I too lost a son in tragic circumstances. Words, given or received, cannot connect all one's thoughts and feelings, but great music can help. I have always really liked this piece.
Millers Crossing is one of the most underrated films of its day. Set design, story, cast all outstanding. Locations were amazing, the musical score outstanding. I saw it in a theater when it came out, and I’ve watched it every year since, sometimes multiple times a year. Shenandoah Club forever. Good job Cohen Bro’s, you hit the mark like nobody else.
I love this film and this theme. It's such a perfect track for a surprisingly joyful gangster movie. Not too dark, full of laughs, full of drama, full of smart lines and scenes, and full of hats. The Coen Brothers are a fantastic movie creators, and I have never come across a movie of theirs I didn't like.
This is an Irish tune called Limerick's Lamentation. It dates from the siege and fall of the city of Limerick in Ireland to the English forces of Ginkel in 1691, at the end of the Williamite Wars.
Jon Polito WAS this movie. His facial expressions, his twitching and sweating. I love him in this. His advice about shaving, ha ha..that was a great performance. I didn't know he died until now. God Bless his soul. We say "don't gimme the high hat" all the time.
ISchulz I just discovered it 2-3 years ago myself. I couldn’t believe I had never heard of it. And man, what an find. Absolutely love this movie! Just finished watching about 15 mins ago. I come back to it about once every few months.
The song is "Lament for Limerick", a bittersweet song about leaving and remembering home. It is usually played in a more somber way. My Irish heart swells and I cry when I hear it!
one of the more underatted pieces from the COEN BROTHERS!! among many classics this has always had a special in my HEART !! now I say look in your HEART for the festive autumn season ahead !! CHEERS!!
I guess it is my Irish ancestry that makes a tear come to my eye upon hearing this song for the very first time when the movie came out so many years ago.
Rory Mcguinness 'Complex' is relative to LepeczynLCN's experience with characters in film then. (Oooooh, Bertolucci. The Conformist... I don't think I myself have seen any of his films unless you would count his writing contribution to Once Upon a Time in the West).
The Eddie Dane character was a nice antagonist. "I know what you are. Straight as a corkscrew. Mr. Inside-Outski, like some goddamn Bolshevik picking up his orders from Yegg Central."
mgeek1 And Johnny Casper bought it hook line and sinker. This is still one of my favorite movies, just for the infighting and how the story was put together.
both this movie and "usual suspects" are in my top 10. i have seen both movies countless times. i get the feeling that gabriel byrne was cast for "usual suspects" in large part due to his role as tom reagan in "miller's crossing."
That's a fine piece of music. Simple, and clicks some light switch inside that connects you with a hidden bit of your own soul. A bit of lament of leaving, a bit of rejoice for returning. A departure and a homecoming. Or something like that.
Thanks. And how about the movie, huh? I've watched it at least a dozen times, and have read comments that think it's all about Tom losing his hat. I think it's more about him losing Verna, knowing that perhaps the two of them Do deserve each other, and that now that she'll be married that it wouldn't be right for them to carry on with their relationship. You can always get another hat. But you can't replace a love. Sounds a little like another Coen Bros. quote- "Writers come and go. But we'll always need Indians." Cheers. Todd
I'd say a dozen viewings. But I think it's more likely closer to probably three times that number if individual viewing of scenes are counted for. The Coen Bros do the best work as related to ones personal circumstance. I just viewed "Barton Fink" for about the 30th time and feel like getting in touch with a Australian gal I know and haven't spoken to for some time, all because she reminds me in some remotely distinct way of Audrey Taylor. {Judy Davis} She's probably just as crazy.
bang-on !! well said and that feeling of leaving for something better !! but yet you will always keep a piece of that world with you !!! ENJOY THE EVENING!!
This music....ahhh, the movement from ~3:40 to 4:10 is just about the most sublime sound I have ever heard or experienced. Truly a masterpiece. The sounds in this make me realize that vision is very overrated and that hearing, sound, that is where God truly touches mankind. Simply superb.
I come from Ireland and moved over here in 02. I still watch it and think about the old land, family, friends gone and still here. Just a dead good cracking film. Love everything about it! Thanks for that!
"Nothin more foolish than a man chasin after his own hat" Straight outa Charles Dickens PICKWICK PAPERS. When I read this line in the book, many years ago, I laughed OUTLOUD and never forgot it. Obviously one of the Cohen brothers thought it was funny also. No wonder they're so great...Dickens was/is utterly superb and FUNNY as hell!!!!
Beautiful score from a fascinating gangster flick - even the hardest-boiled villains are sort of likeable in this movie! Creates a terrific atmosphere! I love the scene when Jon Polito plays "Where's the penny" with his son and he always points at the wrong hand! :-)
Honestly I found this tune, as beautiful as it is, to be inappropriate for a film like this. It doesn't give me the vibes it should: mafia, noir, gangsters, betrayals. Still love this film...
+Stoner420Simpson As far as I know, and what I don't know in this town aint worth knowing, they haven't bought any license to dislike this video, and today I ain't sellling. So they can take their flunkey and dangle!
I like the music and the film is ok, but the ending? Please explain why Tom didn't join Leo back, and why even go to the funeral of Bernie with Verna there?
This song helps me remember my purpose may be far off but as long as i focus on my principles my goal will still be no greater than a straight line, no matter how many curves or hills. ...but none the less a line I follow
This is my favorite score to a movie. I love Irish sounding music and this is so epic. I'm making a playlist of my favorite 100 songs and this is defiantly going on it.
Ok, so I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box. I had to watch the movie twice to get all the innuendo and relationships. Now I watch the movie once a year just to hear this theme. John Polito is fantastic in this. "We go back." Perfect. This is the first film where I realized that the Coens excel in unfinished business. Endings that don't end. Up is down, black is white.
Whenever I hear this, a wave of emotions rushes over me. A beautiful theme for a beautiful movie. It's like hearing or seeing something that reminds you of your childhood. It transports you to another time, another place.
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This beautiful piece of music is called Limerick's Lament, and is centuries old. Notice how it is very similar to the music in "The Titanic ", both come from the same source.
A track by the band called the "Chieftains " is really good, and if you like this music you might like the "Coolin", sometimes played on the "Uileann pipes ".
I watched this movie 2 days ago, for the first time. My GF watched it with me... We both ended up shedding some tears. Loved it. I think it's up there with my favs now: once upon a time in america and mean streets. How the fuck could i miss this masterpiece, as a mob movie fan?
One of the best music scores ever. Also, it was used to perfection in the theatrical trailer for the movie Powder back in 1995. It's definitely one of the best trailers out there.
One of the best, if not the best, gangster movies of all time. I saw the movie a year or so after it came out and I hadn't heard of it before that and it was just these surprise movies, that blows your mind without warning. And soundtrack is great too, this gentle Irish-sounding feel fits perfectly to this movie.
This jewel was based on the superb Dashiell Hammett novels 'Red Harvest' and 'The Glass Key'. Check them out. BTW, he also wrote the famous 'Maltese Falcon'.
I remember being a kid when I watched The Last Guardian first trailer with this beautiful music. I finished the game a few days ago. What a beautiful journey it was. Almost 10 years of waiting for this masterpiece and it was worth it. Thank you Fumito Ueda for this amazing game.
Correction; "There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat." Charles Dickens THE PICKWICK PAPERS (Cohen; "nothing more foolish than a man chasing after his own hat")
This piece has always reminded me of my baby son. He didn't live long in this world but he changed mine.
My condolences for your loss. At least you have something beautiful to remember him by.
Sending you love, what a special thing to post. xo
I am so very sorry.
I too lost a son in tragic circumstances. Words, given or received, cannot connect all one's thoughts and feelings, but great music can help. I have always really liked this piece.
Very sorry your loss, this song always makes me cry ❤
Millers Crossing is one of the most underrated films of its day. Set design, story, cast all outstanding. Locations were amazing, the musical score outstanding. I saw it in a theater when it came out, and I’ve watched it every year since, sometimes multiple times a year. Shenandoah Club forever. Good job Cohen Bro’s, you hit the mark like nobody else.
Everything about this flim makes it a classic you can watch it 20 years from now and enjoy it
I've been a music lover all my life and this one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. It's melodic harmony is haunting.
It comes from this sorrowful Irish lamentation, the Limerick Lament.
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I love this film and this theme. It's such a perfect track for a surprisingly joyful gangster movie. Not too dark, full of laughs, full of drama, full of smart lines and scenes, and full of hats. The Coen Brothers are a fantastic movie creators, and I have never come across a movie of theirs I didn't like.
I absolutely agree with everything you said except they have like every director, thrown in a clunker.
This is an Irish tune called Limerick's Lamentation. It dates from the siege and fall of the city of Limerick in Ireland to the English forces of Ginkel in 1691, at the end of the Williamite Wars.
Cheers for dat. 👍
Yes! Gabriel Byrne recommended this to Joel Coen who passed the concept on to Burwell. Great score!
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Thanks for that, exactly what I was searching for.
A fantastic film. Witty, brilliant script, clever plot, great casting and superb acting. A very intelligent black comedy. Once of the Coen Bros best.
Jon Polito WAS this movie. His facial expressions, his twitching and sweating. I love him in this. His advice about shaving, ha ha..that was a great performance. I didn't know he died until now. God Bless his soul. We say "don't gimme the high hat" all the time.
I don't know who was up for the Best Supporting Actor that Polito couldn't even get a nomination. Al Pacino in "Dick Tracy"? Please...
I'm talkin about.....ETHICS
I think John Turturro was the movie. (Not disagreeing, there's so much to love.)
@@greg55666 Polito and Turturro stole the show, definitely. Turturro really played the sleazy slimeball Birnbaum perfectly.
Jersey boy.
This piece makes me want to look into my heart.
+Canalus "What Heart?"*Sorry, I couldn't resist*
LOOOK IN YEER HEART !!! Well said always found this to be one of the outstanding soundtracks !!
Pew pew...
‘Like a dumb animal!’
look into your heart...................................what heart?
Just saw this for the first time today...
God damn, what a movie.
+ISchulz Yeah... welcome to the club. First saw this movie when it came out and it never fails to amaze me. It just gets better with age...
Except the ending
@@johnvannewhouse Desert island movie.
ISchulz I just discovered it 2-3 years ago myself. I couldn’t believe I had never heard of it. And man, what an find. Absolutely love this movie! Just finished watching about 15 mins ago. I come back to it about once every few months.
The song is "Lament for Limerick", a bittersweet song about leaving and remembering home. It is usually played in a more somber way. My Irish heart swells and I cry when I hear it!
Yes! Gabriel Byrne recommended this to Joel Coen who passed the concept on to Burwell. Great score!
The dialogue alone is this film is so brilliant. “ALWAYS PUT ONE IN THE BRAIN”. Rest In Peace, Mr Polito
You ever notice how the snappy dialogue dries up once a guy starts soiling his union suit?
"Nobody knows anybody. Not that well."
I hate that Carter Burwell isn't bigger name in score business cos this score has made it's mark to my soul. Just beautiful!
One Oscar nod his whole career.
But he doesn’t go through the process of nominating himself because he genuinely doesn’t care. 😄
The cats recognise his prowess.
But the theme is actually from Lament for a Limerick.
@@jstephens5520 “Lament for Limerick”. Not “a Limerick”. Limerick is a city in Ireland.
@@Dreyno Thank you.
Some of the most beautiful songs I've had the pleasure of hearing in my life.
Rest in peace Mr. Finney
this movie deserve more love ,I can't describe how much loved it first time I watched
Yes indeed..
It's unbelievable how much I love this movie.
Just feels so good. Up there with using opiates, how it triggers one's endorphins.
one of the more underatted pieces from the COEN BROTHERS!! among many classics this has always had a special in my HEART !! now I say look in your HEART for the festive autumn season ahead !! CHEERS!!
Agree, one of my most favourite movies. Love Coen brothers films.
I guess it is my Irish ancestry that makes a tear come to my eye upon hearing this song for the very first time when the movie came out so many years ago.
When I started watching the movie the first time, I immediately sensed something Irish about the soundtrack.
I hear you, man. It got me moist-eyed too despite having no connection, none whatsoever, to Ireland.
@@bit1733 the irish song is called the lamemt of limerick man .. Im born and rared Irish and the fella who composed this actually died the other day
@@bit1733 its by the chieftains of you were to look it up but many beautiful covers of it
Maby it's your trar ducts.
Gorgeous theme to one of the all-time great movies.
its a beautiful irish old tune called 'limerick's lamentation'
@@excinereresurgam9471 Didn't know that! Cool.
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Thank you, Albert Finney. "The old man's still an artist with a Thompson."
Tom Reagan is one of the most complex characters in the history of cinema.
Rory Mcguinness 'Complex' is relative to LepeczynLCN's experience with characters in film then. (Oooooh, Bertolucci. The Conformist... I don't think I myself have seen any of his films unless you would count his writing contribution to Once Upon a Time in the West).
The Eddie Dane character was a nice antagonist. "I know what you are. Straight as a corkscrew. Mr. Inside-Outski, like some goddamn Bolshevik picking up his orders from Yegg Central."
Keith S And he knew exactly what Tom was--the whole time. Tom's game was just better.
mgeek1 And Johnny Casper bought it hook line and sinker. This is still one of my favorite movies, just for the infighting and how the story was put together.
both this movie and "usual suspects" are in my top 10. i have seen both movies countless times. i get the feeling that gabriel byrne was cast for "usual suspects" in large part due to his role as tom reagan in "miller's crossing."
That's a fine piece of music. Simple, and clicks some light switch inside that connects you with a hidden bit of your own soul. A bit of lament of leaving, a bit of rejoice for returning. A departure and a homecoming. Or something like that.
Well put. Exactly the feel.
Thanks.
And how about the movie, huh?
I've watched it at least a dozen times, and have read comments that think it's all about Tom losing his hat.
I think it's more about him losing Verna, knowing that perhaps the two of them Do deserve each other, and that now that she'll be married that it wouldn't be right for them to carry on with their relationship.
You can always get another hat. But you can't replace a love.
Sounds a little like another Coen Bros. quote-
"Writers come and go. But we'll always need Indians."
Cheers.
Todd
Yeah the film is a gem. A genuine case of an underated movie which I think improves with each viewing.
I'd say a dozen viewings. But I think it's more likely closer to probably three times that number if individual viewing of scenes are counted for.
The Coen Bros do the best work as related to ones personal circumstance. I just viewed "Barton Fink" for about the 30th time and feel like getting in touch with a Australian gal I know and haven't spoken to for some time, all because she reminds me in some remotely distinct way of Audrey Taylor. {Judy Davis}
She's probably just as crazy.
bang-on !! well said and that feeling of leaving for something better !! but yet you will always keep a piece of that world with you !!! ENJOY THE EVENING!!
This music....ahhh, the movement from ~3:40 to 4:10 is just about the most sublime sound I have ever heard or experienced. Truly a masterpiece. The sounds in this make me realize that vision is very overrated and that hearing, sound, that is where God truly touches mankind. Simply superb.
Well said!
Jesus, Tom...
This ranks up there with a lot of Sergio Leone's themes in movies.
And the movie itself is a treasure to watch.
What a terrific melody. I listen to it every night. Sometimes twice!!
Tried something new yet?
I come from Ireland and moved over here in 02. I still watch it and think about the old land, family, friends gone and still here. Just a dead good cracking film. Love everything about it! Thanks for that!
Absolutely beautiful, haunting theme by Burwell. I've always loved the melody. And one of the best films ever made at that.
"Sister, when I raise hell you'll know it!"
One of the most under-rated films of all time...
"Nothin more foolish than a man chasin after his own hat" Straight outa Charles Dickens PICKWICK PAPERS. When I read this line in the book, many years ago, I laughed OUTLOUD and never forgot it. Obviously one of the Cohen brothers thought it was funny also. No wonder they're so great...Dickens was/is utterly superb and FUNNY as hell!!!!
Why is that funny or foolish? Because it came from Dickens, can you kind of enlighten me?
Foolish? Really?
Beautiful score from a fascinating gangster flick - even the hardest-boiled villains are sort of likeable in this movie! Creates a terrific atmosphere! I love the scene when Jon Polito plays "Where's the penny" with his son and he always points at the wrong hand! :-)
The Samurai
Very underrated movie and great music...
The 'lament for Limerick' done modern....I loved it first, but never realised the roots of this theme. Lovely...
I had almost forgotten how much I enjoyed the music from this great film. Thank you.
Fantastic movie. Even better music.
Without doubt one of the finest film scores ever - fits the film like a glove.
Miller's Crossing is one of my favourite Coen Brothers movies.
The music is haunting. The film is riviting. Great production, start to finish.
I loved this movie the 1st time I saw it. And the 2nd... and the 3rd... and so on...
"So you wanna kill him?"
"For starters."
So beautiful. Always makes me cry a bit. Fun to play on piano.
En fantastisk film med musik som bär hela filmen
Honestly I found this tune, as beautiful as it is, to be inappropriate for a film like this. It doesn't give me the vibes it should: mafia, noir, gangsters, betrayals. Still love this film...
This track makes me regress so much and often brings a tear to my eye ❤
The best of the Cohen films.
Cater Burwell is an absolute natural for music, using Lament for Limerick as the theme for this film. Just perfection.
Yes! Gabriel Byrne recommended this to Joel Coen who passed the concept on to Burwell. Great score!
12 people got the high hat
+Stoner420Simpson As far as I know, and what I don't know in this town aint worth knowing, they haven't bought any license to dislike this video, and today I ain't sellling. So they can take their flunkey and dangle!
……ethics……..
I like the music and the film is ok, but the ending? Please explain why Tom didn't join Leo back, and why even go to the funeral of Bernie with Verna there?
+360SRH 2 Tom's motives are dictated by his love for Verna.
The old man's an artist with the pumpsel!!
This song helps me remember my purpose may be far off but as long as i focus on my principles my goal will still be no greater than a straight line, no matter how many curves or hills.
...but none the less a line I follow
Thats the best piece of music ever written! Ever!!! The movie's good but the score is unbeatable
ALWAYS PUT ONE IN THE BRAIN!!!
finally found this beautiful piece of music from the last guardian trailer
"Hey Tommy. What's the rumpus?"
"you ran and ran, but when you got to your hat it wasnt a hat anymore, it had turned into something beautifull."
"Nah, it stayed a hat!"
This music is beautiful. I listened to this theme all day on St. Pats day in my car while driving across Kansas.
Wow, my birthday and the State that made me the man I am! Wichita, ks now in California!
''I reckon I can still trade body-blows with any man in this town.'' Class.
Except you, Tom.
@@PrimetimeD And Verna :)
Boy from this soundtrack you'd never guess this is a violent gangster movie. Goddamn I love the Coen Brothers
Just like Fargo
This is my favorite score to a movie. I love Irish sounding music and this is so epic. I'm making a playlist of my favorite 100 songs and this is defiantly going on it.
Brilliant music and great movie...
Ok, so I'm not the sharpest pencil in the box. I had to watch the movie twice to get all the innuendo and relationships. Now I watch the movie once a year just to hear this theme. John Polito is fantastic in this. "We go back." Perfect.
This is the first film where I realized that the Coens excel in unfinished business. Endings that don't end. Up is down, black is white.
One of the finest movies and one of the finest movie themes ever.
This theme goes straight to my soul! Excellent!
Yes! Gabriel Byrne recommended this to Joel Coen who passed the concept on to Burwell. Great score!
The composer of this song Paddy Moloney from the Chieftains only died this week .. An absolute hero and iconic Irish figure may he rest in peace
Ah, I did not know that Moloney had a hand in this. Thank you. Explains a great deal.
He didn’t compose it. It’s from the 17th century. Most likely composed by one or the harper Connellons, a pair of brothers from Sligo.
Heard the Chieftains open a show in Philly about 10 years ago with this tune-their rendition can be summed up best with one word--haunting!
This theme is so sublime.
Whenever I hear this, a wave of emotions rushes over me. A beautiful theme for a beautiful movie. It's like hearing or seeing something that reminds you of your childhood. It transports you to another time, another place.
Are you back yet?
The Last Guardian Here we go Dec 6!!!
"Up is down, black is white" - especially in 2020
Heard this movie mentioned earlier today and I had to go and find this piece of music. What a melancholy and beautiful piece of music.
Only the Coen Brothers could come with such a masterpiece of movie.
The best rendition of this lament ever. Should be a tribute to Jon Polito - bless his "hard hat"!
Taking this performance to the grave was more than most actors could say for themselves...
This piece of music is actually based on a traditional Irish tune called 'Mairbhne Luimní' which translates as 'Limerick Martyrs',
This was an AWESOME movie and this instrumental score is just as phenominal as the movie.
if it were not 4 the last guardian i wouldn't of known about this classic movie & the great accompanying music so thanks to Carter Burwell
Its a question of Ethics Leo.
R.i.p John Polito
He is dead?
You're givin' me da hi hat!
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I dont know how that came out like it did but I did not know Jon was dead. Is what I was saying.
RIP :'(
This beautiful piece of music is called Limerick's Lament, and is centuries old. Notice how it is very similar to the music in "The Titanic ", both come from the same source.
A track by the band called the "Chieftains " is really good, and if you like this music you might like the "Coolin", sometimes played on the "Uileann pipes ".
" They send you here for life...and that's exactly what they take"...
Mink, Dane and Bernie. What a love triangle.
I watched this movie 2 days ago, for the first time.
My GF watched it with me... We both ended up shedding some tears.
Loved it. I think it's up there with my favs now: once upon a time in america and mean streets.
How the fuck could i miss this masterpiece, as a mob movie fan?
"They took his hair." "Maybe it was injuns." "I-ties more like it."
jeezus Tom
Nothing compares to this!!
Fabulous tune .I could play this all night.
One of the best music scores ever.
Also, it was used to perfection in the theatrical trailer for the movie Powder back in 1995. It's definitely one of the best trailers out there.
All and all not a bad guy-- as long as brains, looks, & personality don't count!
+Michael Hancock "You better hope they don't"
+Jim K Don't get hysterical
That's a Nickle you owe him.
Yeah, well, you stand by your family.
Yeah, you're a millionaire, going to remember your friends?
This and "The Big Top" from Boogie Nights. Greatest soundtrack themes ever.
My favorite quote from the film.
The Coens, Burrwell, and Deakins is one of the greatest teams in cinema history.
Yiz fancy-pants. All a yiz!
One of the best, if not the best, gangster movies of all time. I saw the movie a year or so after it came out and I hadn't heard of it before that and it was just these surprise movies, that blows your mind without warning.
And soundtrack is great too, this gentle Irish-sounding feel fits perfectly to this movie.
This jewel was based on the superb Dashiell Hammett novels 'Red Harvest' and 'The Glass Key'. Check them out. BTW, he also wrote the famous 'Maltese Falcon'.
I remember being a kid when I watched The Last Guardian first trailer with this beautiful music. I finished the game a few days ago. What a beautiful journey it was. Almost 10 years of waiting for this masterpiece and it was worth it. Thank you Fumito Ueda for this amazing game.
Correction; "There are very few moments in a man's existence when he experiences so much ludicrous distress, or meets with so little charitable commiseration, as when he is in pursuit of his own hat." Charles Dickens THE PICKWICK PAPERS (Cohen; "nothing more foolish than a man chasing after his own hat")
C. Burwell = Genius
Burwell is so underrated. I've finally discovered how great his work is.
Goosebumps. Every single time.
Burwell is amazing the movie is great
A beautiful piece by Carter Burwell. I am converting it from treble clef to bass clef so I can play it on my cello. Can't wait to hear how it sounds!