The theme of the legendary TV series lonesome dove, arranged/transcribed and performed by myself. I hope you like it! ~Alex Sheet music: www.mediafire....
This music gives me misty eyes every time I hear it. Anyone who’s never seen Lonesome Dove I think you should. I consider it One of the great films of all time. It’s the most soulful western you’ll ever see.
@@robinsandusky5777 I can only say the same thing I said to Mrs. Foster above, I am sorry for your loss and truly touched that you played this piece at the funeral. ❤️
When Gus says, "Lori darlin' " it just melts my heart. Who knew an old, grizzled cowboy could be so tender? That's the secret of Duval's portrayal. The theme score accompanies the story perfectly. Nice rendition here.
He said that with such sweetness. Everytime I watch this series, I want to cry, it's full of such larger than life characters, yet all victims of their own humanity. Invincible, but not really. THE best western series, book, My favorite novel of all time, ever.
The second I heard this I heard Gus saying Lori darlin’ 🥺. It also leads into one of the most profound lines “if you want any one thing bad enough it’s likely to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live is learning to like the little everyday things in life.” Or something close to that. ❤
The last scene in Lonesome Dove is the most personally moving for me. When you're the last one left of the best people that shared your life and you think back about them and all the times. When it goes from living the life to just having memories of it.
Beautifully said Sir! We are planting my Grandmother today. My last remaining Grandparent and I returned to this gorgeous rendition of my fav song. I was just thinking of how she was the last of both of her immediate families. End of of an era in South Mississippi today 😢today. Love your comment.
I watch the fascinating DVD set, "Lonesome Dove", at least once every couple of months and I have done so for years. I am now 73 years old and since even before I discovered "Lonesome Dove" I long ago realised I had been born at least a hundred years too late. I remember as a young child that my parents and my grandparents used to listen to me talking, especially when I was relating with vivid excitement about the stories in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Annuals that they bought me each Christmas and they would often say, "He should've been born before us!" Well, it wasn't to be of course and my health and old age being what it currently is, I can now only hang on to my old dreams of being a cowboy! I came closest to my dreams when I started working offshore in the North Sea in the late 1960s/early 1970s and by golly, those wildcat rigs in those days were full of Lonesome Dove characters! They came from Texas, Oklahoma, Lousiana and all the other oil states; why! there were even a few Canucks in amongst them! ;-) As Gus asks Call in Lonesome Dove, "When were you the happiest?" I can honestly say that my days working and living alongside those men "from The West" gave me the happiest days of my life. And now I have an old fashioned peenanny [piano] playing in the background just to make things even more perfect. Thank you so very, very much! Happy Days!
“All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream.” ― T.K. Whipple Sounds like this preface applies to you in spades, a bonafide cowboy at heart. I can only imagine the crew of characters you must have been part of on that rig. Thank you for sharing your story! Here's to many more years of watching "Lonesome Dove" and other fine westerns.
Lonesome Dove has been the soundtrack to my life raising horses and being around ranches and great Cowboys. This song takes me back to so many dear friends that are gone now. I thank God for the contributions they made to my life. Thank you for the beautiful music.
This makes me want to go on a cattle drive, chase down a half-breed outlaw, cheat at cards with a beautiful lady, kiss the love of my life, whoop a rude behaving man, have a shot of whiskey with my best friend.... and cry all at the same time.
"They say you're a man of vision" Alex, it only took 7 months, but I learned it and played it for my parents. I played in on my moms birthday.There wasn't a dry eye in the room. You can't put a price on family.
the doc hey Dan! Sorry for the late reply, I just recently moved house and still don't have internet there so everything is a bit slow atm. Thank you for your comment, I am so pleased to hear that it was a success and that your family loved it. Very well done on learning it! :)
I teared up several times. This is an excellent piano arrangement. I think Basil Poledouris would be proud of this. It illustrates just how good his original composition was. You've captured exactly what he may have sat down and done at the piano when composing this piece before arranging it for full orchestra. I just love it when skilled musicians reverse engineer classic orchestral film themes to piano and play with the spirit of the original. They actually bring something entirely new. A job well done and a fine tribute. Thanks so much!
Oh wow thank you so much for your comment! I appreciate what you said about reverse engineering, that's what it felt like when transcribing it. I'm glad you enjoyed it so much and again, thank you loads for your kind words!
Quite frankly, the word "perfect" is one that I use sparingly. Maybe it's because so few things are in fact perfect. Holding a new born baby feels insanely perfect. A full moon on a cloudless night looks perfect. That very millisecond of time between awake and sleep feels dreamily perfect. I can only close my eyes absorb the melancholy atmosphere that I feel when I hear this masterpiece played by this incredibly talented musician. At 4:43 when the accompanying "strings" blend in.....all is perfect. Thank you for providing us with a beautiful few minutes of wide awake dreaming!
All I can say is thank you! Brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful song. Reminds me of my family watching the movie and really enjoyed and spending time together. Those were the days.
“You see, life in San Francisco is still just life. If you want any one thing too badly, it’s likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things - like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself.”
Too true! Simply learn to like all the little everyday things! And what I have learned here in the UK is that buttermilk is very expensive and hard to come by, but Polish Kefir, available from my local supermarket is just as darned nice - I *love* that sour taste, that *cool* refreshing feeling as it slips down your throat. I absolutely *love* homemade Cornbread washed down with a glass of buttermilk (or even Kefir!)
Every morning, when I pull into a parking space at work, I listen to this beautiful arrangement. I think of carefree Gus, who appreciated the "little things" in life, and it helps me to face the day with a smile.
While listening to this song, I felt a wave of sadness pass over me. This is me and my grandfather's favorite movie. He is still alive, but this song just made me think about how everything will change after he passes away. I'm gonna have this song played at his funeral.......
This song is the epitome of happiness and sadness at the same time. My Dad loves this movie as well, and I will always associate this song with him. Cheers friend.
I really have no idea how 15 individuals masquerading as human beings could have given you a thumbs down..............without a doubt this is a superb rendition of the original piece, indeed, you may very well own it now..well done and thank you!
I'm sorry for the sightly delayed response (I don't always get notified about new comments). Thank you for being so kind! I very much appreciate it. :)
If you enjoyed this, then you MUST obtain the full soundtrack recording, which plays like one big beautiful suite from the series. Basil Polydouras was a master!
Not a lament, but an understanding of what I perceive this book/movie to be about - the journey of life, friends and yesterday. I can hear the music and it instills an emotion so deep that I can't relate to. I think it may be something that's in our DNA, while never to have stepped foot on a continent or surrounded by those from it, you hear something and it triggers an emotion we don't have a reason for. This piece was amazing, but more so, instills that feeling, both peace hand in hand with an emptiness, is my favorite. Most, if not all, may not understand it....but I hope I'm wrong on that. Thank You...
Epic. Thanks for sharing your rendition of the finest musical score ever attached to a film. Lonesome Dove is possibly one of the greatest American novels ever written, and the mini-series holds a place in my heart from my childhood. Your work here is marvelous, and I appreciate you posting it.
patriot2980 Thank you very much, sir! I´m very happy to know that you like my rendition so much! I only watched the series shortly before working on the sheet music for this video, but i also have very nice memories attached to it :)
Magical! watched it again the other day due to finding a 1080 quality download of it, and it was a world renewed from my previous 720 copy, heart wrenching though, i do not know that i could watch it again, it brings strong emotion many times, a magical production, saga, of how people and times "May" actually have been< Honor ,Dignity,Right from wrong, basic decency, were held up to by good individuals, Salute!
"Right from wrong" - Oh, how many arguments I have had on various boards, message-things, etc., etc., about this *exact* point! "RIGHT FROM WRONG!" Nowadays, they *ALL* seem to ask and argue, why did Gus and Call hang "poor Jake"? Why didn't they take him back to a town/city so he could stand trial? They *ALL* ignore the fact that it was all happening way beyond the reaches of the Law! Not a single person who asks that question seems to ever have bothered to take a look into life, history and the times of that era, nor the law that prevailed in those days. Instead, they seem to be comparing the happenings in "Lonesome Dove" with the rules and mores of today. *YES*, it may have been a harsh law, but it was a law imposed so that others might not go down the same path - especially horse stealing! In those days, a man's horse could often be his life. To steal his horse was often to sentence the owner to death. And the very main thing that people today who question such justice simply cannot understand is perhaps best explained by Gus: "You crossed a line, Jake. You ride with an outlaw you die with an outlaw." (Even poor old Jake tried to claim he "had never seen no line, Gus!") Tough t*tty, Jake *YOU* crossed it - now, pay the price!
@@henrytree well, apart from the horse theft, they were "man burners" Innocent man burners, thats hangin right there, thought it was bit heavy when i first watched it but i understood there stance
I am a singer , songwriter , musician . And i am giving you a Stand O for this performance .. Beautiful . You captured the feeling the whole mini series gave all of us . Cheers to you .
Wavz Unlimited Videos Thank you lots! I am always especially happy about comments on this particular video because i know how much this movie means to all of us who watched it and i really don´t want to disappoint anyone with a not up to par cover :)
Wavz Unlimited Videos I have a feeling your comment is more about yourself than about his piano performance. I guess you are quite the authority on the matter, eh?
Over five years since I first discovered it, I keep coming back to this wonderful performance of the Lonesome Dove theme on a very regular basis. It means something to my heart and it stirs my soul. I can never hear it often enough. Whenever I click on the TH-cam link in my shortcuts, usually, I am in my cups, like tonight, and there, right up among my favourites is this music. A rendition of "Lonesome Dove" which is now part of my life. I sometimes smile when I hear it. Sometimes I cry when I hear it. "By Gad, Woodrow! When were you the happiest in your life?" Well, I don't know about Woodrow, but I certainly know that some of my happiest moments in my life have been after I discovered this gentleman playing "Lonesome Dove" on his piano and gifting it to anyone and everyone.who cared to listen. Thank you, again, Sir, for a wonderful accomplishment. "May your shadow grow longer."
Well, thank you, Sir, for your very kind message. I am glad to know that my rendition gives you so much joy - bitter *and* sweet. You are very generous in your praise, thank you again. :)
Ha! Agrees 100%. “In my cups”. Bet 99% of folks don’t know what that means without looking it up, but I sure do… “ it ain’t dyin’ I’m talking’ about, it’s livin!” I can quote LD like a preacher can quote the bible😊
My husband and I used this as the opening song at our wedding last fall. He and the bridal party came into the first part. Then my brother escorted me in during the last segment. It was absolutely beautiful!! We walked out to a piano version of Mickey Gilley's Room Full of Roses. Very untraditional wedding music and I loved it!!
I’m here on the Texas border.. not far from the Moody ranch . Im living much the same life as decades ago, This is the most beautiful rendition I’ve ever heard. The wind here is whipping. Cool, violent yet welcomed. I am the Lonesome Dove.
I like to think of myself as a manly man… but you play this in a way that makes me tear up! I love this song more than any other song I've ever heard… And your version is extraordinary! I want this played at my funeral. Kudos from one musician to another. I will probably watch this 1000 times or more. It is now added to my favorites.
I just wanted to add to my earlier comments that my children grew up watching this move made for TV but should go down in history as one of if not the greatest westerns ever filmed. Your piano music brings back so many memories and tears because my second oldest son passed in 2008 and this was his favorite,
Hi! First of all i want to say that i´m sorry you lost your son, what a terrible thing to happen =/ Secondly: Yes, i feel the same way about Gus and Call.. they just knew how to live life. So many great moments in that epic western. To me it´s also the best western ever made, period. And there are a lot and yes there are other really great ones, but this one just has everything and it´s so touching. Thanks for finding my humble little not at all famous video :) I am always very happy when someone finds it :)
Im not typically much for piano music, this one is a masterpiece though. I can't hear these songs from Lonesome Dove without feeling something and your version of them is special. Thank you for sharing this.
Lonesome Dove is by far the Best tv mini series ever. I dont think they could have picked a better Gus and Call than Duval and Jones. "I hate rude behavior in a man, Wont tolerate it." One of the best scenes ever. This was awesome. Thank you....
For the longest time I never really paid much attention to the music of Lonesome Dove. But after listening to this, wow, its no wonder the movie was so good. Its one of those things you really don't appreciate until its pointed out. I know I'm seven years late to the party, but thanks for posting such a beautiful video.
Happy New Year everyone !!! I am so happy to be fortunate enough to listen to this wonderful rendition of "Lonesome Dove" once again, when, for a while, it was touch and go. Unfortunately I have been suffering from the same ailment as Gus - very bad foot in my case, rather than the leg - and the colour of the wound etc is just the same. Well, what can you expect in your 80th year? They told me ... yep, they told me ... But I preferred to listen to Gus and enjoy the little things in life, like that glass of buttermilk in the morning and maybe a glass or two of whisky of an evening. Well, *again*, I was never a man to do things in moderation - as I suspect some Lonesome Dove characters had the very same problem - so, we reap what we sow, though after reaping for almost 80 years, come next May, I have no real complaints. And now, I am most joyous to welcome in a New Year once again in my life and to listen to this beautiful piano music as I write. I am now "in my cups" (03:30 GMT) and the drinks I have had tonight are the first for a few months. (I did not stop drinking with the intent of extending my lifeline; it was just the nausea after my huge binges made me so sick that I declared: "That's it! Enough!" and I stopped.) Tonight I could not let such a night pass without a celebration. So, may you all enjoy yourselves, "it's later than you think!", and may every single one of you, especially our honoured peenanny player, have a Happy New Year. And as they say in Scotland: "May 2024 be the Very Best of Aa' !!! " Happy New Year!
Director Border Narcotics Yes sir I do agree this is the sweetest piece of music I’ve ever heard! We’ve rode the desert of Arizona looking for outlaws! What a time we’ve all had under your command!
great to listen to in morning while drinking coffee.....love to live back during that time when a simple piano can move you to another place....pretty cool...
I swear Dish.... That was an incredibly beautiful rendition of the most beautiful theme to the best movie EVER. I watch it once a year, every year since it was available. The first time it aired on TV, I realized I was watching the very best thing ever created for TV. As far as the song, it's the only one that has the ability to make me cry...every, every, every time I hear it. Thank you for this post.❤
Thank you for this. Its absolutely beautiful.... My family is gone....amd Lonesome Dove was our favorite......hearing this takes my back to a wonderful period in my life. Thanm you.
Thank you for your kind words and I am sorry to hear that your family is gone. I am very flattered that my video takes you back to that wonderful period of your life. All the best!
One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard played on a piano. Thank you so much for sharing the gift that you have from God by performing this wonderful piece of music from one of the greatest western mini series ever produced.
Sorry, I'm French and i speak a really bad English, but, i am THE fan in France of Lonesome dove, and this arrangement is great.... i like it... i copy it on my PC.... for earing later, again and again... many thanks for this....
This captures the emotion, which is life, believe. Beautifully played, i cannot hear this without feeling the journey, which was written so well. My heart responds to this in a way many may not understand. I stand at a point in which my dear friends, good men, have passed on our journey. The sound is magically peaceful but heavy on my heart. To the journey, to the challenges, to the day when we stand alone, it was a journey. Humbled
I watched this mini series as a 17 year old back in 1989 and loved everything about it and still do to this day. I found this piece on Christmas eve and it's made my Christmas, Thanks so much Alex it's fantastic.
Uva Uvam Viviendo Varia Fit!! We are all indescribably moved because we all share the fact that, to us, Lonesome Dove, the film and soundtrack and this perfectly rendered piano solo, this is all one giant exquisite metaphor of our lives. Is it not?
I expect it was the mistake of my life not learning to play the piano well. From all of us who can quote every line from the greatest miniseries of all time and who still rue the passing of Augustus McRae and share the vision of Woodrow F. Call, thanks for being our "Lonesome Dove." It is very moving.
Life here has been difficult any one would seek out. The experience of others yo help them through.. bring them strength..yes and Amen. Forty years here, still crazy.
You did it for me, too ! The piano talks to the soul and lifts the spirits.....yours loosened echo's of the past from my halls of memories and I thank YOU. Beautifully done and, I hope, without benefit of score.
Brilliant! Even though I haven't seen this series, I can feel how much love you put into the arrangement and the performance. Maybe it's just me, but I can also sense a bit of Einaudi in there.
Just had a blizzard and decided to re-watch my favorite mini series. Then I googled, in hopes of finding the sheet music for the main theme song and stumbled upon your absolutely gorgeous rendition. I am a pianist and wish I had the sheet music for this. Thank you so much for this perfect piece of music. You hit it, dead on!
Absolutely beautiful job. I wish I had your talent. My brother's fiancee used the original piece for her bridal march. The wedding was in a horse barn on ranch in OK, I think they wanted to see if they could get the men crying, too. It is one of the most moving pieces I have ever heard. Yes, there are a couple of first experiences I wish I could relive. Most experience improve with repition, but there are some things that can never be truly revisited, the emotions are not the same.
You really did a fantastic job with this. I can listen to this piece whenever I feel anxious and overwhelmed, and then everything is good. I think it is the calm of Gus and the strong silence of McCall coming through the music.
This music gives me misty eyes every time I hear it. Anyone who’s never seen Lonesome Dove I think you should. I consider it One of the great films of all time. It’s the most soulful western you’ll ever see.
I played this piano piece at my husband's funeral. It was so beautiful.
I had this played at my dad's funeral as well
@@deborahfoster3928 I am sorry for your loss. I feel honoured that my piano rendition of this piece of music was played at the funeral!
@@robinsandusky5777 I can only say the same thing I said to Mrs. Foster above, I am sorry for your loss and truly touched that you played this piece at the funeral. ❤️
Basil Poledouris was a vastly underrated composer. He also did the theme to the movie For the Love of the Game.
When Gus says, "Lori darlin' " it just melts my heart. Who knew an old, grizzled cowboy could be so tender? That's the secret of Duval's portrayal. The theme score accompanies the story perfectly. Nice rendition here.
He said that with such sweetness. Everytime I watch this series, I want to cry, it's full of such larger than life characters, yet all victims of their own humanity. Invincible, but not really. THE best western series, book, My favorite novel of all time, ever.
Duvall and Jones were Taylor-made for MacCrae and Call
I read recently that Diane Lane has said that if she and Duvall happen to meet, he still says, "[Hello?] Lori, darlin'."
The second I heard this I heard Gus saying Lori darlin’ 🥺. It also leads into one of the most profound lines “if you want any one thing bad enough it’s likely to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live is learning to like the little everyday things in life.” Or something close to that. ❤
@@CaptainSpalding72some flicks are lucky to have ONE great scene. Lonesome dove has so many it is hard to count. The greatest story ❤
The last scene in Lonesome Dove is the most personally moving for me. When you're the last one left of the best people that shared your life and you think back about them and all the times. When it goes from living the life to just having memories of it.
it's such a punch to the gut when Call delivers the last line
❤️
A man of vision? Shame putin hasn't seen the movie
Beautifully said Sir! We are planting my Grandmother today. My last remaining Grandparent and I returned to this gorgeous rendition of my fav song. I was just thinking of how she was the last of both of her immediate families. End of of an era in South Mississippi today 😢today. Love your comment.
My favorite song. The song I want at my funeral ❤️
I watch the fascinating DVD set, "Lonesome Dove", at least once every couple of months and I have
done so for years. I am now 73 years old and since even before I discovered "Lonesome Dove" I
long ago realised I had been born at least a hundred years too late.
I remember as a young child that my parents and my grandparents used to listen to me talking, especially when I was relating
with vivid excitement about the stories in the Buffalo Bill Wild West Annuals that they bought me each Christmas and they would often say, "He should've been born before us!"
Well, it wasn't to be of course and my health and old age being what it currently is, I can now only hang on to my old dreams of being a cowboy! I came closest to my dreams when I started working offshore in the North Sea in the late 1960s/early 1970s and by golly, those wildcat rigs in those days were full of Lonesome Dove characters! They came from Texas, Oklahoma, Lousiana and all the other oil states; why! there were even a few Canucks in amongst them! ;-)
As Gus asks Call in Lonesome Dove, "When were you the happiest?"
I can honestly say that my days working and living alongside those men "from The West" gave me the happiest days of my life.
And now I have an old fashioned peenanny [piano] playing in the background just to make things even more perfect.
Thank you so very, very much!
Happy Days!
“All America lies at the end of the wilderness road, and our past is not a dead past, but still lives in us. Our forefathers had civilization inside themselves, the wild outside. We live in the civilization they created, but within us the wilderness still lingers. What they dreamed, we live, and what they lived, we dream.”
― T.K. Whipple
Sounds like this preface applies to you in spades, a bonafide cowboy at heart. I can only imagine the crew of characters you must have been part of on that rig. Thank you for sharing your story! Here's to many more years of watching "Lonesome Dove" and other fine westerns.
Thanks for sharing your story!
-Lonesome Dove enthusiast from Poland.
Beautiful story. Thanks for sharing
- Rig hand 806
“Here’s to the sunny slopes of long ago” - Augustus McRae
I’m a cowboy at heart even though I’m a girl beautiful music
Lonesome Dove has been the soundtrack to my life raising horses and being around ranches and great Cowboys. This song takes me back to so many dear friends that are gone now. I thank God for the contributions they made to my life. Thank you for the beautiful music.
This makes me want to go on a cattle drive, chase down a half-breed outlaw, cheat at cards with a beautiful lady, kiss the love of my life, whoop a rude behaving man, have a shot of whiskey with my best friend.... and cry all at the same time.
I wanna come too.
And don't forget.....whack a surly bartender!
I could ride in the buckboard and play my harmonica.
If we're going, count me in
You should listen to the soundtrack if you ever find yourself driving through Kansas or New Mexico
"They say you're a man of vision"
Alex, it only took 7 months, but I learned it and played it for my parents. I played in on my moms birthday.There wasn't a dry eye in the room. You can't put a price on family.
the doc hey Dan! Sorry for the late reply, I just recently moved house and still don't have internet there so everything is a bit slow atm. Thank you for your comment, I am so pleased to hear that it was a success and that your family loved it. Very well done on learning it! :)
Good for you Doc! Good for you, I wish I could.
Yep hell of a vision
That’s what a real man or woman would do.
♡
This Theme always brings tears to my eyes....
I teared up several times. This is an excellent piano arrangement. I think Basil Poledouris would be proud of this. It illustrates just how good his original composition was. You've captured exactly what he may have sat down and done at the piano when composing this piece before arranging it for full orchestra. I just love it when skilled musicians reverse engineer classic orchestral film themes to piano and play with the spirit of the original. They actually bring something entirely new. A job well done and a fine tribute. Thanks so much!
Oh wow thank you so much for your comment! I appreciate what you said about reverse engineering, that's what it felt like when transcribing it.
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much and again, thank you loads for your kind words!
Lonesome dove the best movie I have ever seen. Robert Duvall the best performence. Im from Poland
Quite frankly, the word "perfect" is one that I use sparingly. Maybe it's because so few things are in fact perfect. Holding a new born baby feels insanely perfect. A full moon on a cloudless night looks perfect. That very millisecond of time between awake and sleep feels dreamily perfect. I can only close my eyes absorb the melancholy atmosphere that I feel when I hear this masterpiece played by this incredibly talented musician. At 4:43 when the accompanying "strings" blend in.....all is perfect. Thank you for providing us with a beautiful few minutes of wide awake dreaming!
God dammit man...
Amazing job. This theme song has become deeply personal to me over the years and I appreciate hearing it.
All I can say is thank you! Brings tears to my eyes. Beautiful song. Reminds me of my family watching the movie and really enjoyed and spending time together. Those were the days.
I'm sitting here, listening, and the tears fall like rain........
Same
Spot on friend, very emotional tune.
I swear Woodrow…
“You see, life in San Francisco is still just life. If you want any one thing too badly, it’s likely to turn out to be a disappointment. The only healthy way to live life is to learn to like all the little everyday things - like a sip of good whiskey in the evening, a soft bed, a glass of buttermilk, or a feisty gentleman like myself.”
Beautiful
Too true! Simply learn to like all the little everyday things! And what I have learned here in the UK is that buttermilk is very expensive and hard to come by, but Polish Kefir, available from my local supermarket is just as darned nice - I *love* that sour taste, that *cool* refreshing feeling as it slips down your throat. I absolutely *love* homemade Cornbread washed down with a glass of buttermilk (or even Kefir!)
@@henrytree I enjoyed Laban when I lived in Saudi Arabia. I definitely learned to enjoy the everyday little things during my years there!
It was my New Year's tradition to stay in and watch Lonesome Dove for several years.
Every morning, when I pull into a parking space at work, I listen to this beautiful arrangement. I think of carefree Gus, who appreciated the "little things" in life, and it helps me to face the day with a smile.
While listening to this song, I felt a wave of sadness pass over me. This is me and my grandfather's favorite movie. He is still alive, but this song just made me think about how everything will change after he passes away. I'm gonna have this song played at his funeral.......
This song is the epitome of happiness and sadness at the same time. My Dad loves this movie as well, and I will always associate this song with him. Cheers friend.
"You'll find there's others that'll treat you right"
"None like you, Gus"..
That's my favorite line😢
I really have no idea how 15 individuals masquerading as human beings could have given you a thumbs down..............without a doubt this is a superb rendition of the original piece, indeed, you may very well own it now..well done and thank you!
I'm sorry for the sightly delayed response (I don't always get notified about new comments).
Thank you for being so kind! I very much appreciate it. :)
Thats where i am now
If you enjoyed this, then you MUST obtain the full soundtrack recording, which plays like one big beautiful suite from the series. Basil Polydouras was a master!
I love this movie and you really did this soundtrack justice! You are very talented.
Will Hollenbaugh Thanks, Will! i love it too and the memories i have with it mean so much to me! I am glad that you like my cover!
Every great once in a while I enjoy hearing this piece, today was one of those days. Thanks!
Not a lament, but an understanding of what I perceive this book/movie to be about - the journey of life, friends and yesterday. I can hear the music and it instills an emotion so deep that I can't relate to. I think it may be something that's in our DNA, while never to have stepped foot on a continent or surrounded by those from it, you hear something and it triggers an emotion we don't have a reason for. This piece was amazing, but more so, instills that feeling, both peace hand in hand with an emptiness, is my favorite. Most, if not all, may not understand it....but I hope I'm wrong on that. Thank You...
To the sunny slopes of long ago... Thanks Alex, absolutely beautiful.
+Ron Egan Thank you, Ron!
Epic. Thanks for sharing your rendition of the finest musical score ever attached to a film. Lonesome Dove is possibly one of the greatest American novels ever written, and the mini-series holds a place in my heart from my childhood. Your work here is marvelous, and I appreciate you posting it.
patriot2980 Thank you very much, sir! I´m very happy to know that you like my rendition so much! I only watched the series shortly before working on the sheet music for this video, but i also have very nice memories attached to it :)
Magical! watched it again the other day due to finding a 1080 quality download of it, and it was a world renewed from my previous 720 copy, heart wrenching though, i do not know that i could watch it again, it brings strong emotion many times, a magical production, saga, of how people and times "May" actually have been< Honor ,Dignity,Right from wrong, basic decency, were held up to by good individuals, Salute!
Thank you for watching my humble cover and your kind comment!
"Right from wrong" - Oh, how many arguments I have had on various boards, message-things, etc., etc., about this *exact* point! "RIGHT FROM WRONG!"
Nowadays, they *ALL* seem to ask and argue, why did Gus and Call hang "poor Jake"? Why didn't they take him back to a town/city so he could stand trial? They *ALL* ignore the fact that it was all happening way beyond the reaches of the Law!
Not a single person who asks that question seems to ever have bothered to take a look into life, history and the times of that era, nor the law that prevailed in those days. Instead, they seem to be comparing the happenings in "Lonesome Dove" with the rules and mores of today.
*YES*, it may have been a harsh law, but it was a law imposed so that others might not go down the same path - especially horse stealing! In those days, a man's horse could often be his life. To steal his horse was often to sentence the owner to death.
And the very main thing that people today who question such justice simply cannot understand is perhaps best explained by Gus: "You crossed a line, Jake. You ride with an outlaw you die with an outlaw." (Even poor old Jake tried to claim he "had never seen no line, Gus!")
Tough t*tty, Jake *YOU* crossed it - now, pay the price!
@@henrytree well, apart from the horse theft, they were "man burners" Innocent man burners, thats hangin right there, thought it was bit heavy when i first watched it but i understood there stance
I chosen this to be played at my funeral. I'm dying of heart disease. No cure.
+mudhop69 Godspeed friend.
I am a singer , songwriter , musician . And i am giving you a Stand O for this
performance .. Beautiful . You captured the feeling the whole mini series gave all of us . Cheers to you .
Wavz Unlimited Videos Thank you lots! I am always especially happy about comments on this particular video because i know how much this movie means to all of us who watched it and i really don´t want to disappoint anyone with a not up to par cover :)
Wavz Unlimited Videos I have a feeling your comment is more about yourself than about his piano performance. I guess you are quite the authority on the matter, eh?
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Over five years since I first discovered it, I keep coming back to this wonderful performance of the Lonesome Dove theme on a very regular basis. It means something to my heart and it stirs my soul.
I can never hear it often enough. Whenever I click on the TH-cam link in my shortcuts, usually, I am in my cups, like tonight, and there, right up among my favourites is this music. A rendition of "Lonesome Dove" which is now part of my life.
I sometimes smile when I hear it. Sometimes I cry when I hear it.
"By Gad, Woodrow! When were you the happiest in your life?"
Well, I don't know about Woodrow, but I certainly know that some of my happiest moments in my life have been after I discovered this gentleman playing "Lonesome Dove" on his piano and gifting it to anyone and everyone.who cared to listen.
Thank you, again, Sir, for a wonderful accomplishment.
"May your shadow grow longer."
Well, thank you, Sir, for your very kind message. I am glad to know that my rendition gives you so much joy - bitter *and* sweet.
You are very generous in your praise, thank you again. :)
Ha! Agrees 100%.
“In my cups”. Bet 99% of folks don’t know what that means without looking it up, but I sure do…
“ it ain’t dyin’ I’m talking’ about, it’s livin!”
I can quote LD like a preacher can quote the bible😊
My husband and I used this as the opening song at our wedding last fall. He and the bridal party came into the first part. Then my brother escorted me in during the last segment. It was absolutely beautiful!! We walked out to a piano version of Mickey Gilley's Room Full of Roses. Very untraditional wedding music and I loved it!!
Sarah,that is very cool.It's plain that each of you got a keeper.
I’m here on the Texas border.. not far from the Moody ranch .
Im living much the same life as decades ago, This is the most beautiful rendition I’ve ever heard.
The wind here is whipping. Cool, violent yet welcomed.
I am the Lonesome Dove.
This has got to be my favorite version of the theme to Lonesome Dove I have ever heard. Keep the great works up.
I like to think of myself as a manly man… but you play this in a way that makes me tear up! I love this song more than any other song I've ever heard… And your version is extraordinary! I want this played at my funeral. Kudos from one musician to another. I will probably watch this 1000 times or more. It is now added to my favorites.
Clifton Fulkerson I do know what you mean! You sir have a good soul!
I'm Definetly having this at my memorial as well.
Thank you so much for your comment, fellow musician. :) I appreciate it very much, albeit I am very late with replying. 😅
Man, I just cannot even tell you how much I love this….
You absolutely nailed it--thank you so much for sharing this with us.
Beautiful rendition of this them song to the best TV mini series ever. It's really beautiful.
I just wanted to add to my earlier comments that my children grew up watching this move made for TV but should go down in history as one of if not the greatest westerns ever filmed. Your piano music brings back so many memories and tears because my second oldest son passed in 2008 and this was his favorite,
Hi! First of all i want to say that i´m sorry you lost your son, what a terrible thing to happen =/
Secondly: Yes, i feel the same way about Gus and Call.. they just knew how to live life. So many great moments in that epic western. To me it´s also the best western ever made, period. And there are a lot and yes there are other really great ones, but this one just has everything and it´s so touching.
Thanks for finding my humble little not at all famous video :) I am always very happy when someone finds it :)
Im not typically much for piano music, this one is a masterpiece though. I can't hear these songs from Lonesome Dove without feeling something and your version of them is special. Thank you for sharing this.
@@nathanielanderson6356 Well, thank you so much for your comment! I'm glad that you like this piece of piano music.
Lonesome Dove is by far the Best tv mini series ever. I dont think they could have picked a better Gus and Call than Duval and Jones. "I hate rude behavior in a man, Wont tolerate it." One of the best scenes ever. This was awesome. Thank you....
Absolutely beautiful. This is one of the videos that inspire me as a musician. You, in my opinion, are brilliant.
For the longest time I never really paid much attention to the music of Lonesome Dove. But after listening to this, wow, its no wonder the movie was so good. Its one of those things you really don't appreciate until its pointed out. I know I'm seven years late to the party, but thanks for posting such a beautiful video.
Happy New Year everyone !!!
I am so happy to be fortunate enough to listen to this wonderful rendition of "Lonesome Dove" once again, when, for a while, it was touch and go.
Unfortunately I have been suffering from the same ailment as Gus - very bad foot in my case, rather than the leg - and the colour of the wound etc is just the same.
Well, what can you expect in your 80th year? They told me ... yep, they told me ... But I preferred to listen to Gus and enjoy the little things in life, like that glass of buttermilk in the morning and maybe a glass or two of whisky of an evening.
Well, *again*, I was never a man to do things in moderation - as I suspect some Lonesome Dove characters had the very same problem - so, we reap what we sow, though after reaping for almost 80 years, come next May, I have no real complaints.
And now, I am most joyous to welcome in a New Year once again in my life and to listen to this beautiful piano music as I write. I am now "in my cups" (03:30 GMT) and the drinks I have had tonight are the first for a few months. (I did not stop drinking with the intent of extending my lifeline; it was just the nausea after my huge binges made me so sick that I declared: "That's it! Enough!" and I stopped.)
Tonight I could not let such a night pass without a celebration.
So, may you all enjoy yourselves, "it's later than you think!", and may every single one of you, especially our honoured peenanny player, have a Happy New Year.
And as they say in Scotland: "May 2024 be the Very Best of Aa' !!! "
Happy New Year!
The most beautiful song there is. I visit this page often to think of days from long ago. Thank you for putting out such a fine piece of music.!
Director Border Narcotics Yes sir I do agree this is the sweetest piece of music I’ve ever heard! We’ve rode the desert of Arizona looking for outlaws! What a time we’ve all had under your command!
I listen to the movie's OST very often and I have to say...this is absolutely brilliant! Outstanding work, thank you so, SO much for this!
thank YOU so much for watching, and for the awesome compliment!
Very well done. Basil Poledouris would be pleased.
I know I’m 8 years late and a dollar short, but this is so very good. Thank you for this!
Lonesome Dove is definitely in my top 10 all time favorite movies, the music is wonderful too.
great to listen to in morning while drinking coffee.....love to live back during that time when a simple piano can move you to another place....pretty cool...
I swear Dish.... That was an incredibly beautiful rendition of the most beautiful theme to the best movie EVER. I watch it once a year, every year since it was available. The first time it aired on TV, I realized I was watching the very best thing ever created for TV. As far as the song, it's the only one that has the ability to make me cry...every, every, every time I hear it. Thank you for this post.❤
Nice job! That theme is one of the many things that sets Lonesome Dove above all others!
Outstanding. Good job. Pure Americana.
Yea. Hell of a vision.
Excellent! Loved this...thank you for posting.....
You play very beautifully, and this theme from the greatest Western ever is so moving. Thank you for the gift of this music.
Thank you for watching and for your kind words :)
One of my favorites. I am a pianist, and this is a beautiful and somewhat sad arrangement.
Lippy would be proud.
You have made me cry countless times with this performance. I dont know how to thank you.
There is no need to thank me. The fact that you like my playing so much and to leave a comment is well enough :)
"Just go ahead and cry it on out to ol' Gus."
Thank you for this. Its absolutely beautiful.... My family is gone....amd Lonesome Dove was our favorite......hearing this takes my back to a wonderful period in my life. Thanm you.
Thank you for your kind words and I am sorry to hear that your family is gone. I am very flattered that my video takes you back to that wonderful period of your life.
All the best!
Strange I found this video just now, I watched the entire series last weekend. It brings back so many memories of the movie, thank you!
One of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard played on a piano. Thank you so much for sharing the gift that you have from God by performing this wonderful piece of music from one of the greatest western mini series ever produced.
I've watched this 10x at least. THAnk you for this.
Very, very sharp transcription. Well done!
I'm totally blown away, outstanding job, happy tears here
That is just class ! I've watched n listened to this about a hundred times ! One of my movies ever
Thank you very much! This video is dear to me so it always makes me smile when a fan of the movie likes it so much :)
Sorry, I'm French and i speak a really bad English, but, i am THE fan in France of Lonesome dove, and this arrangement is great.... i like it... i copy it on my PC.... for earing later, again and again... many thanks for this....
Thank you for sharing your thoughts and the compliments :D
I really appreciate it!
"THEY SAY YOU'RE A MAN OF VISION!"
Que this song, the flashbacks and the tears
This is wonderful! Brings tears to your eyes. Thank you so much for taking the time to create something so beautiful and moving.
Kay Miller thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I appreciate it!
This captures the emotion, which is life, believe. Beautifully played, i cannot hear this without feeling the journey, which was written so well. My heart responds to this in a way many may not understand. I stand at a point in which my dear friends, good men, have passed on our journey. The sound is magically peaceful but heavy on my heart. To the journey, to the challenges, to the day when we stand alone, it was a journey. Humbled
I watched this mini series as a 17 year old back in 1989 and loved everything about it and still do to this day. I found this piece on Christmas eve and it's made my Christmas, Thanks so much Alex it's fantastic.
Your performance is really touching. I took the music track to listen constantly. Thanks for sharing this beauty.
Niko Constantinidis Thank you very much, you are welcome for me sharing it!
Uva Uvam Viviendo Varia Fit!!
We are all indescribably moved because we all share the fact that, to us, Lonesome Dove, the film and soundtrack and this perfectly rendered piano solo, this is all one giant exquisite metaphor of our lives. Is it not?
When one grape sees another grape, they both ripen.
I expect it was the mistake of my life not learning to play the piano well. From all of us who can quote every line from the greatest miniseries of all time and who still rue the passing of Augustus McRae and share the vision of Woodrow F. Call, thanks
for being our "Lonesome Dove." It is very moving.
So well done I was tearing up just putting images in my mind of the movie. Bravo!
Life here has been difficult any one would seek out. The experience of others yo help them through.. bring them strength..yes and Amen.
Forty years here, still crazy.
Thank you so much for playing that. I have watched it many times. Lonesome Dove is my favorite Western.
The music arrangements conveyed the deepest sentiment of the movie series.
Very moving. Thanks for posting.
You did it for me, too ! The piano talks to the soul and lifts the spirits.....yours loosened echo's of the past from my halls of memories and I thank YOU. Beautifully done and, I hope, without benefit of score.
+eenlover306 Thank you for your very nice and thoughtful comment! What do you mean by "without benefit of the score", though?
Beautiful playing! My favorite show... yeah, a helluva vision alright!
"Hell of a vision."
Thank you so much for this beautiful and accurate rendition.
Thanks for listening :)
So wonderful. Thank you for helping this to be a peaceful morning.
Brilliant! Even though I haven't seen this series, I can feel how much love you put into the arrangement and the performance. Maybe it's just me, but I can also sense a bit of Einaudi in there.
Love your performance of the Lonesome Dove theme. Thank You for sharing
Very nice. Yes, there things I wish I experience again for the first time - if only.
Magic!!Fantastic theme..just love it.Beatiful played.Best western ever made and soundtrack.Thank U acuity1980:)
Thank you very much for the compliment :)
2:10 always gets me. RIP, Larry McMurtry and composer Basil Poledouris.
Just had a blizzard and decided to re-watch my favorite mini series. Then I googled, in hopes of finding the sheet music for the main theme song and stumbled upon your absolutely gorgeous rendition. I am a pianist and wish I had the sheet music for this. Thank you so much for this perfect piece of music. You hit it, dead on!
I've never heard this piece, or even seen the movie, but I fell in love with it the instant you started playing. Wonderful work Alex! :)
See the movie or read the book. You owe it to yourself.
Absolutely beautiful job. I wish I had your talent. My brother's fiancee used the original piece for her bridal march. The wedding was in a horse barn on ranch in OK, I think they wanted to see if they could get the men crying, too. It is one of the most moving pieces I have ever heard. Yes, there are a couple of first experiences I wish I could relive. Most experience improve with repition, but there are some things that can never be truly revisited, the emotions are not the same.
Nice..... Beautiful. Excellent job.
just awesome, beautiful :D one of my favorite pieces of music ever
Thanks! I appreciate it :)
The music touches my heart.
Simply beautiful....bravo! Woodrow and Gus would be proud 😉
Lonesome Dove thank you :)
this means a lot to me, lost my dad and he loved this music and film. thank you.
How about 12 hours if your beautiful music? You’ve got the touch. Perfect!
I fell in love with Lonesome Dove many years ago and your rendition is totally sublime...many, many thanks!!
Dear Alex:
WOW!
Your artistry resonates the human spirit in a way that absolutely transcends words!
Kind regards,
David
You really did a fantastic job with this. I can listen to this piece whenever I feel anxious and overwhelmed, and then everything is good. I think it is the calm of Gus and the strong silence of McCall coming through the music.
Thank you for your kind comment, Brian!
I'm listening to the audiobook right now. Omg this theme is a treasure
Such a beautiful rendering... almost as it Xavier Wanz played it himself, and then lit the match. Well done!