A visual that was the whole film in making the payoff priceless. And the pause, and that door opening and Walter's hangdog, much put upon uniquely Jewish mug---implies "Gotcha, fella." Goosebumps every time!!
I remember my parents sitting down to watch this movie. I had no plan to watch it with them until I heard the opening music. It compelled me to watch the whole movie.
"It is all right, Lieutenant Garber. I am sure we can find it by ourselves. Thank you for a most instructive visit, Lieutenant. A most exciting tour, Lieutenant. Most exciting. Most exciting."
Brilliant- and one of the only 12 tone jazz heads I’ve heard. Shire actually devised tone rows for his main theme. Pretty fantastic marriage of 20the century modernism and jazz.
Ja, it's proof great music outside of horror can be composed with the serial method. I've occasionally wondered if Shire was familiar with Roger Sessions Rhapsody for Orchestra, premiered in 1970, which is seems like a spiritual predecessor to this score.
No kidding, and yet few people know that Shire used Schoenberg's 12 tone method for generating the harmony and themes... quite a shame that this isn't common knowledge, isn't it?
David Shires wohl BESTER Soundtrack, den er jemals fuer einen Film komponiert hat, es ist mein absolutes Lieblingsstueck von ihm !!!. David Shire...eine lebende Legende und großartiger Komponist, ich habe viele seiner Werke ( auch dieses hier ) auf CD, den genialen Film sowieso auf DVD !!!.
There has been 2 remakes of this movie..still, no one tops Walter Mathau and Robert Shaw from the origjnal...Shaw, so cold blooded as he leads a hostage out onto the tracks, courteously, then machine guns them down...where are these great older male actors today? Where are these movies today? WHAT THE EFF.HAPPENED?
This is one hell of a theme I can feel the brass and woodwind...... I can feel those 70s police sirens screaming through the streets of New York..... And in the words of Caz Dolewicz.... # Who's gonna steal a subway train#😊😁
This period of the 1970’s brought the release of many films with inspired compositions by David Shire: His scores to Two People, The Conversation, Farewell My Lovely, The Hindenburg, All The President’s Men and The Big Bus. These works display his fine melodic gifts and keen dramatic sensibilities.
Analogously "If I tell you this you are not going blieve it." Matthau:"C'mon nowadays I believe everything" "A subway train has been hijacked" Matthau: "I don't believe it"
As good as Jerry Goldsmith, very underrated: you can feel the gears grinding, wheels turning, pistons pumping, in the title sequence. Great, great stuff.
I've never heard this version before. I love it!! I've long believed the theme song by itself, should be REQUIRED LEARNING for every high school Jazz band. It would also translate incredibly well in a marching band. Such great stuff. I can tell you, as a drummer, it feels good playing it. So funky.
I remember going to the jazz mania society. Great up n coming musicians. Some guys played a piece from this movie, had everyones attention big time thank you David Shire
This music represents the sleazy underground world of the subterranean tube network of New York in the mid seventies. Spot on. Great soundtrack, sets the mood and also serves as a stand alone great piece of jazz fusion. One of the best thrillers/heist movies from the seventies. Other note on the movie itself, such fantastically edited, speed and style. The UK film poster fetches a small fortune too!
- "I'm going to nail his goddam pecker to the wall for this!" - " Hey, Caz, take it easy, will you?" - "Oh, come on. If I've got to watch my language just because they let a few broads in, I'm going to quit. How the hell can you run a goddamn railroad without swearing?" Caz is hilarious.
Superb bit of '70s jazz-funk - the perfect accompaniment to one of the best movies from that decade (IGNORE Tony Scott's dreadful 2009 version with Travolta in the Robert Shaw role)
+F.B. Yep. That abomination they called a remake--- the "screenwriter", in lieu of literate dialogue, chose to have Travolta (a horrific miscasting) say "Motherfucker" about 40 times...yeah, that is riveting. Sadly, we must face the fact that we no longer have a Robert Shaw, who radiates danger in the role of Mr. Blue... or a Walter Matthau, who brought humanity and humor to every role he ever played...and let's not forget the greatest ending of any film...ever.
La vi por primera vez con apenas 8 o 9 años y me dejó noqueado. Años más tarde la conseguí en VHS. Peliculón que recrea ambientes como pocas veces se consigue. La banda sonora es simplemente perfecta. "Achis". "Salud". ;)
Society is much more cruel and superficial. One reason why is that horns, timpanis, flutes provide proper human calibration and comfort. We've lost that.
Interesting! Lately I've been listening to a lot of Chicago's 70s LPs. That band had it all and it'd be interesting to hear what they would have done with this theme music.
This should be the new soundtrack for " Celebrating the New Year's Eve in Times Square in New York City"and the best way to bring the New Year. Forget Frank Sinatra's " New York, New York" song . This is the music to party with New York style
Thank you for posting this. I was flipping channels the other day and came across this "uncut version" on one of the movie channels. 70's NYC crime movies were the best! The Seven Ups - Death Wish - The French Connection and this classic! Gesundheit!
Listening to this in the car while driving slowly around Tesco carpark looking for a parking space. Feels like I'm about to knock off the place.
😁😅😅😅😅😅😅
Well every little helps.😁
LOL
"Would you step out of your, please, sir, and don't make any sudden moves."
😂Amazing😂
This is one of the most bad ass soundtracks ever recorded. Period. David Shire was not F'ing around.
That, with cast and writing and acting makes this a perfect film. But especially the music.
Shire's best work, I would say.
@@steveprestegard5151 Right up there with the hauntingly brilliant score to ' The Conversation' for sure, Steve ! ..
@@steveprestegard5151 I completely agree..
You can't really fuck around when you use 12 tone method, or you produce crap.
This original version of the movie is so much better then the remake....
Totally!! That cast & filmmaking can never be bettered!
@@gammaplayer1 exactly the original showed more realism ....
Sucks that it was ever made. Some people will not know any better and watch that one first.
Absolutly
captures the gritty new york of the seventies perfectly.
And raucous energy.
we can find it on our own lol
I love movies with 70's NY grit! French connection, Death wish,Serpico are other good ones. Today's computer generated films don't it for me!
@@vikings844 Dog Day Afternoon also.
@@vikings844 taxi driver , shaft,Network,manhattan,superman etc ..
70's soundtracks were the best and this is a serious classic. Right up there with The French Connection by Don Ellis.
After 42 years this is still the most realistic police drama I've ever seen.
YES!!! It blew me away . Loved Hector Elizondo's role..... The head case!!!
Mike Dag I'm not.your Mmm... Mmm. Mr. Bbbrown.
@My Name is JAFO man..I forgot about that one! We also can't forget Cops & Robbers.
Woah!!!
@@mikedag1176 aaaaaa
That final freeze frame with Matthau, tho ...
thejmmx1 Unmatchable!
Brilliant!
Gesundheit !!
A visual that was the whole film in making the payoff priceless. And the pause, and that door opening and Walter's hangdog, much put upon uniquely Jewish mug---implies "Gotcha, fella." Goosebumps every time!!
@@Guitarman1959 The best take ever by any actor in any film.
I remember my parents sitting down to watch this movie. I had no plan to watch it with them until I heard the opening music. It compelled me to watch the whole movie.
I sat down to watch the movie before hearing this theme, but it sealed the deal.
Mate...you're a fucking legend
What a track to open a movie with. Grabs you. Won’t let go. Genius score from a master composer.
"It is all right, Lieutenant Garber.
I am sure we can find it by ourselves. Thank you for a most
instructive visit, Lieutenant. A most exciting tour, Lieutenant. Most exciting. Most exciting."
The look on Garber's face - the classic "Oh, shit" face.
@@CathyKitson An even better facial expression is from the young female assistant who, while introducing them, can't pronounce their names.
Who's gonna steal a subway train? Starts from there.
Back when movies were GOOD and had REAL soundtracks!!!
James: “They just shot him with a machine gun”.
Patrone: “Is he dead?”
James: “Wouldn’t you be, Lieutenant?”
We'll have an ambulance for you in a minute, miss.
70's were a special time. Remember the Dirty Harry movie soundtrack? These things were epic. Nothing like it.
Lalo Schifrin for the win.
This soundtrack is one of the best I've heard, captures 70's New York very well.
I have loved this tune since 1974 when I first saw the movie.
Brilliant- and one of the only 12 tone jazz heads I’ve heard. Shire actually devised tone rows for his main theme. Pretty fantastic marriage of 20the century modernism and jazz.
Ja, it's proof great music outside of horror can be composed with the serial method. I've occasionally wondered if Shire was familiar with Roger Sessions Rhapsody for Orchestra, premiered in 1970, which is seems like a spiritual predecessor to this score.
So _that's_ why this reminded me of Eric Dolphy! I _really_ need to transcribe this.
Greatest Movie Soundtrack EVER!!!!!!
This SOUNDTRACK KICKED ASS!! iT STILL DOES!!!
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No kidding, and yet few people know that Shire used Schoenberg's 12 tone method for generating the harmony and themes... quite a shame that this isn't common knowledge, isn't it?
"He has a British accent. The guy could be a fruitcake."
THE best line ever!
LOL
I still think Jerry Stiller had the best lines (Even great men have to pee, etc.), which set the table for his eventual gig on Seinfeld
Classic soundtrack to a classic New York film
Mention the original Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three, and those who've seen the movie will immediately mention the sound score.
David Shires wohl BESTER Soundtrack, den er jemals fuer einen Film komponiert hat, es ist mein absolutes Lieblingsstueck von ihm !!!.
David Shire...eine lebende Legende und großartiger Komponist, ich habe viele seiner Werke ( auch dieses hier ) auf CD, den genialen Film sowieso auf DVD !!!.
There has been 2 remakes of this movie..still, no one tops Walter Mathau and Robert Shaw from the origjnal...Shaw, so cold blooded as he leads a hostage out onto the tracks, courteously, then machine guns them down...where are these great older male actors today? Where are these movies today? WHAT THE EFF.HAPPENED?
Matthau to Julius w Harris " you sounded taller" 😆
This track and movie never gets old, as gritty as ever!
This is one hell of a theme I can feel the brass and woodwind...... I can feel those 70s police sirens screaming through the streets of New York..... And in the words of Caz Dolewicz.... # Who's gonna steal a subway train#😊😁
Yep, this really is the single best soundtrack in the history of film. Just is.
Apart from "The Godfather".
Let's just say it's earned its place among the best !...
!
Good lord! That riff is filthy... I want to leave my wife and children and run away with it to Mexico!
Gordon's aaah-live!
This is my soundtrack for the drive into work....
She's moving... Who?... Who do you think??? Pelham 😜😜😜. How many hijacked trains have we got around here!!!!!
It's truly like a *Symphony for film* --- Just picked up the CD. Fantastic !
A great soundtrack to one of the greatest films ever.
So fat, funky and dark. Perfect soundtrack for 70s NY. Incredible work from David Shire.
I hear that train a comin’, it’s comin’ to the sound of heavy mutha jazz. I salute you David Shire, one of the greatest soundtracks ever.
This period of the 1970’s brought the release of many films with inspired compositions by David Shire: His scores to Two People, The Conversation, Farewell My Lovely, The Hindenburg, All The President’s Men and The Big Bus. These works display his fine melodic gifts and keen dramatic sensibilities.
Man this is one killer jam!
Easily one of my favorite movies and soundtracks.
the word fucktastic was invented for the beginning of this track, thats music in capital letters
Every movie soundtrack in the 70s were Brilliant and Masterful.
Quite a sophisticated jazz, perfectly performed with perfectly synchronized sound of all the instruments. A typical American film noir!
It contains dodecaphony actually :)
David Shire. 'The Conversation' and 'Pelham'. Say no more.
edward fuente also some of the original music for Saturday Night Fever. Such an underrated composer
I guess that really got him on the score board
I'm going to say more: FAREWELL MY LOVELY (you're all welcome)
i've slept with men for admitting to less than that... but a man who knows his 70s scores wins EVERY time. Funky 12-tone. YAAASSSSSSSS!!!!
And All The President's Men
My favorite movie and one of my favorite theme songs.
Analogously
"If I tell you this you are not going blieve it."
Matthau:"C'mon nowadays I believe everything"
"A subway train has been hijacked"
Matthau: "I don't believe it"
No, it was the other way around. Garber was talking to Rico - and Rico couldn't believe it.
@@CathyKitson yes, you are right !
I love movies with 70's NY grit! French connection, Death wish,Serpico are other good ones. Today's computer generated films don't it for me!
So typical music and movie early '70. Masterpiece of efficiency.
Just watched the movie for the first time, and the soundtrack grabs you from the very first second. Thanks for posting this!
As good as Jerry Goldsmith, very underrated: you can feel the gears grinding, wheels turning, pistons pumping, in the title sequence. Great, great stuff.
A BRILLIANT MUSIC SCORE BY DAVID SHIRE.
I've never heard this version before. I love it!! I've long believed the theme song by itself, should be REQUIRED LEARNING for every high school Jazz band. It would also translate incredibly well in a marching band. Such great stuff. I can tell you, as a drummer, it feels good playing it. So funky.
This drummer is insane.
Ooh, hadn''t thought of that. I think a marching band would love doing a routine for this.
A drum and bugle corp could manage this particular suite easily, I doubt in this day and age the typical marching band could handle it.
That thundering 70s orchestra is awesome I love the 70s cop films
The funkiest 12-tone row ever written! I saw this in the theater when it first came out and I had to wait decades for the soundtrack!
I've always loved the score for this epic movie. You can cut the funk with a knife. Shire nailed the soundtrack for 70s NY.
Outstanding music! True atmosphere of NYC.
Just when you thought it was safe to travel on the MTA.
Best fucking damn ending EVER.
I remember going to the jazz mania society. Great up n coming musicians. Some guys played a piece from this movie, had everyones attention big time thank you David Shire
This is what I hear when I walk around at night... in my head.
This music represents the sleazy underground world of the subterranean tube network of New York in the mid seventies. Spot on. Great soundtrack, sets the mood and also serves as a stand alone great piece of jazz fusion. One of the best thrillers/heist movies from the seventies. Other note on the movie itself, such fantastically edited, speed and style. The UK film poster fetches a small fortune too!
I always wondered how the TA found, and kept, a train free of graffiti long enough to complete the filming
Pretty much all subway tunnels are sleazy when you get right down to it. Trash, rats, ozone from the high voltage... those lights are off on purpose!
the most bad ass soundtracks ever recorded ..amazing
Writing assignments become so much more fun when you add a sense of urgency to it. From now on I will always do my homework to this.
This is f*ckin' awesome!!!! David Shire is one of the best composers of all time!
A film score that kicks you in the face
This makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck ... in a good way...
The train supervisor makes me laugh how he gets stressed and swears all the time (Caz) 😜
But Dolowitz takes a look, and Dolowitz gets killed...
- "I'm going to nail his goddam pecker to the wall for this!"
- " Hey, Caz, take it easy, will you?"
- "Oh, come on. If I've got to watch my language just because they let a few broads in, I'm going to quit. How the hell can you run a goddamn railroad without swearing?"
Caz is hilarious.
@@CathyKitson Perfectly sums up his character😁😁😁😁😁😅
@@CathyKitson Caz to passenger who said he's late for an appointment " Al fanabala".
This is some fabulous big band writing. And using the electric bass puts it smack-dab in the 70s. A very unique sound.
Great sound Track that made a great movie even better…👍! Especially, the way the movie’s iconic ending with Walter Matthau’s grin…😊!
Have a great day!
I’m in 1970s New York trying not to get up to anything dodgy . Spot on piece of music , thank you sir .
Such rich composition. Heavy, action, suspense, all the attributes for a great movie. Atchooooooooo! Gezuntaith!
This is one of the greatest and up there with the three Dollars openings.
"Capricorn One," too.
I'm big on opening and closing themes.
It is truly amazing what this group of incredible musicians did to bring Shire's brilliant composition to life.
Great opening music. Great movie.
It's about everything I love about my hometown and a whole lot more!
...everything about this is excellent....
At 9:01-- Gesundheit!
What? No spoiler alert?
Wonderful and vibrant soundtrack. Thanks for uploading!
Fat Kaz: Why don't you hijack a plane like everyone else?
Joe Welcome: 'Cuz we're afraid to fly!
amazing score. The 15 people that said "thumbs down"-- what more were you hoping for?
They were hoping to get off this damn train.
I was off on a Sunday, when the were airing this on TV. I was "sucked in" for the duration. Great cast! Bad a--s soundtrack.
All I can say is .........DAMN!!!!!!
This music is completely suited to the film and its time. Jagged, dissonant, driving, merciless, just like the hijackers themselves.
Superb bit of '70s jazz-funk - the perfect accompaniment to one of the best movies from that decade (IGNORE Tony Scott's dreadful 2009 version with Travolta in the Robert Shaw role)
I agree. This soundtrack is awesome, and it is one of the best 70's films.
That remake was DREADFUL and an insult to the original.
Sure!
Have not seen the remake. Don't believe I will make the effort.
+F.B. Yep. That abomination they called a remake--- the "screenwriter", in lieu of literate dialogue, chose to have Travolta (a horrific miscasting) say "Motherfucker" about 40 times...yeah, that is riveting.
Sadly, we must face the fact that we no longer have a Robert Shaw, who radiates danger in the role of Mr. Blue... or a Walter Matthau, who brought humanity and humor to every role he ever played...and let's not forget the greatest ending of any film...ever.
@@1060michaelg I just saw the movie again now, it was on TV. YEP - greatest ending ever!
THE TAKING OF PELHAM 123, original movie score: gotta be obe of the all-time greatest theme songs
La vi por primera vez con apenas 8 o 9 años y me dejó noqueado. Años más tarde la conseguí en VHS. Peliculón que recrea ambientes como pocas veces se consigue. La banda sonora es simplemente perfecta. "Achis". "Salud". ;)
Society is much more cruel and superficial. One reason why is that horns, timpanis, flutes provide proper human calibration and comfort. We've lost that.
Interesting! Lately I've been listening to a lot of Chicago's 70s LPs. That band had it all and it'd be interesting to hear what they would have done with this theme music.
Completely brutal, completely New York. Dave Shire outdid himself, and you hear his influence in the later work of composers as Jerry Goldsmith.
Captures the cynicism of NYC. Love it!!
Superb piece of music, and it matches the intricacy, drama and wit of the script-writing too. Top 10 movies of all time.
formidable.
Reaches out and GRABS YOU, doesn't it?...Exactly what a Movie theme should do......
Brilliant score!
Amazing movie and sound track.
Written, conducted and played by geniuses
This track has always had me in awe! Proppa Tingz Blud!…
A kick ass movie and a great score
The theme from Mel Gibson's "Payback" sounds very much like the main theme of this movie, they must've been inspired by this !
It was the main theme from this, in fact.
@@nicksambides2628 Interesting that they don't list Shire anywhere in the credits for Payback.
"You're a sick man, Rico."
Rip jerry stiller
So friggin awesome!
You guys are right. Totally fly. Schoenberg and a wiki article on serial composition brought me here. Going on my next mix tape.
this soundtrack is a regular Fiorello La Guardia!
Doris Roberts repeatedly stole the movie roasting the lousy Mayor husband of hers.....
Who would have thought Schoenberg's Serialism would have ended up a funky as this!
This should be the new soundtrack for " Celebrating the New Year's Eve in Times Square in New York City"and the best way to bring the New Year. Forget Frank Sinatra's " New York, New York" song . This is the music to party with New York style
Excellent soundtrack!!
Thank you for posting this. I was flipping channels the other day and came across this "uncut version" on one of the movie channels.
70's NYC crime movies were the best! The Seven Ups - Death Wish - The French Connection and this classic!
Gesundheit!
Don't forget "Serpico"!
@@JohnSmith-mx8wp Another gem, for sure.