It wasn't recorded with Dolby stereo, which may have hurt it's chances. It was nominated for a Saturn award for best music but lost out to John Williams's score for ET the Extra-Terrestrial.
My nephew and I listened to this masterpiece last night. The next day, I asked him what he wanted for breakfast, and he answered, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
In my opinion, this music MAKES the movie. John Milius’ story is solid, Arnold is the right actor for the part. James Earl Jones is an absolute treasure, as is Max Von Sydow (there are NO small parts). But Basil Poledouris’ score elevates this movie to another level, and brings the right emotional notes at each scene to make this a treasured classic.
@@redblade8160 He's memeing Subatai's line after to the witch doctor asks him why he is crying as they watch Conan light his girlfriend's funeral pyre.
Well, there was the 10 Commandments. Then there was Ben Hur (the 1950's version). Do some research, do some movie watching...... the REAL movies from 1930-1960s. Not the trash they have now.
It's almost as good as that feeling you get when you crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women. Almost. ;)
When I’m in my basement weight training, I listen to this imagining I am Conan and I am rewarded with an excellent workout and an hour in another world.
@@germaneurope5213 Why not? Wagner was the Grandmaster of the heroic opera and the Conan score has plenty of heroic and operatic qualities. It is emotional, immersive and atmospheric, bringing an ancient world and time to life with its themes. Just as Wagner did with his music.
This is undoubtedly one of the greatest film scores that have ever been written for a movie. A unique masterpiece, that stands for it own even without a single frame of the picture!
I was born in 1984. This film, and this soundtrack has followed me all my days. Not only have I been a Conan fanatic since I first saw this film, but the music has given me strength through some of my worst moments. It stirs my soul and gives me strength! Basil Paledouris was a musical genius. Robert E. Howard was a literary genius. And Arnold Schwarzenegger EMBODIED Conan like no one ever has. Watching these songs played like this was amazing!
Brother I know exactly what you are talking about. For that comment I gift you with a cool fun fact. In the documentary, Director John Milius mentions that the Atlantean sword has an engraving which reads "Suffer no guilt ye who wields this blade in the name of CROM". 😎
@@mortanos8938 I never knew that! That makes the sword so much more amazing. Thanks for the piece of lore, that just adds another layer to the detail they put into the film. They just don't do it like this anymore. True artistry and passion went into every aspect of this film. Thanks, brother!
@@skidspodcast1.0 Hey buddy, I have another jewel for you. I will just send you the first part of the link for now. Should be easy to find the others, if you cant find em then let me know. Be sure to look out for the moment when John Milius talks about how Conan was born in the psychotic mind of Robert E. Howard. Enjoy, I know you will. CROM be with you.
Not even nominated. For a number reasons. 1) Genre. The "it's just dumb swords and sandals fantasy movie". 2) It most likely wasn't promoted. The producers didn't campaign. 3) De Laurentis, Millius etc were considered a bad joke by the people that "mattered"
Conan! What is best in life? To crush your wind instruments. See the cello played before you. Have the orchestra conducted by a woman! This is good! 💪😁
Conan the Barbarian had a profound effect on my life. I had never made anything until I saw the movie at 15. I began making swords and sculptures afterwards. Changed my life. My ability to make what I could draw opened many doors at the time. Wonderful movie and truly inspiring music scores.
Fantastic, "donivanpotter". Maybe one day I will be able to buy one of your sculptures. I am a collector. I too, was inspired by movies and music like this. I DARE TO DREAM.
Purtroppo... La musica essendo un insieme di varie scienze, ha previsto il futuro. E le fasi alterne tra i vari ritmi sono come quelli circuindariani. L'universo stesso è dettato dall'Ordine del caos😢😅
What a beautiful and powerful comment you mad "anders0815!". Those great movies of old had great musical scores. Compare taht to the trashy rap/rock soundtrack of Suicide Squad or some of the modern movies today. Old movie soundtracks mad great movies. Goldsmith, Williams and Bernstien and others i can't remember. 2001 Space Odyssey, Dragonslayer and Beastmaster, the entire Lord of the Rings movie series. the music of movie Cleopatra!
My first business was a used bookstore. I would play the soundtrack to Conan the Barbarian and people would compliment me for playing classical music in the store.
Arnold Schwarzenegger played a wonderful role as Conan the Barbarian. I saw the movie so many times and never got tired of watching it and I'll do it again and again.
Having read the Conan comic books since I was 5 or 6 years old, my parents allowed me to see Conan the Barbarian on opening day at 9 years old. I was so amazed by the soundtrack that I asked for it for my record player. Over and over I would listen to the songs wondering what the people who made the music looked like as they created this masterpiece. Wow, so this is what it looks like? Amazing.....just amazing. It's the best soundtrack ever.
Mine is not also a tale of woe but of similar road as the good the bad the ugly and Sergio Leone did to me as this to you ..but also I will add that Conan the barbarian is still the best ever sword fantasy movie to this day and the soundtrack aids that title..x
Same here but I recorded it on my old vcr when it came on tv and then on cassette. I used to listen it on my old walk man. Same thing with the never ending story.
I snuck in at age 10. Paid for Disney and me and pals snuck into the R rated Conan. I have to say seeing the decapitation of his Mom in the movie beginning wasn't something I forgot at age 10 lol.
@@Ironclad6661 It was a very adult-themed for a kid. I speak from experience. However extreme it may have been, I think the film makers did a great job of not over-complicating the film. Even younger viewers knew who the good guys were. Unlike some films of today. 🤓
@@wh6072 I saw it at 13. I had just discovered J.R.R. Tolkien and Dungeons & Dragons within the same 3 months. The books, game, and film managed to make fantasy my favorite genre. The music from this film became the soundtrack to my own writing of fantasy stories, and I'll never get tired of its universality as far as working to put me in a creative mood.
Tried listening to this concert in order to concentrate while studying. Moments later, found myself leading the army of Khoraja against Natohk, the evil sorcerer. I regret nothing.
One of the Greatest musical creations from the 20th Century. Truly a masterpiece. If you had no idea is was written as a score for Conan, you would think it was written by one of the great classical composers.
I played this for my 12 year old son yesterday. Today when he woke up, he was a fully grown man with hair on his chest, and he demanded blood served in a sorcerer's skull for breakfast.
"Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important! Valor pleases you, Crom… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!”
John Milius’s Conan the Barbarian is one of the greatest fantasy films ever made and the epic score by Basil Poledouris played a very large part in that achievement.
Things are simple. Milius and Poledouris made a ballet. When you listen the soundtrack, you see in your head the integrality of the movie. A true masterpiece !
It's great how much respect this soundtrack gets so many years later. It elevated the movie so much. With such little dialogue, the soundtrack had to sell every moment.
that's in great part why modern movies are atrocious, instead of timeless art pieces they have either whatever the director or it's kids are listening to or tv commercial jingles they completely forgot sound and a proper score was doing 2/3 of the work if not more...you can listen to a movie and miss little of it, a movie without sound and a good score is unwatchable
And Basil had to talk the director into it, they wanted new pop music to originally go with this movie. But Basil won the day and that's why Conan is Conan.
@@mrplasterpants That's also one reason Star Wars took off. When cheesy sci fi of the time had funky synth music, John Williams' pops symphonic music elevated the movies above their peers.
Yes that is why these movies were special,, the music made them,,, todays movies don't have the music and maybe that is part of the reason movies today suck so bad lol
Anvil of Crom is so great that there are no speach for about 10mn in the film. An so, all along the movie, there are minutes and minutes of no dialogue because music say it all. The music is preponderant in this film and fits so nicely with the action. So brilliant !
I absolutely agree -when I first viewed the film in a theatre when the movie first came out I was astonished by the quality of the orchestral score.Up there with the Ennio Morricone scores.Polegouris died a long time ago i believe?
@Randall Kildare I meant more widely know to the general populace. When I play this soundtrack at work on my Bluetooth speaker no one knows what it is.
Im 42 and feel it man . I was 6 back in 87 when first watched Conan and will never forget . My all time favorite movie , watched it with my 4 years daughter a few months ago , and will again many times , she loved it .
Just hearing the first bar of 'Theology' immediately conjures up the image of Subotai appearing at a trot from out of the desert, as Conan hangs half conscious, suspended on the trunk of the dead tree. Amazing film, and totally amazing score. Poledouris was such a gifted composer, an absolute master of the highest order. RIP, maestro Basil.
Agreed (on _all_ counts)! As I get older, I find myself listening to that exact part a lot more often. I too always picture him coming back into view as the music rises!
Low key I think that's my favorite song on the whole soundtrack despite being well among the lighter moments. Just such a beautiful little waltz. Like I'd love to hear that playing at a wedding dance.
I just looked it up and found that ET won the award for best music, while Conan wasnt even nominated. No wonder I dont do awards shows. The Conan soundtrack was outstanding and continues to shine 40+ years later. A true classic
This is the sound of my life. Grew up listening to Conan The Barbarian Soundtrack. This is a masterpeace. I shouldn't but I cry every time I listen. Is so beatiful. Greetings from Brasil (with an "S" as "Basil Poledouris").
Man, this concert just put me in a time machine and teleported me all the way back to the 80's where me, my brother, and my dad were watching Conan The Barbarian and Conan The Destoyer on the couch on a Saturday afternoon 🥲🥲🥲
@@kevinnazario1015 Lord of the rings music is nice, but not as evocative as this. Lord of the rings has the privilege of epic dialog and characters, this score propels an otherwise average action movie into the same league as Tolkien
This sound track stands amongst the Titans of movie scores. Truly Epic. If not for this score, the movie would have been all but forgotten as " just some fantasy movie" from the 80's.
Went to the 40th anniversary screening of Conan tonight at the theaters. Always enjoyed the movie but seeing it for the first time on the big screen elevated it to an entirely new level. Hearing the score in the theater as it began, or as they delve into the caves brought chills all over. Incredible soundtrack.
Saw this opening night in Oklahoma city! As a added bonus (no additional cost) we also got to watch "The Road Warrior". That was my favorite year. Stood in line for 3+ hours (in Oklahoma city) to watch "Star Trek: the Wrath of Khan".
Uno de los mejores compesitores que he escuchado. El supo captar el transfondo épico, exótico y a la vez temible de la era Hiboria de Conan el Cimerio. Si Robert E Howard lo hubiese escuchado creo que lloraría de gozo y emoción. Nadie pudo captar este concepto mejor que el gran Basil ya que te lleva por toda Hiboria desde la oscura Cimeria, las ricas Ofir, Argos y demas tierras míticas.
Minha alma deve pertencer naquela época do conan o barboro...Deus do aço ..Crom enigma... Vejo está linda e maravilhosa orquestra ..concert (live)...emociono.. Um dos filmes mais considerado e clássico de minha infância..nao canso de assistir..
The soundtrack of my childhood. Conan was my hero growing up. I always ask people what is best in life. Only a handful of people will answer me correctly. "Crush your enemies, see them driven before and hear the lamentation of their women."
As a young man stationed in SouthEast Asia during the Vietnam War, there were periods of time that the base would be closed. During these periods, I had gone over to the base USO station 'to hang out'. I found a complete collection of Robert E. Howard's books..I poured over those books from cover to cover, and the old maps on the inside covers. Come forward to 1982, the exhilaration, joy, and anticipation that welled in me, with the announcement of the "Conan the Barbarian" movie. The magic of Thoth Amon and Thulsa Doom has never faded, and Conan overshadowing the landscape has never stopped!!
This soundtrack always been one of my favorite. But very frankly, I must underline here that the interpretation is MAGNIFICENT ! It grasp every details I loved in the soundtrack. My gratitude to Elmer Noone and the orchestra.
Love the interpretation as well. Would love to buy a CD of this performance, not sure it exists though. Want to hear it in HiFi audio and without the ads!
This was my favourite childhood movie!. even though I may have been too young to see it I must of seen it 1000 times anyway. So ahead of its time and one of the best performances from Arnold
Right there with you. This was the first R rated movie I ever saw. I think I was nine years old. My mom took me to see it as a bribe to go with my sister to see Little Orphan Annie. Worth it!
@@stillmattwest I was 13, but my mother had no idea what was in the film. She was a trooper and stayed through it with me. I guess my dad taking me to Clint Eastwood films when I was 5-6 helped :D
Brother, for that comment I gift you with a cool fun fact. In the documentary, Director John Milius mentions that the Atlantean sword has an engraving which reads "Suffer no guilt ye who wields this blade in the name of CROM". 😎
At age 63 now, Conan 1982 is and always will be my favourite movie, for many reasons, I love the music score to it, perfection, still gives me goosebumps. I will have a piece of it on my passing ceremony. Funeral Pyre.. Steve
I remember on that goofy sitcom, The Facts of Life, they made fun of one of the girls (Jo) for being up all night listening to the Conan soundtrack. At the time I thought 'what the hell's wrong with that?' since I myself had spent many hours listening repeatedly to what I knew even as a teenager was an outstanding piece of work that would never be equaled.
Tengo 49 años y se me saltan las lágrimas en mis recuerdos, aún con tanto efecto especial no podrán volver a repetir semejante Película y banda sonora,,las generaciones de ahora no saben lo que significa,,,
@@f.o.p1816 el dia que palme el Chuache me tatuo la imagen de conan con la espada atlante en una pierna. Yo tengo 41 y ya te digo que con la canción de theology también se me saltan las lagrimas.
Basil Poledouris gave us Starship Troopers , The Blue Lagoon to name just 2 of his great scores but with Conan The Barbarian he reached new heights , a majestic score , music to be enjoyed with good speakers or headphones. Loved it then when first released in 1982 , love it now , a true classic of film music.
Starship Troopers, another amazing score for an amazing movie. Amen brother. For that comment I gift you with a cool fun fact. In the documentary, Director John Milius mentions that the Atlantean sword has an engraving which reads "Suffer no guilt ye who wields this blade in the name of CROM". 😎
El tempo de Anvil of Crom, y la mezcla, le restan un poco (pa mi q la he escuchado tanto desde hace 30 y algo años y me la sé de memoria) pero no quitan al lujo de oir esto en vivo. Envidia de quienes ahí estuvieron. Conan siempre me ha parecido una obra cinematográfica casí del género musical ya que no hay mucho diálogo en la película. El maravilloso trabajo de puesta en escena visual y sonora son su fuerte. El mejor diálogo: "El es Conan, es sumerio, no llorará, así que yo lloro por él" (subotai). Hermosa película y Arnold será por siempre este personaje salido de la mente y alma de Robert E. Howard. Arnold si puedes leer esto... CONAN REY YA!!! regalanos ese último viaje. Basil donde estés, gracias. Un abrazo desde Bolivia.
Perdón, pero..."el es Conan, "el bárbaro", el no llorará..." de hecho Conan no es sumerio (civilización existente antiguamente) sino Cimmerio, por lo demás totalmente de acuerdo, aunque tras el bochornoso trabajo de Momoa en el 2011, prefiero que lo dejen así a que lo estropeen más.
The chills is unreal... This soundtrack is not from this world, every time i hear it i get chills and when they play the riders of doom then im crushing my enemies in my mind like conan did :')
As a "band kid" and multi instrumentalist, (brass and winds) this score is epic, i can hear every....single....instrument, and the part they play, the time changes. What a masterpiece! Cant decide the best one between this, star wars and last of the mohicans!
A truly magnificent piece of music. I've been listening to this soundtrack for over 42yrs now, even used some of the subtler themes as background music during my wedding. This orchestre's presentation is fantastic, try listening to it at night in a totally blacked out room for a heightened auricular sensation.
Conan The Barbarian paved the way for many other films of the genre but 40 years later none has ever succeeded Conan the Barbarian, the film and the music are two unique pieces just like Ben-Hur they can never be imitated !
Conan soundtrack and movie remain some of the most underrated masterpieces of the age of cinema. They both embody the essence of what a story is, a man carving his own path through the tragedy of the world around him. Could have been a Homeric Epic, but with so few words and its music backdrop, I think cinema is the only way this story could, and should, be told.
Está extraordinaria banda sonora está en mi mente por siempre, la se de memoria, ví está película en el cine cuando era un chico, con mis padres, y la sigo viendo siempre que puedo, un verdadero clásico eterno, creo que es la mejor banda sonora de todos los tiempos, junto con otras muy famosas, y por supuesto es la gran película de Arnold. 💪♥️
AWESOME!!! The Conan soundtracks are some of my favorite music! Not only does it fit the movies but its so powerful. Basil Poledouris was an amazing composer and if he lived and composed this music 100s of years ago, we would talk about him like we do Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and all the other old masters.
Listening to this I can close my eyes and still see the battles take place. At the age of 10 my father took my brothers and I to watch and it forever changd the way we played outside. Long live Conan! Gen x
0:13. Anvil of Crom
3:07. CONAN Suite (Riddle of Steel; Riders of Doom; etc.)
14:21. Theology
18:21 Awakening
Thank you for sharing. This is awesome! 💪😎
@Kalda Forn wow someone needs a hug 🤣
So much of this beautiful music was butchered in the production of the film. I'm grateful to hear it in its entirety , thank you.
@Kalda Forn are you saying she does not get it because she is a woman?
Shame they took wheel of pain off . It's a perfect partner to theology for a great suite
How this soundtrack was not nominated for a academy award I'll never understand. This is a masterpiece above all masterpieces.
Agreed
Jealousy
Agreed
It wasn't recorded with Dolby stereo, which may have hurt it's chances. It was nominated for a Saturn award for best music but lost out to John Williams's score for ET the Extra-Terrestrial.
It is a Stygian conspiracy
My nephew and I listened to this masterpiece last night. The next day, I asked him what he wanted for breakfast, and he answered, "To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentations of their women."
He has learned well
Lmao
Time to gift him the secret story of the mongols!
Too good 😂
Crom was surely pleased
In my opinion, this music MAKES the movie. John Milius’ story is solid, Arnold is the right actor for the part. James Earl Jones is an absolute treasure, as is Max Von Sydow (there are NO small parts). But Basil Poledouris’ score elevates this movie to another level, and brings the right emotional notes at each scene to make this a treasured classic.
Absolutely agree
And "some surfer dude" masterfully playing Subotai, Thief and Archer!
It's an almost perfect movie. I saw it twice the day it came out.
Oh, YEAH!
They had the good sense to let the music run with no interrupting dialogue, giving the film an operatic flair.
Crom laughs at your Oscars.
In my mind I read this with Arnold's voice and accent
👍
This is now my favourite TH-cam comment :)
Conan does not clap....so I clap for him.
Conan does not clap....so I clap for him.
You brought me tears! Since Conan won't cry, because he's a Cimmerian, I cry for him.
Crom scorns your tears, so I will upvote them in his place.
Ah, you little wimp, would you like a tissue?
@@micheljaquesson
And what are you talking about, of course it's a piece of music from the film?
@@redblade8160 He's memeing Subatai's line after to the witch doctor asks him why he is crying as they watch Conan light his girlfriend's funeral pyre.
@@redblade8160 You will never know what is best in life!
Who is listening to this Masterpiece soundtrack in August 2024 ?
me just fouund it
Crom!! I have had it in my head for years. Awesome to see and hear it performed live.
I'm in
🙋♂️
Here, hearing it again and tearing up a bit from Chile.
I first heard this when I was in my twenties. Now at 64, I carry this and other tunes into my battle with Cancer.
God bless you! My mom fought the good fight for 30 years, being diagnosed a year after I was born. Never give up!
You shall prevail!
Good luck...stay strong...
Fight on brother!
Crom will lend you his strength.
The greatest soundtrack to the greatest movie ever made.
Well, there was the 10 Commandments. Then there was Ben Hur (the 1950's version). Do some research, do some movie watching...... the REAL movies from 1930-1960s. Not the trash they have now.
All inferior! Conan laughs at Ben Hur, he laughs from his throne in Aquilonia!
@@Primarch19th Your Comment, is way off. Those Soundtracks are nothing like this. This was just 10 years after your precious 60's.
@@greenwithagun Crom!!!
It's almost as good as that feeling you get when you crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women. Almost. ;)
When I’m in my basement weight training, I listen to this imagining I am Conan and I am rewarded with an excellent workout and an hour in another world.
This is truly best in life.
YES!
You are not in a basement weight training; you are pushing the great stone wheel or running through the wilderness being chased by a pack of wolves
@@Matt-ur3dm Exactly!
Doth feel like it weigh a thousand minnay *
* roughly a ton
I am absolutely certain that even giants of classical music like Mozart and Richard Wagner would have adored this masterful score.
Agreed at 1,000,000 %
I feel the same not only with this soundtrack but also with Howard Shores Lord of the rings soundtracks.They would love them no doubt about it
Wagner no way
You speak well, good sir. In all the movies one has watched none comes close to the operatic qualities this film was able to achieve. None.
@@germaneurope5213 Why not? Wagner was the Grandmaster of the heroic opera and the Conan score has plenty of heroic and operatic qualities. It is emotional, immersive and atmospheric, bringing an ancient world and time to life with its themes. Just as Wagner did with his music.
A Valkyrie conducting Conan the Barbarian, makes sense.
We need another Northman movie.....!
Yeap, this one's a real Valkyrie not like Marvel's movies 😒
"Quieres vivir para siempre?",,, Valeria
@@tatumergo3931 Connan is Cimmerian. They are an Iranian people who lived on the Ukraine 3,000 years ago. Not northmen.
This is undoubtedly one of the greatest film scores that have ever been written for a movie.
A unique masterpiece, that stands for it own even without a single frame of the picture!
I was born in 1984. This film, and this soundtrack has followed me all my days. Not only have I been a Conan fanatic since I first saw this film, but the music has given me strength through some of my worst moments. It stirs my soul and gives me strength! Basil Paledouris was a musical genius. Robert E. Howard was a literary genius. And Arnold Schwarzenegger EMBODIED Conan like no one ever has. Watching these songs played like this was amazing!
Brother I know exactly what you are talking about. For that comment I gift you with a cool fun fact. In the documentary, Director John Milius mentions that the Atlantean sword has an engraving which reads "Suffer no guilt ye who wields this blade in the name of CROM". 😎
@@mortanos8938 I never knew that! That makes the sword so much more amazing. Thanks for the piece of lore, that just adds another layer to the detail they put into the film. They just don't do it like this anymore. True artistry and passion went into every aspect of this film. Thanks, brother!
@@skidspodcast1.0 Hey buddy, I have another jewel for you. I will just send you the first part of the link for now. Should be easy to find the others, if you cant find em then let me know. Be sure to look out for the moment when John Milius talks about how Conan was born in the psychotic mind of Robert E. Howard.
Enjoy, I know you will.
CROM be with you.
Crom.
I concur! Esp when Conan prays to Crom for the first time: "Grant me Revenge! And if you do not listen, then the hell with you!"
I can’t believe how this soundtrack wasn’t awarded with the Oscar. It’s absolutely incredible and wonderful ! And the movie is, simple, fantástic.
In my top 10 movies. An aside: there was a tough time in my life; this movie, the wheel of pain, and Thulsa Doom really "spoke" to me.
Not even nominated. For a number reasons.
1) Genre. The "it's just dumb swords and sandals fantasy movie".
2) It most likely wasn't promoted. The producers didn't campaign.
3) De Laurentis, Millius etc were considered a bad joke by the people that "mattered"
Crom laughs at your Oscar.
One of the best soundtracks in the history of cinema. ΒΑΣΙΛΗΣ ΠΟΛΥΔΟΥΡΗΣ! ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ!!
ΑΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ!!!
Πραγματικά ο Βασίλης Πολυδούρης έπιασε όλο το συναίσθημα του μύθου του Κόναν. Ανατριχιαστικό μέχρι την τελευταία νότα.
"cinema" or "Cimmeria"?
απο μικρος δε ξερω αν αγαπησα αλλο τοσο, παντα δακρυζω οπως και για την ταινια, απο τα καλυτερα ost ever
second is mortal kombat
Conan! What is best in life?
To crush your wind instruments.
See the cello played before you.
Have the orchestra conducted by a woman!
This is good! 💪😁
Im crying! I fell off my chair!
Well done for the comment.
You are no Barbarian you are but a mouse
She looks like Nadiuska, too.
lol i love this comment 😄
Thank you for that, Doctor. I haven't laughed like that for a long time.
Conan the Barbarian had a profound effect on my life. I had never made anything until I saw the movie at 15. I began making swords and sculptures afterwards. Changed my life. My ability to make what I could draw opened many doors at the time. Wonderful movie and truly inspiring music scores.
Fantastic, "donivanpotter". Maybe one day I will be able to buy one of your sculptures. I am a collector. I too, was inspired by movies and music like this. I DARE TO DREAM.
When "old" movie soundtracks are better than most of the music today.
What a horrible time we live in...
Yes, a horrible time in which a blustering egomaniac was and wants to be a President again !
agree 100%!!!!
Conan for president
Purtroppo... La musica essendo un insieme di varie scienze, ha previsto il futuro. E le fasi alterne tra i vari ritmi sono come quelli circuindariani. L'universo stesso è dettato dall'Ordine del caos😢😅
What a beautiful and powerful comment you mad "anders0815!". Those great movies of old had great musical scores. Compare taht to the trashy rap/rock soundtrack of Suicide Squad or some of the modern movies today. Old movie soundtracks mad great movies. Goldsmith, Williams and Bernstien and others i can't remember. 2001 Space Odyssey, Dragonslayer and Beastmaster, the entire Lord of the Rings movie series. the music of movie Cleopatra!
My first business was a used bookstore. I would play the soundtrack to Conan the Barbarian and people would compliment me for playing classical music in the store.
Arnold Schwarzenegger played a wonderful role as Conan the Barbarian. I saw the movie so many times and never got tired of watching it and I'll do it again and again.
- That is the sign of a good movie !
For the documentary, he said the doing the movie/taking the role of Conan changed his life for the better.
RIP Basil...still listening , i'm 48 years old...
Having read the Conan comic books since I was 5 or 6 years old, my parents allowed me to see Conan the Barbarian on opening day at 9 years old. I was so amazed by the soundtrack that I asked for it for my record player. Over and over I would listen to the songs wondering what the people who made the music looked like as they created this masterpiece. Wow, so this is what it looks like? Amazing.....just amazing. It's the best soundtrack ever.
Mine is not also a tale of woe but of similar road as the good the bad the ugly and Sergio Leone did to me as this to you ..but also I will add that Conan the barbarian is still the best ever sword fantasy movie to this day and the soundtrack aids that title..x
Same here but I recorded it on my old vcr when it came on tv and then on cassette. I used to listen it on my old walk man. Same thing with the never ending story.
I snuck in at age 10. Paid for Disney and me and pals snuck into the R rated Conan. I have to say seeing the decapitation of his Mom in the movie beginning wasn't something I forgot at age 10 lol.
@@Ironclad6661 It was a very adult-themed for a kid. I speak from experience. However extreme it may have been, I think the film makers did a great job of not over-complicating the film. Even younger viewers knew who the good guys were. Unlike some films of today. 🤓
@@wh6072 I saw it at 13. I had just discovered J.R.R. Tolkien and Dungeons & Dragons within the same 3 months. The books, game, and film managed to make fantasy my favorite genre. The music from this film became the soundtrack to my own writing of fantasy stories, and I'll never get tired of its universality as far as working to put me in a creative mood.
The conductor is a Valkyrie Queen!!! The best music ever composed.
She's breathtaking, indeed.....😍
Yeah,....she does swing a mean baton!
Tried listening to this concert in order to concentrate while studying.
Moments later, found myself leading the army of Khoraja against Natohk, the evil sorcerer.
I regret nothing.
Crom laughs at your concentration
Yep. No time for sitting...
This Is War ⚡
That is good.
This is the way
One of the Greatest musical creations from the 20th Century. Truly a masterpiece. If you had no idea is was written as a score for Conan, you would think it was written by one of the great classical composers.
Polidouris WAS a great!
Carl Orff ain't got nothin' on this!
Those who write and arrange movie scores are as good or better than any composer
Could even have been Morricone
@@user-bz3kr6oz6c Those who write and arrange movie scores ARE composers...they just compose film scores.
The more I come back to the Conan soundtrack, the more I truly believe it is one of the greatest
I played this for my 12 year old son yesterday. Today when he woke up, he was a fully grown man with hair on his chest, and he demanded blood served in a sorcerer's skull for breakfast.
excellent, now he's ready for the wheel of pain before being sent East to learn from the Khitai masters. Crom is pleased!!
"Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important! Valor pleases you, Crom… so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you!”
@@blacktionjackson7133 Instead of Lacrosse, sign him up for the nearest gladiator pit near you.
Q : What is best in life?
A : To crush your enemies, see them driven before, and hear the lamentation of their women, while listening to this
John Milius’s Conan the Barbarian is one of the greatest fantasy films ever made and the epic score by Basil Poledouris played a very large part in that achievement.
Things are simple. Milius and Poledouris made a ballet. When you listen the soundtrack, you see in your head the integrality of the movie. A true masterpiece !
It's great how much respect this soundtrack gets so many years later. It elevated the movie so much. With such little dialogue, the soundtrack had to sell every moment.
that's in great part why modern movies are atrocious, instead of timeless art pieces they have either whatever the director or it's kids are listening to or tv commercial jingles
they completely forgot sound and a proper score was doing 2/3 of the work if not more...you can listen to a movie and miss little of it, a movie without sound and a good score is unwatchable
And Basil had to talk the director into it, they wanted new pop music to originally go with this movie. But Basil won the day and that's why Conan is Conan.
Extremely well said
@@mrplasterpants That's also one reason Star Wars took off. When cheesy sci fi of the time had funky synth music, John Williams' pops symphonic music elevated the movies above their peers.
Yes that is why these movies were special,, the music made them,,, todays movies don't have the music and maybe that is part of the reason movies today suck so bad lol
She mastered the riddle of music ! 🎼
What is the Music of Life ?
@@SeaJay_Oceans What is the instrument without the hand that guides it?
@@mrnobodytheuser2950 Why not be the genetic engineer that designs new hands ?
La mejor banda sonora de la historia, que no tenga un oscar es increíble
Well, time to watch Conan again.
The most underrated movie and soundtrack of all time
Basil Poledouris has made so many iconic movie soundtracks that give cinema it's epic feel. He is a legend in the music industry.
Robocop as well!
Never forget Farewell to the King either.
Anvil of Crom is so great that there are no speach for about 10mn in the film.
An so, all along the movie, there are minutes and minutes of no dialogue because music say it all.
The music is preponderant in this film and fits so nicely with the action.
So brilliant !
You said everything. "The music is preponderant". No words, just sounds. And we got it.
@@renatobastosmiranda yeah just like porn, no words just action needed.
@@tonyodonnell7189 fuck yeah
I love it 😍😍😍
The soundtrack of "Conan the Barbarian" is a real masterpiece in the history of film music 😊👍
I absolutely agree -when I first viewed the film in a theatre when the movie first came out I was astonished by the quality of the orchestral score.Up there with the Ennio Morricone scores.Polegouris died a long time ago i believe?
@@kaloarepo288 Actually, he died in 2006...
It's a shame it's not more well known, it truly is a masterpiece of writing.
@Randall Kildare I meant more widely know to the general populace. When I play this soundtrack at work on my Bluetooth speaker no one knows what it is.
It leans pretty heavily on Prokofiev´s score for Alexander Nevsky (1938), but Poledouris´ composition is still wonderful in it´s own right.
The most epic music ever made for an epic film… by far!
This remembers me my youth oh my God good times
i am 50 now
❤❤❤❤❤
Im 42 and feel it man . I was 6 back in 87 when first watched Conan and will never forget . My all time favorite movie , watched it with my 4 years daughter a few months ago , and will again many times , she loved it .
Me too...50 Dec last year...remember watching this movie and loving the music when i was a kid...Rock on!!!!
Best revenge movie in history, and awesome soundtrack...
Just hearing the first bar of 'Theology' immediately conjures up the image of Subotai appearing at a trot from out of the desert, as Conan hangs half conscious, suspended on the trunk of the dead tree.
Amazing film, and totally amazing score.
Poledouris was such a gifted composer, an absolute master of the highest order.
RIP, maestro Basil.
Agreed (on _all_ counts)!
As I get older, I find myself listening to that exact part a lot more often. I too always picture him coming back into view as the music rises!
@@CaesiusX : 👍
Субадай отличный человек. Сильный воин и верный друг.
@@ВолкСерый-т8е : Absolutely right !
Low key I think that's my favorite song on the whole soundtrack despite being well among the lighter moments. Just such a beautiful little waltz. Like I'd love to hear that playing at a wedding dance.
I just looked it up and found that ET won the award for best music, while Conan wasnt even nominated. No wonder I dont do awards shows. The Conan soundtrack was outstanding and continues to shine 40+ years later. A true classic
This is the sound of my life. Grew up listening to Conan The Barbarian Soundtrack. This is a masterpeace. I shouldn't but I cry every time I listen. Is so beatiful. Greetings from Brasil (with an "S" as "Basil Poledouris").
I'm with ya brotha...
Me too, hahaha. I still play it sometimes when I have a task to do that I’ve been avoiding, it helps to kick me in the ass.
I'm not from Brazil but same here. I agree completely.
For me too ! I saw the picture in 1982.
Realmente uma obra prima, só quem aprecia o que é bom sabe dar valor a essa obra. Tamu junto irmão 😉.
Can not stop tears filling my eyes and goosebumps on my arms I feel amazingly powerful ❤
I'm a database programmer, and as I write code and play this music in the background, I can almost *FEEL* my muscles growing!
"Conan, what is best in life?"
"This f***ing soundtrack, to be honest."
[Monguls roar in approval]
What about a soup?
Baby metal... Hehe
> "Conan, what is best in life?"
> "This f***ing soundtrack, to be honest."
That is good... that is good.
@@frankfox5000 Su Metal has the best resting bitch face. Absolute queen of my heart.
@@dteuses8105 cream or broth? 🧐
Best movie soundtrack of all time in my opinion.
Man, this concert just put me in a time machine and teleported me all the way back to the 80's where me, my brother, and my dad were watching Conan The Barbarian and Conan The Destoyer on the couch on a Saturday afternoon 🥲🥲🥲
We will never get another soundtrack like this , it just translate the word " Epic " into music
Never had and never will
What about the Lord of the Rings? I would say many parts are as good as Conan's.
@@kevinnazario1015 Lord of the rings music is nice, but not as evocative as this. Lord of the rings has the privilege of epic dialog and characters, this score propels an otherwise average action movie into the same league as Tolkien
@@jamesaleman
That's because the music itself tells you of the days of HIGH adventure.
@@jamesaleman Lord of the rings music is up there with that of Conan. F
This sound track stands amongst the Titans of movie scores. Truly Epic. If not for this score, the movie would have been all but forgotten as " just some fantasy movie" from the 80's.
The movie was also epic.
The absolute best! thank you!
Went to the 40th anniversary screening of Conan tonight at the theaters. Always enjoyed the movie but seeing it for the first time on the big screen elevated it to an entirely new level. Hearing the score in the theater as it began, or as they delve into the caves brought chills all over. Incredible soundtrack.
this is my favorite movie of all time ive heard this soundtrack a thousand times its the best album i own.
Saw this opening night in Oklahoma city! As a added bonus (no additional cost) we also got to watch "The Road Warrior". That was my favorite year. Stood in line for 3+ hours (in Oklahoma city) to watch "Star Trek: the Wrath of Khan".
Uno de los mejores compesitores que he escuchado. El supo captar el transfondo épico, exótico y a la vez temible de la era Hiboria de Conan el Cimerio. Si Robert E Howard lo hubiese escuchado creo que lloraría de gozo y emoción. Nadie pudo captar este concepto mejor que el gran Basil ya que te lleva por toda Hiboria desde la oscura Cimeria, las ricas Ofir, Argos y demas tierras míticas.
Saludos desde Brasil 🇧🇷
He was the second best composer. James Horner was the best movie composer for his music for Star Trek 2, the Wrath of Khan.
Minha alma deve pertencer naquela época do conan o barboro...Deus do aço ..Crom enigma...
Vejo está linda e maravilhosa orquestra ..concert (live)...emociono..
Um dos filmes mais considerado e clássico de minha infância..nao canso de assistir..
Saw this movie with my father in theaters as a kid and was overwhelmed by the soundtrack. It was incredibly fitting and moving.
The soundtrack of my childhood. Conan was my hero growing up. I always ask people what is best in life. Only a handful of people will answer me correctly. "Crush your enemies, see them driven before and hear the lamentation of their women."
I always answer the open steppe, a fleet horse, falcon at your wrist, and the wind in your hair. Then hang my head in shame.
@@reginaldforthright805 wrooooooong.
Conan was my hero too. My brother and dad had a ton of SSOCs lying around it was great.
Genau so!
This soundtrack is a masterpiece.
As a young man stationed in SouthEast Asia during the Vietnam War, there were periods of time that the base would be closed. During these periods, I had gone over to the base USO station 'to hang out'. I found a complete collection of Robert E. Howard's books..I poured over those books from cover to cover, and the old maps on the inside covers. Come forward to 1982, the exhilaration, joy, and anticipation that welled in me, with the announcement of the "Conan the Barbarian" movie. The magic of Thoth Amon and Thulsa Doom has never faded, and Conan overshadowing the landscape has never stopped!!
Wahre Worte, kann ich gut nachvollziehen...
Greatest movie score ever imo. This orchestra absolutely nailed it. I was moved to tears. Thank you so much Ms. Noone and all the wonderful players
It might be. The only scores I'd put up against it are LotR and Gladiator.
Saw Conan in 1982 when I was 12. This amazing soundtrack has been my favorite piece of music for decades!
This soundtrack always been one of my favorite. But very frankly, I must underline here that the interpretation is MAGNIFICENT ! It grasp every details I loved in the soundtrack. My gratitude to Elmer Noone and the orchestra.
same composer The Blue Lagoon, Robocop, Red Dawn, Starship Troopers
Love the interpretation as well. Would love to buy a CD of this performance, not sure it exists though. Want to hear it in HiFi audio and without the ads!
This was my favourite childhood movie!. even though I may have been too young to see it I must of seen it 1000 times anyway. So ahead of its time and one of the best performances from Arnold
I and the movie were only a few years old when I first saw it. Couldn't count how many times I watched it even back then.
Right there with you. This was the first R rated movie I ever saw. I think I was nine years old. My mom took me to see it as a bribe to go with my sister to see Little Orphan Annie. Worth it!
@@stillmattwest I was 13, but my mother had no idea what was in the film. She was a trooper and stayed through it with me. I guess my dad taking me to Clint Eastwood films when I was 5-6 helped :D
agreed
Brother, for that comment I gift you with a cool fun fact. In the documentary, Director John Milius mentions that the Atlantean sword has an engraving which reads "Suffer no guilt ye who wields this blade in the name of CROM". 😎
At age 63 now, Conan 1982 is and always will be my favourite movie, for many reasons, I love the music score to it, perfection, still gives me goosebumps. I will have a piece of it on my passing ceremony. Funeral Pyre.. Steve
One of the greatest, most epic soundtracks for a movie composed. Right up there with John William's work.
I remember on that goofy sitcom, The Facts of Life, they made fun of one of the girls (Jo) for being up all night listening to the Conan soundtrack. At the time I thought 'what the hell's wrong with that?' since I myself had spent many hours listening repeatedly to what I knew even as a teenager was an outstanding piece of work that would never be equaled.
You're not alone man :)
Son comentarios y guiones de gente sin Alma ..
Such an underrated soundtrack. IMHO one of the best ever written for a movie. Only rivaled by some of Ennio Morricones work.
Poco que añadir, sino la mejor, de las mejores bandas sonoras de todos los tiempos, en una interpretación que pone los pelos de punta.
Tengo 49 años y se me saltan las lágrimas en mis recuerdos, aún con tanto efecto especial no podrán volver a repetir semejante Película y banda sonora,,las generaciones de ahora no saben lo que significa,,,
@@f.o.p1816 el dia que palme el Chuache me tatuo la imagen de conan con la espada atlante en una pierna. Yo tengo 41 y ya te digo que con la canción de theology también se me saltan las lagrimas.
Que no te quepa duda que es la mejor bso de todos los tiempos
Totalmente! Y la peli gana enteros gracias a la bso de Poledouris. La versión que hizo hace unos años Jason Momoa se queda muy por debajo.
@@f.o.p1816 Coincido contigo, he visto el concierto y se me han saltado las lágrimas de pura emoción y, quizás algo más.
Basil Poledouris gave us Starship Troopers , The Blue Lagoon to name just 2 of his great scores but with Conan The Barbarian he reached new heights , a majestic score , music to be enjoyed with good speakers or headphones. Loved it then when first released in 1982 , love it now , a true classic of film music.
Starship Troopers, another amazing score for an amazing movie. Amen brother. For that comment I gift you with a cool fun fact. In the documentary, Director John Milius mentions that the Atlantean sword has an engraving which reads "Suffer no guilt ye who wields this blade in the name of CROM". 😎
During riders of doom, when the second choir motion begins my whole body shivers and quakes. Such a great musical moment.
El tempo de Anvil of Crom, y la mezcla, le restan un poco (pa mi q la he escuchado tanto desde hace 30 y algo años y me la sé de memoria) pero no quitan al lujo de oir esto en vivo. Envidia de quienes ahí estuvieron. Conan siempre me ha parecido una obra cinematográfica casí del género musical ya que no hay mucho diálogo en la película. El maravilloso trabajo de puesta en escena visual y sonora son su fuerte. El mejor diálogo: "El es Conan, es sumerio, no llorará, así que yo lloro por él" (subotai). Hermosa película y Arnold será por siempre este personaje salido de la mente y alma de Robert E. Howard. Arnold si puedes leer esto... CONAN REY YA!!! regalanos ese último viaje. Basil donde estés, gracias. Un abrazo desde Bolivia.
Gracias por extenderte en tu comentario, Alejandro. Comparto tu afición por el cimmerio 😉
@@LeoLeuqim tienes toda la razón... es cimerio
Perdón, pero..."el es Conan, "el bárbaro", el no llorará..." de hecho Conan no es sumerio (civilización existente antiguamente) sino Cimmerio, por lo demás totalmente de acuerdo, aunque tras el bochornoso trabajo de Momoa en el 2011, prefiero que lo dejen así a que lo estropeen más.
Me parecio que estaba mas lento de lo normal, PEROOOO nose porque lo disfrute mas, quizas es porque no quiero que se acabe xd
Cimerio, no sumerio.
The chills is unreal... This soundtrack is not from this world, every time i hear it i get chills and when they play the riders of doom then im crushing my enemies in my mind like conan did :')
Hasta el día de hoy la escucho es inspiradora y motivadora y una gran obra músical infinita gracias
As a "band kid" and multi instrumentalist, (brass and winds) this score is epic, i can hear every....single....instrument, and the part they play, the time changes. What a masterpiece! Cant decide the best one between this, star wars and last of the mohicans!
Nichts für ungut, ABER, dies ist das beste!
Pedazo de banda sonora y pedazo de interpretación por la orquesta de Tenerife.
Me ha gustado muchísimo.
The Skyrim soundtrack comes close to many of the feelings brought forth from this one.
Goosebumps, every single time.
Arnold is the real Conan!
And a Real Governor too !
Aber sowas von, bei Crom!
A maior e melhor trilha sonora já composta! Bela, grandiosa, sentimental e emocionante. O filme não seria o mesmo sem essa grande obra.
Esa y la de Avalon son impresionantes.
Like aqui de Minas Gerais.
@@alexbay3885saludos desde Brasil 🇧🇷
Que obra maravillosa la de basil poledouris y que excelente interpretación.
Fantastic...Wonderfull....
Porque fue, es y será una de las mejores composiciones musicales de la historia del cine, independientemente de la película, es atemporal.
Qué maravilla de música interpretada por la genis orquesta de Tenerife fimucite!!!! Bravo!!!!
Vaya, estaba tan en mis cosas que no me había dado cuenta que era una grabación de la 2 y encima del Femucite nada menos, maravilloso 👌🏻👌🏻
This made Conan a Great film!
Crom...!!! I cant stop my tears....thank you!!!!
Épico, memorável , incomparável . Simplesmente a obra máxima de Basil Pouledoris . Grato por compartilhar esse belo e contagiante clássico
Obrigado!
Obra máxima...depende... Robocop e Free Willy também é dele...
Easily one of the best soundtracks of all time, and this is a great version & performance!
A truly magnificent piece of music. I've been listening to this soundtrack for over 42yrs now, even used some of the subtler themes as background music during my wedding. This orchestre's presentation is fantastic, try listening to it at night in a totally blacked out room for a heightened auricular sensation.
Conan The Barbarian paved the way for many other films of the genre but 40 years later none has ever succeeded Conan the Barbarian, the film and the music are two unique pieces just like Ben-Hur they can never be imitated !
Conan soundtrack and movie remain some of the most underrated masterpieces of the age of cinema. They both embody the essence of what a story is, a man carving his own path through the tragedy of the world around him. Could have been a Homeric Epic, but with so few words and its music backdrop, I think cinema is the only way this story could, and should, be told.
Está extraordinaria banda sonora está en mi mente por siempre, la se de memoria, ví está película en el cine cuando era un chico, con mis padres, y la sigo viendo siempre que puedo, un verdadero clásico eterno, creo que es la mejor banda sonora de todos los tiempos, junto con otras muy famosas, y por supuesto es la gran película de Arnold. 💪♥️
This is heaven's music.
More like Valhalla me thinks.
"So, this is Paradise!"
No. It is the music of Crom.
This soundtrack, the whole movie is a masterpiece! Everybody should watch it!
No special effects... excepting the ghost. no blue screen... just a real story...
@@moontrekerben7801 there were a ton of practical special effects, special effects does not mean CGI
@@nicholasbrown4109 thats what i met
Thank you for this upload. Rest in peace, Mr Poledouris.
Que maravilhoso
Was he a Christian?
Basil Pouldoris, the most beautiful and stirring soundtrack of all time.
By the four winds - this is eternal epic! just a masterpiece that Basil Poledouris create with that music. Thanks to that concert.
AWESOME!!! The Conan soundtracks are some of my favorite music! Not only does it fit the movies but its so powerful. Basil Poledouris was an amazing composer and if he lived and composed this music 100s of years ago, we would talk about him like we do Beethoven, Bach, Mozart and all the other old masters.
Listening to this I can close my eyes and still see the battles take place. At the age of 10 my father took my brothers and I to watch and it forever changd the way we played outside. Long live Conan! Gen x
One of the most magnificent soundtracks ever written in the history of world cinema!
SALUDOS CORDIALES DESDE GUAYAQUIL ECUADOR LEO LEUQIM MARAVILLOSA OBRA DE ARTE SINFONICA UN DELEITE PARA LOS QUE VIMOS A CONAN EL BARBARO 😀👍
Saludos!!