I saw this in the theater as a teenager, when this score played during the credits, in the dark, surrounded by grown men who'd served there, I sat frozen as I listened to them all sob. One of the most powerful moments of my life. I was rasied by those who'd been there and I saw there pain but until I grew older I didn't understand. Back in the 80s when it was finally ok to admit you'd served in Vietnam and the movies started coming out I saw many of these rock solid men I'd came to depend on break down in tears. I've been moved by them ever since and even regretted ever becoming angry at them as I'd thought them to be to mean, strict and impossible to talk to. Since that day in the theater my heart hurts for the pain they suffered for so long and I will never allow them to be dishonored. If a Vietnam veteran is reading this Thank you for serving our great nation in a dire time of need and welcome home know you are loved by all and that your legacy will never be tarnished.
My uncle served in the 101ST Aiborne. He was also involved during this assault. He only talked about when I wouldn't stop talking about it to him. Finally he told me.... also in his closet.. his uniform.. there it was the Eagle ON the shoulder. it gave me chills... I told him about your comment. He doesn't do the internet thing. he is 76 now I think. He wouldn't say much about it, only that he was there, it was bad but we were proud to do our chore and take that hill.
I love your comment, best so far, actually Im an anti war guy, but I understand why they fought and for who. We must honored them both sides. Our reality is not white and black, it's grey. Peace and war are part of our history, we must study it and understand it as well. If we negate our past we will repeat the same mistakes over and over. Peace and War. “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
I've had quite a few conversations with Vietnam Vets, they told me their stories and spared me no detail at all!! I have a huge, huge amount of respect and admiration for those who served in 'Nam.
Edward Chalgren I watched this move along with Platoon and Full Metal Jacket a few months before leaving for Marine Corps boot camp. War scared the crap out of me.
Yes this is probably the best war theme . Basil Poledouris in Flight Of The Intruder has two nice air action pieces . Sam City and Iron Hand . I think on the soundtrack Sam City is Bombs Away .
This has to be one of the most intense war theme songs I've ever heard and I'm 68. My late brother was not on this hill but was at Khe Sanh base during Tet offensive. He came home but never the same. Chokes me up still.
After I got back from my tour in Iraq to Fort Dix NJ, we had Vietnam vets welcome us home and cook us breakfast with REAL eggs. I thanked them for the food and also for their service and also how sorry that our nation turned it's back on them and treated you like criminals like my uncle experienced. You brave warriors deserved better, fuck John Kerry and fuck Jane Fonda.
“ We have been up that hill TEN times, and they still think we are not serious”. Beautiful song, and under rated film. Doc should have never died at the end of the movie. He was my favorite character of this movie.
I remember you, you said that you were the only one to come back from your squadron. I found out later that you were in the Air Force. You worked in the mail room. WTF. Fuck off.
3 Tours. Was it worth it ? Hell yes ! Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. And you ask why? Could not have lived with myself if I had not been there. Retired after 32 years.
Bob Remel. Never forget us. We’re poppies. We’re those who left. We’re those , the many who believe in something until the end. Never forget us. We are still here or waiting for our fellows. We’re brothers even if you can’t understand. Never forget us. Right or wrong we were, we are. We’re poppies. Never forget us!
A Vietnam Vet' came into my college today, i was disgusted that none of my fellow students listened or even paid attention to his being there. He is a hero and he is the only one out of all of us who deserves the clothes he stands in.
Sucks to hear that, Grandpa was a marine in vietnam, he passed recently and i never got to meet him, dont know where he was but ill ask him when i die. i doubt youll see this after 8 years tho
Sonny Crockett. Never forget us. We’re poppies. We’re those who left. We’re those , the many who believe in something until the end. Never forget us. We are still here or waiting for our fellows. We’re brothers even if you can’t understand. Never forget us. Right or wrong we were, we are. We’re poppies. Never forget us!
Earth is ransacked and destroyed. Just the elements alone will devour you not to mention everything wants to attack you. Africa and the Far east are the biggest piles of shit I ve ever seen. Disgusting. Europe is and was the only hope. By extension America.
18 years in the British Military, 87 till 05... once a soldier always a soldier.... I am always honoured to meet the old and bold, swap stories, pull up a sandbag, swing a lantern.... keep plugging away my old friend, tell your stories so others learn...never be ashamed, to serve your country, and your friends is always an honour...
This is a terrific theme song. I remember seeing the film when I was about 14 or 15 and it has stuck in my head since then. Sometimes I would put the movie on and skip to the end credits just to experience the music. Heck, I still do that. Too bad this hasn't been released on CD. I remember the joy I felt when Phillip Glass's beautiful score to Candyman was finally released through Orange Mountain Music. Now, why can't the same company release the unreleased Hamburger Hill score? The movie isn't filled with wall-to-wall music, but when it is there, it's pretty awesome. Definitely deserves a release, maybe on a compilation album or something.
yes I did the same thing, go to the end at times to hear the end credits. The music is so awesome. I have a lot of Vietnamese friends and sent this video here to them. They liked it
This film came out the year I joined up 87... a fresh faced 17 year old boy, I left in 05 after 18 years as a gnarled old man... I would do it all over again in a heart beat...
Im the son of a Canadian USMC Vietnam veteran who served two tours 67-69 with the 1st Marine Division. Nothing but the utmost respect to this generation who served you lads will never be forgotten Semper Fi.
@@joshgellis3292pretty sure its like it sounds, he was a Canadian that decided to join Marines, was apparently way more surprising then you would think, believe like 20-50k Canadians served in u.s forces during Vietnam, pretty sure there was a medal of honor winner among them but might be mistaken.
Just watched this again for the first time in over a decade. It doesnt just hold up well, it's a riveting account of a pointless battle for a pointless hill and it's absolutely worth watching.
Vietnam, Thailand, Laos,Cambodia...........1969-1973. I am still here. Thank you for remembering the ones stll here! After i left my last time.........my motto was out last the Mother Fuckers! And i did until i retired after 32 years and have been retired 23 years. I was 16 when i enlisted......... I am 71 now.............and still trying to outlast them. My nightmares are still with me........ 100% Combat Disabled Vietnam Veteran
Hi everyone, I wanted to share a particular situation I had at the high school I teach at. I cried, pleaded, begged and found any support I could to show this powerful film to all my history classes. I was proud to show this film, plus all the students were silent for the three days it took to watch. Though I had parent permission slips and letters showing there support, the PC police still held me responsible and I got written up. I am very proud I showed this film. I have no regrets at all.
This theme is HAUNTING. I saw this movie when I was 10 and the main thing that stuck with me all these years was this theme. Makes the movie all the more visceral and effective too. In fact, I have had a similar theme in my head since early early childhood long before I consciously heard Philip Glass. I had always wondered what it was from until I heard some of his work and realized I either heard him at a very young age and it stuck, or my mind created the whole thing.
Fred Harris, thank you for your service. I have so much respect for our troops. My husband served in the Arny, my father is a Korean war veteran and my grandfather was a world war l veteran.
The Ultimate Airborne Sound track I remember seeing this movie at Fort Bragg the best part of it was when they made the final assault. You saw those guys in line and everyone in that theater jumped up and CHEERED those guys!
i only imagine what my dad had to do inorder to dodge the crowds(he served in vietnam 1972) but he still remains silent about his whole time there. but as his son my dad deserves that peace and quiet, besides this soundtrack and movie give me a pretty good idea what he had to go through, thats all i need to know like my dad always says.
This is such an amazingly good score. It is haunting. Somehow manages to evoke desperation and futility, but at the same time a sense of duty and nobility.
" If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind" Major Michael Davis O'Donnell 1 January 1970 Dak To, Vietnam. Still at this very hour, I consider Hamburger Hill one of the best Vietnam war movies ever made (of course after "Apocalypse Now" and ''The deer hunter", but before "Full metal Jacket"), this poem makes me shiver inside, love the Don Cheadle performance.
"Apocalypse Now" and ''The deer hunter", but before "Full metal Jacket" all of which are Horrible movies on the Vietnam war and very Hollywood. We were Solders and Hamburger are much better
Never forget us. We’re poppies. We’re those who left. We’re those , the many who believe in something until the end. Never forget us. We are still here or waiting for our fellows. We’re brothers even if you can’t understand. Never forget us. Right or wrong we were, we are. We’re poppies. Never forget us!
@@Dogmeat1950 I don't agree with you sorry...Apocalypse Now is so great ! I'd understood if you said that about "Born on a 4th of July" or "Platoon" who are merely rubbish in comparison to "The deer hunter" and "Full metal jacket" (such wonderful war movies !)
It is Veteran's day, and I'm thinking of all the brave men and women past and present that served with me. Early in my career I was trained by many Vietnam Vets, hard men that did not pull any punches if you did not measure up to the standard. I'm alive today because of their training. I have tasted my own blood, sweat, and tears more than once, but the training we received saved my ass more than once. Thucydides said it best, “We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.” God bless all my brother and sister veterans, and to the men and women surviving now, thanks for answering the call, keep leaning forward, train smart and hard, maintain a rigid state of flexibility, and always Charlie Mike! “Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.” - Thucydides
this theme to hambuger hill is a powerful one philllp glass should got an oscar for this rip to all the amercians soilders who died on hambuger hill in may 10 -20 1969 gone but not forgotten
I went to college with a gentleman that fought in this battle. He was in his 60's at the time I knew him. He would never talk about it for more than a new minutes before he would get torn up. The only thing he would ever say is that they were at a total disadvantage because the enemy "had the high ground".
Woke up one day in Vietnam in 1969. Left the war for good in 1973. Was a Senior NCO when i got there . And at least i didn't get court marshaled before i left the last time.
Best movie about time in country. Theme gave me goose bulbs. To all my fellow brothers who did or didn't make it back Including two of them who were never right since my heart goes out to you And thank you to Fred Harris. God bless. I was there after you left. Bodies everywhere. Never forget in my life the carnage of war.
What a fitting anthem for the warriors that have given their lives and sanity throughout the course of history. Godspeed soldiers and rest well.....we won't forget.
the holmes I understand why you have made that comment but remember this was a time when there was no internet, all people had was television. Which of course never questioned the government's agenda. Yes the war was essentially to enrich the Military Industrial Complex, the elite or criminal factions within the US Government, and so that the CIA could smuggle drugs back home in order to fund black projects. However most of the soldiers were drafted and didn't want to fight. One thing is for sure we need to tell past wars how they really were with no glorification or all that hero bull.
the holmes True that. The North Vietnamese peasants suckered or conscripted into that Bolshevik colonial war made the top Left fascists in Hanoi very rich men indeed. Their "victory" meant that a democratic society similar to South Korea was strangled in its crib. Millions died during and after the war, and all throughout Indochina, so that the despotic Marxist allies of the Russian Bolsheviks could live like kings.
DrCruel I think you're a bit confused about Marxism and the politics of the north Vietnamese. It sounds like you're trying to make out that the north Vietnamese were somehow wrong in wanting to liberate their country. What happened after the war is not an attribute of Marxism or Socialism. Nowhere does it say that murder or genocide is a part of its politics. You do realise that Socialism and democracy often go hand in hand? You could just as easily blame Capitalism and America's imperialism for genocide, the waves of cruel US backed dictators, the irreversible environmental destruction, and the countless wars/ civil wars it has created. Anyway that is all a distraction from the real topic here which is the massive sacrifice ordinary Americans made for an unjustifiable and avoidable war that was motivated by a small group of people. I'm sure any rational person, regardless of their politics, would agree that this needs to be avoided in the future.
Even years later after seeing the movie I get chills. My dad used to get pumped at the beginning of the movie, even telling me it was as close to what Hollywood could produce to what the real attitudes were like
Great Movies are made about the Vietnam War, however, I never forget the real true heroes of the Vietnam Conflict are certainly not the many actors of these movies. The opening with "The Wall" was a true esoteric touch with the masterpiece music score!!! The Horror of Mankind is the wars He fights against his own. Humanity has no cohesiveness only divided ambitions of unity.
Love the movie and the song, seeing the wall with all those who sacrificed everything was one of the main reasons I joined the service. Thanks for the post
MrRusBell You said EXACLY what i felt with this opening. I saw this movie when i was 15 and this music touches my soul for long time. Dialogues on this movie are so funny too. Perfect movie. Congratulations for this. Best wishes from France
Saw it in '87. Joined up two years later. This piece would run through my head when I started to get too cocky. Some part of my brain didn't want to end up in the dirt. Kept me grounded.
in 2008, i showed this movie in class, students didnt take there eyes off this movie, in fact i didnt know until later a few fathers called me to thank me for showing this movie in class, they were vietnam veterans. though i got written up for insubordination, from the administration i didnt care i taught vietnam and this movie helped me. thank you for up loading awesome sound track blessings to all
Now this song actually brings shivers down my spine because my dad is a veitnam vet and he was actually in that war...god bless all thee soldiers still at war and thee ones who died for our freedom
I can imagine troops trudging up a hill during dawn to this theme, M-16's ready, scorched earth, destroyed trees, helicopters flying overhead. I love this song it was perfect for the film.
I knew a fellow worker who was in this valley. He took me under his wing as far as work was concerned. He never talked about the war. Best man I ever met! His name was Keith! I will never forget him, the Asian orange got him! One month before his retirement ! Now that did piss me off!
I blast this theme song on my 2009 Kenwood. It's a hell of a cinema score. I remember seeing the film like in 1989. It made me grasp a true sense of the eeriness and confounding battles of the Vietnam War. For the true heroes are all of those of whom served - of whom perished and survived - of whom are homeless and sustained PTSD - for all those of whom the U.S. Government failed you - May God bless you for a life beyond the mental ambiguities that Vietnam has caused you. You all are Important.
My father was there on that mountain of hill 937 in Vietnam in '67 with the 101st Airborne Division. He fought the jungle warfare and survived. He went on to serve 2 tours in Vietnam and came back the same Hispanic as he left.
During this Corona crisis, or anything this heartless World 🌎 throws at you, songs with heart like this, keep you going. In the End, that haunting wind, they were mostly all gone. To the Vietnam Vets, Slow Hand Salute. My grandfather was in WWII. No Fear but Fear itself.
True, when it comes to Vietnam, most people forget the contribution of the South Koreans & to a certain extent, The Australians & New Zealanders. Remarkable really when you consider the numbers of troops they committed, it's a wonder North Korea didn't see an opportunity to attack, whilst so many South Korean troops were deployed elsewhere.
Errr...I'm just here for the Philip Glass music, which is magnificent and meets my needs and stokes my own causes. Warriors abound. Some will be recognized 100 years from now and some will not.
On this day, I would like to say thank you to all the vets for the serivce you have given us and the country. I am a proud grandson of WW II Veteran. My grandfather was in the Army Air Corps, he was a right waist gunner on the B-17s from 1942-1945. Before he died, he told me he was happy he could tell me what he did in World War II and asked me if I would like a candle very Veterans Day and remember him and those who have fought for our country, I said yes and have been doing it ever since.
my grandfather told me before he passed away, "the real heros my son, are those who are not coming back home to their families and friends. those who survive will live on for the dead, we all share a common bond that is unbroken." World War II veteran right waist gunner of the B-17's these words have never left me. he repeated these words when we saw hamburger hill together. btw awesome movie.
Platoon,Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill are my first three films on the top of my list that portrays the extreme carnage of the Vietnam War. This film I first seen it two weeks ago on my day off on Amazon Prime Videos on-line and it is one of my Fav but sad movies about the Vietnam War❤😢😮 🪖 🥀 I have ever seen portrayed on film 🎞️ 🎥
Hey Bob Dont know if u will ever c this, but Im a combat vet too and Im so confused. hated every second i was in combat, but now I all I want is to go back. I realize that my combat experience made me the man i am today. I know whats right and good and what is wrong and ignorant. I feel lost and alone in American society. Everyone is obsessed w consumption and self-indulgence. i hate it here. i want to live in a place where people r real, where life is real. that place does not exist. im lost
"My husband just saw your movie, he loved it " "Oh great where is he? I'd love to meet him!" "He is over in the parking lot crying" Wife of a Vietnam vet to the director (Source behind the scenes interviews)
This song brings up many emotions....All i can imagine is brave shell shocked men marching to their deaths in this song. I am ashamed of our government for what they did to these poor men. In those times, it was merely about how many bodies each side could collect and then veterans had to face the ignorance at home due to ignorance portrayed by our media. Nobody ever gave a thought to the orders these men followed against their own personal morals and if you've never been in the military you wouldn't understand, it's not as simple as just saying "no i won't do it" to your sergeant. The government was also experimenting with drugs on our own soldiers, making them tweak out, and just leaving the blame on the soldier! We must remember this so this never ever happens again!
I saw it at the pictures cutting school in 1987, and have loved it since. I showed it to my son last week and he loved it also. We both love the soundtrack 👍💪🏻😎
i respect the men that fought on the hill 937,the 101st are brave men,each men from there own generation are heroes of that generation and i salute those men.
With the near end of 2023 and the multiple tragedies and family deaths I've had in my life the last couple of years, I couldn't help but listen to this for while. It's nothing compared to what the serving men did and went through....It really resonates here sigh...
I saw this in the theater as a teenager, when this score played during the credits, in the dark, surrounded by grown men who'd served there, I sat frozen as I listened to them all sob. One of the most powerful moments of my life. I was rasied by those who'd been there and I saw there pain but until I grew older I didn't understand. Back in the 80s when it was finally ok to admit you'd served in Vietnam and the movies started coming out I saw many of these rock solid men I'd came to depend on break down in tears. I've been moved by them ever since and even regretted ever becoming angry at them as I'd thought them to be to mean, strict and impossible to talk to. Since that day in the theater my heart hurts for the pain they suffered for so long and I will never allow them to be dishonored. If a Vietnam veteran is reading this Thank you for serving our great nation in a dire time of need and welcome home know you are loved by all and that your legacy will never be tarnished.
My uncle served in the 101ST Aiborne. He was also involved during this assault. He only talked about when I wouldn't stop talking about it to him. Finally he told me.... also in his closet.. his uniform.. there it was the Eagle ON the shoulder. it gave me chills... I told him about your comment. He doesn't do the internet thing. he is 76 now I think. He wouldn't say much about it, only that he was there, it was bad but we were proud to do our chore and take that hill.
Thank you.
I love your comment, best so far, actually Im an anti war guy, but I understand why they fought and for who. We must honored them both sides. Our reality is not white and black, it's grey. Peace and war are part of our history, we must study it and understand it as well. If we negate our past we will repeat the same mistakes over and over. Peace and War. “Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
I've had quite a few conversations with Vietnam Vets, they told me their stories and spared me no detail at all!! I have a huge, huge amount of respect and admiration for those who served in 'Nam.
Wow unbelievable! I am greatly touched by your comment!!!
Hamburger Hill was such an under-rated film when it came out in 1987. I hope it is a lasting tribute to all who fought for hill 937.
Edward Chalgren It's really not that good. But this score is.
Edward Chalgren I watched this move along with Platoon and Full Metal Jacket a few months before leaving for Marine Corps boot camp. War scared the crap out of me.
+Edward Chalgren How right you are Ed. How right you are.
+Edward Chalgren It's my favorite Vietnam film. Kevin Quinn 101st airborne Infantry. 68/69
+kevin quinn Same here. One of my absolute favorite Vietnam War films.
I think this is one of the best theme songs for a movie
Evan Liska It is, Sir
Yes this is probably the best war theme . Basil Poledouris in Flight Of The Intruder has two nice air action pieces . Sam City and Iron Hand . I think on the soundtrack Sam City is Bombs Away .
Hairs up on arms and neck
This and Ryuichi Sakamoto's theme for Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (1983) are two of my favorite war theme songs from the 80s.
For sure, I was born the same year as this movie was released (1986). My dad had it on VHS and I watched it repeatedly as a kid.
This has to be one of the most intense war theme songs I've ever heard and I'm 68. My late brother was not on this hill but was at Khe Sanh base during Tet offensive. He came home but never the same. Chokes me up still.
My dad was in the Tet Offensive as well.
Scary and haunting intro IMHO too
@@samfisher2306 radio chatter is big part too
I was there on that dam hill since day one. That's where i received my one and only Purple Heart. 101st AirBorn
I am really curious to know what do you think of that movie , Sir . Is he close from reality ? my Respects
I think the storyline was weak, but he was very close to realty in the movie. Almost like I was there all over again.
After I got back from my tour in Iraq to Fort Dix NJ, we had Vietnam vets welcome us home and cook us breakfast with REAL eggs. I thanked them for the food and also for their service and also how sorry that our nation turned it's back on them and treated you like criminals like my uncle experienced. You brave warriors deserved better, fuck John Kerry and fuck Jane Fonda.
Thank you for your service, sir.
Thank you for your service. sir. God bless you.
We all have to be somewhere.....
I served 3 years in the Vietnam War and i am proud of it !
All as a Senior NCO !
Wish I had served with you.
@@leehodge9741 Fighting for the Serpent people.
LMAO! You worked in the mail room during Grenada
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21 yrs in the Army, retired 44 years ago, 66-69 in the Mekong Delta. The movie, now 30 years old, still brings up the wrong memories.
I agree. 67/68 in the Valley. Lets rip.
Thank you for all your service
“ We have been up that hill TEN times, and they still think we are not serious”.
Beautiful song, and under rated film. Doc should have never died at the end of the movie. He was my favorite character of this movie.
A Shau Valley when your time is up your time is up and ain’t nothing anyone can do about it so it don’t mean nothing not a thing man
It was a small battle but they secured it..rip soliders
I remember you, you said that you were the only one to come back from your squadron.
I found out later that you were in the Air Force. You worked in the mail room. WTF. Fuck off.
3 Tours. Was it worth it ? Hell yes ! Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia. And you ask why? Could not have lived with myself if I had not been there. Retired after 32 years.
this single post while listening to this song had me weeping like a little kid. welcome home!
Thank you Mr. Remel for your many years of service.
Bob Remel. Never forget us. We’re poppies. We’re those who left. We’re those , the many who believe in something until the end.
Never forget us.
We are still here or waiting for our fellows.
We’re brothers even if you can’t understand.
Never forget us.
Right or wrong we were, we are.
We’re poppies.
Never forget us!
"RESPECT "..
Thailand and Laos? Hmm
A Vietnam Vet' came into my college today,
i was disgusted that none of my fellow students listened or even paid attention to his being there.
He is a hero and he is the only one out of all of us who deserves the clothes he stands in.
Sucks to hear that, Grandpa was a marine in vietnam, he passed recently and i never got to meet him, dont know where he was but ill ask him when i die. i doubt youll see this after 8 years tho
HOOAH!!!
Sonny Crockett. Never forget us. We’re poppies. We’re those who left. We’re those , the many who believe in something until the end.
Never forget us.
We are still here or waiting for our fellows.
We’re brothers even if you can’t understand.
Never forget us.
Right or wrong we were, we are.
We’re poppies.
Never forget us!
Haven't you learned. I am god. Yes, this ducking place is a hell hole that needs decades of healing and cleansing
Earth is ransacked and destroyed. Just the elements alone will devour you not to mention everything wants to attack you. Africa and the Far east are the biggest piles of shit I ve ever seen. Disgusting. Europe is and was the only hope. By extension America.
18 years in the British Military, 87 till 05... once a soldier always a soldier.... I am always honoured to meet the old and bold, swap stories, pull up a sandbag, swing a lantern.... keep plugging away my old friend, tell your stories so others learn...never be ashamed, to serve your country, and your friends is always an honour...
This is a terrific theme song. I remember seeing the film when I was about 14 or 15 and it has stuck in my head since then. Sometimes I would put the movie on and skip to the end credits just to experience the music. Heck, I still do that. Too bad this hasn't been released on CD. I remember the joy I felt when Phillip Glass's beautiful score to Candyman was finally released through Orange Mountain Music. Now, why can't the same company release the unreleased Hamburger Hill score? The movie isn't filled with wall-to-wall music, but when it is there, it's pretty awesome. Definitely deserves a release, maybe on a compilation album or something.
yes I did the same thing, go to the end at times to hear the end credits. The music is so awesome. I have a lot of Vietnamese friends and sent this video here to them. They liked it
agreed
Followed by a very apt quote by an officer who was there, my Dad(British 6th Airborne Division, WW2 and after)admired the 101st..
Hamburger hill easily outdid both full metal jacket and platoon and the soundtrack was amazing.
How right YOU are.
This film came out the year I joined up 87... a fresh faced 17 year old boy, I left in 05 after 18 years as a gnarled old man... I would do it all over again in a heart beat...
Im the son of a Canadian USMC Vietnam veteran who served two tours 67-69 with the 1st Marine Division. Nothing but the utmost respect to this generation who served you lads will never be forgotten Semper Fi.
Canadian? Was he originally American? This is interesting. :)
@@joshgellis3292 think its the other way around brother
@@joshgellis3292pretty sure its like it sounds, he was a Canadian that decided to join Marines, was apparently way more surprising then you would think, believe like 20-50k Canadians served in u.s forces during Vietnam, pretty sure there was a medal of honor winner among them but might be mistaken.
I hope one day to make it back to Birmingham myself, I believe we're done here.
Just watched this again for the first time in over a decade. It doesnt just hold up well, it's a riveting account of a pointless battle for a pointless hill and it's absolutely worth watching.
My heart goes out to those who served and sacrificed their life for us , big salute to you .
Major O’Donnell’s speech as this was played at the end almost moved me to tears.
And I was an active duty Marine in the ‘80s.
Vietnam, Thailand, Laos,Cambodia...........1969-1973.
I am still here.
Thank you for remembering the ones stll here!
After i left my last time.........my motto was out last the Mother Fuckers!
And i did until i retired after 32 years and have been retired 23 years.
I was 16 when i enlisted.........
I am 71 now.............and still trying to outlast them.
My nightmares are still with me........
100% Combat Disabled Vietnam Veteran
Hi everyone, I wanted to share a particular situation I had at the high school I teach at. I cried, pleaded, begged and found any support I could to show this powerful film to all my history classes. I was proud to show this film, plus all the students were silent for the three days it took to watch. Though I had parent permission slips and letters showing there support, the PC police still held me responsible and I got written up. I am very proud I showed this film. I have no regrets at all.
Bravo
@@bristolpistol7860 thank you friend
This proves public schools suck. If you want your kid to fail, send them to public school.
My father was a Ww2 vet, it never left him. RIP, Beloved Father
This theme is HAUNTING. I saw this movie when I was 10 and the main thing that stuck with me all these years was this theme. Makes the movie all the more visceral and effective too.
In fact, I have had a similar theme in my head since early early childhood long before I consciously heard Philip Glass. I had always wondered what it was from until I heard some of his work and realized I either heard him at a very young age and it stuck, or my mind created the whole thing.
Fred Harris, thank you for your service. I have so much respect for our troops. My husband served in the Arny, my father is a Korean war veteran and my grandfather was a world war l veteran.
Shame the World’s at War with itself. If only the idiots who send men to war would fight themselves then maybe this World could live in peace.
The Ultimate Airborne Sound track I remember seeing this movie at Fort Bragg the best part of it was when they made the final assault. You saw those guys in line and everyone in that theater jumped up and CHEERED those guys!
Let us have a minute of silence for all those people who gave everything they had and never came home. thank you.
For both sides?
Amen to that and no, not to the Hanoi Jane's side.
Such an underrated film... And an unbelievably underrated score.
i only imagine what my dad had to do inorder to dodge the crowds(he served in vietnam 1972) but he still remains silent about his whole time there. but as his son my dad deserves that peace and quiet, besides this soundtrack and movie give me a pretty good idea what he had to go through, thats all i need to know like my dad always says.
This is such an amazingly good score. It is haunting. Somehow manages to evoke desperation and futility, but at the same time a sense of duty and nobility.
" If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one
backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer
go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have
always. Take what they have left and what they have taught you with
their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide
and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those
gentle heroes you left behind" Major Michael Davis O'Donnell 1 January
1970 Dak To, Vietnam. Still at this very hour, I consider Hamburger Hill one of the best Vietnam war movies ever made (of course after "Apocalypse Now" and ''The deer hunter", but before "Full metal Jacket"), this poem makes me shiver inside, love the Don Cheadle performance.
"Apocalypse Now" and ''The deer hunter", but before "Full metal Jacket" all of which are Horrible movies on the Vietnam war and very Hollywood. We were Solders and Hamburger are much better
Never forget us. We’re poppies. We’re those who left. We’re those , the many who believe in something until the end.
Never forget us.
We are still here or waiting for our fellows.
We’re brothers even if you can’t understand.
Never forget us.
Right or wrong we were, we are.
We’re poppies.
Never forget us!
@@Dogmeat1950 I don't agree with you sorry...Apocalypse Now is so great ! I'd understood if you said that about "Born on a 4th of July" or "Platoon" who are merely rubbish in comparison to "The deer hunter" and "Full metal jacket" (such wonderful war movies !)
Major O'Donnell, the writer of the poem, was later killed in Cambodia.....
It may not be up there with *Adagio for Strings* but it sure is a powerful theme to an underrated Vietnam War movie.
i think it is up there
This theme really takes you up that hill.
It is Veteran's day, and I'm thinking of all the brave men and women past and present that served with me. Early in my career I was trained by many Vietnam Vets, hard men that did not pull any punches if you did not measure up to the standard. I'm alive today because of their training. I have tasted my own blood, sweat, and tears more than once, but the training we received saved my ass more than once. Thucydides said it best, “We must remember that one man is much the same as another, and that he is best who is trained in the severest school.” God bless all my brother and sister veterans, and to the men and women surviving now, thanks for answering the call, keep leaning forward, train smart and hard, maintain a rigid state of flexibility, and always Charlie Mike! “Be convinced that to be happy means to be free and that to be free means to be brave. Therefore do not take lightly the perils of war.”
- Thucydides
The music is so scary and brilliant
this theme to hambuger hill is a powerful one philllp glass should got an oscar for this rip to all the amercians soilders who died on hambuger hill in may 10 -20 1969 gone but not forgotten
I went to college with a gentleman that fought in this battle. He was in his 60's at the time I knew him. He would never talk about it for more than a new minutes before he would get torn up. The only thing he would ever say is that they were at a total disadvantage because the enemy "had the high ground".
This is one of my all-time favorite movies.
"They take a side you just take pictures."
I love that line!!
Now the guys fighting are also the ones taking the pictures!
Woke up one day in Vietnam in 1969. Left the war for good in 1973.
Was a Senior NCO when i got there . And at least i didn't get court marshaled before i left the last time.
Thank you. I was in Viet Nam in 1968 to 1969. It was hell all over. Someone help me.
Love all you Vietnam vets you all living and dead are true Hero's you have one true friend Me Thanks
Best movie about time in country. Theme gave me goose bulbs. To all my fellow brothers who did or didn't make it back Including two of them who were never right since my heart goes out to you
And thank you to Fred Harris. God bless. I was there after you left. Bodies everywhere. Never forget in my life the carnage of war.
The music gives me chills when I watch this movie. Takes it to a new level. This and Platoon, my favorite war movies.
God Bless all the Vets .
What a fitting anthem for the warriors that have given their lives and sanity throughout the course of history. Godspeed soldiers and rest well.....we won't forget.
War at its worst, men at their best
They weren't that good
Men at their best? Killing other human beings 2 make other human beings rich fuck ure stupid comment
the holmes I understand why you have made that comment but remember this was a time when there was no internet, all people had was television. Which of course never questioned the government's agenda.
Yes the war was essentially to enrich the Military Industrial Complex, the elite or criminal factions within the US Government, and so that the CIA could smuggle drugs back home in order to fund black projects. However most of the soldiers were drafted and didn't want to fight.
One thing is for sure we need to tell past wars how they really were with no glorification or all that hero bull.
the holmes True that. The North Vietnamese peasants suckered or conscripted into that Bolshevik colonial war made the top Left fascists in Hanoi very rich men indeed. Their "victory" meant that a democratic society similar to South Korea was strangled in its crib. Millions died during and after the war, and all throughout Indochina, so that the despotic Marxist allies of the Russian Bolsheviks could live like kings.
DrCruel I think you're a bit confused about Marxism and the politics of the north Vietnamese. It sounds like you're trying to make out that the north Vietnamese were somehow wrong in wanting to liberate their country.
What happened after the war is not an attribute of Marxism or Socialism. Nowhere does it say that murder or genocide is a part of its politics. You do realise that Socialism and democracy often go hand in hand? You could just as easily blame Capitalism and America's imperialism for genocide, the waves of cruel US backed dictators, the irreversible environmental destruction, and the countless wars/ civil wars it has created.
Anyway that is all a distraction from the real topic here which is the massive sacrifice ordinary Americans made for an unjustifiable and avoidable war that was motivated by a small group of people. I'm sure any rational person, regardless of their politics, would agree that this needs to be avoided in the future.
A powerful soundtrack mated to a intense scene. It gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.
Even years later after seeing the movie I get chills. My dad used to get pumped at the beginning of the movie, even telling me it was as close to what Hollywood could produce to what the real attitudes were like
A great Viet Nam movie. Hell is in the fucking mud taking you to a new destination. I will fight and Conquer. Go ahead you fuck. I dare you?
I love the radio comunication sounds in this peace
My brother lost a friend in Vietnam in 1969, my condolences to his family. God bless our veterans.
Great Movies are made about the Vietnam War, however, I never forget the real true heroes of the Vietnam Conflict are certainly not the many actors of these movies. The opening with "The Wall" was a true esoteric touch with the masterpiece music score!!! The Horror of Mankind is the wars He fights against his own. Humanity has no cohesiveness only divided ambitions of unity.
I will always have a spot in my heart for those who fought and died in the Vietnam war
Love the movie and the song, seeing the wall with all those who sacrificed everything was one of the main reasons I joined the service. Thanks for the post
MrRusBell
You said EXACLY what i felt with this opening. I saw this movie when i was 15 and this music touches my soul for long time.
Dialogues on this movie are so funny too.
Perfect movie. Congratulations for this.
Best wishes from France
Great music. Glass has so many unforgettable hits to his name. I forget who started minimalism but Philip Glass sure stole the show.
Beautiful movies and music Masterpierce
this reduces me to tears. it's just beautiful but haunting.
J'adore cette musique, elle transporte et vas magistralement avec ce film, comme celle du dernier des Mohicans
Saw it in '87. Joined up two years later. This piece would run through my head when I started to get too cocky. Some part of my brain didn't want to end up in the dirt. Kept me grounded.
in 2008, i showed this movie in class, students didnt take there eyes off this movie, in fact i didnt know until later a few fathers called me to thank me for showing this movie in class, they were vietnam veterans. though i got written up for insubordination, from the administration i didnt care i taught vietnam and this movie helped me. thank you for up loading awesome sound track blessings to all
Now this song actually brings shivers down my spine because my dad is a veitnam vet and he was actually in that war...god bless all thee soldiers still at war and thee ones who died for our freedom
From 3:35 onwards it rises from the tragic to the celestial; this is Glass' finest hour and it's only ninety seconds long - incredible.
I can imagine troops trudging up a hill during dawn to this theme, M-16's ready, scorched earth, destroyed trees, helicopters flying overhead. I love this song it was perfect for the film.
don't Mean nuthin. not a thing.
+kevin texter No brotha, not a thing.
Don't Mean nuthin. Blood not a thing!
how the hell do I know? the guy don't have no goddamn head
I knew a fellow worker who was in this valley. He took me under his wing as far as work was concerned. He never talked about the war. Best man I ever met! His name was Keith! I will never forget him, the Asian orange got him! One month before his retirement ! Now that did piss me off!
I blast this theme song on my 2009 Kenwood. It's a hell of a cinema score. I remember seeing the film like in 1989. It made me grasp a true sense of the eeriness and confounding battles of the Vietnam War. For the true heroes are all of those of whom served - of whom perished and survived - of whom are homeless and sustained PTSD - for all those of whom the U.S. Government failed you - May God bless you for a life beyond the mental ambiguities that Vietnam has caused you. You all are Important.
My father was there on that mountain of hill 937 in Vietnam in '67 with the 101st Airborne Division. He fought the jungle warfare and survived. He went on to serve 2 tours in Vietnam and came back the same Hispanic as he left.
beware of the chicken men.
Merci à ton papa pour son service, René 🇧🇪🇺🇸
During this Corona crisis, or anything this heartless World 🌎 throws at you, songs with heart like this, keep you going. In the End, that haunting wind, they were mostly all gone. To the Vietnam Vets, Slow Hand Salute. My grandfather was in WWII. No Fear but Fear itself.
great film and music 10/10
Probably the best film ever about the Vietnam war. War isn’t a game, it’s horror and sadness of losing your comrades in combat.
True, when it comes to Vietnam, most people forget the contribution of the South Koreans & to a certain extent, The Australians & New Zealanders.
Remarkable really when you consider the numbers of troops they committed, it's a wonder North Korea didn't see an opportunity to attack, whilst so many South Korean troops were deployed elsewhere.
Errr...I'm just here for the Philip Glass music, which is magnificent and meets my needs and stokes my own causes. Warriors abound. Some will be recognized 100 years from now and some will not.
On this day, I would like to say thank you to all the vets for the serivce you have given us and the country.
I am a proud grandson of WW II Veteran. My grandfather was in the Army Air Corps, he was a right waist gunner on the B-17s from 1942-1945.
Before he died, he told me he was happy he could tell me what he did in World War II and asked me if I would like a candle very Veterans Day and remember him and those who have fought for our country, I said yes and have been doing it ever since.
Unforgetable Hamburger Hill...unforgetable movie songs...
Equally as haunting as this score are the trumpets from the Patton movie with George C Scott
Obsessed with that war, and learned a lot from history. Not sure how that knowledge could give me a leverage in life lol
can't listen to this without weeping
Thank you for your service, it is greatly appreciated.
The most absolute excellent music that scours the soul of a person.
You don't have to love our men you just have to respect them
my grandfather told me before he passed away, "the real heros my son, are those who are not coming back home to their families and friends. those who survive will live on for the dead, we all share a common bond that is unbroken."
World War II veteran right waist gunner of the B-17's these words have never left me. he repeated these words when we saw hamburger hill together. btw awesome movie.
101rst Airborne! We Love you guys!!!!!!
Platoon,Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill are my first three films on the top of my list that portrays the extreme carnage of the Vietnam War. This film I first seen it two weeks ago on my day off on Amazon Prime Videos on-line and it is one of my Fav but sad movies about the Vietnam War❤😢😮 🪖 🥀 I have ever seen portrayed on film 🎞️ 🎥
Hey Bob Dont know if u will ever c this, but Im a combat vet too and Im so confused. hated every second i was in combat, but now I all I want is to go back. I realize that my combat experience made me the man i am today. I know whats right and good and what is wrong and ignorant. I feel lost and alone in American society. Everyone is obsessed w consumption and self-indulgence. i hate it here. i want to live in a place where people r real, where life is real. that place does not exist. im lost
"My husband just saw your movie, he loved it "
"Oh great where is he? I'd love to meet him!"
"He is over in the parking lot crying"
Wife of a Vietnam vet to the director
(Source behind the scenes interviews)
"Come on people! Let's take this hill!"
This song brings up many emotions....All i can imagine is brave shell shocked men marching to their deaths in this song. I am ashamed of our government for what they did to these poor men. In those times, it was merely about how many bodies each side could collect and then veterans had to face the ignorance at home due to ignorance portrayed by our media. Nobody ever gave a thought to the orders these men followed against their own personal morals and if you've never been in the military you wouldn't understand, it's not as simple as just saying "no i won't do it" to your sergeant. The government was also experimenting with drugs on our own soldiers, making them tweak out, and just leaving the blame on the soldier! We must remember this so this never ever happens again!
War is Hell, to be sure. My utmost respects who fought, survived, and died to make the world a better place.
The Most Haunting Portrayal 💀 of The Vietnam War 😢🙏
Bloody Brilliant film,and the music at the start is one of the best ever for a war film.
Would put this up with the Battle of Britain film.
love the movie great theme
Philip Glass is his name.
The legendary Philip Glass.
- "Blackjack wants us to take this hill."
- "What's he gonna do with it."
- "Pave it, and turn it into a Goddam' parking lot!"
Brilliant war film with an outstanding theme tune.
For me the best nam movie, the content, the music. loved it back in 87, love it still. watch it if you havent. it's good.
I saw it at the pictures cutting school in 1987, and have loved it since. I showed it to my son last week and he loved it also. We both love the soundtrack 👍💪🏻😎
i respect the men that fought on the hill 937,the 101st are brave men,each men from there own generation are heroes of that generation and i salute those men.
@GIANTreed1 I was with 101st at LZ Sally in '68, then transferred to First Cav 68-69. I was in Phuoc Vinh during HHill and read about it in magazine.
With the near end of 2023 and the multiple tragedies and family deaths I've had in my life the last couple of years, I couldn't help but listen to this for while. It's nothing compared to what the serving men did and went through....It really resonates here sigh...
xcellent song
Better than Platoon, Full Metal Jacket etc
Respect.. That's all I can say is... RESPECT.