You either get this movie, if you're one of the very few who are awake, or you don't. Joe vs. the Volcano is without a doubt one of the most powerful films ever made. I'm grateful to the producers, director, and actors for making it.
I totally agree! You have to be awake to get the message. It is a highly symbolic movie and it does take some awareness of symbology to get that part, but even if you don't pick up on all the nuance, the big picture message is there if you keep your mind open to it.
I watched this film at the cinema when it was released, when I was still basically a boy, a teenager. I've had a soft spot for it ever since. As the years have passed, its message over time in my mind has shifted from a whimsical adventure story to something much deeper, about reaching beyond what you take for granted as everyday routine and seeking truly extraordinary experiences. As you become older, some of those experiences will become your fondest life memories.
So wonderful to see someone appreciates this movie the way I do. One of my all-time favorites. I own it and watch it again and again. Especially when I feel a brain cloud coming on. Love the taste in films.
I can't describe how much it means to me, to listen to this magnificent Soundtrack again after all these years. All I can say is "May You Live To Be 1000 Years Old, Sir" Thanks So Very Much For Sharing :)
When I’m feeling extra sentimental I like to create a montage of my life in my head, with this soundtrack in the background. This soundtrack is up there with the best of them. It takes you on “a real, journey.”
I have never commented on a video before but I have to agree that this silly movie speaks to each of us about how precious life is and how wonderful it is also!!!
If we but pause a brief moment we will find the blessings we can experience will be as many as the grasses beneath our feet and the dew drops on the morning flowers. I hope and pray that whomever reads this will never be marooned without love from a beloved one. Help yourself to all the beauty in the universe that you can hold,!
+Stephanie Sunderland Like how a different perspective can completely change our lives, or how you can be the best version of yourself if you are unencumbered by the small things in life like ordering more catalogs? Or what about how we can forget how big life is when we trap ourselves in our tiny rooms with lights that suck the life out of us? Suck Suck Suck!!!
+Stephanie Sunderland Like how a different perspective can completely change our lives, or how you can be the best version of yourself if you are unencumbered by the small things in life like ordering more catalogs? Or what about how we can forget how big life is when we trap ourselves in our tiny rooms with lights that suck the life out of us? Suck Suck Suck!!!
+Stephanie Sunderland and that is my most favorite movie. it's great see there's some die hard fan of this movie. Thanks to the director: Jhon Patrik Shenly
It sure is underrated and one of Tom Hank's, Meg Ryan's best ever films! The quotes from the film can give a lot of hope, ambition in despair however difficult situation you can find yourself in within real life. Adore this film but anyone i have mentioned it to has never watched this great film (it's one of my favourites). 😊
There are some films that no only remove us from our lives but in many ways, show our lives to us. This silly little film with it's light soundtrack and easy dialogue has hidden within it, the gentle whisperings of the universe, if we are still enough to hear them. Our lives are greater and should be greater if only we can seize them
Seen this movie today for the first time in maybe 12 years. Used to watch it a lot as a child and now I'm 24. Such a rare and delightful treasure this movie is and the soundtrack was great! Meg Ryan was stunning and Hanks was hilarious.
I ALSO say it and CONFIRM... '' that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement. "
I have this movie - never ever get tired of watching it - the story of life's paths, it's ruts, ends, beginnings all have such meaning to all of us humans. So wish the music makers had thought enough of its' power to keep selling the CD's. And the moon and thanks to God for His Gift of our Universe.
One of my favorite films. Glad a few of us appreciate it. From his awful job and the lights sucking the life out of him and Meg Ryan's different characters, to the big spending spree in the city and then the voyage and the music!
When I first saw this movie back in 1990, I knew it was something special. The critics, for the most part, hated it. And later when Tom Hanks one his academy award, Steven Spielberg appoligized to him for making the movie. That was a very poor thing to say. It has staid the test of time. So much more to this movie than we will all ever know. Thank you Georges Delerue for a most beautiful soundtrack.
I listen to this over and over again. Although I am not sure what it is doing to me, or for me - I captivated by it. Some how I feel as though the music understands my soul.
THE MOST MEANING FULL AND AMAZHHHHING MOVIE! searched long and hard and finally bought the dvd version but lost it moving........but still its reminder puts a smile to my face!
Thank you for putting this great music on TH-cam. I wish had it on CD because it its so beautiful. Shame on them for never allowing us to own it..........
This movie is also one of my favorites. It takes me to a differnt place and reminds me how appreciative I should be for my life. The sound track is also amazing, thank you for this.
Most awesome! Great movie and great soundtrack. Originally only about 5000 were released when the movie came out, but in 2002 they re-released it. Great taste, great work.
TheLanigh, Don't ever give up on it. I've watched this movie 4 times. The first time I watched it, I loved it UNTIL the Volcano climax scene and I thought, " That RUINED it for me!" I felt that way for years and when something affects you that strongly, it gives you insight into yourself and a chance to change. I have changed.
WOW...it hits you right between the eyes! I wish I would have gotten the score when it first came out. Now I can only hope that someone re-releases it. I love Georges Delerues' scores, including DAY OF THE DOLPHIN and THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS. I hope I can find a copy of JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO soon
Away from the things of man. That's the best ending by far. Thank you for posting this.Why didn't they get married in real life? They have the best chemistry.
Probably the most beautiful I have ever seen Meg Ryan was at 5:25. I have spent my entire life looking for the woman in that still photograph. To me, she radiates everything I love about,. admire and respect in a woman. There is such strength of character and capacity. A man can always dream, I suppose.
Meg Ryan epitomized the American woman in this movie. She was absolutely gorgeous, spontaneous, intelligent, strong, unselfish, with a most delightful sense of humor. How could any man not fall in love with her in this movie? This movie was far heavier than anyone suspected, too, and carried with it a strong message of hope through perseverance and self confidence. It may not have been taken seriously because it was done with humor and not the typical Hollywood soul-searching and weeping.
MANY THANKS! I am still searching for my own copy of the score, but no luck...some sites list it for over $100, which is way out of my price range...I hope someone will have the good sense to reissue it! Parts of this sound very much like THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS. Terrifc, underappreciated film!
I love the unique semi low budget but excellent at the same time... some of us are on board with movies that are not box office smash hits..I avoid those and opt for movies like "Joe vs the volcano"...I moved recently to an area on the Pacific coast of Mexico...on a mountain that is falling down...but at least I escaped the dumbo tourists that...as usual are destroying most of the beautiful places... I'd rather have a mountain fall on me than be around the "special ppl"... cheers from the jungle
I could have loved this movie so much. If only it had had better director. Some parts just break your heart and others seem dredged out of a pitifully lost comedy. What a shame. But the music is what gives it its power, and a Meg Ryan at her best.
I've been looking for this music for 20 years. Where did you get it? It was never released as far as I know... Could I get it from you? Or could you tell me where to get it?
up there with some of my favs (books included) the awful truth, seasoned greetings 1933, irma la duche, blues brothers, zen & t art of motorcycle maintenance, illusions, hugo, my man godfrey, double wedding, wu xia, the foundation trilogy, enders game book (although film wasn't bad), cave of forgotten dreams, warhorse, frequencies, The Song of The Sea~
Can't seem to find Ray Charles' cover of "Ol' Man River" that was featured in the film on itunes. Found it on amazon though, it's off of "Standards". Anyone find it anywhere else for download on itunes?
Ah, right. Looking it up, I see they only produced 3000 promotional copies of the soundtrack. In a way I approve, since it makes it a rare and valuable commodity. On the other hand, it makes it a hard-to-find and expensive one. Semantics are fun. :p
the whole movie is a fantasy. it never actually happens. joe is having this daydream fantasy sitting at his desk. notice how the lampshade looks identical to the island later on? the key is meg ryan. she plays all the main women, which is part of joe's fantasy. after he gets the news that he's going to die, that's when he goes back and has this fantasy. he's simply daydreaming about this adventure. the whole thing is ridiculous. a made-up phony terminal illness. some guy paying him to jump into a volcano. getting shipwrecked and surviving on top of floating luggage? an island where the natives are half polynesian, half jewish....and love orange soda? and they're blown out of the volcano, somehow surviving, and land in the ocean without a scratch on them? nonsense. it never actually happened. and once it's over (it probably took about 5 minutes in joe's mind), he'll come back to his real life--where he's broke, in a shitty job, and terminally ill. he's probably thinking about how amazing life could have been if things had just gone a little differently. if this plain, ordinary girl was adventurous and wild...if he'd taken more chances in life...if he'd been a little bolder, a little braver, not so afraid to settle for whatever crap came his way. the whole movie is a daydream. i adore this film so much.
You either get this movie, if you're one of the very few who are awake, or you don't. Joe vs. the Volcano is without a doubt one of the most powerful films ever made. I'm grateful to the producers, director, and actors for making it.
Completely an underrated movie! One of; if not my favorite movies.
I totally agree! You have to be awake to get the message. It is a highly symbolic movie and it does take some awareness of symbology to get that part, but even if you don't pick up on all the nuance, the big picture message is there if you keep your mind open to it.
The entrance to the factory is the face of the big woo. The lightning that hit the boat was the big woo symbol. 🥚
I watched this film at the cinema when it was released, when I was still basically a boy, a teenager. I've had a soft spot for it ever since. As the years have passed, its message over time in my mind has shifted from a whimsical adventure story to something much deeper, about reaching beyond what you take for granted as everyday routine and seeking truly extraordinary experiences. As you become older, some of those experiences will become your fondest life memories.
I don't really know why but the scene where the moon is rising over the ocean really hits me on a spiritual level. I tear up everytime.
I can't help but sip on an orange soda while listening to this soundtrack.
So wonderful to see someone appreciates this movie the way I do. One of my all-time favorites. I own it and watch it again and again. Especially when I feel a brain cloud coming on. Love the taste in films.
I can't describe how much it means to me, to listen to this magnificent Soundtrack again after all these years. All I can say is "May You Live To Be 1000 Years Old, Sir"
Thanks So Very Much For Sharing :)
Thanks. Same to you.
When I’m feeling extra sentimental I like to create a montage of my life in my head, with this soundtrack in the background. This soundtrack is up there with the best of them. It takes you on “a real, journey.”
I have never commented on a video before but I have to agree that this silly movie speaks to each of us about how precious life is and how wonderful it is also!!!
If we but pause a brief moment we will find the blessings we can experience will be as many as the grasses beneath our feet and the dew drops on the morning flowers. I hope and pray that whomever reads this will never be marooned without love from a beloved one. Help yourself to all the beauty in the universe that you can hold,!
Such a great film and soundtrack. Criminally underrated which makes it more special.
I have always loved this movie.. it's underrated. It sends a message that speaks to me and the score is one the best! Thanks for the upload :)
+Stephanie Sunderland Like how a different perspective can completely change our lives, or how you can be the best version of yourself if you are unencumbered by the small things in life like ordering more catalogs? Or what about how we can forget how big life is when we trap ourselves in our tiny rooms with lights that suck the life out of us? Suck Suck Suck!!!
+Stephanie Sunderland Like how a different perspective can completely change our lives, or how you can be the best version of yourself if you are unencumbered by the small things in life like ordering more catalogs? Or what about how we can forget how big life is when we trap ourselves in our tiny rooms with lights that suck the life out of us? Suck Suck Suck!!!
+Stephanie Sunderland and that is my most favorite movie. it's great see there's some die hard fan of this movie. Thanks to the director: Jhon Patrik Shenly
+Stephanie Sunderland ""Dear God, whose name I do not know - thank you for my life. I forgot how BIG... thank you. Thank you for my life.""
It sure is underrated and one of Tom Hank's, Meg Ryan's best ever films! The quotes from the film can give a lot of hope, ambition in despair however difficult situation you can find yourself in within real life. Adore this film but anyone i have mentioned it to has never watched this great film (it's one of my favourites). 😊
There are some films that no only remove us from our lives but in many ways, show our lives to us. This silly little film with it's light soundtrack and easy dialogue has hidden within it, the gentle whisperings of the universe, if we are still enough to hear them. Our lives are greater and should be greater if only we can seize them
For me personally, the soundtrack doesn't feel light at all. It is incredibly poignant and deep. A masterpiece, really.
I’m not arguing that with you.
@@plumbersteve I know he can get the job, but can be do the job?
@@cap871 if I had said that, I would have been wrong!
@@plumbersteve love you brother! You gave me a good solid laugh this morning
Seen this movie today for the first time in maybe 12 years. Used to watch it a lot as a child and now I'm 24. Such a rare and delightful treasure this movie is and the soundtrack was great! Meg Ryan was stunning and Hanks was hilarious.
I ALSO say it and CONFIRM... '' that almost the whole world is asleep. Everybody you know. Everybody you see. Everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement. "
I have this movie - never ever get tired of watching it - the story of life's paths, it's ruts, ends, beginnings all have such meaning to all of us humans. So wish the music makers had thought enough of its' power to keep selling the CD's. And the moon and thanks to God for His Gift of our Universe.
One of my favorite films. Glad a few of us appreciate it. From his awful job and the lights sucking the life out of him and Meg Ryan's different characters, to the big spending spree in the city and then the voyage and the music!
When I first saw this movie back in 1990, I knew it was something special. The critics, for the most part, hated it. And later when Tom Hanks one his academy award, Steven Spielberg appoligized to him for making the movie. That was a very poor thing to say. It has staid the test of time. So much more to this movie than we will all ever know. Thank you Georges Delerue for a most beautiful soundtrack.
I LOVE Joe vs. the Volcano... and Tom Hanks just adds to it. Great movie May you live to be a 1,000 years old........!
Beautiful sound track, those who never watched this fantasy don't know what they are missing. Love the music can sit back eyes closed and drift
full of wonder
I listen to this over and over again. Although I am not sure what it is doing to me, or for me - I captivated by it. Some how I feel as though the music understands my soul.
Thank you for this. Joe versus the Volcano has served me well in my life. An all time favorite of mine. An important movie.
THE MOST MEANING FULL AND AMAZHHHHING MOVIE! searched long and hard and finally bought the dvd version but lost it moving........but still its reminder puts a smile to my face!
There is a great human story here lightly disguised in a silly plot, and Georges Delerues score is magnificent.
Thank you for putting this great music on TH-cam. I wish had it on CD because it its so beautiful. Shame on them for never allowing us to own it..........
My favourite movie by a long shot. I love the soundtrack, thanks for sharing
This movie is also one of my favorites. It takes me to a differnt place and reminds me how appreciative I should be for my life. The sound track is also amazing, thank you for this.
Thanks for putting this up. I love this movie and this music!
Most awesome! Great movie and great soundtrack. Originally only about 5000 were released when the movie came out, but in 2002 they re-released it.
Great taste, great work.
TheLanigh, Don't ever give up on it. I've watched this movie 4 times. The first time I watched it, I loved it UNTIL the Volcano climax scene and I thought, " That RUINED it for me!" I felt that way for years and when something affects you that strongly, it gives you insight into yourself and a chance to change. I have changed.
Thank you so much for this .... it is SO FREAKING hard to find a copy of Marooned Without You.
Live like a king, die like a hero
Great Georges Delerue ！
whenever I listen to his music, I feel my soul purified.
Thank you for the video.
From Japan.
WOW...it hits you right between the eyes! I wish I would have gotten the score when it first came out. Now I can only hope that someone re-releases it. I love Georges Delerues' scores, including DAY OF THE DOLPHIN and THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS. I hope I can find a copy of JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO soon
I loved it 😃.
Away from the things of man. That's the best ending by far. Thank you for posting this.Why didn't they get married in real life? They have the best chemistry.
congratulations.... well done!
Parabéns!!
My advice to you... Live it well....
My favourite MOVIE, by a long shot!
Great soundtrack to a great movie.
very nice. thank you for sharing.
Probably the most beautiful I have ever seen Meg Ryan was at 5:25. I have spent my entire life looking for the woman in that still photograph. To me, she radiates everything I love about,. admire and respect in a woman. There is such strength of character and capacity. A man can always dream, I suppose.
Meg Ryan epitomized the American woman in this movie. She was absolutely gorgeous, spontaneous, intelligent, strong, unselfish, with a most delightful sense of humor. How could any man not fall in love with her in this movie?
This movie was far heavier than anyone suspected, too, and carried with it a strong message of hope through perseverance and self confidence. It may not have been taken seriously because it was done with humor and not the typical Hollywood soul-searching and weeping.
I have no response to that.
@@plumbersteve I assume you agree, then?
@@halo101st9 if I had said that I would have been wrong.
thx man im in my school 1 act play and this is the best thing we could find on youtube thx
MANY THANKS! I am still searching for my own copy of the score, but no luck...some sites list it for over $100, which is way out of my price range...I hope someone will have the good sense to reissue it! Parts of this sound very much like THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS. Terrifc, underappreciated film!
The music makes the movie!
That is my favorite quote in the movie too.
What is?
Nice music. I watched this movie by accident and I did like it.
Sadly, I relate to the main character.
Watch it with the closed captioning turned on. I know when they arrive on Waponi Woo it says "Singing 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home' in Waponi" :-)
it cant get any better
This was from that promotional album that was never released to the public.
UM BELO FILME E UM OTIMO ELENCO - MEG RYAN ERA UMA DELICIA DOS ANOS 80
I love the unique semi low budget but excellent at the same time... some of us are on board with movies that are not box office smash hits..I avoid those and opt for movies like "Joe vs the volcano"...I moved recently to an area on the Pacific coast of Mexico...on a mountain that is falling down...but at least I escaped the dumbo tourists that...as usual are destroying most of the beautiful places... I'd rather have a mountain fall on me than be around the "special ppl"... cheers from the jungle
Right On, Partner! I agree 1000 percent!
@poolboyee
I am glad to see there is someone else out there who appreciates that quote as much as I do.
I could have loved this movie so much. If only it had had better director. Some parts just break your heart and others seem dredged out of a pitifully lost comedy. What a shame. But the music is what gives it its power, and a Meg Ryan at her best.
I've been looking for this music for 20 years. Where did you get it? It was never released as far as I know... Could I get it from you? Or could you tell me where to get it?
up there with some of my favs (books included)
the awful truth,
seasoned greetings 1933, irma la duche, blues brothers, zen & t art of motorcycle maintenance, illusions, hugo, my man godfrey, double wedding, wu xia, the foundation trilogy, enders game book (although film wasn't bad), cave of forgotten dreams, warhorse, frequencies, The Song of The Sea~
What's the title of the first piece? It's wonderful
@gamerpro28 - It is listed, but unfortunately it currently shows up as "not in stock" there.
Can't seem to find Ray Charles' cover of "Ol' Man River" that was featured in the film on itunes. Found it on amazon though, it's off of "Standards". Anyone find it anywhere else for download on itunes?
mage stick music for such under rated movie
Yes the score is rare on CD and costs around $150.
Soon this much loved movie, which has become the favourite of so many, will become one of the most hated in history. Remember this comment.
This song is like what bacon would taste like if my ears could taste bacon.
Ah, right. Looking it up, I see they only produced 3000 promotional copies of the soundtrack. In a way I approve, since it makes it a rare and valuable commodity. On the other hand, it makes it a hard-to-find and expensive one.
Semantics are fun. :p
Such is an amazingly profound and beautiful soundtrack for an allegedly silly movie. They don't make that anymore
"Brain Cloud" = Same as Moonrise theme, in a lower key
nagyon jó
The first time I saw you
I'm a flibbertigibbit!
I told you I was a flibbertigibbet....
Sorry, I meant to say won and not one
the whole movie is a fantasy. it never actually happens.
joe is having this daydream fantasy sitting at his desk. notice how the lampshade looks identical to the island later on?
the key is meg ryan. she plays all the main women, which is part of joe's fantasy.
after he gets the news that he's going to die, that's when he goes back and has this fantasy. he's simply daydreaming about this adventure.
the whole thing is ridiculous. a made-up phony terminal illness. some guy paying him to jump into a volcano. getting shipwrecked and surviving on top of floating luggage? an island where the natives are half polynesian, half jewish....and love orange soda?
and they're blown out of the volcano, somehow surviving, and land in the ocean without a scratch on them?
nonsense. it never actually happened.
and once it's over (it probably took about 5 minutes in joe's mind), he'll come back to his real life--where he's broke, in a shitty job, and terminally ill.
he's probably thinking about how amazing life could have been if things had just gone a little differently. if this plain, ordinary girl was adventurous and wild...if he'd taken more chances in life...if he'd been a little bolder, a little braver, not so afraid to settle for whatever crap came his way.
the whole movie is a daydream.
i adore this film so much.
130 bucks for a movie soundtrack? Where are you shopping?
Help me God
Weird movie, I didn't get it, like Hanks and Ryan, good soundtrack.