This song was released as a single in 1966 . I was a 9 year old black child in the south & thought it was one of the most amazing things I`d ever heard. My parents bought it for me & I treasured it for years. It still holds up after all this time. A brilliant composition . This performance does it justice .
Feels good to know I'm not the oldest one in this comment section. I'm a "boomer" from half a world away, somewhere in E-Europe and a 30 sec piece of this musical wonder I've assigned as a personalized ringtone for when my mother calls me cause it sounds so gentle yet it has a menacing feel to it and even the threat of violence...
What do you think of the scene in The good, the bad, and the ugly that has this song? I remember watching the movie around 10-11 and fucking loving the soundtrack so much I bought the movie on DVD and went to sleep to it almost every night for a year
We have two geniuses here: Sergio Leone who directed the movie THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY and Ennio Morricone who wrote the soundtrack. Two geniuses we Italians are proud of. Thank you for reacting to this masterpiece ❤
Ennio Morricone and many other composers are people who give me a reason to be proud to be a member of the human race. At the same time, their work is a window into the divine and speaks to me on a spiritual level. God's angelic host must sound something like voices here. Peace to all here!
Credit to the composer obviously but the succes of this particular performance comes down to the orchestra, the conductor, the vocalists and the entire arrangement and production!
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"
@@mikkelgeorgsen Hun hedder Susan Hicks og er US-Amerikaner født i Japan. Hun bor i Californien. Hvor har du hørt hende tale Dansk? Hun var ikke i landet ret længe.
@@Gert-DK My GOSH, I live in the Twin Cities and I didn’t realize that Sarah Hicks is one of the main conductors at the Minnesota Orchestra. Sarah is the Principal Conductor for the Live at Orchestra Hall. She’s still here in Minneapolis in 2024. Added a visit to the orchestra to my bucket list !!!
Remember this next time you're watching a movie and you hear a orchestra in the background. And do yourself a favor and watch this movie! One of the greatest westerns ever made!
Yes. Ennio Morricone, the composer who wrote this and who died just last year, is a genius. They say that the hanging man was off key, and they wanted to warn the other singers. This is why the arts need to be state supported. With operas and symphonies, there are just as many performing as there are in the audience.
Did you not watch the same performance I did? How long ago do you think this was performed? Your comment has merit but not in this instance. Orchestras have and always will play their own instruments (to include vocals) free of deceptive manipulation. The only purpose of Orchestras/Symphonies is live performances, they're not recording artists. How can you compare physically playing Football to playing Football on Xbox?
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 orchestras and symphonies are recorded all the time. granted, that's not their main and true purpose, per se, but to suggest that they're not also recording artists to some degree is a bit of a stretch, imo, particularly in this day in age. that's also not to say they're recording in a proper studio, but having their performances recorded is, i would imagine, pretty standard these days. so, in a way they are indeed recording artists at this level.
@@manlymcstud8588 - You don't seem to understand what the term Recording artist means. Let me help you out, musicians/bands under contract to release X amount of material in Y amount of time.
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 that's your made-up definition. the fact that these musicians know they will be recorded for whatever purpose makes them recording artists, imo, akin to studio musicians, who are definitely recording artists, though they don't meet your standard of the definition at all.
Someone pointed out the "wah wah" woman had revolver earrings. Also, think of the thousands of hour of practice and training each person put into perfecting their voice or instrument, then joining together to bring this to life. Stunningly beautiful
And even.more when we realize they shed their egos & vanity to."uglify" their beautiful trained voices into raw instruments to achieve that spaghetti western sound.
Most of it is. I bought stereo speakers by specifically listening to opera music. If they can play it, they can certainly play classic rock. Focal 948's do well.
the guy hanging is a reference to the plot of the movie The Good and The Bad and The Ugly, where a guy collects his own bounty by being saved from hanging every time he's caught
I guess music hits each one of us differently, but it's all good. Personally Ennio songs give me a different vibe. I FEEL his songs. Also I like his creative personality and I like Italy and western, so... yeah. =D
It's just such a privilege to witness a musical masterpiece like that. Mankind is capable of great expression and experiences through music. It's worth the effort. It's magnificent!
A BIG thank you to you for playing this and for your reactions!!! You obviously liked what you heard and I am sure that you can open this kind of music to a lot of people!... Welcome to the family of Ennio Morricone music lovers!! I myself absolutely love this Morricone music, the amazingly talented orchestra, the awesome choir and the two opera singers... and of course the wonderful conductor, Sarah Hicks.
How many different times did you get goose bumps listening to that??? Ennio Morricone pure genius at the very top of his game with this track. And what a brilliant performance...Thanks for turning me onto it.
This is sooo good. Can you imagine being there in the audience with the sound coming at you from all angles and vibrating in your chest ? This instrumentation is what synthesizers were invented to IMITATE ! I once lived in Richmond in a duplex house. One afternoon I was startled to hear a lady singing clearly and loudly, I walked through the house and opened the back door ... she was in the next house over from me practicing opera ... inside ! They are trained to use their voices to maximum effect and I had never heard someone project like that before, and she was just warming up ! Those opera singers are no joke, even though I don't really like opera music. Did you notice a mic on her ? I'm sure there was one somewhere but I didn't see one. She is trained to fill a room with sound and was in the perfect position to do it. Your a lover of music, if we were there we would probably have tears streaming down our faces because great music is an emotional experience, not an ego boost. By the way, that movie, you gotta see it. Its the definitive western, you'll love it, big production values too ! I appreciate your channel, thx. God bless you.
I had the tears and I wasn't there. That's a special performance when the video recording can produce the same level of emotions as when seeing that performance in person where the whole experience can be felt physically in your chest, mind, and soul.
He did Dirty Harry later. This is from his spaghetti western era with Leone, third film in the series. You'd dig the whole trilogy. The great composer Ennio Morricone wrote this composition.
One of the most genuine reactions I have ever seen about this. Nothing fake, simply amazed about the perfection of this preformance. Well done, hats off!
My now 16 year old son introduced me to this movie about 3 years ago. A friend introduced it to him. He was awestruck over the soundtrack. The soundtrack is considered one of the greatest soundtracks in movie-dom. Some refer to the soundtrack as "another character" it is so profound. Ennio Morricone did the soundtrack for many of the grand movies of that era. Since I discovered him, I often have his music playing at home. It is grand, isn't it.
You have to watch the movie to know the significance of the hanging man. Also, the name of the soprano was in the video-Christine Nonbo Andersen. Great reaction!
Great reaction - I love how excited you are watching and listening to this - truly is a masterpiece. One of my most favourite things to listen to - I have it playing regularly at full volume.
This is why I want to go to a real professional symphony. The music they produce is pure. Every sound is a human or an instrument, not synthetic. Also, when you hear all those instruments playing at once, it just moves you.
Depending on where you live, you can hear many beautiful concerts. Many of the well-known film composers go on tour. Contact your local concert promoter.
This is actually an English horn, a seriously underrated and lesser known instrument. It's a double reed like the oboe but it's a bit larger and has a mellower, lower sound. Prominently used for the "Goin' Home" solo in Dvorak's New World Symphony :-)
Ennio Morricone wrote this music. The man is playing an oboe; they look like that (like a straw). Cracks me up how that one woman just goes: "wah wah wah."
The lady who sang "wah wah", her name is tuva semmingson, a classically trained singer in her own right, she sings everything from opera to standards to pop. A diva of the 1st class. If you look closely, for this concert she was wearing little six shooter earrings. PERFECT!!! There was an interview with the two vocalists.Tuva Semmingsen AKA the Wa Wa Lady, as she has been called by the tube, actually likes being called the Wa Wa Lady. She couldn't believe how this performance took off on the tube. Christine Nonbo Andersen is the solo vocalist in the audience. This was her first performance with the Danish National Orchestra. Both ladies nailed their performances and added a stunning element to this Ennio Morricone masterpiece. Ennio Morricone was a composer of film soundtracks, where he used instruments and objects that are not normally used in an orchestral ensemble. Electric guitars, basses, ocarinas, bongos ... but also whips, gunshots, gusts of wind. Entering Morricone's work is a complete immersion. A moving tribute for fidelity down to the smallest details is what the Spaghetti Westerns Orchestra did to him.
"The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly", is the third and final film of a trilogy of films featuring the character, "The Man With No Name", portrayed by Clint Eastwood. This film also starred Lee Van Cleef ("The Bad") and Eli Wallach ("The Ugly"), and was released in 1966. The other two films are "A Fistful Of Dollars" (1964) and "For A Few Dollars More" (1965). In 1964, Clint Eastwood was still working on the CBS Western TV series, "Rawhide". According to an interview of Eastwood I watched here on TH-cam, he wanted to take his family on a European vacation, but he did not have enough money at the time to do so. By accepting a movie role from Italian director, Sergio Leone, to star in his low-budget Western film, "A Fistful Of Dollars", which was being filmed in Spain, he could take his family on that European vacation for free (or something close to it). Somehow, Leone found a US distributor to show the film in the US, and "A Fistful Of Dollars" became a surprise hit. In 1965, "Rawhide" was cancelled by CBS, a year after the untimely death of the show's star, Eric Fleming, while he working on a movie during the TV show's Summer hiatus. Clint Eastwood then began to focus his career as being a full-time movie actor. "For A Few Dollars More" provided him an opportunity to work that he badly needed, and that film also became a hit, and made Eastwood an International star. The Hollywood establishment had no choice but to take notice, and the rest is history.
When you said low budget, you weren't kidding. The reason so many common instruments are used in Morricone's soundtracks is because he didn't have much money to work with in composing and recording the soundtracks. In the interview you referenced, Eastwood stated that the clothes he wore in the trilogy were provided by himself, and the stogies he smoked in the movies he bought himself in California and cut in half for the movies. Unbelievably, this movie, one of the greatest westerns of all time, had a budget of only 1.2 million dollars. In a movie made today, that probably wouldn't get you past the first ten minutes of filming.
They were called "Spaghetti westerns" at the time because they were filmed in Italy, most of the actors in these movies were Italian and this amazing music was composed by Ennio Morricone. I'm 69 and I never get tired of watching them.
Completely awesome, amazing and solid goosebumps. Great surprice and highly recommended. Unexpected new fan of The Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Will definitely buy tickes for the upcoming show.
I really appreciate your reaction to this. So pure and beautiful ❤️ Please continue to listen to stuff like this! The Danish National Orchestra does a lot of great concerts here, and regularly interprets iconic movie, and videogame scores like these. I've been to a couple of their concerts. It's an awesome experience!
Your reaction to this is the absolute best I've ever seen, and proof is surely the fact that you feature in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra's own video in which Tuva Semmingsen and Christine Nonbo Andersen speak about this performance. They must have been so impressed with you!
The guy hanging from the ceiling was obviously a prop for Eastwood's spaghetti westerns which this symphonic orchestra themed for this production. They also included the iconic theme song for "Hang em High which would explain the rope, etc
Yes, it's a phenomenal piece... I don't mind one iota that you're blown out and have to say so... I enjoy it...because it let's me know and feel close when we share the same exstatic joy for much the same reasons. Keep on Keep'n On Van...
Your reaction to this priceless piece of musical history is the most genuine I’ve seen! This music is astounding and the way it was performed was, well, nothing short of extraordinary! It’s plain to see that you were deeply moved by the Spirit too. Nice. Thanks!
this music is NOT perfect for a FILM , this MUSIC IS a FILM - you are right when you said who made this is a genius - your reaction gives justice to this masterpiece -thankyou !
I am just amazed. I had no idea this existed. One of my all time favorite movies, iconic theme music and to see it performed live, you could knock me over with a feather.
Van, that was the best reactions that I have witnessed you do. You were glued to your chair, excited, overcome by the performance. I have watched you for awhile and this was the best.
"Is that a clarinet with a straw?" --- Not exactly. It's called an English Horn, and it is a close relative of the oboe. They both have that reedy (kinda duck-like) sound quality that a clarinet doesn't have.
@@patlarimore6960 you're welcome. 🙂Oboes and English horns sound extremely similar but the EH has a deeper, richer sounding quality about it. And, of course, the 'pipe' (bocal) that connects the reed to the instrument is a dead giveaway as oboes don't have those.
Great reaction, probably the best of many I've seen for this great piece. I'd like to ask you to react to "minstrel boy", an old Irish tune about a good, faithful Irish boy who died for home that over the years has been taken up as a tune paying respect to all soldiers who gave their all for home. If you can get through the whole thing without shedding a single tear, you're a stronger man than I. Many thanks
I ABSOLUTELY loved your reaction. I found this video a short while ago and am now enjoying some reactions to it. Yours was the best reaction to a video I have seen. It was infectious!
Oh yeh, this is the most awesome piece of musical perfection I have ever heard. I always admired classical music but this masterpiece has directed me in a fascination for this classical genre. Thanks for this most amazing critique.
Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone were classmates, but they didn't realize it until their first time working together. Leone wrote the scripts, then Ennio composed the music, and only then did they shoot. Often the music was playing during the shoot, which is why the music and the acting harmonize so well. My favourite is "Once upon a time in America" (the 4 hour version)
Thanks so much for this info....I thought the music would be composed to suit the actual filmed action. Brilliant idea to use the music while filming. Lucky us to have geniuses creating entertainment for us to enjoy.
I get chills every time I listen to this. This movie is absolutely phenomenal. Great reaction to this masterpiece of music. I’m glad I stop by to check out your vid.
It just shows you just how important the music is to a film, and the incredible amount of work by the composer and musicians. The film is nothing without the music.
I’ve watched lots of reactions to these 2 pieces of music and without fail, every single one of them stop and concentrate when Ecstasy of Gold starts. It’s the greatest piece of music ever written for a movie bar none. Peerless.
The clarinet with a straw is an oboe which has a long reed to blow into. So many amazing instruments in an orchestra but this rendition is outstanding!
6:15 That lady has an amazing voice! The lady at the beginning who also does the whistling is incredibly talented as well. A group of dedicated, talented people creating something that truly is nothing short of a Blessing of God! As you put it, 'ridiculously beautiful!'.
James Hetfeld from Metallica is a big Western fan, and if you ever go to a Metallica Concert this song is playing, when Metallica is about to enter the scene.
Ain’t need to worry ‘bout not having the words bro the joy, wonder and astonishment was on your face from start to finish just like everybody else witnessing this masterpiece! 😊
The second part, Ecstasy of Gold, is played as the walk on music at every Metallica live show and has been since the eighties. A good one to see would be Enter Sandman live in Moscow 1991, if you haven’t already seen it.
This song was released as a single in 1966 . I was a 9 year old black child in the south & thought it was one of the most amazing things I`d ever heard. My parents bought it for me & I treasured it for years. It still holds up after all this time. A brilliant composition . This performance does it justice .
Ennio Morricone was a genius, You sir had great taste at the age of 9.
Feels good to know I'm not the oldest one in this comment section. I'm a "boomer" from half a world away, somewhere in E-Europe and a 30 sec piece of this musical wonder I've assigned as a personalized ringtone for when my mother calls me cause it sounds so gentle yet it has a menacing feel to it and even the threat of violence...
That's an awesome memory. Glad ya still have it
What do you think of the scene in The good, the bad, and the ugly that has this song? I remember watching the movie around 10-11 and fucking loving the soundtrack so much I bought the movie on DVD and went to sleep to it almost every night for a year
Exactly the same experience, except I was 8. 'Great Western Movie Themes' the LP was called... and I played the heck out of this track.
We have two geniuses here: Sergio Leone who directed the movie THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY and Ennio Morricone who wrote the soundtrack. Two geniuses we Italians are proud of. Thank you for reacting to this masterpiece ❤
I'd say you had/have quite a few others tho'...
Ennio Morricone and many other composers are people who give me a reason to be proud to be a member of the human race. At the same time, their work is a window into the divine and speaks to me on a spiritual level. God's angelic host must sound something like voices here.
Peace to all here!
Their genius was a gift to the world.
Credit to the composer obviously but the succes of this particular performance comes down to the orchestra, the conductor, the vocalists and the entire arrangement and production!
created the best american story ever lol
No wonder us Danish people feel a little extra proud when we hear them play.
De er fantastiske, intet mindre..! xD
Beautiful ❤️
........and you should be proud of it. Outstanding work!
Thank you Denmark!
@@TheAbildgaard91 Ja , de er nemlig fantastiske 🙌 den passion de viser er fantastisk
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"
Who is the conductor? Because she speaks Danish.
@@mikkelgeorgsen Hun hedder Susan Hicks og er US-Amerikaner født i Japan.
Hun bor i Californien.
Hvor har du hørt hende tale Dansk? Hun var ikke i landet ret længe.
@@Gert-DK My GOSH, I live in the Twin Cities and I didn’t realize that Sarah Hicks is one of the main conductors at the Minnesota Orchestra. Sarah is the Principal Conductor for the Live at Orchestra Hall. She’s still here in Minneapolis in 2024. Added a visit to the orchestra to my bucket list !!!
@@spicewood7790 As I understand it, she is a little more than main conductor. I think she still lives in California.
Long drive to get to work 🙂
you're not trippin...the movie had a lot of hanging in it. Ennio Morricone was a musical genius. This is my absolute favorite soundtrack
Me too I enjoy it so much I play the CD all the time
LEGEND, a true MASTER!
Absolutely the greatest film composer ever - this soundtrack and The Mission are in a dead tie for me for favourite of all-time.
With 500 plus scores one of the most prolific composers of all saw him in concert twice. Sadly he died at 91 a bout 10 months w
movies, plural. this was not the only piece played during the concert :)
Remember this next time you're watching a movie and you hear a orchestra in the background. And do yourself a favor and watch this movie! One of the greatest westerns ever made!
The Good the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West. IMO the two greatest westerns ever made. Sergio Leone + Ennio Morricone=Pure Genius!
I don't watch Westerns that much because it's not one of my favorite genres, but this movie is my favorite Western.
The Good The Bad and The Ugly is one of my favorite movies.
Spagheti western...
I was but last hour it kicked me out because it was no longer free with ads ):
Yes. Ennio Morricone, the composer who wrote this and who died just last year, is a genius. They say that the hanging man was off key, and they wanted to warn the other singers. This is why the arts need to be state supported. With operas and symphonies, there are just as many performing as there are in the audience.
Oh is he dead?
@@anthonypirera7598 yes last year
RIP Ennio and thank you for all the hours with your beautiful Music
I have a few of his movies CD's right up to Djago the way he can set the seen in music is unbelievable
@@anthonypirera7598 With Sergio and Ennio it was the other way around, first the script, then the music, and only then the shooting - that's why.
Guess what I'm doing tomorrow on with The Good The Bad and The Ugly
Thats how it was done back then. No electronic effects. Thats real musicians. True talent and yes it was a genius peice
her voice and the harmonica makes it sound like an electronic effect....
Did you not watch the same performance I did? How long ago do you think this was performed? Your comment has merit but not in this instance. Orchestras have and always will play their own instruments (to include vocals) free of deceptive manipulation. The only purpose of Orchestras/Symphonies is live performances, they're not recording artists. How can you compare physically playing Football to playing Football on Xbox?
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 orchestras and symphonies are recorded all the time. granted, that's not their main and true purpose, per se, but to suggest that they're not also recording artists to some degree is a bit of a stretch, imo, particularly in this day in age. that's also not to say they're recording in a proper studio, but having their performances recorded is, i would imagine, pretty standard these days.
so, in a way they are indeed recording artists at this level.
@@manlymcstud8588 - You don't seem to understand what the term Recording artist means. Let me help you out, musicians/bands under contract to release X amount of material in Y amount of time.
@@cup_cuppy_cuppers5817 that's your made-up definition. the fact that these musicians know they will be recorded for whatever purpose makes them recording artists, imo, akin to studio musicians, who are definitely recording artists, though they don't meet your standard of the definition at all.
one of my favorite reactions you've done....this really got you, it was awesome!
Someone pointed out the "wah wah" woman had revolver earrings. Also, think of the thousands of hour of practice and training each person put into perfecting their voice or instrument, then joining together to bring this to life. Stunningly beautiful
U can watch this concert here on TH-cam. Its really nice. Tears in eyes.
So true
And even.more when we realize they shed their egos & vanity to."uglify" their beautiful trained voices into raw instruments to achieve that spaghetti western sound.
@@cyninshadows7041 hadn't thought of that. Thanks
It’s not just the Wah Wah girl singing Wah Wah on her own there’s a harmonica playing the same notes at the same time
convinced that blonde lady is an angel
Orchestra music is so cool. They give the music so much life. Goosebumps the entire time.
Most of it is. I bought stereo speakers by specifically listening to opera music. If they can play it, they can certainly play classic rock. Focal 948's do well.
Not only the best Western but arguably the greatest movie of all time.
The whole trilogy were amazing...
the guy hanging is a reference to the plot of the movie The Good and The Bad and The Ugly, where a guy collects his own bounty by being saved from hanging every time he's caught
Not only that. That skeleton is always in that hall. It’s a tradition. It goes back to an old legend of a death in that theater.
He's the former director of the symphony.
that was Tuco go see the film
It makes sense now that you said this. Oddly enough I always thought the hanging body was a nod to the movie Hang'em high.
"Sorry Shorty,"
Ennio Morricone is the best composer ever in my opinion. His soundtracks are out of this world. A true genius. Thanks for the reaction!
@Trevor Rogert La musica di Morricone è eterna le altre no.
Non sono lontanamente paragonabili
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@Trevor Rogert I gusti sono soggettivi, ma i livelli non sono confrontabili.
I guess music hits each one of us differently, but it's all good. Personally Ennio songs give me a different vibe. I FEEL his songs. Also I like his creative personality and I like Italy and western, so... yeah. =D
It's just such a privilege to witness a musical masterpiece like that. Mankind is capable of great expression and experiences through music. It's worth the effort. It's magnificent!
A BIG thank you to you for playing this and for your reactions!!! You obviously liked what you heard and I am sure that you can open this kind of music to a lot of people!... Welcome to the family of Ennio Morricone music lovers!! I myself absolutely love this Morricone music, the amazingly talented orchestra, the awesome choir and the two opera singers... and of course the wonderful conductor, Sarah Hicks.
Stopping because you have to is annoying, but stopping because you are genuinely excited and want to say something is awesome.
How many different times did you get goose bumps listening to that??? Ennio Morricone pure genius at the very top of his game with this track. And what a brilliant performance...Thanks for turning me onto it.
This is sooo good. Can you imagine being there in the audience with the sound coming at you from all angles and vibrating in your chest ? This instrumentation is what synthesizers were invented to IMITATE ! I once lived in Richmond in a duplex house. One afternoon I was startled to hear a lady singing clearly and loudly, I walked through the house and opened the back door ... she was in the next house over from me practicing opera ... inside ! They are trained to use their voices to maximum effect and I had never heard someone project like that before, and she was just warming up ! Those opera singers are no joke, even though I don't really like opera music. Did you notice a mic on her ? I'm sure there was one somewhere but I didn't see one. She is trained to fill a room with sound and was in the perfect position to do it. Your a lover of music, if we were there we would probably have tears streaming down our faces because great music is an emotional experience, not an ego boost. By the way, that movie, you gotta see it. Its the definitive western, you'll love it, big production values too ! I appreciate your channel, thx. God bless you.
I had the tears and I wasn't there. That's a special performance when the video recording can produce the same level of emotions as when seeing that performance in person where the whole experience can be felt physically in your chest, mind, and soul.
It was 75 minutes of pure goosebumps... Also Best concerthall i have experienced.
She did have a mic on, if you look at the closeup, you can see the shadow of it, right in front of her left ear.
He did Dirty Harry later. This is from his spaghetti western era with Leone, third film in the series. You'd dig the whole trilogy. The great composer Ennio Morricone wrote this composition.
I don't think that anyone would argue with "Whoever wrote this was a genius" The recently departed Ennio Morricone.
Have seen this movie many times and always loved the theme song but it’s not until I saw this video did I realize the excellence of it all. Amazing!
Me too, just never realised how much was going on.
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One of the most genuine reactions I have ever seen about this. Nothing fake, simply amazed about the perfection of this preformance. Well done, hats off!
My now 16 year old son introduced me to this movie about 3 years ago. A friend introduced it to him. He was awestruck over the soundtrack. The soundtrack is considered one of the greatest soundtracks in movie-dom. Some refer to the soundtrack as "another character" it is so profound.
Ennio Morricone did the soundtrack for many of the grand movies of that era. Since I discovered him, I often have his music playing at home. It is grand, isn't it.
You have to watch the movie to know the significance of the hanging man. Also, the name of the soprano was in the video-Christine Nonbo Andersen.
Great reaction!
This was sensational - thank you very much for reacting to it as I had never heard it and I feel richer for doing so.
Thank you so much for reacting to this. I would have never heard or seen it.
One of the greatest films ever made. The sound track is legendary ;)
Great reaction - I love how excited you are watching and listening to this - truly is a masterpiece. One of my most favourite things to listen to - I have it playing regularly at full volume.
The best part is that you like me, will introduce this to your grown children and grand children. Have a great and blessed 2022.
You gave a beautiful reaction. To such a beautiful symphony.
Van, dude thanks for hooking us up with such a beautiful composition and incredible performance. 🤘🏼
Actual people... with actual talent- amazing. Nice reaction, Van. Beautiful job, Denmark music- folk. Love your take.
Ennio Morricone and Sergio Leone .....the Greatst Movie Collaboration ever in History !
This is why I want to go to a real professional symphony. The music they produce is pure. Every sound is a human or an instrument, not synthetic. Also, when you hear all those instruments playing at once, it just moves you.
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And the hall is constructed with music in mind.
Depending on where you live, you can hear many beautiful concerts. Many of the well-known film composers go on tour. Contact your local concert promoter.
That's not a straw. That's an oboe. A woodwind. One of my favorite insruments.
The oboe uses two small reeds clamped together that the player forces air through tp make the sound.
This is actually an English horn, a seriously underrated and lesser known instrument. It's a double reed like the oboe but it's a bit larger and has a mellower, lower sound. Prominently used for the "Goin' Home" solo in Dvorak's New World Symphony :-)
Came across this performance 4 weeks ago and listen to it at least once a day!
Ennio Morricone wrote this music. The man is playing an oboe; they look like that (like a straw). Cracks me up how that one woman just goes: "wah wah wah."
Cool ass shirt and as always a great reaction. Luv ur channel!
The lady who sang "wah wah", her name is tuva semmingson, a classically trained singer in her own right, she sings everything from opera to standards to pop. A diva of the 1st class. If you look closely, for this concert she was wearing little six shooter earrings. PERFECT!!!
There was an interview with the two vocalists.Tuva Semmingsen AKA the Wa Wa Lady, as she has been called by the tube, actually likes being called the Wa Wa Lady. She couldn't believe how this performance took off on the tube. Christine Nonbo Andersen is the solo vocalist in the audience. This was her first performance with the Danish National Orchestra. Both ladies nailed their performances and added a stunning element to this Ennio Morricone masterpiece.
Ennio Morricone was a composer of film soundtracks, where he used instruments and objects that are not normally used in an orchestral ensemble. Electric guitars, basses, ocarinas, bongos ... but also whips, gunshots, gusts of wind. Entering Morricone's work is a complete immersion.
A moving tribute for fidelity down to the smallest details is what the Spaghetti Westerns Orchestra did to him.
Brilliant tune from the best Western EVER!!!
"The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly", is the third and final film of a trilogy of films featuring the character, "The Man With No Name", portrayed by Clint Eastwood. This film also starred Lee Van Cleef ("The Bad") and Eli Wallach ("The Ugly"), and was released in 1966. The other two films are "A Fistful Of Dollars" (1964) and "For A Few Dollars More" (1965).
In 1964, Clint Eastwood was still working on the CBS Western TV series, "Rawhide". According to an interview of Eastwood I watched here on TH-cam, he wanted to take his family on a European vacation, but he did not have enough money at the time to do so. By accepting a movie role from Italian director, Sergio Leone, to star in his low-budget Western film, "A Fistful Of Dollars", which was being filmed in Spain, he could take his family on that European vacation for free (or something close to it). Somehow, Leone found a US distributor to show the film in the US, and "A Fistful Of Dollars" became a surprise hit.
In 1965, "Rawhide" was cancelled by CBS, a year after the untimely death of the show's star, Eric Fleming, while he working on a movie during the TV show's Summer hiatus. Clint Eastwood then began to focus his career as being a full-time movie actor. "For A Few Dollars More" provided him an opportunity to work that he badly needed, and that film also became a hit, and made Eastwood an International star. The Hollywood establishment had no choice but to take notice, and the rest is history.
When you said low budget, you weren't kidding. The reason so many common instruments are used in Morricone's soundtracks is because he didn't have much money to work with in composing and recording the soundtracks. In the interview you referenced, Eastwood stated that the clothes he wore in the trilogy were provided by himself, and the stogies he smoked in the movies he bought himself in California and cut in half for the movies. Unbelievably, this movie, one of the greatest westerns of all time, had a budget of only 1.2 million dollars. In a movie made today, that probably wouldn't get you past the first ten minutes of filming.
They were called "Spaghetti westerns" at the time because they were filmed in Italy, most of the actors in these movies were Italian and this amazing music was composed by Ennio Morricone. I'm 69 and I never get tired of watching them.
@@theloneranger8725 I don't know who that masked man was, but I wanted to thank him.
Completely awesome, amazing and solid goosebumps. Great surprice and highly recommended.
Unexpected new fan of The Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
Will definitely buy tickes for the upcoming show.
Listen to the percussion instruments in the background and you might imagine the gait of running horses.
I really appreciate your reaction to this. So pure and beautiful ❤️ Please continue to listen to stuff like this! The Danish National Orchestra does a lot of great concerts here, and regularly interprets iconic movie, and videogame scores like these. I've been to a couple of their concerts. It's an awesome experience!
1:57 "...hey guys, I promise I'm, I'm not going to stop this over and over and over..." 😏😁
A few moments later... 🤣🤣👍
Your reaction to this is the absolute best I've ever seen, and proof is surely the fact that you feature in the Danish National Symphony Orchestra's own video in which Tuva Semmingsen and Christine Nonbo Andersen speak about this performance. They must have been so impressed with you!
That is a masterpiece of musical composition, and stunningly performed.
The guy hanging from the ceiling was obviously a prop for Eastwood's spaghetti westerns which this symphonic orchestra themed for this production. They also included the iconic theme song for "Hang em High which would explain the rope, etc
As an old guy it's funny to hear you say "it came from a voice". Yes, a generation ago that's all we had. Lol
Went to all of these movies as a kid when they came out, love the soundtracks!
In my opinion the greatest soundtrack to the greatest film in cinema history. Rip to Ennio Morricone.
Not Frozen, huh? Ha.
All these people, all this work. For some back ground music in a movie. Pretty impressive.
The Soprano is Christine Nonbo Andersen.
And the lady who whistles and does the wah wahs is a mezzo soprano named Tuva Semmingsen.
And Edda Dell'Orso was the original vocal who done majority of Ennio's songs.
Singing girls gots some skills !!! Imagine getting ALL those people in perfect timing.
Yes, it's a phenomenal piece... I don't mind one iota that you're blown out and have to say so... I enjoy it...because it let's me know and feel close when we share the same exstatic joy for much the same reasons. Keep on Keep'n On Van...
Time to watch that movie..
It’s on Netflix at the moment! So not “edited for time”, like when on tv.
Absolutely beautiful isn’t it, especially when you get to see how the song is made!❤ Such an iconic song and movie and Clint Eastwood too!❤
React please same orchestra - Once Upon a Time in the West, western too,from Russia with love!
U didn't talk too much, I love your reaction, I had the same one 4 years ago, still love this one and their other ones too...
"Hey Blondie!!
Youuuuu know what you arrrrrre?" 😁
Your reaction to this priceless piece of musical history is the most genuine I’ve seen! This music is astounding and the way it was performed was, well, nothing short of extraordinary! It’s plain to see that you were deeply moved by the Spirit too. Nice. Thanks!
You MUST watch "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"! It is to Westerns what Star Wars was to Syfy!!!! An EPIC spaghetti western.
Or watch all 3. Fistfull of Dollars. For a Few Dollars More. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.
@@AzathothXy Since tGtB&tU is a prequel he can watch it first with out messing up the narrative.
@@sammygirl5835 it's the third part of the trilogy.
@@AzathothXy It was made last, but plot wise it comes first.
Except that TGBU is a great film and $tar war$ is wonder bread bullshit
It is so cool to watch someone watching this and have the exact reaction I did.
this music is NOT perfect for a FILM , this MUSIC IS a FILM - you are right when you said who made this is a genius - your reaction gives justice to this masterpiece -thankyou !
That was cool I've loved that since I saw the movie back in the 60s.
This is the most beautiful music I've ever heard.
I am just amazed. I had no idea this existed. One of my all time favorite movies, iconic theme music and to see it performed live, you could knock me over with a feather.
Van, that was the best reactions that I have witnessed you do. You were glued to your chair, excited, overcome by the performance. I have watched you for awhile and this was the best.
I came back after 2 yrs just to see the child-like wonder and joy on ur face listening to this masterpiece. ❤
"Is that a clarinet with a straw?" --- Not exactly. It's called an English Horn, and it is a close relative of the oboe. They both have that reedy (kinda duck-like) sound quality that a clarinet doesn't have.
Also known as a cor anglais ,it has a double Reed , makes your lips tingle after a while
@@cherrymcgregor535 I played bassoon back in the day... talk about your lips tingling, lol
I knew it wasn't a clarinet, but I could have sworn it was an oboe. Thank you for the clarification!
@@patlarimore6960 you're welcome. 🙂Oboes and English horns sound extremely similar but the EH has a deeper, richer sounding quality about it. And, of course, the 'pipe' (bocal) that connects the reed to the instrument is a dead giveaway as oboes don't have those.
TOTAL AWESOMENESS!!! OMGOODNESS!!
As many have told you, you have to go to the symphony when COVID permits! I can give you chills and bring tears to your eyes!
Absolutely!!!
I loved every second of your reactions to this. Also, it's an absolutely phenomenal performance.
Great reaction, probably the best of many I've seen for this great piece. I'd like to ask you to react to "minstrel boy", an old Irish tune about a good, faithful Irish boy who died for home that over the years has been taken up as a tune paying respect to all soldiers who gave their all for home. If you can get through the whole thing without shedding a single tear, you're a stronger man than I. Many thanks
I ABSOLUTELY loved your reaction. I found this video a short while ago and am now enjoying some reactions to it. Yours was the best reaction to a video I have seen. It was infectious!
Yep... Morricone was a God of sound, for sure. Unique and unparalleled in his genius. Sadly, the day he died a great light went out.
Oh yeh, this is the most awesome piece of musical perfection I have ever heard. I always admired classical music but this masterpiece has directed me in a fascination for this classical genre. Thanks for this most amazing critique.
Sergio Leone and Ennio Morricone were classmates, but they didn't realize it until their first time working together. Leone wrote the scripts, then Ennio composed the music, and only then did they shoot. Often the music was playing during the shoot, which is why the music and the acting harmonize so well. My favourite is "Once upon a time in America" (the 4 hour version)
Thanks so much for this info....I thought the music would be composed to suit the actual filmed action. Brilliant idea to use the music while filming. Lucky us to have geniuses creating entertainment for us to enjoy.
@@TOYSTITCHER For Sergio Faces are landscapes ypu can see it in most movies 😍
I get chills every time I listen to this. This movie is absolutely phenomenal. Great reaction to this masterpiece of music. I’m glad I stop by to check out your vid.
This is why the voice is called an instrument. 😊😘
It just shows you just how important
the music is to a film, and the incredible amount of work by the composer and musicians. The film is nothing without the music.
The world falls into two categories. there are those who have seen "The good the bad and the ugly" and the rest. Those must dig it............
My favorite of your reaction videos so far.
Obviously this is not the same orchestra when the movie was made, so just knowing that is even more amazing.
I have watched about a dozen reacting to this piece and you have the most authentic, natural reactions.
The hanging man is do to the movie, to set the mode.
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So far your reactions were priceless. One of the best layman reaction video so far. very entertaining to watch.
One of my favorite from Ennio Morricone is "A man with a harmonica"..maybe you will check it out sometime 😊
LFR and orchestral music! Love it. Your reaction is priceless. Thank you for this one.
I’ve watched lots of reactions to these 2 pieces of music and without fail, every single one of them stop and concentrate when Ecstasy of Gold starts. It’s the greatest piece of music ever written for a movie bar none. Peerless.
The clarinet with a straw is an oboe which has a long reed to blow into. So many amazing instruments in an orchestra but this rendition is outstanding!
It’s an English Horn
I would have loved to attend that concert. I'd close my eyes and feel the music.
6:15
That lady has an amazing voice!
The lady at the beginning who also does the whistling is incredibly talented as well.
A group of dedicated, talented people creating something that truly is nothing short of a Blessing of God!
As you put it, 'ridiculously beautiful!'.
James Hetfeld from Metallica is a big Western fan, and if you ever go to a Metallica Concert this song is playing, when Metallica is about to enter the scene.
Look at the "wha wha" girls earrings. Dedication!
May I give you a piece of advice, for which you can thank me later, ''WATCH THE MOVIE!'' It's the greatest western film ever made!
Ain’t need to worry ‘bout not having the words bro the joy, wonder and astonishment was on your face from start to finish just like everybody else witnessing this masterpiece! 😊
The second part, Ecstasy of Gold, is played as the walk on music at every Metallica live show and has been since the eighties. A good one to see would be Enter Sandman live in Moscow 1991, if you haven’t already seen it.
“Whoever wrote this is a genius.”
Ladies and gentlemen, here is Italian composer Mr Ennio Morricone!