"Manta Ray" by J. Ralph & Anohni - Original Song From Racing Extinction - VIDEO

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • 2016 Oscar® nominated Best Original Song “MANTA RAY” written and performed by Academy Award® nominated composer J. RALPH and Academy Award® Nominated artist ANOHNI for the feature documentary “Racing Extinction” by Oscar winning director Louie Psihoyos (The Cove). Music Co-Produced by Arthur Pingrey Ⓒ Ⓟ 2015 Rumor Mill Records / Rebis Music
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    “MANTA RAY”
    Music byJ. Ralph
    Lyrics by Antony Hegarty
    performed by J. Ralph & Antony
    Produced by J. Ralph
    Co-Produced by Arthur Pingrey
    LYRICS:
    In the trees
    Between the leaves
    All the growing
    That we did
    All the loving
    And separating
    All the turning
    To face each other
    I divide
    In the sky
    In the the seams
    Between the beams
    All the loving
    And separating
    All the turning
    To face each other
    Without biodiversity
    I'm nothing
    It's like I never
    Existed
    Without my home
    With no reflection
    I cease to exist
    And my children
    Are dying now
    Inside me
    All I love
    All I know
    All I've known
    I am dying now
    Inside me
    My children
    © ℗ 2015 Rumor Mill Records / Rebis Music
    Video Footage from "The Secret Life of Plankton" (c) TEDed / Parafilms
    Executive Producer : Tierney Thys
    Plankton photographed by Christian Sardet, Noé Sardet & Sharif Mirshak (c) Plankton Chronicles / CNRS - www.planktonchronicles.org
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Комментарии • 590

  • @furbetta7
    @furbetta7 4 года назад +42

    Anohni gives voice to all the loliness, sadness, melancholy, and all you can do it's cry.
    Voice from a far and lost world who believes in a change.

  • @AlexanderLaurence
    @AlexanderLaurence 9 лет назад +503

    this is too good for an Oscar

    • @X-Flight
      @X-Flight 8 лет назад +6

      truely yes...

    • @samuel3949
      @samuel3949 8 лет назад +3

      perfect

    • @devilatyourdoor7068
      @devilatyourdoor7068 6 лет назад +4

      Hmm..I remember this song, whereas I can't remember whatever drivel actually "won.". Enjoy your life, you collection of cells.

    • @thetechtron9465
      @thetechtron9465 5 лет назад +8

      this is beyond Oscars. It was legendary documentary. I laughed, I cried I sobbed, felt desperation and hope. It had everything from past to present and future...

    • @lizbourn4192
      @lizbourn4192 5 лет назад +7

      the techtron Antony Hegarty/Anohni has the most amazing voice. So much emotion into everything he/she sings ❤️❤️❤️

  • @roysudipta1258
    @roysudipta1258 6 месяцев назад +12

    I still remember that night. This song made me shedding tears all the night. And that night I decided to study on environment science. Thought I was a student of business studies background.
    And,
    I think I took the excellent decision.
    ❤ For the nature.

  • @VivekDwivediDXTHSM
    @VivekDwivediDXTHSM 3 года назад +46

    Listening it for last 5 years. Every now and then, it makes it's presence felt in my life. Truly magical.

  • @Sameoldfitup
    @Sameoldfitup 4 года назад +25

    “Nothing can be loved or hated unless it is first understood.” Leonardo da Vinci.

  • @madisondoty4961
    @madisondoty4961 8 лет назад +115

    This song resonates with every fiber of my being, echoes my heartbeat and brings me to the verge of tears everytime I hear it. All life on this planet has importance, has meaning. Humans are the only creatures greedy enough to destroy the very thing they need to survive. We could learn a thing or too about compassion and humility from nature. The sad thing is that animals tend to have more humanity than humans.

    • @Em3r1c4
      @Em3r1c4 5 лет назад +2

      No greater truth has been spoken

    • @andyb275
      @andyb275 2 года назад

      Yes yes - I see you've watched Charlotte's Web also

    • @ericmills100
      @ericmills100 Год назад

      And we dare call ourselves Homo SAPIENS (sic), the single most over-populated, invasive, destructive and only SELF-destructive species in known planetary history. Beyond sad.

    • @justingriffin2546
      @justingriffin2546 Месяц назад

      Do you own a vehicle? Do you shop at a supermarket? How about you move back to the jungle with every fibre of you being?

  • @Sporesmore
    @Sporesmore 9 лет назад +324

    The oscars missed the opportunity for an incredible performance by not featuring this song.

    • @Sporesmore
      @Sporesmore 9 лет назад +12

      +Clarissa Harings Exactly. And here Dave Grohl is now on my tv when he is not eligible for any awards nor does he need the exposure. The president of the academy was just on stage urging moviemakers to be inclusive, well I urge her to do the same with the nominees.

    • @typsom
      @typsom 9 лет назад +9

      +Trevor Gilmore I agree with everything you've said here. They miss a lot of opportunities to offer exceptional work to a mass audience and definitely fail more than they succeed.

    • @csjcsj2906
      @csjcsj2906 9 лет назад +1

      +Trevor Gilmore Which also means that... "In Memorium" doesn't need any exposure?

    • @Sporesmore
      @Sporesmore 9 лет назад +7

      So Jin Choi You're putting words in my mouth that I never said or implied. The time constraint dilemma could have been fixed by having Anohni or Sumi Jo perform during the In Memorium section. That kind of exposure could have been career-changing for both artists who actually deserved to be recognized during the ceremony.

    • @ricardogarcia6616
      @ricardogarcia6616 9 лет назад +3

      +Trevor Gilmore Simple Song#3 and Manta Ray were the only good songs from the nominees… They really deserved to be recognized :(

  • @juanmunoz835
    @juanmunoz835 9 лет назад +137

    This beautiful song deserve the Oscar

  • @sethmaula
    @sethmaula 9 лет назад +57

    In the trees
    Between the leaves
    All the growing
    That we did
    All the loving
    And separating
    All the turning
    To face each other
    I divide
    In the sky
    In the the seams
    Between the beams
    All the loving
    And separating
    All the turning
    To face each other
    Without biodiversity
    I'm nothing
    It's like I never
    Existed
    Without my home
    With no reflection
    I cease to exist
    And my children
    Are dying now
    Inside me
    All I love
    All I know
    All I've known
    I am dying now
    Inside me
    My children

  • @jeannemacaluso162
    @jeannemacaluso162 3 года назад +14

    The voice of an angel. It’s beauty almost always brings me to tears.

  • @OscarScheepstra_Artemis_
    @OscarScheepstra_Artemis_ 9 лет назад +43

    I am so in love with this song. Anohni is amazing.

  • @cozimnot75
    @cozimnot75 9 лет назад +87

    Fuck the Academy. It would have been the most emotional moment on that stage ever, but clearly they don't deserve a precious gem like this one, a real masterpiece! Thanks to Josh Ralph and to Anohni, you, beautiful soul, unique artist that I deeply love since the beginning

    • @p21v09
      @p21v09 6 лет назад +5

      Wow, Gianni Chelli. You said it all! A masterpiece. I also love your words for Anohni: beautiful soul, unique artist that I deeply love since the beggining! Hope she comes to Brazil soon!

  • @kalexambing2507
    @kalexambing2507 9 лет назад +330

    Racing Extinction made me want to drop everything and become a environmental activist.

    • @김유진-s4w
      @김유진-s4w 8 лет назад +7

      i know right?

    • @tompouceful
      @tompouceful 6 лет назад +6

      Okay, what let you? Just do it.

    • @vurtegoflybar4573
      @vurtegoflybar4573 5 лет назад +4

      Same. That probably what I will be now when I groww up.

    • @leonardotmkopon743
      @leonardotmkopon743 5 лет назад

      True

    • @TheAjstyle65
      @TheAjstyle65 5 лет назад +5

      Capitalism and consumerism is why we are probably doomed and already pass that point when we can revert this planet to its former glory, but still i hope itself not the case

  • @Witchisyours
    @Witchisyours 9 лет назад +81

    This video and music moved me to the very inner soul of my body!!!

    • @mundoinvisivelxd1936
      @mundoinvisivelxd1936 9 лет назад +2

      +Darie Fisher no this music is sad ..I am not a english speaker ,and I find this sad ..Its like the mother earth singing for their children .

    • @RF-Ataraxia
      @RF-Ataraxia 9 лет назад

      +Ckyntosh
      Your vocabulary may be too small to know the difference between "heartmoving" and "sad"
      No offense.

    • @Witchisyours
      @Witchisyours 9 лет назад

      +Ckyntosh Yes I agree !00% It made me cry, and feel very very sad for our beautiful earth . I've watched it over and over, and also shared it with my friends. It's heartbreaking !! I'm really not sure why people think I'm happy about it???? I never said it was uplifting music nor did I say it was a happy video to watch. The way I wrote my comment was to say that it struck me from inside in my heart and I felt the sadness.
      .

    • @Witchisyours
      @Witchisyours 9 лет назад

      +Royal Fenikkusu Sorry you don't understand the way I express myself, but no where in my comment did I say that this was happy or uplifting music by any means. I said it touched my inner soul which it did, and it saddens my heart to watch, and I think everyone should see it.

    • @RF-Ataraxia
      @RF-Ataraxia 9 лет назад +2

      By "heartmoving" I meant, it makes us think about what we are doing to our planet, and gives us this feeling, that we can make a change. Not just making us feel sad.
      I think *I* was the one who didn´t express it correctly.
      Though i never said it was uplifting, but touching.

  • @alyssatricomi
    @alyssatricomi 2 года назад +10

    bro that scene in racing extinction with that cute bird that went extinct singing a song and having no other bird to sing with it MADE ME CRY

  • @MoonJellyGames
    @MoonJellyGames 2 года назад +1

    0/10: Not enough manta rays.
    Kidding! This was beautiful. I've always had an affection for weird deep sea critters. They're like beautiful glass ornaments adorned with colourful lights. The music fits perfectly.

  • @GESYSOP
    @GESYSOP 5 лет назад +4

    All of you that love this song, please let's be united, I was invited by Ric O'Barry to go with him, but could not at that time, still J.Ralph get my eyes wet, every time I play this song, be part of us and share this song with everyone you love, is our planet, is our world, and I cry with it, this song brakes my heart.

  • @MideanStone
    @MideanStone 7 лет назад +28

    one of the only songs that can bring me to tears every time i hear it.
    beautiful.

  • @andrearodriguez5103
    @andrearodriguez5103 9 лет назад +45

    Came here because it was nominated for an Oscar. Very Well Deserved!

  • @RinoTheBouncer
    @RinoTheBouncer 8 лет назад +16

    One of the most remarkable videos I've ever seen

  • @adammarckelly
    @adammarckelly 8 лет назад +29

    this music really penetrates me. its so much more than a score and song. it really is like a song given to us from the universe

  • @courtneyvilla1886
    @courtneyvilla1886 9 лет назад +10

    this song changed my life

  • @enginbakr1557
    @enginbakr1557 8 лет назад +22

    no comment is enough to express the feeling which is given by this song

  • @marcoshenriquegabrie
    @marcoshenriquegabrie 9 лет назад +14

    The random ballet of life. Awesome!

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello2538 2 года назад +4

    This song and imagery are so calming and I don’t know why

  • @elenef3605
    @elenef3605 9 лет назад +17

    It makes me really happy to see such a beautiful song bringing attention to environmental issues.

  • @7summerbeauty
    @7summerbeauty 9 лет назад +31

    this makes me think of how difficult and beautiful the life is..even the smallest size have a great worth in this magnificent times

  • @sinaawdijan152
    @sinaawdijan152 9 лет назад +2

    I hope you guys win the Oscar! On top of that, Antony is an outstanding singer. Wonderful!

  • @Aarma
    @Aarma 9 лет назад +44

    It deserved the Oscar ...

  • @ManuelaMoraes
    @ManuelaMoraes 9 лет назад +7

    This is absolutely beautiful. Couldn't skip the ad. The beauty of microscopic life is stunning.

  • @chikitof1
    @chikitof1 6 лет назад +3

    The deepest song I’ve ever heard .

  • @elisabethfurst8082
    @elisabethfurst8082 6 лет назад +1

    It doesn't matter if the movie or this song deserved the Oscar, what matters is, that our Earth is saved, mostly from ourselves. And so at least its nomination did a good job for showing more people the problem, more than it would have did if it was not nominated.

  • @videlos
    @videlos 9 лет назад +82

    Me parece una mierda que los organizadores del Oscar no hayan invitado a la grandiosa Anohni a interpretar esta obra maestra....pero que se puede esperar? vende mas la fama de los que si fueron invitados que el arte, que algo que no es comercialmente muy explotable. Esta cancion me hace llorar, es poesia directo para el alma, no tengo palabras para describir esta joya, es simplemente sublime, te desgarra el alma pero con caricias, disfruto de esta melancolia tan profunda que mueve en mi con su voz.

    • @saullg272
      @saullg272 8 лет назад +2

      Opino lo mismo, una terrible injusticia.

    • @wernerjulinhomantillapizar8255
      @wernerjulinhomantillapizar8255 5 лет назад +4

      Me la imagino con su gran atuendo blanco, su mirada taciturna, empero, poderosa, y su gran presencia haciendo retumbar todo el anfiteatro. Dios, qué desperdicio no haber puesto en escena esta obra maestra.

    • @oliviapaiva8118
      @oliviapaiva8118 Год назад

      Verdade o que você falou uma obra linda dessa ,quem tem alma para sentir chora ao ouvir 😢

  • @videlos
    @videlos 9 лет назад +4

    This song deserves the Oscar. For real....

  • @jozalh65
    @jozalh65 9 лет назад +7

    Congrats for the Oscar nomination. Best original song!

  • @RickyKejmusic
    @RickyKejmusic 9 лет назад +14

    obviously deserving of the Oscar.. pretty sure no one from the academy listened to it... its a pity.. Brilliant song.. brilliant production

    • @ArcticSlicer
      @ArcticSlicer 9 лет назад

      +Ricky Kej Yeah, that or they are deaf. I mean how could the winner have been "Writing on the Wall"?

  • @aledarcobrazil
    @aledarcobrazil 8 лет назад +6

    OMG!!! What a piece of art!! Shivered from head to toe!

  • @creditbrunch
    @creditbrunch 9 лет назад +2

    Cried so hard... So beautiful is the life we are living. So Beautiful is the song.

  • @PrinzessinLiris
    @PrinzessinLiris 9 лет назад +3

    This should have won the Oscar... beautiful

  • @ajnikhil
    @ajnikhil 4 года назад +6

    I cry everytime I watch this. Oh humans! What have you done! 😓

    • @danielfrancis3258
      @danielfrancis3258 4 года назад +2

      Same here friend.
      All we have done is fulfilled prophecy. 😪

    • @MideanStone
      @MideanStone 3 года назад +1

      As do i. I do not like saying this, but i loathe our species.

  •  9 лет назад +15

    beautiful music , beautiful video , i didn't skip at the first time

  • @lexn8052
    @lexn8052 5 лет назад +1

    This is now my favorite song on the entire face of the planet.

  • @medievalknight9519
    @medievalknight9519 9 лет назад +4

    The Most Attractive Ad I've ever seen!!! O.o

  • @baphomick
    @baphomick 8 лет назад +1

    I wish it would never end.

  • @p21v09
    @p21v09 6 лет назад +2

    Amazing voice! Amazing song! Superb interpretation. I still cannot really believe Anohni wasn't invited to perform? It is unbelieveble. Amongst artists, love and inclusion should be a reality, and not discrimination nor bias. Can't really understand.

  • @Tracydot3
    @Tracydot3 9 лет назад +8

    So beautiful! There's no other word for this.

  • @CassieJazz96
    @CassieJazz96 8 лет назад +6

    Chills, I have chills right now.................

  • @Dreambleed
    @Dreambleed 6 месяцев назад

    Best song i heard in the last 15 years ❤

  • @paulinagoebiowska1005
    @paulinagoebiowska1005 8 лет назад +2

    I still can't take my eyes off this video

  • @ghostrider1827
    @ghostrider1827 8 лет назад +2

    What an incredible piece from J Ralph. He continues to awe me.

  • @lorenagiorgi7469
    @lorenagiorgi7469 Год назад +1

    favorite song when i’m up and down as well

  • @MideanStone
    @MideanStone 3 года назад +1

    The only song that brings a tear to my eye every time i hear it.

  • @martyna8653
    @martyna8653 9 лет назад

    I have never seen anything more beautiful.

  • @tressedify
    @tressedify 9 лет назад

    This beauty should have won....

  • @felicitybraxx9394
    @felicitybraxx9394 6 лет назад +2

    To wonderful to win an Oscar.......Beautiful beyond words.♥️

  • @luisalmeida1391
    @luisalmeida1391 6 лет назад +1

    Hadn't listened to this one for a while. Good to be back.

  • @darcilarae
    @darcilarae 9 лет назад +2

    Watched the DOC tonight and I had to come listen to this again. So beautiful!

    • @mariuszskubisz3666
      @mariuszskubisz3666 9 лет назад +1

      Darci- me too! I heard beautiful piano music and then had to find it on web. But I was surprised because this song in doc does not have vocal just instruments and here there is vocal which I did not hear in doc...

  • @alrighwg
    @alrighwg 9 лет назад +1

    I can't believe the song won't be performe at the Oscars.

  • @myeverdietitian
    @myeverdietitian 7 месяцев назад

    it is the feeling that we are conected with nature, with all the beings.. we are part of past elements and we carry life that existed before.. this song is unique, magical and sad at the same time for me. It's the environmental grief

  • @aleidaroa1701
    @aleidaroa1701 7 лет назад +1

    I love her voice.

  • @Katsinum
    @Katsinum 9 лет назад

    OMG it's the first time i'm glad i've seen an advert. Beautiful.

  • @hardcoreworld7479
    @hardcoreworld7479 8 лет назад +9

    alucinante,
    no dejo de verlo una y otra vez,
    y ya no lloro

  • @jakubjanicek8878
    @jakubjanicek8878 7 лет назад

    I can't explain the beauty of this song in words. Heartbreaking.

  • @honomale
    @honomale 9 лет назад +2

    Absolutely beautiful, meaningful and inspiring. Congrats to J. Ralph and Anohni for the Oscar nomination.

  • @junabella6743
    @junabella6743 6 лет назад +2

    this documentary made me want to cry

  • @yezzyr.1499
    @yezzyr.1499 4 года назад +37

    This is a perfect song to hear right now with all this thing going on with the corona virus pandemic:( hope things get better soon. I'm sorry MotherNature we've failed you as a civilization. We dont know how to live in harmony. We're greedy and disgusting human being. Hope one day you can heal from all this.. for we dont deserve you.
    #covid19 #2020

    • @brianzidian2553
      @brianzidian2553 4 года назад +3

      Show love for mother nature and all her creatures

    • @Alien42x
      @Alien42x 3 года назад +2

      no have faith in the good aspects of humanity. do be the change that u wish to see

  • @melzee4510
    @melzee4510 9 лет назад +2

    Beautiful, come here from heard few secs in Academy Awards

  • @mazilustefanstefan8358
    @mazilustefanstefan8358 9 лет назад

    Superb! O piesă de excepție pentru un documentar de excepție. Acesta merita un Oscar!!!! :((((

  • @mariogyubilo8936
    @mariogyubilo8936 9 лет назад +1

    J Ralph = GENIUS

  • @honeyshape
    @honeyshape 9 лет назад

    love it. The first youtube ad i've clicked on.

  • @patriziaandrioli2214
    @patriziaandrioli2214 2 месяца назад

    Mi viene da piangere per la gioia che mi scoppia nel cuore ogni volta che vedo ed ascolto❤

  • @debbietomasums1204
    @debbietomasums1204 8 лет назад +2

    Such an important message beautifully delivered by Anohni.

  • @EmmanuelOlalere
    @EmmanuelOlalere 9 лет назад +1

    Awesome track!. Never skipping this ad

  • @jennimorgan394
    @jennimorgan394 9 месяцев назад

    J Ralph is incredible!

  • @bartonim
    @bartonim Год назад

    Absolute beauty. Anohni is particularly amazing.

  • @RedRockFilmFestival
    @RedRockFilmFestival 9 лет назад

    "Manta Ray" and "Simple Song #3" are by far the two best songs to get nominated for an Academy Award.

  • @loretosilva7687
    @loretosilva7687 6 лет назад +1

    This song touch my soul...... Thanks, Anohni !!!!!

  • @apollonialisco6332
    @apollonialisco6332 3 года назад

    Scusate, ma la grandezza è correlata e scritta, dunque rivolgo la mia devozione, anche a Ralph. Grazie.

  • @karakede
    @karakede 9 лет назад

    also couldn't skip the ad, extraordinarily soothing voice, perfect song for the video!

  • @alice1995ize
    @alice1995ize 9 лет назад +2

    what's that?
    I've never felt that way before by hearing a song
    it's something in my heart
    I don't understand if it makes me happy or sad
    and that's why I want it to win the Oscar because I can tell for sure. ..THIS SONG DESERVES IT

  • @azeemmufaris4426
    @azeemmufaris4426 9 лет назад

    So moving ‚ this shows how great the WORLD is.

  • @wernerjulinhomantillapizar8255
    @wernerjulinhomantillapizar8255 6 лет назад

    It would have been perfect listening to it in the Oscars. I imagine Anohni in that moment and I do feel goosebumps. He has to consider singing it live. :(

  • @inmypurpledreams
    @inmypurpledreams 9 лет назад +7

    the song and the video are amazing!!!!

  • @ikiryuku3870
    @ikiryuku3870 9 лет назад +1

    Antony et sa voix toujours aussi belle!

  • @germangomez4776
    @germangomez4776 9 лет назад

    so disappointed for not winnig the Oscar.....this song is so great...the nostalgy, the true, the purity behind the lyris is so powerfull .....anyway, it s a brillant interpretation with an excellent video

  • @jrsoares3074
    @jrsoares3074 7 лет назад

    This is art at its finest and purest definition.

  • @thais.salesvieira
    @thais.salesvieira 9 лет назад +4

    Não só o Oscar perdeu a oportunidade, mas sim o mundo. Vídeo, canção e interpretação mais sublimes.

  • @VincenzaFava
    @VincenzaFava 8 лет назад +4

    meraviglioso, microcosmo e macrocosmo, il mistero della vita in tutta la sua bellezza, il mistero è la bellezza

  • @masterchieftheconqueror2631
    @masterchieftheconqueror2631 4 года назад

    Has there ever been a version released without the vocals, the piano is my favorite part.

  • @claudeiltonsantana4652
    @claudeiltonsantana4652 3 года назад +1

    This video is amazing and this song is so emotional... Indeed too good for an Oscar

  • @mikp7973
    @mikp7973 5 лет назад +1

    so mellow and peaceful...

  • @batmous
    @batmous 3 года назад +1

    This so could've made an emotionally powerful live Oscar performance...especially with that image of all those microorganisms under a microscope

  • @OneWorldOneLoveOneHeart
    @OneWorldOneLoveOneHeart 5 месяцев назад

    Nature ❤ That We Cannot See Microorganisms. Thank You for the Power That Strengthens Our Organisms 🌿🌍🕊

  • @Sunnybias
    @Sunnybias 9 лет назад

    First add I didn't skip - had to watch it to the end!! So beautiful and the music is so touching, calm and beautiful.

  • @henriques3581
    @henriques3581 7 лет назад

    What a voice! It makes me feel as if nothing else matter in this world.

  • @lucacurd8960
    @lucacurd8960 9 лет назад

    Sounds like heaven

  • @silentflowing6278
    @silentflowing6278 7 лет назад +3

    Mesmerizing video... "In a single teaspoon of ocean water one can find an infinite universe of plankton."
    What else?
    An infinite universe in a teaspon, that's enough to meditate on...
    Thanks for so much beauty.

  • @krzysztofkwiatkowski2345
    @krzysztofkwiatkowski2345 2 года назад +1

    Magical...

  • @Nineell
    @Nineell 9 лет назад +2

    I'm here because of Oscars... no regrets. Absolutely beautiful!

  • @nicolesohn2697
    @nicolesohn2697 7 лет назад +1

    Why does this song make me feel sad and yet hopeful?