It's sad, when you're dreaming back to the best entertainment of your generation, when you realise that it will never happen again in your lifetime or anyone else's.
I feel the same way and think about this everyday lately... sad but true... and It's not just "nostalgia". People just don't understand because things have been dumbed down across the board In almost all entertainment for so long that this Is all they know , and they want to claim their own era and be apart of It and fit In , even If It honestly sucks and they know It when they compare previous generational entertainment.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 if I want to watch something new I look for something I missed back in the 70s/80s/90s. It's the freedom of expression that's really missing for writers, actors, cinematographers, artists, composers etc. The marketers and merchandisers we've lambasted as soulless husks for decades are in control, because you can't sell a fucking Big Mac looking the way it does in reality.
Your unique life experience won't be replicated, but that's why it's your moment. Other folks will have their own collective 'best entertainment' based on their own experiences. It's too easy to let our tastes become the standard of what 'good' is; You can be the tastiest apple in the world, it means nothing to someone who prefers peaches.
Out of the entire Dead Trilogy, this one had the best looking zombies, zombie feeding scenes, and a brilliant soundtrack to boot. Truly an underrated gem.
How about some more “Zombie theme music” that were to follow this masterpiece: Here’s some drumming on The Walking Dead 🤩🧟♂️ th-cam.com/users/shortsj7c-1D1_c1c?feature=share And here my take on the “Day of the dead theme” ✌🏻🧟 th-cam.com/users/shortspVEtLaop4js?feature=share
The Day of The Dead for me is the best zombie film of all time. It was a dark , realistic style film the apocalyptic setting made you feel like it could actually happen. and it genuinely scares you and no other film or tv show has ever made scared of zombies like this film did. The score also contributed to the edge this film has over all of them.
I was lucky enough to chat with Joe a good few years ago over the phone. I think he realised how different his career would have been had Tarantino got him the lead in Dusk Till Dawn....
I found this video in about 2015 in the fall or maybe early winter and it was one of the worst periods of my life. I was 32 years old with a dead end job, living and working in Manhattan and was at the end of my rope. I would play this video 20x a day over and over again on my commute home and it brought me sanity. Now I'm 40 years old, have a dream job and living a life I would've never thought possible before. I'm still just as thankful for this video.
The track at 33:40....excuse me while I just melt into a pool of melancholy. Oh sweet Jesus. Day of the Dead is criminally underrated....It's gorgeous.
I wouldn't say ripped off; after all, Greg Nicotero is working on the show and he originally worked on 'Day' - so I think it definitely is inspired by many themes and images from the Romero's Zombie trilogy. I think they could include a little more of a darker electronic score sometimes ;).
Carpenter is also a wonderful composer; I will have to view this scene again and listen. I suspect it would be similar to Carpenter's score to Escape From New York.
+George Reid thank you for putting a time stamp on this; this is what i wanted to hear, and you helped me find it immediately. i think i feel a tear forming...day of the dead is gorgeous.
Stephen Velez It is a defining moment that doesn't seem appear in subsequent Zombie Films; yes it is a gore fest...but also it represents the sheer emotional stress of the situation. Wonderful.
Night is a game-changing film that created an entire sub-genre of horror. Dawn is a classic, near perfect masterpiece. Day of the Dead, however, is and always has been my favorite installment in the series and horribly underrated.
I'm 22 and I've seen this movie for the first time at my local theater on Halloween night 2019, with my girl, could feel a glimpse of the 80's :) really awesome movie
Update : I am now almost 24, it’s been so long since movie theaters are closed, they feel like a fever dream now, my girlfriend is now an ex, my youth is slowly fading away
Well...THAT doesn't get any better, yo. I was 20 (in my mind) just a couple years ago! That was 20 yrs ago. Now things hurt. Hemorrhoids. I FOUND F'IN EAR HAIR LAST MONTH! Saggin balls, receding hair line...point is, feel free to embrace that nostalgia for days past...but know that you're still in the twilight of your days. Bang out them 20s, my friend. Have fun in your 30s! 40s...don't seem much fun. And i feel its gonna get WORSE. (Some 80 yr old could say the exact same thing to ME NOW, i just realized.) Huh. But yeah, awesome flick, and soundtrack. 😃
@@kornytimmy1 I believe 40 year olds are still young, I think « old age » would be 65+ (in western societies at least). You are still in pretty good shape at 40 you got the dad swag. But personally I will probably kms before I reach 40 lol the future is too bleak for me to handle, thats partly why I’m so nostalgic about times I never lived. Man I wish I could have experienced the 80s & the 90s...
@@STP_TV Hit 38 last month so I appreciate reading that! Also I caught this on VHS at a friend's sleepover party in... oh hell... 1998? To this day, this is my fav apocalypse movie.
Day is gonna get blown up because of Stranger Things season 3. First they show film intro in first episode. Then in episode 6 they use music from film for a very cool scene. I’m happy with all this because I love the film and it deserves more attention
Can we just take a minute to shout out the multitalented John Harrison? He can be screwdriver zombie, he can make this brilliant soundtrack, and he can be a very decent director.
I always found this soundtrack to be amazing for two idiosyncratic feelings it manages to channel (just like the movie) claustrophobic nostalgia and uplifting hopefulness. Truly Harrison's finest hour and Romero's too. Simply untouchable
@@AmericanAwesome2 I would have agreed with you maybe 20 years ago but, with time, Day and its soundtrack grew on me. I still love "Zaratozom" though, and the sad piece that plays when they're locked up in their makeshift apartment.
Yeah I was just thinking about how this is the only movie in the trilogy where I don't feel super Bleak at the end. I feel like there could be some nice Island living days left.
This movie has gotten better in time. Very claustrophobic. Considering most shots of characters was always up close. Also, Rhodes, I realized, would make a GREAT Negan for The Walking Dead. Thank you for this!
Personally I *HATE* the walking dead with a *BURNING* passion and would prerfer to watch a good ol zombie movie instead of that cheesy trash, but I totally agree with you on DOTD!
+Savoy1984 I never really found the ending of Day of the Dead to be a downer. I kind of always figured if someone's still alive at the end then there are survivors elsewhere. And I could think of worse places to escape to than where Day ends. ;)
The movie has a theme of brave pessimism, about giving up the old ways of society and knowing there is no going back from the downfall, but letting that realization empower you as opposed to being paralyzed by fear the way Rhodes was.
@@RolandRED Yes I am. Things are slowly improving I'd like to think. And I always come back to this kind of music and this video because that nostalgia touches deep. I mean where else are you going to hear something like 34:35. That sense of "we gotta get outta here" is hype af.
Yeah, although to be fair Dawn of the Dead implies that there are still plenty of humans out there. Day of the Dead implies that humanity is practically extinct.
@@IsmailofeRegime If I tell you to much, you won't believe me... If I tell you to little, you won't understand. Riddle: What is the Serpent syringe that creates "zombies" ?
i read an interesting analysis that the calendar sarah is always marking the days on is a countdown to their eventual demise. Ultimately like the other guy who replied said humans are basically done for. It gave a much more horrifying take on the ending despite the upbeat music.
As a whole soundtrack I think this this even better than Dawn of the dead (though I really LOVE Dawn's main theme). This movie is an absolute masterpiece and I'm glad Romero got to see people re-evaluate, appreciate, it and love it before he died.
While Dawn of the Dead is my all time favorite film, I think Day is my personal favorite of the Romero Dead films. It's George's most pessimistic and it's also the most honest about human nature. Just like The Joker said in The Dark Night, when the chips are down people will eat each other. And I'm not talking about just the zombies either. That's not to say it doesn't have it's faults. Much like Land of the Dead it's the incomplete half of a whole. (That being the original version of Day of the Dead) It's just amazing George could come up with such bracing stuff when his back was to the wall after the original version got the ax.
@@starpaladinnelaj He was referring to Romero's original hopes for "Day of the Dead". It was to be a much bigger film, much wider in scope, but he had to settle for a much lower budget than he would have needed. That's why this one has so few exterior shots, though it certainly helps give it its claustrophobic feel. The original script for "Day" is online if you want to read it.
Love film scores from the late 70's through 80's. Such atmospheric synth work. John Harrison was a big Prophet 5 user. This film and soundtrack has more fans today than it did back in the 80's. Just goes to show how good it is
Awesome score, massively underrated. Just oozes atmosphere with contrasting light & dark motifs just like film. Watching again recently I realise how much of the Walking Dead's themes are dealt with within this one single movie so expertly. Gorgeous!!!
I'm glad someone has the full score on here! I just re watched Day and forgot how great the score was! I love all the Dead films, but personally Day is my favorite. Hell, I'd even say it's just one of my favorite movies in general. Thanks for uploading this! : )
darkXtacy Yeah, amazing game, amazing movie, amazing atmosphere and music in both! No More Room In Hell is another game to check out. They actually have the movie set as a playable level, the cave the lab area, the zombie pen, the trailer paradise area. All of it.
My favourite zombie film of all time. Classic deep analogue synth soundtrack too. Also for 1985 the practical SFX work are still some of the best that I have ever seen. Greg Nicotero sure learnt his trade under the guiding wing of Tom Savini alright!
I was actually playing the score to this movie on the way to work today as a tribute to George. Once I get home I'm binge watching George's films. If I dorm next year I'm hanging up the posters for the first three dead movies. #ripgeorgearomero
Took me three days to listen to it and it was a great sound track. I love this movie because its George A Romero's best masterpiece that gets overlooked. RIP. Thanks for the upload.
I remember them talking about the soundtrack in the lil behind the scenes documentary- so weird to have this bleepy, kinda Calypso soundtrack for a horror movie, but it works SO well. I think Day is Romero's masterpiece. It's flawless, or near enough.
Well I've never noticed that before! The Dawn Of The Dead 'The Gonk' homage @ 25:35! "That wasn't very nice you know... That wasn't very nice at all..."
I call him "Bub." That's what the club fellows used to call my father. Can you imagine a surgeon called Bub? Nobody seemed to mind though. He was rich. My father was rich. He used to say that I'd never... I'd never be rich doing pure research. Never be rich. Uh, Bub's been responding so well lately I've let it live. Well is he alive or dead? Hah. Well that's the question these days, isn't it? Well let's say that I continue to let him exist. Hello Bub! Here are some toys for you. Some nice things for you to play with. You remember them from before... from before! He's seen the other things before but the book is new. Look Look Look. I thought it'd do that. Open it up.... It remembers! It remembers everything that it used to!
@@dougie630 ah it reads so beautiful: I'm there again. RIP Dr. Frankenstein. It was such a hoot watching that 20 year cast reunion (I think 20?), but of course he wasn't there.
Just recieved this record on saturday, Day of the dead is my all time favourite film, alongside Dawn of the dead.. i used to love listening to the regular soundtrack but it was heavily edited and didnt contain as much, i absolutely love the score to Day of the dead, John Harrison is an excellent composer!.. Awesome job on the video by the way.
"... Yeah, I got an alternative. Let's get in that old whirly-bird, find us an island some place, get juiced up and spend what time we got left soakin' up some sunshine! How's that?"
Out of all the Zombie movie scores this is my favourite. It's just so intense and completely fits the movie. Especially the end scenes where so much is going on, from the escape of the protagonists to the horrific deaths of the soldiers. The gentle ambient pieces are great too where you can almost feel a little bit of calmness amongst the horror. Awesome!
Watched this movie when it was first released in 1985 on VHS, twice in a row. Loved it. Great character acting. Rhodes was my favorite, second only to Bub. I wish I had all their action figures!!
Excellent horror film.My late sister and I used to watch this on a friday night with a few beers.Also jsppy memories of Reanimator,Dolls,Return of the living dead and Living Dead At Manchester morgue,etc.
All good movies. I'd throw in the 90s remake of night of the living dead which in my opinion is better than the black and white version. Dolls was a good creepy movie I remember renting it as a kid with my dad. We always loved the puppet master movies for the same reason. Hp lovecraft's the resurrected is a great movie we like too. Directed by the same guy that directed return of the living dead 1.
Although most class Dawn as the ultimate in Romero's zombie movies, for me Day is the superior, reasoning being it shows the total lack of humanity to each other the majority of the survivors display, it has a undeniable bleakness and desperation (best shown by Miguel) that I would imagine to be more true to the actual feelings real people would be experiencing. Put this together with some fine acting, notably Sarah & Rhodes & a killer soundtrack that hits all the right notes in all the right places it's got the perfect mix for how the end of the world would probably feel.
I saw this at 14. Snuck in, because they weren't letting anyone under 18 see it. When Sarah wakes up on the beach, a guy in the audience yelled "oh fuck that!" We were all keyed up and thought the movie was telling us the whole plot was a dream. 😂 This was so gory and stressful for an '80s movie. It's my alltime favorite zombie/horror film.
I've never thought about collecting vinyl until now. I've got the CD soundtrack of this signed by John Harrison, but the crisp sound on this is amazing! Thanks for sharing.
IMHO this is the best film of the trilogy... no happy endings ... just total carnage ....choke on em was a life changing scene for me as a kid... along with evil dead when the book was being transcribed... the music on this takes my memory race back to the scenes so vividly i get goosebumps...
I don't know exactly why but I always felt that of all Romero's other installations, Day of the Dead was the most tragic. The closest guess I can make is that by this point in the story, everything just feels so unbearably hopeless. The main character is seemingly fighting for a lost cause (Warning: spoilers ahead) and as the film goes on, we just see that hopelessness slowly crushing her. If you nothing more than study her expression from one scene to the next, she looks so frustrated and tired. Like someone on the verge of giving up on everything. Even a she voices her reasons for carrying on her work, there's so little feeling or conviction in her voice. To be honest, Land of the Dead may not have been everyone's favorite but for me at least, it was a desperately needed bit of levity. By the end of Day of the Dead, there was the vague sense that those were the last people left in the whole world and all they were doing now was living out their last days in relative calm (not a bad thing but it doesn't give much hope of a "future" for humankind). That's one viewers take, anyway. Movies are art pieces with countless interpretations.
"Listen. You can hear it over the engine." Thanks! I love the "trilogy of the dead" and the music brings me back some good memorys. Sorry by my english :P, I'm from Argentina. Cheers!
This goddamn soundtrack is criminally underrated.
It's great. A nice mix of caribbean/floridan sound and dark synths
brilliant Soundtrack, I don't care wWHAT anyone says. Day of the dead is a dark masterpiece.
William Sauer My favorite zombie flick other then Return Of The Living Dead
+MarineHulk
What about Dawn of the Dead, Night of the Living Dead, Re-Animator etc.?
***** they're all great but i prefer Day and Return
yeah, I really like Dawn of the dead OST. Return is BOSS, and DAY RULES! :-)
What do you think of the other 85 zombie film Re-Animator?
It's sad, when you're dreaming back to the best entertainment of your generation, when you realise that it will never happen again in your lifetime or anyone else's.
I feel the same way and think about this everyday lately... sad but true... and It's not just "nostalgia". People just don't understand because things have been dumbed down across the board In almost all entertainment for so long that this Is all they know , and they want to claim their own era and be apart of It and fit In , even If It honestly sucks and they know It when they compare previous generational entertainment.
@@fawkkyutuu8851 if I want to watch something new I look for something I missed back in the 70s/80s/90s. It's the freedom of expression that's really missing for writers, actors, cinematographers, artists, composers etc. The marketers and merchandisers we've lambasted as soulless husks for decades are in control, because you can't sell a fucking Big Mac looking the way it does in reality.
The internet and "connecting" everyone has absolutely murdered innovation and artistic design.
@@heathmcrigsby Yes either you belong to the cult of mindless repetition or you're with the dark web.
Your unique life experience won't be replicated, but that's why it's your moment. Other folks will have their own collective 'best entertainment' based on their own experiences. It's too easy to let our tastes become the standard of what 'good' is; You can be the tastiest apple in the world, it means nothing to someone who prefers peaches.
I still think that Day Of The Dead has the scariest opening to a horror film ever. Truly an underrated masterpiece of a film of a bygone era.
Out of the entire Dead Trilogy, this one had the best looking zombies, zombie feeding scenes, and a brilliant soundtrack to boot. Truly an underrated gem.
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oh yeah the effects and makeup people went ALL OUT on this
"Forget it, Billy boy. It's a dead place. Like all the others, you know. Listen. You can hear it over the engine."
Erick Solis I thought it was ( through ) the engine?
JM&J
"Jesus, Mary, and Joseph..."
@@mountainman4987 nope over
@@gamesbeforedamesHELLO IS ANYONE THERE
"Now, the first sign of trouble, I'm goin' up. If you ain't on board that 'appens, you're likely to 'ave a lousy afternoon."
To whoever down voted this, choke on em!
Classic film
Choockoneerrrggmmaaahh dead
Yeh all 48 of them can choke on em
@@josephperkins4080 CHOKE ON EMMMM...
Those walking bags of pus...
The intro theme is legendary
DrGreenThumbNZL I second that motion!!!
HELLLLLLOOOO! IS ANNYYYONNNE THHHHEREE! HELLLLLLLLOOOOOO!
You know it's legendary when Damon Albarn used it for the Gorillaz Track "M1A1".
How about some more “Zombie theme music” that were to follow this masterpiece: Here’s some drumming on The Walking Dead 🤩🧟♂️ th-cam.com/users/shortsj7c-1D1_c1c?feature=share
And here my take on the “Day of the dead theme” ✌🏻🧟
th-cam.com/users/shortspVEtLaop4js?feature=share
Yes the best intro
This soundtrack as a whole hits me like nothing else, this piece of music is a masterpiece and should be preserved at all costs.
I'm quite partial to this and the first Creepshow. 😈
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You know a soundtrack is great when you can picture the scenes along with the score.
The Day of The Dead for me is the best zombie film of all time. It was a dark , realistic style film the apocalyptic setting made you feel like it could actually happen. and it genuinely scares you and no other film or tv show has ever made scared of zombies like this film did. The score also contributed to the edge this film has over all of them.
Today we just lost the master of zombie flicks. RIP George Romero.
RIP Joe 'Rhodes' Pilato. "Choke on em, Choke on em" Born: March 16, 1949 Died: March 24, 2019
R.I.P Captain
He's running the monkeyfarm out in the afterlife now. God damn what a great performance.
I was lucky enough to chat with Joe a good few years ago over the phone. I think he realised how different his career would have been had Tarantino got him the lead in Dusk Till Dawn....
Had a drink with him! Awesome guy!
It's sad that George A romaro died he was born in 1944 to 2071
I found this video in about 2015 in the fall or maybe early winter and it was one of the worst periods of my life. I was 32 years old with a dead end job, living and working in Manhattan and was at the end of my rope. I would play this video 20x a day over and over again on my commute home and it brought me sanity. Now I'm 40 years old, have a dream job and living a life I would've never thought possible before. I'm still just as thankful for this video.
That 80's tropical synth is so good
The track at 33:40....excuse me while I just melt into a pool of melancholy. Oh sweet Jesus. Day of the Dead is criminally underrated....It's gorgeous.
+George Reid And it's crazy how "the walking dead" ripped off that movie.
I wouldn't say ripped off; after all, Greg Nicotero is working on the show and he originally worked on 'Day' - so I think it definitely is inspired by many themes and images from the Romero's Zombie trilogy. I think they could include a little more of a darker electronic score sometimes ;).
Carpenter is also a wonderful composer; I will have to view this scene again and listen. I suspect it would be similar to Carpenter's score to Escape From New York.
+George Reid thank you for putting a time stamp on this; this is what i wanted to hear, and you helped me find it immediately. i think i feel a tear forming...day of the dead is gorgeous.
Stephen Velez It is a defining moment that doesn't seem appear in subsequent Zombie Films; yes it is a gore fest...but also it represents the sheer emotional stress of the situation. Wonderful.
Tracklist
A1 Main Title >>> 00:18 - 07:00
A2 Sarah Sees Graves >>> 07:00 - 08:21
A3 First Cave Entry >>> 08:21 - 9:28
A4 Zombies Approach >>> 09:28 - 11:02
A5 Capturing Zombies >>> 11:02 - 13:34
A6 You Almost Killed Rickles >>> 13:34 - 14:57
A7 Sarah Dopes Miguel >>> 14:57 - 15:44
A8 Where's Frankenstein? >>> 15:44 - 16:17
A9 Bub Scares Sarah >>>16:17 - 16:31
A10 Zombie Spills His Guts >>> 16:31 - 17:06
A11 Steele, Shoot That Woman >>> 17:06 - 18:56
B12 John Warns Sarah >>> 19:10 - 20:17
B13 People Got Different Ideas >>> 20:17 - 20:40
B14 Sarah Hallucinates >>> 20:40 - 21:18
B15 Walk To The Ritz >>> 21:18 - 22:47
B16 Sarah At The Ritz >>> 22:47 - 23:31
B17 John Lectures >>> 23:31 - 24:47
B18 What Hell Is Like >>> 24:47 - 25:35
B19 Logan Teaching Bub / Bub Learning >>> 25:35 - 27:58
B20 Miller Dies >>> 27:58 - 30:10
C21 Miguel Bitten >>> 30:36 - 32:33
C22 Sarah Breaks Down >>> 32:33 - 34:35
C23 Logan's Lab / Logan's Madness >>> 34:35 - 39:01
C24 Beef Treats >>> 39:01 - 39:46
C25 Those Are My Men >>> 39:46 - 40:51
C26 Miguel Decides >>> 40:51 - 41:15
C27 Chopper Can't Hold Us All >>> 41:15 - 45:01
C28 Laugh In The Dark >>> 45:01 - 47:59
D29 Fix It... Can't You Fix It? >>> 48:21 - 49:52
D30 Miguel Lets Em' In >>> 49:52 - 51:30
D31 Rhodes Leaves His Men Behind >>> 51:30 - 53:19
D32 Zombie Overrun >>> 53:19 - 55:11
D33 The End Of Steele / Lost In The Caves >>> 55:11 - 58:53
D34 Heroes Escape >>> 58:53 - 01:00:34
D35 Bub Stalks Rhodes >>> 01:00:34 - 01:02:10
D36 Zombies Rip Rhodes >>> 01:02:10 - 01:02:42
D37 On The Beach >>> 01:02:42 - 01:04:07
''We're countin' on ya to fly us to the Promised Land''
xsol1dsn4kex Thanks Snake!!
Thanks for the track listing!
Hey thats billy!:)
First one is The Dead Suite
Come along John! We’re countin on ya to fly us to the Promised Land!
Night is a game-changing film that created an entire sub-genre of horror. Dawn is a classic, near perfect masterpiece. Day of the Dead, however, is and always has been my favorite installment in the series and horribly underrated.
Yeah it's funny in a way. Night is the scariest, Dawn is the most "fun," yet if I had to choose which one to watch I'd pick Day.
I'm 22 and I've seen this movie for the first time at my local theater on Halloween night 2019, with my girl, could feel a glimpse of the 80's :) really awesome movie
Update : I am now almost 24, it’s been so long since movie theaters are closed, they feel like a fever dream now, my girlfriend is now an ex, my youth is slowly fading away
@@STP_TV :(
Well...THAT doesn't get any better, yo. I was 20 (in my mind) just a couple years ago!
That was 20 yrs ago.
Now things hurt. Hemorrhoids. I FOUND F'IN EAR HAIR LAST MONTH! Saggin balls, receding hair line...point is, feel free to embrace that nostalgia for days past...but know that you're still in the twilight of your days. Bang out them 20s, my friend. Have fun in your 30s! 40s...don't seem much fun. And i feel its gonna get WORSE.
(Some 80 yr old could say the exact same thing to ME NOW, i just realized.) Huh.
But yeah, awesome flick, and soundtrack. 😃
@@kornytimmy1 I believe 40 year olds are still young, I think « old age » would be 65+ (in western societies at least). You are still in pretty good shape at 40 you got the dad swag. But personally I will probably kms before I reach 40 lol the future is too bleak for me to handle, thats partly why I’m so nostalgic about times I never lived. Man I wish I could have experienced the 80s & the 90s...
@@STP_TV Hit 38 last month so I appreciate reading that! Also I caught this on VHS at a friend's sleepover party in... oh hell... 1998? To this day, this is my fav apocalypse movie.
Day is gonna get blown up because of Stranger Things season 3. First they show film intro in first episode. Then in episode 6 they use music from film for a very cool scene. I’m happy with all this because I love the film and it deserves more attention
Matt Baker Get bent!
Stranger Things Season 3: Episode 6 - 33:09 is when "Sarah Breaks Down" starts to play. 32:33 on this playlist.
Come on, Johnny! We're countin' on ya to fly us to the Promised Land!
Day of the Dead was the pinnacle of Romero's trilogy!
Can we just take a minute to shout out the multitalented John Harrison? He can be screwdriver zombie, he can make this brilliant soundtrack, and he can be a very decent director.
Remember watching day of the dead way back in the 80s with my big bro I was about 8 magical times” great movie !!!!
Greatest soundtrack of all zombie movies. I bought it on Audio cassette back in the day for $1
Love this! Thankyou one of my favorite movies of all time! Rickles we can't get out of here! Fix man fix it! Them two were great.
I always found this soundtrack to be amazing for two idiosyncratic feelings it manages to channel (just like the movie) claustrophobic nostalgia and uplifting hopefulness. Truly Harrison's finest hour and Romero's too. Simply untouchable
Exactly! It mixed tropical motifs and sounds with claustrophobic ones. It puts you in the headspace of these trapped people craving freedom
Dawn of the Dead I would say has a better soundtrack and is Romero's masterpiece. Although I do love Day
@@AmericanAwesome2 I would have agreed with you maybe 20 years ago but, with time, Day and its soundtrack grew on me. I still love "Zaratozom" though, and the sad piece that plays when they're locked up in their makeshift apartment.
Yeah I was just thinking about how this is the only movie in the trilogy where I don't feel super Bleak at the end. I feel like there could be some nice Island living days left.
This movie has gotten better in time. Very claustrophobic. Considering most shots of characters was always up close. Also, Rhodes, I realized, would make a GREAT Negan for The Walking Dead. Thank you for this!
Personally I *HATE* the walking dead with a *BURNING* passion and would prerfer to watch a good ol zombie movie instead of that cheesy trash, but I totally agree with you on DOTD!
@@leeccdoo I love all zombie films even thoughbi can't watch the gory deaths but I'm curious what don't you like about it
Music does close a person in.
Oh wait, the dead do get closed in.
If claustrophobia is a problem...deal with it by digging out. Surface again is all.
Rhodes was Negan before Negan existed lol
@@Psytrome
True, and Pilato should've been a bigger star tbh.
mind blowing soundtrack, this is why I watch youtube.
Love the film and soundtrack, absolutely Romero's best zombie film by far, and sadly underrated.
'heellllooooo....is anyone there?'...........love that opening track.......great upload
"Hellooooooo! HELL-Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Hell-OOOOHHHHHHH!!!!"
I always find this score to be inspiring and uplifting, not sure what that say's about me.
+Savoy1984 I never really found the ending of Day of the Dead to be a downer. I kind of always figured if someone's still alive at the end then there are survivors elsewhere. And I could think of worse places to escape to than where Day ends. ;)
The movie has a theme of brave pessimism, about giving up the old ways of society and knowing there is no going back from the downfall, but letting that realization empower you as opposed to being paralyzed by fear the way Rhodes was.
@@followingtheroe1952 You made this comment 4 years ago. I agree with you completely.. and I hope you are doing well.
@@RolandRED Yes I am. Things are slowly improving I'd like to think. And I always come back to this kind of music and this video because that nostalgia touches deep. I mean where else are you going to hear something like 34:35. That sense of "we gotta get outta here" is hype af.
its awesome, Im the same, love the music!
Utterly epic score. As others have said, the fact you can picture scene by scene from this brilliant music says it all!
Day Of The Dead is the whole package. Incredible movie. Incredible soundtrack.
Everyone rags on Day of the Dead for being so miserable, but it genuinely has the happiest ending of any 'Dead' movie and the OST reflects that.
Yeah, although to be fair Dawn of the Dead implies that there are still plenty of humans out there. Day of the Dead implies that humanity is practically extinct.
@@IsmailofeRegime If I tell you to much, you won't believe me... If I tell you to little, you won't understand.
Riddle: What is the Serpent syringe that creates "zombies" ?
i read an interesting analysis that the calendar sarah is always marking the days on is a countdown to their eventual demise. Ultimately like the other guy who replied said humans are basically done for. It gave a much more horrifying take on the ending despite the upbeat music.
They just killed it with this soundtrack. So perfectly scored.
As a whole soundtrack I think this this even better than Dawn of the dead (though I really LOVE Dawn's main theme). This movie is an absolute masterpiece and I'm glad Romero got to see people re-evaluate, appreciate, it and love it before he died.
While Dawn of the Dead is my all time favorite film, I think Day is my personal favorite of the Romero Dead films. It's George's most pessimistic and it's also the most honest about human nature. Just like The Joker said in The Dark Night, when the chips are down people will eat each other. And I'm not talking about just the zombies either. That's not to say it doesn't have it's faults. Much like Land of the Dead it's the incomplete half of a whole. (That being the original version of Day of the Dead) It's just amazing George could come up with such bracing stuff when his back was to the wall after the original version got the ax.
John Ishmael same here
John Ishmael so true
I know I'm 5 years old but what do you mean by "incomplete half of a whole"??
@@starpaladinnelaj He was referring to Romero's original hopes for "Day of the Dead". It was to be a much bigger film, much wider in scope, but he had to settle for a much lower budget than he would have needed. That's why this one has so few exterior shots, though it certainly helps give it its claustrophobic feel. The original script for "Day" is online if you want to read it.
How can Day be your favourite Romero if Dawn is your all-time favourite movie?
The best Zombie film and the best film soundtrack..
The sound quality is phenomenal! I can't believe how many little nuances I can hear that I couldn't hear in the movie!
Love film scores from the late 70's through 80's. Such atmospheric synth work. John Harrison was a big Prophet 5 user. This film and soundtrack has more fans today than it did back in the 80's. Just goes to show how good it is
Love this so much. I watch this movie with dawn and knight riders at least three times a week. And yes you care because I mentioned it!
Such an atmospheric film and soundtrack. One of my all time favourites.
Changed my profile pic to Bub, the best Zombie. Right guys?
Awesome score, massively underrated. Just oozes atmosphere with contrasting light & dark motifs just like film. Watching again recently I realise how much of the Walking Dead's themes are dealt with within this one single movie so expertly. Gorgeous!!!
I been listening to this all week.
The soundtrack is the best part of Day of the Dead. Gorgeous
This music, which I have been listening to for 35 years, digs into my soul. Just magnificent.
I'm glad someone has the full score on here! I just re watched Day and forgot how great the score was! I love all the Dead films, but personally Day is my favorite. Hell, I'd even say it's just one of my favorite movies in general. Thanks for uploading this! : )
+Dane Tucker Yeah it really is an amazing soundtrack! The nostalgia helps too! Check out the theme for Dying Light. They took influence from Day.
i thought i was the only one who noticed that, Dyling light was heavily influenced from Day huh
darkXtacy Yeah, amazing game, amazing movie, amazing atmosphere and music in both! No More Room In Hell is another game to check out. They actually have the movie set as a playable level, the cave the lab area, the zombie pen, the trailer paradise area. All of it.
nice im going to check it out for sure!
darkXtacy Definitely!
Easily one of the best movie soundtracks ever, with atmosphere so thick you can cut it with a knife.
OMFG!!! This has been one of my favorite scores for many years! I must get my hands on this. This film and score are grossly underrated.
I bought the not-so-great CD version released 10 years, but this blows it out of the water! Thanks for sharing this!
I have been plating this over top of Dying Light.
My favourite zombie film of all time. Classic deep analogue synth soundtrack too. Also for 1985 the practical SFX work are still some of the best that I have ever seen.
Greg Nicotero sure learnt his trade under the guiding wing of Tom Savini alright!
I was actually playing the score to this movie on the way to work today as a tribute to George. Once I get home I'm binge watching George's films. If I dorm next year I'm hanging up the posters for the first three dead movies. #ripgeorgearomero
DOTD ROCKS! This is Absolutely wonderful audio! John Harrison out does himself - NOT to be missed! Thank you so much !!!
I skipped school to watch this..alone. High af. In the 90's. Best gore, most trill, top kek.
This soundtrack is a subliminal masterpiece.
‘On the beach’…’walk to the ritz’……’come on Johnny,we’re counting on you to fly us to the promised land’
❤️❤️❤️
This couldn’t be any more significant in the times we are living in . Thank you kindly .
One of my all time favorite scores. I love this music so much. This movie is one of the few that still manages to scare me.
RIP, George.
Took me three days to listen to it and it was a great sound track. I love this movie because its George A Romero's best masterpiece that gets overlooked. RIP. Thanks for the upload.
Wow as a massive DOTD fan this is such a delight!
I finally saw this film for the first time two nights ago. During the movie, I was thinking how amazing the soundtrack is. I need this vinyl now!
One of my favorite horror movies..or perhaps any movie of all time.
I always thought the disco beats in zombie films were creepy.
visceral fate a
AnotherOne LMAO
Same
Like return of the living dead 1&2!
I remember them talking about the soundtrack in the lil behind the scenes documentary- so weird to have this bleepy, kinda Calypso soundtrack for a horror movie, but it works SO well.
I think Day is Romero's masterpiece. It's flawless, or near enough.
CHOKE ON 'EM!
The best Zombie movie ever.
Well I've never noticed that before! The Dawn Of The Dead 'The Gonk' homage @ 25:35!
"That wasn't very nice you know... That wasn't very nice at all..."
Now I want you to think about what you've done. Think about it. Think...
I call him "Bub." That's what the club fellows used to call my father. Can you imagine a surgeon called Bub? Nobody seemed to mind though. He was rich. My father was rich. He used to say that I'd never... I'd never be rich doing pure research. Never be rich. Uh, Bub's been responding so well lately I've let it live. Well is he alive or dead? Hah. Well that's the question these days, isn't it? Well let's say that I continue to let him exist.
Hello Bub! Here are some toys for you. Some nice things for you to play with. You remember them from before... from before!
He's seen the other things before but the book is new. Look Look Look. I thought it'd do that.
Open it up....
It remembers! It remembers everything that it used to!
***** The ridiculous-sounding song that plays over the credits of the US cut of Dawn of the Dead.
BL1TZEN RIGHT!?
@@hh3productions759 what the fuck is wrong with you people?! They're dead! They're fuckin dead and you wanna teach'em the tricks?!
Excuse me, is there food?
I WANNA KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH MY MEN
I'm in charge of this monkey farm now frankenstein!!! And I wanna know what the fuck you're doing with my time!!!
You were supposed to be here at 7:00 sharp mister!
@@dougie630 ah it reads so beautiful: I'm there again. RIP Dr. Frankenstein. It was such a hoot watching that 20 year cast reunion (I think 20?), but of course he wasn't there.
32:34 this entire track makes me feel so incredible. I can’t explain any of it
The very first LP I ever bought was the original DOTD soundtrack on Saturn Records. I can honestly say this version sounds a lot better.
Just recieved this record on saturday, Day of the dead is my all time favourite film, alongside Dawn of the dead.. i used to love listening to the regular soundtrack but it was heavily edited and didnt contain as much, i absolutely love the score to Day of the dead, John Harrison is an excellent composer!.. Awesome job on the video by the way.
"... Yeah, I got an alternative. Let's get in that old whirly-bird, find us an island some place, get juiced up and spend what time we got left soakin' up some sunshine! How's that?"
Awesome... This film was too good for it's time.
Been watching this movie since I was a kid and the music stuck to me. That synthesizer, man o man.
Thank you for this upload. My favorite zombie movie ost by far!!
That first track is chilling.
My favorite channel to work to - Thanks much for making these vids!
Fratellis No problem, I keep it on in the background as well :)
+Alan Miller (meelertime) happy late halloween :D
+Alan Miller (meelertime) I love you!
Out of all the Zombie movie scores this is my favourite. It's just so intense and completely fits the movie. Especially the end scenes where so much is going on, from the escape of the protagonists to the horrific deaths of the soldiers. The gentle ambient pieces are great too where you can almost feel a little bit of calmness amongst the horror. Awesome!
Watched this movie when it was first released in 1985 on VHS, twice in a row. Loved it. Great character acting. Rhodes was my favorite, second only to Bub. I wish I had all their action figures!!
Excellent horror film.My late sister and I used to watch this on a friday night with a few beers.Also jsppy memories of Reanimator,Dolls,Return of the living dead and Living Dead At Manchester morgue,etc.
All good movies. I'd throw in the 90s remake of night of the living dead which in my opinion is better than the black and white version. Dolls was a good creepy movie I remember renting it as a kid with my dad. We always loved the puppet master movies for the same reason. Hp lovecraft's the resurrected is a great movie we like too. Directed by the same guy that directed return of the living dead 1.
@@STILuVa I've never heard of The Ressurected,will check it out,thanks!
@@leebritnell2405 no prob. From beyond and john carpenter's in the mouth of madness are also great hp lovecraft inspired movies too
I enjoy this film more than Dawn of the Dead. Way darker.
56:00 That Guitar uff
21:46 chill
Amazing Soundtrack, my favorite from the trilogy. It's also the only one to have its own OST made exclusively for the movie from beginning to end.
What a soundtrack, what a movie! Thanks so much for sharing the SCARING!!
Absolutely fantastic. So much class. Thanks for uploading this masterpiece 👍👍👍👍
Although most class Dawn as the ultimate in Romero's zombie movies, for me Day is the superior, reasoning being it shows the total lack of humanity to each other the majority of the survivors display, it has a undeniable bleakness and desperation (best shown by Miguel) that I would imagine to be more true to the actual feelings real people would be experiencing. Put this together with some fine acting, notably Sarah & Rhodes & a killer soundtrack that hits all the right notes in all the right places it's got the perfect mix for how the end of the world would probably feel.
I saw this at 14. Snuck in, because they weren't letting anyone under 18 see it. When Sarah wakes up on the beach, a guy in the audience yelled "oh fuck that!" We were all keyed up and thought the movie was telling us the whole plot was a dream. 😂 This was so gory and stressful for an '80s movie. It's my alltime favorite zombie/horror film.
I've never thought about collecting vinyl until now. I've got the CD soundtrack of this signed by John Harrison, but the crisp sound on this is amazing! Thanks for sharing.
IMHO this is the best film of the trilogy... no happy endings ... just total carnage ....choke on em was a life changing scene for me as a kid... along with evil dead when the book was being transcribed... the music on this takes my memory race back to the scenes so vividly i get goosebumps...
jake wilcken Except it’s the only movie of it’s trilogy with an actual happy ending.
No other zombie film has got close to the perception that it really is the end of the world - pure genius and what an opening scene !
One of the darkest, and most grim movies ever made….the soundtrack reminds us of that so beautifully.
Wonderful stuff. One of my favourite films and an amazing soundtrack.
I remember watching this as back in the 90,s when I was 14. The music alone freaked me out
I don't know exactly why but I always felt that of all Romero's other installations, Day of the Dead was the most tragic. The closest guess I can make is that by this point in the story, everything just feels so unbearably hopeless. The main character is seemingly fighting for a lost cause (Warning: spoilers ahead) and as the film goes on, we just see that hopelessness slowly crushing her. If you nothing more than study her expression from one scene to the next, she looks so frustrated and tired. Like someone on the verge of giving up on everything. Even a she voices her reasons for carrying on her work, there's so little feeling or conviction in her voice. To be honest, Land of the Dead may not have been everyone's favorite but for me at least, it was a desperately needed bit of levity. By the end of Day of the Dead, there was the vague sense that those were the last people left in the whole world and all they were doing now was living out their last days in relative calm (not a bad thing but it doesn't give much hope of a "future" for humankind). That's one viewers take, anyway. Movies are art pieces with countless interpretations.
you can just see the claustrophobia through this amazing soundtrack
Really enjoy this Film. An excellent and Underrated Romero Film, Does not deserve the hate it got. Excellent Theme!
"Listen. You can hear it over the engine." Thanks! I love the "trilogy of the dead" and the music brings me back some good memorys. Sorry by my english :P, I'm from Argentina. Cheers!