The most Iconic movie score ever! "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" Vocal ANALYSIS!
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- I couldn't believe when I heard about the Danish National Symphony Orchestra covering "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" as a performance what I would be in for. Watching some cliff notes on the film to remind myself, I instantly heard this iconic song and it brought back memories. This performance should hopefully do the same for all of you. Nostalgia, commence!!!
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to The Danish National Symphony Orchestra for the first time, performing "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” Live.
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Performed by The Danish National Symphony Orchestra - Words and Music by Ennio Morricone
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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It would be nice to see you react to the Danish Symphony Orchestra - LOTR End of All Things. There's excellent vocals in that piece and it's a gorgeous song overall.
it was made to ge working claas peopel to go see clacical so like you
In the same spirit, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Danny Elfman's "Ice Dance" from "Edward Scissorhands" by the Nederlands Concertkoor. It's just a choir singing so maybe not as interesting for you to analyze, vocally speaking. Yet I cannot explain why, it makes me cry almost every time I hear it.
another orchestral: Ghost in the shell th-cam.com/video/WjOuEruzoh0/w-d-xo.html
The best description of this I've ever seen was:
"A Danish orchestra with a Japanese conductor playing music by an Italian composer for a movie filmed in Spain, funded by Germans, about the American Wild West."
😂😂 Good point
And the Main Character was consider a washed up actor in Hollywood.
Best commentary on this masterful arrangement of The Good, The Bad, The Ugly. Many others are just people who ham-up their reactions in order to add 'original content' in order to monetise this wonderful orchestral performance
Yeah right? HAHA, world is crazy.
Don't forget extras and set building provided by the Spanish Army.
thank you for reacting to this performance - I have worked with this orchestra as a broadcast sound-engineer in DR (Danish Broadcasting corp.) for nearly 30 years - and I love my job :-) It was such a surprise to us when this video turned into this youtube smash-hit. This is from one of our themeconcerts with western music - mostly Morricone. Usually the orchestra play more straight up classical music every week in our thursday-concerts wich we broadcast live every week on the radio and internet. The orchestra and the broadcast "The Thursday Concert" (in danish: Torsdagskoncerten) has been broadcasted continuosly for nearly 90 years - 90 years anniversery in 2023. Maybe a world record??? :-) As a sidenote - my wife is in the choirs soprano group on this recording
I think the quality and the arrangement and orchestration shines thorough in this performance. It is pure class and really no surprise that it has become this huge youtube hit. I pass it on to everyone I know a something not to be missed. Everyone is wonderful in it..
As far as I am concerned, this is the best rendition of the best movie theme music of all time. Everyone in the orchestra and associated with it's production has a right to be proud of this absolute masterpiece.
If the guitar was acoustic, this would have been great.
Wow Soren, you must be one of the happiest men in the world. I'm a bit of an audiophile. I discovered the Danish national symphony orchestra a few years ago. I thought the production quality was outstanding. I've been gradually putting together a playlist (why not check it out). I'm curious to know which are your favourite tracks and which ones you would recommend to others.
Et fantastisk orkester. Har altid været glad for klassisk musik, men jeg er vild med deres tema koncerter. Western som denne, men også Science Fiction, Horror, Tegnefilm og computerspil.
The musical performance is awesome, but let us also give credit to the video recording. The closeups of the various performers, so close you can see Tuva's revolver earing, all very well timed as the performers play crucial parts, the casual way the hanged man prop shows up, the dramatic touch of Christine singing from the balcony. I don't remember ever seeing an orchestra so well presented in video.
Exactly. It is all part of what DR does, it is our version of the BBC so it is all in house talent.
And because it is funded by all us Danes, if we like it or not, it means they by law not only do they do things for a broad audience they all give the same care to doing things meant for a very narrow audience. Simply because it is important there is good stuff for all, since as with all things it enriches us all that we get to be different while also being together at other times.
I'm not ashamed to admit this video makes me cry. This video showcases the beauty humans can create.
A Japanese conductor leading a Danish orchestra on the music from a German financed movie produced by Italians filmed in Spain starring an America.
It took the talents of 6 nations to bring this together.
Tuva is Norwegian :)
E la colonna sonora di Ennio Morricone
@@jesperolsen8727 so still 6 nations then :)
They were a whole series of spaghetti westerns , Hang’em High , For a Few Dollars More , A Fist Full of Dollars to name a few . Clint Eastwood would keep reviving his character of the man with no name .
The conductor was a pianist who suffered a carrier ending injury. She decided she would continue her career as a conductor. What she did with this sounds track is simply wonderful. I am just a lay person who has no musical aptitude but I love this philharmonic group and the songs the have done. However, I love this one the most. I may have made them top on TH-cam top as I listened to this soooo many times.
If you haven't seen the movie, the three "instrument" of the leitmotif actually represents the three main character. The flute is Blondie, the "Good" (played by Clint Eastwood), the ocarina is Angel Eyes, the "Bad" (played by Lee van Cleef), and the choir is Tuco, the "Ugly" (played by Eli Wallach). The instruments actually represent the characters really well. The flute is high, the ocarina is deep and low, and choir is human. Blondie is the character with higher values, Angel Eyes is the totally ruthless killer, and Tuco is the most ambiguous, who tries to survive the whole thing, greedy and vengeful, but also joyful and has a lust for life.
I don't think these three guys are that different. They are all greedy. The Good is the most handsome and the Ugly the least.
@@mrstatler morally they are not really different. But they are archetypical.
@@L4sz10 I'm not sure what You mean but it seems that the title refers to classical westerns where there are positive and negative characters (white and black) but this is not the case because it is more like in Sam Peckinpah's anti-westerns, there are only bad characters and even worse characters, more like regular people. Then again everybody's greedy but not everybody sells own mother to get money.
And the brass are for the Civil War background of the story...
@@mrstatler I agree with you in that it presents a spectrum that gets worse as it progresses, but I think it's important to remember that Blondie's an anti-hero. He's plenty willing to break the law, and good at killing folks, but he only does that when forced upon him. There's a line he won't cross, still. Tuco, however, will kill for personal gain, but only because he wants to revel in luxury. Angel Eyes, however, not only kills to reach his goal, he'll kill as a convenience along the way.
The Good is flawed, but basically decent. The Ugly is those flaws writ large, but not a killer by inclination, and the Bad will kill without a thought, people don't matter to him. Really, he's a dead man walking around, still alive. There are real distinctions there, enough for a morality story without doubt. We're all Blondies, in a less violent way, imperfect, but doing the best we can, and sometimes we are Tucos, but there's a warning to not let ourselves become Angel Eyes. What John Wayne missed about good vs evil is that in his movies, they were an idealization that doesn't exist, and the difference between good and bad is nothing, compared to bad vs worse.
So morally, they are distinctively different. Saying otherwise because they break the law and kill people is so simplistic that it groups soldiers, shoplifters, and serial killers in the same category. Morality plays work better, when they're relateable.
This is my favorite concert piece ever. I can't listen to this without crying.
The sound is incredible and the skill of the musicians and vocalists are impeccible.
To me this piece is like 12 on a scale 1 to 10.
They smashed it! ❤❤❤
Actually i do tear up too, which is what good music is sposed to do, is to make certain emotions come out. The other song where i get teary is "calling occupants of interplanetary craft" Karens voice is angelic.
Best performance of this song ever. It's been in my playlist for several years. Absolute excellence
I prefer this over the original.
Excellence indeed. I can't get enough of this one. If someone wants me to explain perfection I just have to show this video.
Ennio Morricone, real musical genius, he is sorely missed, his collaboration with Sergio Leone is legendary, but I'm also big fan of The Hateful Eight theme.
At least he got an Oscar for that shortly before he died
Though I have to say "The Hateful Eight" was never and won't ever be my favourite Tarantino-movie... I gave it several watches but the story was just to bloated for me... It's by no mean a bad film, just not my favourite overall
I love even more "Man with harmonica" :) And this Danich orchestra did it also very well !
@F Muse use it as the intro for Knights of Cydonia live, and Fields of the Nephilim used it as "Intro (Harmonica Man)". Legendary song.
He also did great Soundtracks to some Bud Spencer movies like Buddy goes West (Occhio alla penna).
Love that it goes into "The Ecstasy of Gold" at around the 12 minute mark. This song is possibly more iconic among metal fans due to Metallica using it as their intro music for all their live shows.
Yep , exctasy of gold. And Metallica have used it for ever as start of the show soundtrack
@@DanBergmanSE yes, that's what OP said
I'm almost ashamed to admit that somehow I never put Ecstasy of Gold and TGtB&tU together, having only seen it once or twice years ago. To me it's always just been the Metallica show opener.
Whenever I hear that, I instantly think Metallica concerts.
got to that part in the video and said aloud, "every Metallica fan on this channel will be in the comments" lol
Sad, but true - I consider myself to be a pretty darn good singer... but I can't whistle musically to save my life! Seeing an opera singer toss off such whistling with the same ease she understandably sings "Whaa, whaa, whaaa" is nothing short of amazing to me...
...more, I would swear whistling like that would require the kind of physical equipment only a baritone would possess - beyond any woman, just as singing soprano would be beyond any man. Very well done!
Everyone is surprised cause theres a person hangging but literally is one of the most iconic parts of the movie..lol
My god that woman singing during Ecstasy of Gold brought me to tears. Freakin incredible.
Me too man, tears streaming while I'm trying to eat my dinner
Guilty as well but I don't care. Music should bring out every emotion the body has. You should see me when I listen to Pavarotti singing Nessum Dorma, it's a mop clean up job. The 🤘🏻🇬🇧🖤
She has told in an interview that she has received a message from a person telling her "After my mom's death I haven't been able to cry, before I heard you in this piece".
Christine Nonbo make me tear up every time I hear her live😍 try to find the one with Shrouded destiny, a star wars story m.th-cam.com/video/oTafIW4BB4A/w-d-xo.html
She's definitely a fabulous Singer but Susanna Rigaccis voice fits way better to ennios incredible music!!!
Ecstasy of Gold always makes me picture Tuco running through the cemetary looking for the headstone where the money is hidden.
Un...k...kk...kn....there's no name on it.
It makes me think of drinking a Modelo beer.
@@jdm1066 There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend. Those with loaded pistols, and those who dig, you dig.
Carson
I was 10 years old when I borrowed this VHS movie from an uncle in 1993 and it remains in my top 5 movies of all time. I too think about Tuco running through the graveyard in search of his gold!
As a Metallica fan, who saw few concerts in person, many more on screen, Ecstasy Of Gold is a fantastic build up to great night.
Scrolled down to the comments as soon as Ecstasy started to check if someone mentioned Metallica 🤘🤘
Loved it since I first saw the movie as a child in the late 70's... loved it even more when at Metallica concerts since the late 80's till today
S and M baby
Native Long Islander living in Stockholm the past 30 years. These videos impressed me so much that I finally made a weekend trip in April 2022 to Copenhagen specifically to see the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. I missed this particular show but I did get to see them play a mix of popular Hollywood movie scores. It was great and I am definitely going back for more. I keep my eye out for their emails to see what they've got coming down the pipe. I wish I could have seen this show, the Halo show they did, Star Wars, Star Trek... they've done pretty much everything.
The theater they play in fantastic. Really, really fantastic. Pictures do not do it justice. You just gotta be there. It's beautiful visually and acoustically. I will also be hitting Musikhuset Aarhus in Denmark. I know the managing director's brother who said I should visit them as i like what they're doing in Copenhagen.
I've been to see the sister orchestra in Sweden, the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. I like the Danes better and they have a real sense of humor and know how to connect with modern audiences. The Swedes seem stuck in the classics. They're not very adventurous. The Danes are doing everything with a wink and a nod and a smile. They mix it up. Sometimes the classics, sometimes mashups of popular movie, TV and video game music.
I'm not a singer and I do not play any instruments but I am curious about most things in life. I've learned a lot from you on this channel and I retain most of what I learn. I both see and hear the things you talk about when I watch and listen to music and artists. It's fun to make the connections. Looking forward to many more videos in the future and thank you for doing them!
/Will
There is a huge difference between people from Stockholm and people from Gothenburg. I live close to Gothenburg and honestly I don't think I would enjoy living in Stockholm because people are so dry of humor there. It definitely feels like coming to another country being in the capital. I like Denmark too because they are so happy, similar to Gothenburg in many ways. West coast is the best coast 😊
Great story.
It is DR (Denmarks Radio), they do have Television department too, and they have filmed the orchestra hundred of times since the 50s.
DR started with radio, then came TV, but they still kept the name Danmarks Radio.
DR Symphony Orchestra is taxpayer funded and their purpose is to deliver music to DR's Radio and TV productions, but also to the people and not only the hardcore elite classic audience, but everybody. Sometimes they arrange concerts for kids and teaching them about the trade and instruments. DR also have a Big Band, same professionalism, you can even meet the two orchestras in the same concert. If I remember right, they have 6 or 7 choirs, from small kids (6-8 years) choir up to the big choir we see here in this concert.
The Soprano Christine Nonbo Andersen, is a product of DR's choirs, she started as 12-year-old, advanced through several choirs. Then she went to music conservatory in Copenhagen, after graduation DR hired her as a Soprano in 2017. This concert, you just saw, was her first solo. I believe she did fine.
Tuva Semmingsen is freelance, so you can hire her for a concert. If you need a place to put up your concert, you can rent the concert house too. 1800 seats for spectators or just one of the minor studios, there are 4 of them.
The Orchestra was "born" on the 28th of October 1925!.......... So next year is the 100th birthday and knowing DR (I am a Dane), they won't waste a good celebration. Maybe something big is coming, who knows? Keep an eye on their homepage.
Now i have to defend the swedish radio symphony orchestra. You might be right, but there has been some magical moment on the Trettondagskonserten that that orchestra does every year (broadcasted on TV from Berwaldhallen). There is a lot of classical music but more famous and easy listen classical music with opera singers. It is important to support these things as money does have something todo with it as well.
@@thewildhealer541 " West coast is the best coast". I got Beach Boys vibes. 😃
Yes, Finally the Danish Orchestra! Next we need you to listen to the Hobbit - Misty Mountains! That guys voice is insane.
Ennio was a genius, and this orchestra does him justice.. hats off!
I cannot agree more.🙌
I actually wore out my cassette tape of The Mission soundtrack.
Another great Morricone body of work.
I love your breakdown on this piece,
it makes me appreciate what a genius Ennio Morricone was.
May he Rest In Peace.
Ecstasy of Gold! Eli Wallach has just found the grave yard where the gold is burried and he is running around the grave yard looking for the grave. Excitement mounts, the stops abruptly when he finds the grave. The scene always plays in my head whenever I hear it!
I absolutely love that this orchestra will take on ANY kind of music, not just classical, but also from movies, TV and video games!
+1
Sure, but don't forget that Morricone is also an important author of contemporary classical music, including the opera Partenope.
If you haven't heard their performance of the music from The Mandalorian, I strongly suggest it. It's incredible.
The Halo covers were epic!
They also play the original scores for that station's original productions, including the brand new compositions for the recent multi-hour series covering the national wildlife.
On a more fun side, they also do the music in a quiz show called "the classical music quiz", filmed in that same concert hall with a live audience and a live orchestra. If you can watch that from your side of the "pond", preferably with subtitles in your language, otherwise it makes little sense.
I will never forget the scene when Tuco first runs over the Sad Hill Cemetery. So many graves, this beautyful, haunting music, the thrill that the treasure is near...such a brilliant mix of emotions, rarely recreated in cinema.
Hey, Blond! You know what you are? Just a dirty son of a b...
I love that theme. It's perfect.
It's called "The Ecstasy of Gold."
Yes, it's the best Scene of the movie.
...and ELi WALLACH R.I.P. must have won the oscars....but the time was wrong?
Anyone here, who thinks Eli wasn`t epic?
EXTASY OF GOLD, is the name of the masterpiece :)
ectasy is the English spelling.
When I hear it I envision Tuco running among the headstones of the cemetery, looking for the grave of Arch Stanton.
@@testodude Possibly a simple typo, since the X and C are neighbors on the keyboard.
@@jsusna1972 could be. maybe a non English speaker
@@testodude Quite possibly. I hadn't considered that.
When I listen to this film score, I have to fight back tears depending on what mood I'm in. And I couldn't tell you why it does that to me - it just pushes some buttons in my brain.
Ecstasy of gold (second part here, shorter than the original) is a film score masterpiece.
Full usage of the orchestra's dynamic, choir, voices and all. An ostinato up to delirium, with moments of hesitations, perfectly matching the scene it was written for: the one where Tuco ("the Ugly") is desperately searching the grave containing the gold. He runs like a devil among the graves, around the camera, which struggles to follow him in this crazy round cemetery.
End in total chaos of rythms and instruments, and brutally, like a blade cut: total silence (he found it!)
Perfection to me, concerning music AND cinema.
Also, Metallica use 'Ecstasy Of Gold' as their intro theme!
@@radiofreedom7840 Metallica even did their own rendition of it for the "Official" Ennio Morricone tribute album a few years back, super cool!
It reminds me of what final fantasy games try to reproduce with music matching scene
The female chorus “ahhh” is meant to sound like coyotes. The original also incorporated these sounds. This orchestra did an amazing job on this! Good reaction.
Can confirm. We have Eastern Coyotes in our area, and they really do sound like that. There was one from "our" pack we called "Miss Coyote" who was definitely a coloratura soprano.
Most people don't realize what they have just seen.
A Japanese conductor
leading the Danish National Symphony
italian (roman) composer: Ennio Morricone R.I.P.
in playing music from an Italian movie
filmed in Spain
financed by Germans
and starring three Americans.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly"
Greetings from Italy
Excellent rendition by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra. A few years ago I stumbled upon their post, and noticed it had only about 35,000 views. I noted that it ought to have more. By now it has 112,000,000 plus. It's a good score, carried mainly by the main title and Ecstasy of Gold. I don't think it's the most iconic score ever. But Ecstasy of Gold probably is the best single number composed for any movie.
There have been many great movie themes in the history of cinema, but the one for The Good, The Bad And The Ugly is the only one that became synonymous with an entire genre of movies. And aside from the iconic theme, you have individual pieces in there like the spine-tingling Ecstacy Of Gold, which is an absolute masterclass in scoring a movie scene, with music and visuals expertly woven together to build the excitement to a fever pitch. Absolutely the greatest western movie ever made - everything about it is simply epic and unforgetable.
Ecstasy of Gold was amazing. Especially when Metallica did it with the LA symphony in their album "S&M."
It's kinda tied with (also Morricone's) Once Upon a Time in the West theme, or used to be anyway in countless spoofs and clin-d'oeils. Close up on the eyes, harmonica and here comes the guitar.
I love how you can hear the horses, then the army comes along with their bugles, and then the mysterious music, the high drama - this score will always stand out as one of the greatest pieces of movie music.
@@badbug72 San Francisco Symphony, man (YEAH!). Maestro Michael Kamen at the helm (YEAH!)
I completely agree. This theme has defined the western genre and will (anytime your hear it) send your mind straight to the old west.
The Superman Theme by Maestro Williams (also done by DNSO), has the exact samt effect on me, but just with superhero genre.... When you hear that you immidiately know that it's superhero time 💪😀👍
The pride of Danish orchestras - always breaking boundaries for what you can do as a National Symphony Orchestra
That truly is something to be proud off. They sound amazing.
Ennio should get, for his spaghetti westerns music, and his progeny, every lifetime music award, ceremony, endowment, that ever exists! He did soooo many!
This is one of those reviews where i wish you'd just listen.
This Danish NS orchestra has recreated dozens of amazing authentic covers that often better the originals.
Incredibly talented musicians.
You cannot convince me that Christine Nonbo Andersen is not channeling an angel on Ecstasy of Gold. One of the most beautiful, haunting, flawless vocal performances I've ever heard. Literally chokes me up every time I hear this.
The whole thing is just so epic -- one of my absolute all time favorite film scores.
She should do Sade
Fun fact: Metallica opens every concert with "The Ecstasy Of Gold", the second piece in this video, as their intro when they come on stage.
... and usualy, just before "The Ecstasy Of Gold", there is AC/DC's "It's a Long Way To The Top If You Wanna Rock & Roll".
Love it, when they enter the stage and play along to it before thrashing the sh*t out of the audience.
And Ramones used to open with The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
That's the one at the beginning of the infamous 1991 show in Moscow, right?
At 11:45 the ecstasy of gold begins with the wonderful and sad OBOE.Cooooooool
Ecstasy of Gold always sends shivers down my spine for 2 reasons 1. It is an amazing piece of music and 2. It is what you hear just before Metallica step on stage :)
Yes, the shivers, the excitement you feel when you hear these first notes in the darkness of the concert hall... Undescribable.
If you ever do another Score like this, "Once Upon a Time in The West," is beautiful & worth breaking down in a study. 🙏🎵🎶💞 Awesome episode, as always!!!!
Love the different themes for the different characters in this one. While the theme for "Harmonica" is probably the most iconic one, I think Cheyenne´s theme might be my favourite.
Strong agree.
Everyone knows good the bad and the ugly, but once upon a time in the west 🤌
Once Upon a Time in the West is arguably even better.
@@mournblade1066 It is
A perfect time to recommend Procol Harum & the Danish National Symphony live in Denmark doing "A Whiter Shade of Pale". AMAZING! Gary Brooker (RIP) first sang this in 1967, and I think his voice held up amazingly well....I'm guessing he continued his vocal training all through his life.
Same orchestra, different name, different time.
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The orchestra is part of DR, Denmark's first national radio- and TV station.
Brooker's voice was amazing on all the albums Procol Harum did. I also recommend Jim Morrison and the Doors. Three songs come to mind; "The End," "When the Music's Over," and especially "Celebration of the Lizard." The last one, from the "Absolutely Live" LP, was from the performance at the Aquarius Theater, Los Angeles, in July, 1969.
I love experiencing the soundtracks of movies. This version put icing on the cake of that beautiful soundtrack!
This was on a c-tape my dad had recorded probably from some radio show and when I listened to it for the first time at about the age of say twelve - that is 40 years ago - I hadn't even seen the movie yet, just heard of it from my mom. Every instrument, every voice and each detail in it sounded in my ears like a plot from a fantasy movie with monsters and magic and heroes - something I couldn't comprehend when facing the fact it actually was from a western.
I saw Ennio Morricone perform this and other pieces live at a concert where he conducted the Rome Symphony Orchestra at the Albert Hall in London on his birthday in 2003. A truly unforgettable experience. What never ceases to amaze me was his ability to produce a unique style and sound for each film he scored almost as if he were re inventing himself on each occasion. For example Cinema Paradiiso, The Mission, and Frantic among others, each so different in style which made him much sought after by the film directors serious about their art.
Yes, this is SO BEAUTIFUL. It make me proud to be Danish. I hope the Italiens are proud of Ennio Morricone. He was a genius!
Ennio morricone should have won a Oscar for his score for the good the bad and the ugly.
The Trumpets on 6:45 are epic and the most goosebumb inducing part of the first half of this score. Love it...
I think it’s so cool that I’ve never seen The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly but I’m so deeply familiar with both of these songs just from how pervasive they have become in pop culture/ other film or tv references. Beautiful music and now I think I need to see the film.
You do, it's great film
Well, 'bout time to check it out!
Its a trilogy, watch it all, u wont regreat
As a Dane and knowing that a similar concert was done with music from fairytales, fantasy & cartoons makes it special.
You should try to get in contact with a guy called: Jakob Stegelmann. I don't think a tea-talk would be under 3 hours 😎😎😎
In the original Ennio Morricone's song, when the opera female voice enters, the film wins a bigger dimension, and we begin to watch something beyond epic.
In that amazing orchestra performance they really catch the essence of that moment
The best western movie ever made, with Ennio's score. Ennio has made many, many fantastic movie scores and is one of my favorite movie score composers.
The animal "yodeling" is intended to imitate a coyote. Before the song starts in the movie they play the actual sound of the animal.
And the hanging man is also a reference to the movie. I can't remember if it's also present in the beginning, but there's this whole thing the main characters do with hangings throughout the film.
Edit: the second song is called "the ecstasy of gold" and as a nice fact there's a cover of it in the Samurai Jack cartoon.
It's supposed to represent Tuco. He was the one that had to hang until he was shot down and then they could both escape with the reward money 🙂
That was a beautiful rendition. Thank you Christina and thank you for explaining what and who Enio Morricone was, an homage to him. And I am convinced that these kind of performances can attract new and young people to classical music.
You are right, Morricone made beautiful orchestral/band music on a spaghetti budget, that was his job, and what we just saw is probably 8 Million Danish tax payer grant Euros at work.
Reminds me, can you sometime react to Patricia Janeckova singing Morricone's "Once upon a time in the west" at 12 years of age at some teen contest pageant or something. She would go on to be a pretty recognized Opera singer in European tours.
It's a fairly common thing to associate music with specific places or events in life, and one of my most vibrant examples is the Ecstasy of Gold. Every time I hear it, I'm back in Santa Fe, NM, drinking fresh coffee on a cold October morning.
What a gorgeous arrangement.
Bloody hell... Ecstasy of Gold will put my hairs right through my shirt every time.
What a beauty Morricone built, and what a beautiful rendition from the Danish Orchestra.
I concur 👍🎶🎶🎶
@GaudyGabriev - not just Morricone as such - and there is no question that he was a master, and a pure genius.
But let's not forget involvement of somebody like Edda Dell'Orso (soprano), as they both worked together a lot, including those movies. Her wordless vocals can be heard in a lot of scenes during this movie (and in the Danish orchestra, Tuva Semmingsen is doing some of those "vocals").
I had the pleasure of arranging 'Ecstasy of Gold' for an orchestra, choir & soloists, and a 5-piece band, and conducted it live at a tech event a few years ago. I'm not sure if there's ever been a higher moment of elation in my life than being at the helm while performing this piece.
Oh man, experiencing the conductor's stand in that moment is the reason we pick up the baton. It's BREATHING music, SWIMMING in it, making magic through and between every ictus... Jealous and happy for you all at the same time.
So jealous!!
@@jpook730 That sounds so amazing it brings a tear of joy to my eye.
I've played the Star Wars Main Title as a violist. That elation is probably half of what I'd feel playing this song..
And that half is half of what you did probably. Jealous
They not only knocked it out of the park, but they knocked it out of the city, county, and state.
Played this for my grandson as an infant and he would stop crying. He is over 3 now and when I want his attention I play this song and he comes running.
Ecstasy of Gold is the name of the 2nd song and it never fails to give me chills, especially when the vocal lead comes in.
Another favorite! Beautiful performance and beautiful analysis from you as usual. This music really defined the western movie genre. In the original video, one of the most popular comments (by nabodrengen) really sums it up: "A danish orchestra, conducted by a japanese, plays the music from a movie made by an italian, filmed in spain, financed by germans, and somehow it becomes the essence of America."
They really zeroed in on Morricone/Leone's drama & intensity. If you watch the final scene from the movie, it builds to an almost terrifying level before the big payoff. And this orchestra NAILED that exact feeling the movie conveyed.
That Danish orchestra is phenomenal
Second song is Ecstasy of Gold. Interestingly it’s played at the beginning of every Metallica concert.
Metallica plays the Ecstacy of Gold before every live show. In 1999 the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra played it for them at the beginning of the S&M concert. Also later, there was an Ennio Morricone tribute album and they had Metallica play the Ecstacy of Gold, and its quite badass.
The good, the bad, the ugly is THE BEST western movie EVER. Period. And the soundtrack is as legendary as the movie itself.
Just a reminder that the double reed instruments are blowing through a tiny hole especially the oboe and English Horn featured here. They frequently have to blow out extra air before taking a new breath.
"The Ecstasy of Gold" is the song after the main theme, and it is my absolute favorite songs from an original soundtrack! So much emotion!
Edit: I wonder if the oboist you pointed out at 14:44 is using circular breathing... some wind players at this level can take in a quick breath WHILE still playing a sustained note!
Fun fact Metallica have used the ecstasy of gold (the second half of this performance) for the intro to their live sets for the majority of their career, you hear it playing at the start of their enter sandman in Moscow 91 live performance and they also did it with the San Francisco symphony orchestra as part of their s&m show
They've been using it since like '84
Was about to ask if anybody else knew it from Metallica first.
@@dgthe3 I did. Haven't seen classic Western movies until a few years ago and it's like both make each other better - knowing the movie makes it an even cooler intro for Metallica and knowing it from Metallica makes the scene in the movie even more special than it already is. Awesome choice from Metallica for an intro, Morricone soundtracks from especially that time and Italian Western movies are absolutely amazing!
They even Covered the piece on Ennio Morricone´s tribute album, We all love Ennio Morricone 😄
Amytime I hear it, it takes me back to Donington Monsters of Rock '91.. the first time I saw them live
Ennio Morricone wrote some of the most beautiful ,, and haunting musical scores , ever ,,
Except for the creaking wind 'thingy' in the first scene of "Once Upon A Time In The West". He described that bit as "The best music I never wrote".
Ecstasy of Gold is one of my favorite pieces of music, I can never tire of hearing it, it was used so perfectly used in the movie when Tuco was running round the graveyard looking for the grave, one of my favorite movie scenes.
Hats off to the person or persons who mixed this live and recorded. So amazing.
I just wish they gave the guy a Gibson SG instead of that mellow Fender!
I was in the music hall when they did Galaxymphony strikes back. Sat about 5m away from Christine Nonbo when she was standing on one of the balconies. What an experience!
French horns and that soprano solo….ecstasy of…gold
IMHO The impressing thing about this Morricone-Scores is that Italo Westerns were essentially B-Movies, at least in the beginning, but the music is so iconic. Ennio Morricone was a genius... And as you said, he created the western sound.
Yes!! My favorite movie and my favorite composer!! ❤ Ennio Morricone!!
I'm one of the many people that recommended this song to you, and I have to say, your reaction was better than I could have anticipated. It may sound odd to you, but it's such a pleasure to see the joy that music brings you written not only on your face, but your entire being. Thank you for the reaction to a beautiful performance.
Did you know Aerosmith also did a performance with an orchestra? They followed in Metallica's feetsteps after the original S&M performance (Symphony and Metallica, for those confused). They (Aerosmith) also did a one off with a choir honoring the Boston Marathon after the tragic bombing (Aerosmith being from the Boston area)
EDIT: Oh, also, if you have time, check out Trans-Siberian Orchestra, they do rock and orchestra and are usually really popular on radio around Christmas time. Although, some might say it's more "Orchestra" as they don't have a full on group, but the sound is wonderful
Me too 👍😀👍🖖
The Ecstasy of Gold is like the most chills-producing score ever written
Sounds like Elizabeth needs to watch the movie now! We can all watch it together!
*ENNIO MORRICONE WAS JUST ON ANOTHER LEVEL.* #italiansdoitbetter
Ooh Ennio Morricone music. Ecstasy of Gold is one of my all-time favourite pieces of music, period (and it's a great film too).
As far as I know Ecstasy of Gold is part of this piece.
I LOVE this movement. I like the whole genre of the western theme orchestral music. The whistling is amazing as well as the singer. If you watch The Good The Bad and The Ugly the props, like the hanging man, will make sense.
after all these years a performance a master piece as we sit on the edges of our seats watcing body language eye contact and the suspence between Clint Eastwood Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef, then this tribute. The music and the visual are intoxicating
I love this orchestra. They nail everything they get their hands on. As well as the attention to detail, like the earring revolvers.
They also do, "The Theme from For A Few Dollars More", by Morricone. I love, both of these. So iconic.
We played The Ecstasy of Gold at my dad's funeral as he and I both loved the film and the Morriccone score. Has always sent chills through me, but now has me in tears every time. Beautiful. Also used by Metallica as a stage intro for many years.
This is absolutely incredible! Tuva was the whistler! I want to go see this live so bad👍
I can recommend watching more from this orchestra. They cover ALOT of different genres, even video game themes.
The place where the orchestra respons to the first line the soprano did, gets me everytime. So beautiful!
Walking through my dull former home city of Cork aged about 14, and never having been anywhere or seen anyone famous, our big main cinema The Savoy newly had The Good The Bad and the Ugly spelled large on those black on white fronted canopy's (?).
I was under age, but so badly wanted to see it. A big movie. I had heard of Clint Eastwood.
I didn't get to see it. That was that.
26 years later I was sent as a chauffeur to take an older, shorter Eli Wallach around London with his wife and a guest for the day from The Westbury Hotel. He in the front seat. A wonderful humble man in a fawn zip jacket typical of an American tourist. I asked him briefly if he would ever retire. No, he enjoyed acting too much.
I've been to Denmark a few times in 2004 and rewatch their iconic Nordic Noir thrillers regularly. This video was great.
I like the tenuous links you get in life sometimes.
*Ecstasy of Gold* music to run through a graveyard.
I was at Metallica concert 6 times until today. The moment I hear 10:37 I just know that something amazing is coming in like 2 minutes 😁 Love how they're sticking with this intro. Amazing piece of work. Ennio was godly, we're so lucky we had him.
I saw Metallica on the St. Anger Tour, and Ecstasy of Gold was the prelude to the band taking the stage, and it was mind blowing, wasn't the first time I heard Ecstasy of Gold, but it was more like the first time I got it, there is a reason why this score is so damn epic
They've used it as an intro to pretty much every concert they've played since 1983. Some things just never grow old.
The actually bought the rights to be able to play the music at the start of every show.
I've heard the second song used in a beer commercial 😳. Not Cool 😕.
@@leonardvanorden5940 It was for Modelo Especiale I believe
Finally... When something is perfect I always shed tears...dunno why. This is one example of perfection. When ectasy for gold kicks in, I broke down every time...
The perfection comes from that continuing working together for years and years as their trade. They are truly some of the best musicians in the world, and they are also spoiled with some of the best and most valuable instruments to do their job on. Im so proud to have such an orchestra as my countrys leading orchestra. They are an unique institution, and they play almost anything, you present to them no matter genre or difficulties within the sheets.
The version of G,B, & U that was released as a single for the pop charts featured Los Angeles First Call studio guitarist Howard Roberts, playing the lead parts from the composer's charts. He has credits listed for playing guitar, bass guitar, banjo, and mandolin on at least 264 films. Then there are the Television credits...
A very nice and deep analisys as usual, Elisabeth. BTW, "Ecstasy of Gold" or "L'Estasi Dell'oro" (starting at 10:38) is the legendary Morricone score used by Metallica as the intro for their shows. Iconic!
I keep thinking about the thousands of hours of practice each person put in to be in this performance and then to join together so perfectly. I can't wrap my brain around iit
Working for this orchestra is their steady job. These ultra special theme concerts were planned months in advance, allowing the conductor to create the precise arrangements, the host to plan out his presentation, the costume and prop departments to create special outfits, jewelry and stage props, while the separate musical teams rehearse their parts before the final joint rehearsals and the grand concert.
@@johndododoe1411 thanks. That is so cool. Someone pointed out that the "wah wah" woman is wearing revolver earrings. They really pay attention to detail
The Ecstasy Of Gold.... is one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music, epic in it's nature, a good accompaniment of heroic action, braving the odds, coming in fast on horses to save the girl and a companion fighting the hostiles and desperately trying to escape, leather flashing against bullets and swords, slow motion depictions of great exertion and effort to save the day. I could write a whole movie around this ending with this music.
And yet the actually scene is much grittier, Tuco running through a cementary excited that he is about to find the one grave with lots of gold instead of a dead body .
The acoustics in this soundtrack is mind boggling , blending the music , wood slaps as whip sounds , horns , bells .........
ps : I am currently playing "Where the Water Tastes Like Wine "
So many people are baffled at the sound coming out of the wah wah lady, but don't realize that there is a harmonica player going in sync with her
I have been listening to this particular piece a huge number of times. Still, It gives me chills everytime at the same moments.
LOVE the way the conductor just gets into it at the end, she's groovin
The Ecstasy of Gold is probably one of the most beautiful scores ever written, every time I hear it takes me back to the scene with Tuco searching for that gold in the graveyard
Agreed 100%.