🙆🏾♀️🌧
This is the best unrequited love song... just keep my love to him on my own and he doesn't even know it... this song really describes my feeling.. I love him, but only on my own.
I really love how Samantha avoided crying and actually just 'pretending' to be crying so that she can't ruin her vocals and performance. Anne Hathaway's I dreamed a dream was beautiful in the acting sense but when it comes to the vocals, she was having a hard time hitting the notes becuz she was sitting down and crying. Anyway this movie is honestly beautiful and amazing. always makes me tear up
I think the slightly shattered vocals add more emotion to it, it's not about the singing as such in this movie its about what they're singing about and how it's effecting them which every actor does perfectly as shown in the voice and their acting especially if they're crying or shouting etc within it.
and Anne still killed it. there was so much raw emotion in that scene. maybe it wouldn't work out on stage, but was perfect for a film setting. let's not pit 2 beautifully voiced, powerful women against each other
so she's squeezed into an inhumanely tiny corset, sitting down, with a camera probably 5 inch away from her face AND she still managed to belt out that "KNOOOOOOOWN" no problem
@@somethingoldish7696Yep, it's a common misconception that folk couldn't breathe in corsets, when actually they were pretty supportive! Not much difference between them and waistcoats for men having little effect on breathing.
Honestly one of the best performances of the movie if not the best. She breaths such heartache into this song through her voice that is difficult to capture. Some fantastic performances out there that sing this song powerful and those are also beautiful. But this performance easily makes me feel the characters pain the most. The way she cuts off a note or when her voice cracks, it's just wonderful. She chooses when to sing more powerful and when to sing more emotionally perfectly. It's definitely my preferred performance of the song.
On my own Pretending he's beside me All alone I walk with him till morning Without him I feel his arms around me And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me In the rain the pavement shines like silver All the lights are misty in the river In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight And all I see is him and me forever and forever And I know it's only in my mind That I'm talking to myself and not to him And although I know that he is blind Still I say, there's a way for us I love him But when the night is over He is gone The river's just a river Without him The world around me changes The trees are bare and everywhere The streets are full of strangers I love him But every day I'm learning All my life I've only been pretending Without me His world will go on turning A world that's full of happiness That I have never known I love him I love him I love him But only on my own
My all time favorite musical movie/play. And this song - wow! Her voice and her acting stirs so much emotion. The story, combined with the musical score is just incredible. How anybody could be so gifted to write and compose this masterpiece is beyond belief.
Samantha Barks actually has an interesting story, for those that don't know. She originally auditioned for the Andrew Lloydd Webber TV show I'll Do Anything, for the chance to Play Nancy in the Stage show Oliver. She came third. But she was actually the one Webber hoped would win the show. Webber later cast her in some of his shows. Then she was cast in the Stage show Les Miserables as Eponine. Then when the producers were making this film they went to see the stage show and were so impressed by her performance they cast her in the same role in the film.
It's really amazing that she sounds exactly the same as she did in the 25th anniversary concert. Despite Hooper's best efforts to kneecap his performers, she didn't lose anything!
@@lefinlay Hooper didn't want Samantha Barks to upstage the lead actors aka Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway. But, Sam blew them all out of the water. It's even more shocking to learn that Hooper actually wanted Taylor freaking Swift to play Eponine (though he got her into CATS).
Now if you think about it, Emily and Eponine are kinda similar. Like they both have a one sided love over a boy who loves another woman. Much to think about.
She just couldn't understand that love can grow to care for more than one person. Her obsession made her miserable and missing out on the other men in the college within her social circle.
Eponine represents the love one still can have for life when life doesn't loves you back. Thou still a tragedy in the final song the words "to love another person is to see the face of god" mean to show the right actitud towards the tragedy of life
Eponine and Cosette basically trade roles. As a child Cosette sings Castle on a Cloud and now Eponine sings On my Own. Cosette as a child's fantasy was to have a mother figure hugging her, Eponine fantasy was to have Marius around her.
my psycho English teacher made us do about 15 hrs of assignments on this one song. I had to listen to it SO MANY TIMES that it still rings in my ears to THIS DAY. some teachers really have a way of making you hate learning.
'without me, his world will go on turning a world that's full of happiness that i have never known i love him i love him but only on my own...' goodbye, my Disney Prince. 💔
Man. I broke up with my GF today. It was one of those break ups where you knew you had to because you just weren’t right for each other, but you could have let it drag on. Now I’m on my own again and this song has been in my head all day 😭.
This is my favorite scene. The song, the emotions ... Samantha Bark's singing and acting generally. The sequence, frames, camera movement, lightings etc are just a plus. I am not a singer but out of all the music scores, her singing was the best. She was the best in this film. Other's voices were good enough but nothing close to her.
Women hate making the first move, they love it when men make the first move. It also show's confidence and initiative, two traits women find very attractive.
@Elizabeth Brightmoon I guess i'm stuck in the endless void known as the friendzone. But to be honest, i prefer being friends, going the extra step may have ruined the friendship me and her built up over the years. so all in all, i think it went pretty good.
@@SnooSnoo503 aw I'm so sorry man. at least she at least knows how you feel and you don't have to keep it in always just wondering what could have been :(
It could be worse. In high school, I wrote a love note to a boy who wasn't interested in me. He treated it as something to laugh at. It hurt at the time, but now I think I was better off without him.
The movie doesn't give any development to anything, Marius and Cosette originally knew each other for much longer but here it's only a few days, and Eponine is more likeable in this also due to lack of character development, in the book she treats Cosette horribly when they're kids
It's interesting how it seems that people love this or hate this. I love it. Personally, I think the imperfections are what make it perfect. Her character is in a deep state of suffering, bordering on sobbing. She sounds exactly how she is supposed to.
I' m not a fan of musicals, but this speaks to me volumes and is all. Absolute. Start watching as a joke, a favour to people who like it, and cry my eyes out. makes absolute sense. This part, here, encapsulates existence. Side kicking my eyes out to this brilliant performance. Outstanding. Life.
If you think about it she never had a good family to begin with, her baby sister is not in the movie but she's used just as cosette later on. Gavroche was disowned and she usually prefers to stay outside because she herself hates her own family. Then she sees this other person who has the same ethics and morals as her and though they don't talk much, she pretends that they are best friends, and eventually she falls for him, but he's fallen for cosette and that literally breaks her, seeing the person she hated being the one he loves and she blames herself too. It's appalling her final resolution of dying just leaves her happy because for the first and last time she won't pretending being in marius arms.
Yeah. Fantine’s story is tragic but it feels very removed from the average viewer. Meanwhile most of us know how unrequited love feels even if we don’t have eponine’s terrible home life. But then again a lot of people (myself included) have used crushes as an escapism the general shittiness of life. Unhealthy coping mechanism but it’s relatable
Don’t think we should compare both and say which is worse than the other, they both suffered in such a painful way and are actually the most tragic characters that there is even a mashup of their songs together, a world that’s full of happiness that they have never known. :(
![Lea Salonga - On My Own (Les Misérables) [720p]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/VjfmP7h3gBw/mqdefault.jpg)
The most relatable song in musical theatre I'm afraid
Adding this here since some people don't know. This is not lip synced. They are singing live and it is recorded live. Samantha talks about that in an interview, how she hoped they would edit out the sniffles, etc. but they didn't. She did about 20 some takes and it was freezing too, BTW. She was listening to the piano through an earpiece. The pianist was off camera in a soundproof booth and was to follow her lead as she sang it as she felt it. The piano was to give her something to focus on. Later, they added in the full orchestra, or what of it they wanted to add. There is also a feature about that. The director is actually conducting the orchestra to fit the way she sang it. All of the singers did this except one or two...and a couple of instances where groups were singing together.
So it is "dubbed" in a way, but backwards. What you hear is what she is singing BUT the backing orchestra is what is dubbed in.
It was torture for the orchestra though, cause it’s the actors that need to follow the orchestra, not the other way around
I heard director intended for scene to be in a condition that would create sniffles etc, to bring authenticity to the physically emotional response from the actress. Great work you feel for her pain.
I love how they did it.
Also 1k like
Another thing to add was the challenge to record her voice, because the first few recordings, all they could catch was the water and not her
@@quillion0877 that's what I was thinking about too. How the rain impacted both the audio recording and her ability to broadcast her voice.
"A world that's full of happiness that I have never known." I felt that with every fiber of my being
🥺😭😭😭
SAMEEEE
Aww it will get better
@AC Bronz same happed to me as well, Jesus is amazing
I also felt it profoundly and and completely, because this phrase, it's about me....
Actually if you apply this song to book Éponine, it becomes much, much more tragic. Book Éponine was horrifically emaciated, withered through years of poverty, malnourishment and abuse, mentally unstable, and quite simply creeped Marius out. She was no Sam Barks - she was an ugly, desperate, sick, half-crazy girl who no one can save, and no one can love.
Her 'love' for Marius is more ambiguous, because it's as much love as a coping mechanism for her depression and poverty. She reaches for that love because it's the sole good thing in her otherwise completely hellish life. Marius was an escape, an ideal for her, but one can even say that the two never ever understood each other.
Her mental instability also lends a new interpretation to phrases like 'he is gone, the river's just a river' etc, as they could be interpreted as actual hallucinations instead of daydreams.
Exactly, I couln't have said it better. And yet, that malnourished, poor, abused, unstable, creepy and miserable girl, by wanting so hard to be loved, has helped Marius to find happiness. It's such an incredible character, she has a wonderful development in the book.
Another reason I must finish reading the book.
If only the book wasn't as thick as a brick and didn't meander around in the beginning, i wouldve had enough motivation to finish reading it lmao
@@gabgonzales4570 Well that's why it can be divided in three different books
@Tarryn Royer really?
The genius of "Les Misérables", is in the fact that EVERYONE is miserable: miserable in work, miserable in life, miserable in politics, miserable in the army, and yes.. miserable in love. Eponine's misery is so palpable to anyone on this planet who sought love. We have all been there, and we have all sung this song.
Actually, ‘les misérables’ more closely translates to ‘the wretched’.
“In any case, there is a point where the poor and the wicked become mixed up and lumped together in the one fateful word: Les Misérables (the wretched). Whose fault is this?”
So even the Thénardiers would fall under the umbrella.
That is just so succinct!
Victor Hugo is such an amazing author to wrote this novel where the musical and movie is based.
Ya the phantom in my mind told me to check out all the despair today, the despair that provoked others to move towards impacting each other in the worse possible ways. I want to encourage the opposite of that. I think I still have a way to go.
Yes we have 😭
Don’t you just HATE IT when you’ve had a crush on your childhood best friend for countless years, knowing that he’ll never love you the way you love him, only to discover that he’s fallen head over heels for a girl that just so happens to be your adopted sister who he’s only seen once and then you feel obligated to give him the girl’s address and information because you want your crush to be happy but then you end up singing in the rain, barefoot, wearing rags, completely soaked, AND at the risk of getting sick all because your crush doesn’t like you back?
Seek therapy lol
@@johnbarquinero5354 the funny thing is, I actually had a therapy session today and I just got back from it😂
If I had a nickel for everytime...
@@joshb789 *meme voice* I would have two nickels, which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice, right?
(This has not happened to me, it’s a meme)
@@awolf9036 big bang theory?
The fact that this song was mostly done in a single long shot and the actor was actually singing while acting not lip syncing is really impressive.
(For those of you don't know, We are listening to the actual voice while the actor is acting, not the pre-recorded song in studio, this technic won this movie Oscar best sound mixing that year.)
Wow!! Does she have a mic or.??
@@JF-ct5sg there were mics following her and a piano at the back
Yeah but having to make actors sing made the movie to close up on the actors everytime they sang
@@meyhleo8672 That was really just Tom Hooper's directorial style, he definitely didn't need to be that close up for the live-singing to work. Thats what microphones are for.
That's true! Same thing they did in Dreamgirls, though I think JHud did it in takes?
Easily the most overlooked and underrated song of the movie. Maybe not as rawly powerful as I dreamed a dream, but packed with emotion.
Much better than I dreamed a dream
Who overlooks and underrates this song? As far as I know, it's a fan favorite.
@@WDCallahan I know right, in the musical theatre community it’s one of the most auditioned songs
Its always been my favourite solo of the production.
Duets - jean val jean and javier
Chorus - do you hear the people sing and
Heartfull of love/ in my life
@@Rugbymummaaunty I couldn't agree more. First started to love the film due to I dreamed a dream, and rightfully so. However over time I've come to love this song more for what it means. Unrequited love means a lot to me personally.
Samantha was this movie's secret weapon.
She truly was remarkable she reprised this role she was in the 25 anniversary Broadway of le miserables for the same role so she was a sure thing for part but still the emotion and feeling from this scene Is so sad
Same with Anne, Amanda, and Eddie
100000% one of the only vocally correct performances in the entire movie. Everyone should of been taking notes.
Her character and this scene as well really stood out for me.
her and aaron and the actors who play the abc students carried this movie on their backs (eddie and amanda were cute doe)
"A world that's full of happiness that I have never known". Gets me, right in the heart, every time.
Me who’s never been on a private plane 😂
Truth
Samantha Barks killed it in this movie. She was cheated out of a nomination.
Totally agree. She captured the heartbreak of Eponine so well.
Definitely agree! She was amazing
She delivered by far the best vocal performance, tbf as is expected from a professional musicalperformer of her calibre. In general as soon as we get away from Valjean and Javert the musical numbers in this movie moved towards way better performances (btw Crowe and Jackman performed their songs well in promos etc., I don't fault them for the overall bad musical direction and decisions made around the music in this movie).
YES! She's not a famous actor, but she was the best in the movie
Eddie Redmayne or Russell Crowe were more cheated
National Anthem for all those in the friend zone
:) TRUE
Thid should be the top comment
Let us all rise for the national anthem
yep it sucks
All rise
日本人でまだ聴いている人いますかね？
大好きな歌。しかしエポニーヌを思い出すたびに泣いてしまう。切なく辛い歌。
私もこの曲が一番好きで、いまも時々聴きにきてます!😊
Éponine is my favourite character. I feel her pain and loneliness. She just suferred her whole life and never met true love.. and even destroyed, she loved... in a beautiful and selfless way. This is sad, inspiring and ridiculously possible. This song touches my soul and this performance is outstanding.
Said it so well 👌🏾
🥹❤️
My heart breaks when she sings "with out me his world will keep on turning".
Same! Marius didn’t deserve to be saved by Eponine!
eponine’s story is so sad☹️
vezmike everyone’s stories are so sad especially Fantine’s
From Hero to Zero
I know😔
Fantine was the unfortunate one.
She really had no chance with parents like hers.
me: wow marius and cosette is so cute together
*hears this song*
me: i hate them
아 개웃겨 ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Enroljas: don't ship them boi ship Marius and France
dead i've always hated cosette cos of eponine and she deserves marius loll
@@칠일오 안농
@@칠일오 어 한국어
I love the fact that while she sang "the trees are bare and everywhere, the streets are full of strangers" in 2:05 in left a random stranger suddenly passes by😃😃
That guy was like: "Where am I? Why is that girl singing?"
It was Doctor Who traveling through time and space
Her version of this song is FULL of emotion, but… it’s the two spoken “I love him” towards the end that are truly soul crushing.
Definitely. Where are the Kleenexes when you need them?
I like how when she sang half the second verse: “In the rain, the pavement shines like silver.” they moved the camera angle up over the top right side of her shoulder to actually show how the rain was reflecting off of the ground from the light in such a sparkly shinny form. I think that was a really nice and beautiful touch.😌🙆🏾♀️🌧
When she sings that the street is full of strangers you'll see a shadowy figure move in the background too.
This is the best song in the entire musical, and she executes it perfectly.
Lea Solanga though!!!!!
@@raidernationkmcshe’s what made the song so popular
@@sargentordb507 Samantha portrays the emotion better than her
queen you dropped your crown
두 명곡사이에 나와서 스포트라이트 덜받은노래..진짜..에포닌 못잊어ㅠㅠㅠ넌 내 최애야ㅜㅜㅜㅜㅠ에포닌ㅠㅠ행복해야해ㅠㅠㅠ
Same
아 진짜 ㅠㅠㅠㅠ
@@user-yx8tq4ee5t미개하네
This is the best unrequited love song... just keep my love to him on my own and he doesn't even know it... this song really describes my feeling.. I love him, but only on my own.
Fantine also sung of unrequited love in the verse "He took my innocence in his stride, but was gone when autumn came"
When you realize that she is in Diagon Alley
Ashleigh Laureano ohh sh-
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And right in front of Gringotts and Fred and George's shop!!??
That's the Weasley shop in the middle! 💖
Same studio
上映当時に映画館で観て、最も印象に残ったのがこのシーン。いま観ても圧巻です。細やかな感情表現に自然と引き込まれます。素晴らしいパフォーマー。
そうですねえ
I really love how Samantha avoided crying and actually just 'pretending' to be crying so that she can't ruin her vocals and performance. Anne Hathaway's I dreamed a dream was beautiful in the acting sense but when it comes to the vocals, she was having a hard time hitting the notes becuz she was sitting down and crying. Anyway this movie is honestly beautiful and amazing. always makes me tear up
I mean fantine did just have to sell her body so of course she gon be crying.
I think the slightly shattered vocals add more emotion to it, it's not about the singing as such in this movie its about what they're singing about and how it's effecting them which every actor does perfectly as shown in the voice and their acting especially if they're crying or shouting etc within it.
and Anne still killed it.
there was so much raw emotion in that scene. maybe it wouldn't work out on stage, but was perfect for a film setting.
let's not pit 2 beautifully voiced, powerful women against each other
@@Mossball1 I know! They were both amazing in the film!!
I dreamed a dream was a woman breaking. Her voice breaking made it more powerful.
I feel like she was thinking of her real life heart break when she sings. Her voice and acting is beautiful
She's beautiful too..
so she's squeezed into an inhumanely tiny corset, sitting down, with a camera probably 5 inch away from her face AND she still managed to belt out that "KNOOOOOOOWN" no problem
over 20 takes!
Corsets are actually really helpful for singers. Opera singers are known for finding them really helpful for projection.
@@somethingoldish7696Yep, it's a common misconception that folk couldn't breathe in corsets, when actually they were pretty supportive! Not much difference between them and waistcoats for men having little effect on breathing.
Honestly one of the best performances of the movie if not the best. She breaths such heartache into this song through her voice that is difficult to capture. Some fantastic performances out there that sing this song powerful and those are also beautiful. But this performance easily makes me feel the characters pain the most. The way she cuts off a note or when her voice cracks, it's just wonderful. She chooses when to sing more powerful and when to sing more emotionally perfectly. It's definitely my preferred performance of the song.
Totally agree, this song and Eponine's story make the movie.....
I think she should have won an Academy Award for her performance here. Absolutely breathtaking!
나 이노래 너무좋아...... 배우 연기도 너무 좋고.....,,,, 착해서 더 짠한 캐릭터 에포닌ㅜㅜ
구원받은 코제트의 뒤에 남겨진 에포닌은 볼 때마다 너무 안타깝다... 가정의 따스함도 사랑도 결국 받지 못하고 희생만 하다 죽어간 에포닌도 한때는 애정을 필요로 하는 어린아이였는데. 물론 코제트도 불행한 어린 시절을 보냈지만 왠지 에포닌에게 정이 더 간다.
웅장한 한편의 뮤지컬보다 심장을 뛰게 만든다... 모든 것들의 의미를 잃어가는 순간. 그 순간까지 포기할 수 없는 사랑.
죽는 순간 까지 지켜가는 짝사랑은 축복인가
Yejh Hes 저주지
@@moneybugvic 그쵸
On my own
Pretending he's beside me
All alone
I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me
In the rain the pavement shines like silver
All the lights are misty in the river
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight
And all I see is him and me forever and forever
And I know it's only in my mind
That I'm talking to myself and not to him
And although I know that he is blind
Still I say, there's a way for us
I love him
But when the night is over
He is gone
The river's just a river
Without him
The world around me changes
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers
I love him
But every day I'm learning
All my life
I've only been pretending
Without me
His world will go on turning
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known
I love him
I love him
I love him
But only on my own
Thank you 🙂🤗
Thx🫰🏻😂
Thank you
She has the best voice of anyone in this movie. Deserved more credit for her performance.
My all time favorite musical movie/play. And this song - wow! Her voice and her acting stirs so much emotion. The story, combined with the musical score is just incredible. How anybody could be so gifted to write and compose this masterpiece is beyond belief.
Singing with water streaming down her face, hitting marks, camera and boom in her face. Amazing performance to boot!
Also with an awfully constraining costume that will make you uncomfortable when stooping down
@@priyachoudhary9896 great point
**Samantha starts singing**
Oscars: nice
**I dreamed a dream intensifies**
Samantha: why do i hear boss music?
Honestly, On My Own, I Dreamed a Dream and Empty Chairs in this movie kick you square in the balls and they never quite recover.
anne hathaway's vocals were very phlegmy thou
@@xoxosoryuu i believe that was the director and Anne intention. The voice matches with her character condition in the movie (dehydrated, sick body)
@@fiveza17 and irl
Anne talked about how much weight she lost during this film at a fast rate. She was also exhausted from doing so many takes
Samantha Barks actually has an interesting story, for those that don't know.
She originally auditioned for the Andrew Lloydd Webber TV show I'll Do Anything, for the chance to Play Nancy in the Stage show Oliver. She came third. But she was actually the one Webber hoped would win the show. Webber later cast her in some of his shows. Then she was cast in the Stage show Les Miserables as Eponine. Then when the producers were making this film they went to see the stage show and were so impressed by her performance they cast her in the same role in the film.
It's really amazing that she sounds exactly the same as she did in the 25th anniversary concert. Despite Hooper's best efforts to kneecap his performers, she didn't lose anything!
What was Hopper doing to them?
@@lefinlay Hooper didn't want Samantha Barks to upstage the lead actors aka Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Anne Hathaway. But, Sam blew them all out of the water. It's even more shocking to learn that Hooper actually wanted Taylor freaking Swift to play Eponine (though he got her into CATS).
@@jbvader721tay-tay would’ve never did this justice Im sorry
@@nightmeowonelmstreet215 Nope.
@@jbvader721 wait it turns out Taylor did audition but she knew she wasn’t getting it and just got cats as a compensation
Samantha Barks carrying the entire Les Mis single handedly
Idk shy but this gives the same vibes as that song from Corpe Bride. "I know that I am dead. But it seems that I still have some tears to shed."
Now if you think about it, Emily and Eponine are kinda similar. Like they both have a one sided love over a boy who loves another woman. Much to think about.
My favourite number from the movie version, absolutely crushed it. The fact it was sung live with such emotion was award worthy
If there is ever an anthem for unrequited love, this would be it
Such heart-wrenching emotional commitment and truth in this performance. The gold standard.
Anne Hathaway and Samantha Barks performances were incredible.
Eddie singing Empty chairs at empty tables was amazing too
I'm going through something similar and I just wanna hug her and tell her she deserves the world
Samantha Barks sounded amazing in this movie; She deserved a lot more recognition.
absolutely love the beauty and sorrow in the song🥺
"Without me his world will go on turning" felt that❤
'The river's just a river...' Always makes me bawl. Don't know why.
Her love and emotion broke my heart.. Seeing her pain made me cry!
can we just appreciate how the instrumental fits so well with the vocals?
im 100% sure this is the same set used for Harry Potter
Well... they did use the same studio
It actually is
@@lewisnorth1188 Wait, really? I thought that was a joke!
@@shifra1967 no, they hand-built the set, but probably the same studio.
Ah, the corner at the beginning was Fred & George’s shop
This is what love is. Wanting the best for someone even if they don't care for you.
She just couldn't understand that love can grow to care for more than one person. Her obsession made her miserable and missing out on the other men in the college within her social circle.
i dont think ive ever cried harder than when i first saw this. whole movie is amazing
i do love this version of this song, but having heard her sing it live?? my god she is incredible!!!
This song just sealed Samantha’s power. She was so robbed of an Oscar nom.
I feel sorry for Éponine, I was crying during this scene. 😭
Eponine represents the love one still can have for life when life doesn't loves you back. Thou still a tragedy in the final song the words "to love another person is to see the face of god" mean to show the right actitud towards the tragedy of life
My absolute favourite version of this song. She has a beautiful voice.
watched this in a theater with my date in Bangkok 2013. Memorable moment.
Her “I love him”s at the end 😭
Gets me in the feels every time!
We have all developed feelings for someone we know does not feel the same way back. :(
What emotion she projects in this song. You can feel the sadness she's going through...... Samantha is the best Eponine I've seen. Amazing!
No one does this better. She is so suited to play this part.
Lol she is good but let's be real here, Lea does it better
@@ragiingtomato14 you dont feel the emotion and pain when lea sings, dont get me wrong I think shes great but I believe that Samantha is better
Eponine and Cosette basically trade roles. As a child Cosette sings Castle on a Cloud and now Eponine sings On my Own. Cosette as a child's fantasy was to have a mother figure hugging her, Eponine fantasy was to have Marius around her.
alternatively, this is how i'd sing about eddie redmayne too
me too dude me too
@@avadespard1724 same, I mean I wouldn't sound this good but yeah
Ah I’ve found my people
my psycho English teacher made us do about 15 hrs of assignments on this one song. I had to listen to it SO MANY TIMES that it still rings in my ears to THIS DAY. some teachers really have a way of making you hate learning.
'without me, his world will go on turning
a world that's full of happiness
that i have never known
i love him
i love him
but only on my own...'
goodbye, my Disney Prince. 💔
Aragorn: "It is but a shadow, and a thought that you love..."
"also I'm like 87 years old so..."
Man. I broke up with my GF today. It was one of those break ups where you knew you had to because you just weren’t right for each other, but you could have let it drag on. Now I’m on my own again and this song has been in my head all day 😭.
Sorry to hear that.
This is my favorite scene. The song, the emotions ... Samantha Bark's singing and acting generally. The sequence, frames, camera movement, lightings etc are just a plus. I am not a singer but out of all the music scores, her singing was the best. She was the best in this film. Other's voices were good enough but nothing close to her.
Shivers and tears every time!! Samantha breaks my heart, amazing performance, she is AMAZING!
This is so sad Alexa play do you hear the people sing.
I don’t like how relatable this song is
Samantha barks love you too and love your voice of epoinie in les miserables you deserve of tony award for this.
You know this is a movie right?
I’m a diver, EMS , diesel mechanic, tractor trailer driver grew up in some tough street and
I appreciate her singing
연기를 너무 잘하셔서 볼 때마다 눈물 남ㅜ.ㅜ
the way her voice breaks as she pretends crying while singing is so beautiful...
Me realising my crush will never like me even though I've legit never made a move on her because i hate the feeling of being rejected.
Women hate making the first move, they love it when men make the first move. It also show's confidence and initiative, two traits women find very attractive.
@@ILikeMyPrivacytbt imma give it a try tomorrow see what happens
@Elizabeth Brightmoon I guess i'm stuck in the endless void known as the friendzone. But to be honest, i prefer being friends, going the extra step may have ruined the friendship me and her built up over the years. so all in all, i think it went pretty good.
@@SnooSnoo503 aw I'm so sorry man. at least she at least knows how you feel and you don't have to keep it in always just wondering what could have been :(
It could be worse. In high school, I wrote a love note to a boy who wasn't interested in me. He treated it as something to laugh at. It hurt at the time, but now I think I was better off without him.
The best Eponine and the best rendition of this beautiful song about unrequited love.
IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE GOOSEBUMPS EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS?
My favorite character
She’s the only one who actually knows how to sing emotionally without having to cry and gasp for air like Anne. She deserved more .
How about Lea salonga?
@@smile-dv2ml They mean from the movie cast
It's called technique. We all have different techniques.
delulu girls' national anthem. love Samantha Barks' rendition. THE BEST!!!
울고 싶을 때 봄... 처절함과 슬픔이 너무 잘 보여서 눈물 글썰이게 됨...
i have heard so many covers on this song, but her voice takes me here back again.....
노래 뒤에 깔리는 잔잔한 비소리까지 너무 좋다
진짜 이분 목소리 너무좋아서 아직까지도오는중
This movie was grosly underappreciated.
😢😭😪 I just want to be your friend and tell her she’s lovable and smart and talented, and she deserves peace and happiness
I really hated Marius because of this scene.
The movie doesn't give any development to anything, Marius and Cosette originally knew each other for much longer but here it's only a few days, and Eponine is more likeable in this also due to lack of character development, in the book she treats Cosette horribly when they're kids
@@amazingspiderlad well damn you are a killjoy
@@benandterrys mhm
@@amazingspiderlad lol
She’s not entitled to his love. He didn’t like her like that and he didn’t need to.
It's interesting how it seems that people love this or hate this. I love it. Personally, I think the imperfections are what make it perfect. Her character is in a deep state of suffering, bordering on sobbing. She sounds exactly how she is supposed to.
개인적으로 에포닌은 정말 안타까운 캐릭터인 것 같습니다. 도둑질을 일삼는 부모 밑에서 자랐지만, 자신이 사랑하는 이를 위해 대신 몸을 던져 죽음을 택하는 용기를 가졌다는 점이 정말 멋진 것 같습니다.
I' m not a fan of musicals, but this speaks to me volumes and is all. Absolute. Start watching as a joke, a favour to people who like it, and cry my eyes out. makes absolute sense. This part, here, encapsulates existence. Side kicking my eyes out to this brilliant performance. Outstanding. Life.
This was my angst song in high school. I had a crush on a boy who wasn't interested in me. This song always reminded me of him.
Fantine story was very sad, but I just can't. Éponine story is so sad... And this scene is so dramatic... and... Nevermind, I'm crying again...
If you think about it she never had a good family to begin with, her baby sister is not in the movie but she's used just as cosette later on. Gavroche was disowned and she usually prefers to stay outside because she herself hates her own family. Then she sees this other person who has the same ethics and morals as her and though they don't talk much, she pretends that they are best friends, and eventually she falls for him, but he's fallen for cosette and that literally breaks her, seeing the person she hated being the one he loves and she blames herself too. It's appalling her final resolution of dying just leaves her happy because for the first and last time she won't pretending being in marius arms.
@@priyachoudhary9896 I LOVE your answer ✨
Yeah. Fantine’s story is tragic but it feels very removed from the average viewer. Meanwhile most of us know how unrequited love feels even if we don’t have eponine’s terrible home life. But then again a lot of people (myself included) have used crushes as an escapism the general shittiness of life. Unhealthy coping mechanism but it’s relatable
Don’t think we should compare both and say which is worse than the other, they both suffered in such a painful way and are actually the most tragic characters that there is even a mashup of their songs together, a world that’s full of happiness that they have never known. :(