Is it too late? Perhaps no one will see these post. I lived in Africa. I lived as a young girl in Nairobi. And I loved it. This film brought it all back.: the sound, the people, the smell of the landscape.. My mother is gone now. And yet this is what brings her back to me.
It is yet another Year later than when you posted (2024) now. I hope you are well. I am 60 now and live in Australia. I was born in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1963 and lived in Africa for the first 12 years of my life. I remember it well. I love this Movie and the Soundtrack - hard to believe the Movie and Sound Track were first released 39 years ago. My father passed away 11 years ago but my mother is still going strong at 86. God Bless
It is never too late. I never lived in Africa and a pure white person so to speak but that movie and music made me feel I lived there in a former life. As long of the sounds and evn the smell live around you, know that your Mom is still alive and is looking over you. That movie and music mad me feel like I was flying over my homeland where I can find the beginning and the end, peace at last.I always wanted to go there but I limit my travels to see my Mom in France considering she is 97. Treasure the memories, smell, landscape, the people and the music that brings you back to your Mom. She is technically gone but not spiritually. She lives in you through that. Embrace her spirit
I love this music. I've seen the film and read the book so many times, but the best thing was that I was able to visit Karen Blixen's house in Kenya last year. This is my unforgettable experience for eternity.❤❤❤
This soundtrack is bittersweet for me. I cry every time I hear it. It’s been years now. Me and my brother, my only sibling listened to this together. He was diagnosed in 1986 with AIDS. In 1994 he became ill. He wasn’t ready to die. He fought the battle for 2 years. This lovely song was his favorite. It helped to bring him peace and calmed his heart. Michael was a beautiful person who loved life. I look forward to meeting you in heaven with our Lord.
Nos disparus vivent avec nous tous les jours de notre vie.Je parle aux miens et comme ma madeleine de Proust,cette bande son me rapproche de maman qui l' aimait tant.Merci à l' art cinématographique qui embellit nos vies!
The flying sequence always reminds me of my Parents. Not because of the plot, but in the fact that the were both instructor pilots who met working together after WWII. They flew open cockpit biplanes and fell in love soaring through the skies, including landing on beaches like in one scene. They would have both turned 100 years old this year. Dad flew with the USAAF in the South Pacific and Mom was a civilian instructor pilot. “The Greatest Generation”. I miss them so.
As much as I appreciate the comments regarding the "Greatest Generation; Every generation, then and Now, faces a common enemy, Evil and Wanton Destruction! A wise theologian once wrote, and I paraphrase, " Nostalgia may reflect a belief that God is exhausted in the Present." Right now, at this very instant, some Sociopathic Bastard is Contemplating an assault upon the Most innocent and vulnerable: Our Children! Columbine, Sandy Hook, Uvalde...The List goes on, and on.. Ad infinitem Evil accosted us when Six Million men, women, and CHILDREN lost their Innocence and Lives at the Hands of Evil!! Our Generation, not the Greatest Generation, who more than did their Part, asks us this Critically Important Question: " Are you, the Generation of 2024, prepared to do YOUR PART?!?" If OUR generation answers with ANYTHING other than an Unflinching, EMPHATIC, "YES !!" Then we have proven ourselves unworthy before GOD and HISTORY!! Innocense, LOVE, and Especially our Beloved CHILDREN, Will ask what We did during The Pandemie of Mass Murder currently Attacking Civilization? Join me, and Millions of Others in Answering that QUESTION. This is Our Normandy, Our Terblinka, OUR obligation to Fight EVIL with All Our Hearts, and All Our Minds, and All OUR SOULS. Join me in OUR sacred And Honorable Task, repudiating and defeating EVIL once AGAIN! Faithfully and With LOVE, The Rev. Derrill B. Manley, Jr, Ph.D
Listening to this brings me tears, each time.. My father loved Africa and lived there almost all his life. I remember the time when we were flying with his little plane over elephants and other animals, with my brother and my mother, in Gaboon... We were happy. Now he is flying with angels and only memories remains. I love you dad, thank you for all.
Thank you for sharing your magical memory, but this music goes beyond Africa it stirs emotions, brings me tears, I don't know why, I think of friends, family, people that I loved and are no longer in this world.
So beautiful. Reading your words painted a picture of what your memory was. Sounds like such a beautiful memory to have. So incredible. God bless your dad.
As we grow older we apriciated beauty more and more. This score and movie has it all. Tonight we adopted a African elephant orphan called Taroha and we hope to see him grow until he might not need us anymore. ❤
I lived in South Africa for 48 years & spent most of my holidays driving around various National wildlife parks and taking safari drives with game rangers. John Barry captures the stillness & drama of Africa's magnificent wildlife, the peace of a dawn or watching animals through the fantastical colours caught & refracted by a dusty savannah sunset. Just driving for mile after mile, Africa's wild open spaces drains all stress & worry from you, stills your mind & opens your heart to new vistas, new adventures, one with nature & sharing that special bond between God's created Kingdom with those you love. John Barry's music captures this perfectly.
My dad bought me the vinyl in 1988. He passed away last year. He didn't get to go many places. I miss you, dad!!! I know you are with angels and travelling to wonderful places.
Dear Mary, My dream to go to Mozambique, an absolute fascination for Africa, but Africa is a huge Continent. This moovie, is one of my lifes moovies, I will never forget. Everybody in the Cinema was crying. And the MUSIC.....Makes me cry.... The day I will land in Mozambique I will listen to this music and remenber this marvelous moovie. Bless you and your wonderfull mummy that had a dream... .
My mother took this film very dear to her heart...... it was always like a "journey" to Africa for her! The music always moved her to tears. She passed away many years ago and now I'm like this... Thank you very much for this "video"......
So beautiful ...My Mum had this played at her funeral & l shall do the same .It always makes me cry & l remember my life in Kenya many years ago.Forever in my heart.❤
Moi non plus quoique je ne le regarde pas tous les jours. Merci aussi a Meryl Streep une actrice hors valeur et exceptionelle dans la tradition de Robert Redford
I don't think anyone can "take you there" the way John Barry can. You not only hear the beautiful music that he writes, but you see the beauty through his eyes, and feel the awesome grandeur of the African Continent. This is still another excellent musical score from Sir Barry. Thank you, John! No one does it better.
Thanks for your comment I am glad to know who wrote this score, wondering if he wrote some of the others or all of them, your comment is spot on how it puts you there, then you start caring about the people not just the landscape, and the animals, then you start thanking the Most High, and thinking about the people worldwide we are going to need God, in the movie her wing man, he calls her Sabo, he was always saying things like "God is Great Sabo" I would smile to myself and say Yes...
John Barry was not human . He was an alien descended from the high heavens. No human being can aspire to achieve the Godliness of his music. His music was... and is in perfect sync with the Creator. The vastness, the non-perception of time, the drama and the awareness of how negligible is Man compared to all of Creation.
My dad loved this soundtrack...he was a beautiful loving person...miss you dad..also served in the navy and as a state police officer....he always was there for anyone...loved everyone....miss you dad...he would do anything & not ask for anything in return....love you
It's my mum's favourite movie and when we watched yesterday night I was overwhelmed by the music. When I was home I keep play the music over and over again. What a masterpiece! Thank you Mr. Barry, for such a breathtaking piece of music.
I'm a teen and if any of my friends saw me listening to this they'd die with laughter, but after visiting Africa this theme simply pulls on my heartstrings, it truly shows the true beauty of Africa in which I cannot put into words. The food. The culture. The simplicity. The people. The Wilde life. It simply is beauty on a level in which I never again will encounter.
One thing I've learned in life is that it's too short to let anybody else make you feel less than! Hey, your friends just don't know what it is to truly 'feel' in life then. Sad.
Lu Hu You went there and had a beautiful, life changing experience, you friends didn’t. You can relive it everytime you hear this great music, they can’t. I know who should be laughing.
If your friends die of laughter from this-then they have not lived....you are living!! Beauty of Africa and it's people portrayed by John Barry to ears that hear.
My mom loves this movie. It's one of her favorites and when I was a child we would watch it together. Now as I sit by her, with her recovering from a stroke, she can still find enjoyment from this soundtrack and I think that this is simply wonderful. Such good memories for us both from my childhood. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I lost my mother in 2011 and while driving away from the hospital this came the the radio. I still think of her when I hear this beautiful piece of music x
Hello danum just to say last year on friday 9th sept ken bruce played this as part of a prog of music on bbc R2, with the passing of the queen (day before) in mind
Love Kenya with a passion and this film and its music stirs memories. Lucky to have visited twice - once at 17 and again at 29 with my new wife - camping both times. The second time, whilst at a campsite near Olorgesailie in the Rift Valley, we heard lions calling to each other in the still of the night. It was the most memorable sound in nature I have ever heard. Somehow, it was reassuring, rather than frightening - whilst the bull elephant at Amboseli, which stayed the night outside our tent, was a little less comforting.
I never get tired of listening to this soundtrack, it may be about that beautiful country of Africa but for me it conjures up so many beautiful romantic memories and adventures of my past. John Barry was a very gifted composer who could transport you back in time. Love all of his music.
Why can't people listen to music such as this & not be calmed? I believe the world would be a better place if people would just let go & be absorbed in the wonderful, relaxing sounds.
@@danhutson3460 Yes, Dan, I agree with you completely!! I LOVE being "still" with God and relishing and relaxing to beautiful music like John Barry's orchestral suites!! BTW, two of my favourite movie soundtracks from John Barry are "Somewhere in Time" and "Born Free"! Thank you for sharing your wise comment with the rest of the world. People are way too busy these days to actually 'soothe their minds' and just 'listen' to such brilliant music! ✨ 🌈 💛
My mother was listening to this music with tears in her eyes . This music has something to soothe and warms . The music purifies the passions of persons with a wonderful masterpiece of melancholy and nostalgia
@@joycemagdalene7950 Thank-you so much to your reply ！ In the neighborhood of Tokyo , most of the cherry blossoms in full bloom have been scattered , After having been scattered , there are the lacking and pensive atmosphere . The petals which are scattered , and fell cover all over the area and dyes it into pink . By the way Japan is , especially Tokyo is cruel and hustle and bustle with the Coronavirus infection problem Tokyo has more than 100 infected people every day . Don't be careless Be careful with Coronavirus infection . Take care of yourself Good luck ！
@@narimankarimi9903 Thank-you so much to your reply ！ Tokyo is cruel and hustle and bustle with the Coronavirus infection problem . Someday please come to Tokyo of the luscious and transient spring where all Japanese people are making merry and floating under the cherry blossoms in full bloom having gorgeous Bento ， delicious foods ， treats and drinks with dancing ， singing ， eating and drinking . Japanese spring banquet is really 「 the Rite of Spring 」 of Stravinsky . Take care of yourself Good luck ！
One of the most beautiful arrangements ever written. It lefts you beyond the clouds, at the same time relieving your body of any chance to breath normally. John Barry Thank you
Jedesmal wenn der Film beginnt, Karen Blixen sagt: "Ich hatte eine Farm am Fusse der Ngong Berge", die Musik beginnt und der Blick auf die Weite dieser atemberaubenden Landschaft wird freigegeben, bekomme ich goosebumps.
Grow up in Africa have seen the film several times always brought tears Sydney Pollock 1of the greatest directors best actors there will never be anything close to the calibre of these greats. i was lucky to be friends with a old lady who lived in Kenya colonial times and she new her I used to sit with Maria for hours listening to storys flying in a tigermoth while in làbour
This beautiful song makes me remember my beautiful jack russell named jack and the adventures we had . we walked 163 mountains most canals in wales all the Pembroke coastal path and so so much more , he and i loved it We were always together i miss him so so much and i cry when i think of him I love you jack , i will see you again one day
30 years ago my good friend was dying of liver cancer. Every night before bed he and his wife would play this masterful work and fall asleep. That is my blended memory of this music of the angels. Heaven must sound like this.
In reply, I travelled over land from London to Cape Town. Some way through I was at Diane Beach and my host was Dan Trench, I would carrying him home from the pub. One glorious evening although the beach obviously faces East there was an amazing sunset behind me. I was 24 years. At that moment I vowed to myself I would never leave Africa. I'm still here thank God. Never one regret. Out of Africa film score reminds me of that it's marvellous.
Amazing isn’t it? How something from so long ago brings back emotions and memories of such intensity. It’s a wonderful theme, perfectly performed. I love it.
@@waitwhat6882 It was life-changing. Everything I've done since has been influenced by my time in Kenya. I went with VSO, the Brit version of Peace Corps.
‘Out of Africa’ soundtrack will go down in the annals as one of the most soul stirring soundtracks ! Gives me the goosebumps every time I listen & transports me to the farms of Africa - Salutations to John Barry the legend .
Actually, the film shows both, the bad and the evil, the good and the horrid of Africa in those years. The life of Karen Blixen was hard in Africa. For those who ventured in that continent many times a dream became a nightmare.
The most beautiful composition i have even heard, the violins in the intro and the richness of the horns, so soft, i feel like i am hovering over the motherland, my eyes as wide as a childs viewing the world for the first time. Barry has this way of taking you on his journey, sudtly and your flyin, what aa amazing composer he knows how to tap the emotional well and bleed it dry.😭😲💟
I remember when my friend and I went to see this movie when it first came out we were a few minutes late and walked into the theater just as the music started and the beauty of it just took my breath away. I will never forget that moment.
Barry has an incredible talent to make sweeping themes of romance like this - something to do with multiplying the usual arrangement of instruments for a given chord makes his compositions sound so good.
I first listened to this piece of music when I was the ripe age of 13 in music class. It brought a tear to my eye and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Still to this day 6 years later it had the same effect on me bringing back good memories and members of family who've passed. I love this piece of music, it has more meaning than anyone can understand.
Every time I listen to this music in my house only 5kms away from Karen Blixen's house and at night I hear the lions roaring at the Nairobi National Park, I say to myself just like Baroness Blixen did many decades ago, yes, this is how it was intended.
I got a chance to co-write with John on the film “Frances.“ The song was cut from the last scene but Sarah Brightman recorded it. If you know the story, you’ll understand why a song with lyric just wouldn’t work.. Out of Africa is my favorite score of his. Besides being a master composer, he was fun, bright and very easy to be around. A gentleman in the best sense of the work. I can’t imagine listening from your house. What an amazing feeling! Namaste
I can’t imagine the incredible feeling of hearing lions in the wild. I would love to visit East Africa, especially the Rift Valley area. Apologies if it’s known locally by another name, that is all I’ve ever heard it called.
When I was a young teenager, I saw the movie Somewhere in Time and fell in love with both Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve’s characters. I thought that the musical score of that movie is the most romantic until I saw the movie Out of Africa. I play the recording in my car for when I go on long drives. To the composers and all the musicians involved in making such beautiful audible art, I thank you.
Dear Joan L, I too remember the film "Somewhere in Time" and loved it so much even though it was also incredibly sad but so damn beautiful. The music struck me too and John Barry of course did both. The music to "Out of Africa" is amazing. He also did the music to "Dances with Wolves", my favourite film. What a soul this man had.
Pretty much the most astoundingly emotional theme ever, a theme that without a film would be held in the highest esteem. Thank you John Barry for this. Stunning.
John Barry understood Mozart. The Clarinet Concerto in A Major is written all over his music in this. With a great deal of the Sturm und Drang. What would we do...Where would we be... without the inspiration from those who preceded?
The magnificent musical score by John Barry is all I can remember from Out of Africa. I think that I've seem the film twice and I can't even remember what the plot, film or performances were about. Sorry Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. That beautiful musical score can still stay in your memory even a long time after seeing the film. In my opinion, another boring overrated Oscar winning best picture win.
When I was young, probably around 3 years old, my mom always listened to this song all the time and every time she played it, it used to make me cry. Now that I'm 18 I came back to listen to it again, and I don't know how my eyes are sweating for no reason :)
L'Afrique, un continent mystérieux, un territoire comme un autre monde en certains endroits encore pur des souillures de ce monde. Cette musique nous transporte dans cette beauté sauvage et rude. L'empreinte que nous laisse l'Afrique sur l'âme et le coeur nous transforme à jamais. Merci Monsieur Barry d'avoir su nous livrer sa douceur et ses mystères dans cette magnifique musique, parce que je l'ai vu se révéler devant moi, votre musique éveille tous mes souvenirs. Quelle nostalgie vous éveillez, j'en ai les larmes aux yeux.
Absolutely loved this movie. I never tire of watching it. The soundtrack is superb. Wonderful music to take me back to Karen's house in Kenya, which I visited. Great ambience in the music, and her old home. John Barry's music here is par excellence. Hauntingly beautiful.
A superb soundtrack from a movie that was clearly not of its mid-80s era. The cinematography along with this soaring score was more reminiscent of Hollywood's golden age movies.
@@donburnell1 He's up there with the GREAT film composers. James Horner, John Williams, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann...without their music, their films would have been lacking that touch of magic.
If there ever was a soundtrack that aptly describes the terms ‘reverie’ or ‘escapism’ this would be it. Thank you Mr. Barry for the opportunity to be transported to the plains of the Serengeti whilst listening to this sublime masterpiece.
From this 👵🏻Nanni to your heart ♥️Be at one with her , when you are listening to Your and your Grandmothers communication piece of her Be at peace with her. 🙏 ♥️
This man should be canonized for the beautiful music he gave to the world while he was upon this earth! R.I.P. Mr. Barry, we remember you with fondness!
In awe we breath in this most glorious score, learn the brilliance of John Barry and marvel, enthralled. Who else could rival the sweeping masterpiece of Maurice Jarre in Laurence of Arabia. A Passage to India, Doctor Zhivago. This cannot be heard without emotion, it compels tears and must evoke memories of life's deepest experience. Who can not be moved by the hypnotic cadence, sweet passages of beauty which simply blow like warm winds over grassland, in such effortless flow. Ah, and that haunting woodwind . . the sublime tempo and perfectly measured, supremely . . knowing . . pace. The melody, exquisite, perfect, wraps around your soul, cuts through the heart and shatters with a note all defences. The senses soar in glorious moments of ecstacy and the mind seems to lift to a place . . just for a little while, higher. John Barry we thank you. It is art that makes civilisation
A beautiful score, John Barry 's music really captured the atmosphere and story line of the films he lovingly composed for. This is certainly one of my favourites.
I saw "Out of Africa" movie like 6 years old little boy. Loved it from first site. Amazing real story written by Karen. Terrific love story played by the best actors Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. John Bary's soundtrack is one of the best pieces. ❤ Robert Henry Przybyla
When we flew over Africa, I knew my life would never be the same again!!! The people in the movie were so real , I could feel like I was one of them .I was walking in a dream .Needless to say I was in heaven. I had a farm in Africa.......... my dream came true.
Yes it did for me, a wonderful memory for all of my life and a true love story I really understand. Dennis life n the movie reminds me of me and my way on handling my relationship with my girlfriend and my wife. He was rite a peace of paper doesn't make ur relationship any better than before.
John Barry is a genius , this sountrack is maravillouse , when i listen , i dream.
Now if you can learn to spell.
Is it too late? Perhaps no one will see these post. I lived in Africa. I lived as a young girl in Nairobi. And I loved it. This film brought it all back.: the sound, the people, the smell of the landscape.. My mother is gone now. And yet this is what brings her back to me.
It is yet another Year later than when you posted (2024) now. I hope you are well. I am 60 now and live in Australia. I was born in Lusaka, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) in 1963 and lived in Africa for the first 12 years of my life. I remember it well. I love this Movie and the Soundtrack - hard to believe the Movie and Sound Track were first released 39 years ago. My father passed away 11 years ago but my mother is still going strong at 86. God Bless
❤
It is never too late. I never lived in Africa and a pure white person so to speak but that movie and music made me feel I lived there in a former life. As long of the sounds and evn the smell live around you, know that your Mom is still alive and is looking over you. That movie and music mad me feel like I was flying over my homeland where I can find the beginning and the end, peace at last.I always wanted to go there but I limit my travels to see my Mom in France considering she is 97. Treasure the memories, smell, landscape, the people and the music that brings you back to your Mom. She is technically gone but not spiritually. She lives in you through that. Embrace her spirit
Its never to late.I love this song ,too,because i remember the time when i was young and free.
Best wishes to you little girl in Nairobi
I saw your post. As did others. What a beautiful thing to share. I wish to go one-day. And play this whole I travel across the land 😊🙏
I love this music. I've seen the film and read the book so many times, but the best thing was that I was able to visit Karen Blixen's house in Kenya last year. This is my unforgettable experience for eternity.❤❤❤
this whole movie and the John Barry music are movie/music PERFECTION!
This soundtrack is bittersweet for me. I cry every time I hear it. It’s been years now. Me and my brother, my only sibling listened to this together. He was diagnosed in 1986 with AIDS. In 1994 he became ill. He wasn’t ready to die. He fought the battle for 2 years. This lovely song was his favorite. It helped to bring him peace and calmed his heart. Michael was a beautiful person who loved life. I look forward to meeting you in heaven with our Lord.
And you will
Rest In Eternal Peace Michael⚘ I Am Sorry For Your Loss❤
May your brothers memory be eternal....
Nos disparus vivent avec nous tous les jours de notre vie.Je parle aux miens et comme ma madeleine de Proust,cette bande son me rapproche de maman qui l' aimait tant.Merci à l' art cinématographique qui embellit nos vies!
❤❤
The flying sequence always reminds me of my Parents. Not because of the plot, but in the fact that the were both instructor pilots who met working together after WWII. They flew open cockpit biplanes and fell in love soaring through the skies, including landing on beaches like in one scene. They would have both turned 100 years old this year. Dad flew with the USAAF in the South Pacific and Mom was a civilian instructor pilot. “The Greatest Generation”. I miss them so.
Such a beautiful love story. I read it while listening to the music. I could imagine them landing on the beach
So cinematic and heartwarming. A real love story with intelligent talented pilots ❤
@georgebriscoe4057 My sincerest heartfelt condolences, to you. Those is truly one of the most beautiful soundtracks! 🙏🏻
They were the Greatest Generation
As much as I appreciate the comments regarding the "Greatest Generation; Every generation, then and Now, faces a common enemy, Evil and Wanton Destruction!
A wise theologian once wrote, and I
paraphrase, " Nostalgia may reflect
a belief that God is exhausted in the
Present."
Right now, at this very instant, some
Sociopathic Bastard is Contemplating an assault upon the
Most innocent and vulnerable: Our
Children! Columbine, Sandy Hook,
Uvalde...The List goes on, and on..
Ad infinitem Evil accosted us when Six Million men, women, and CHILDREN lost their Innocence and Lives at the Hands of Evil!!
Our Generation, not the Greatest Generation, who more than did their Part, asks us this Critically Important Question: " Are you, the Generation of 2024, prepared to do YOUR PART?!?"
If OUR generation answers with ANYTHING other than an Unflinching, EMPHATIC, "YES !!"
Then we have proven ourselves unworthy before GOD and HISTORY!!
Innocense, LOVE, and Especially our
Beloved CHILDREN, Will ask what
We did during The Pandemie of Mass Murder currently Attacking
Civilization?
Join me, and Millions of Others in Answering that QUESTION.
This is Our Normandy, Our Terblinka, OUR obligation to Fight
EVIL with All Our Hearts, and All Our
Minds, and All OUR SOULS.
Join me in OUR sacred And Honorable Task, repudiating and defeating EVIL once AGAIN!
Faithfully and With LOVE,
The Rev. Derrill B. Manley, Jr, Ph.D
Listening to this brings me tears, each time.. My father loved Africa and lived there almost all his life. I remember the time when we were flying with his little plane over elephants and other animals, with my brother and my mother, in Gaboon... We were happy. Now he is flying with angels and only memories remains.
I love you dad, thank you for all.
What magical memories. Thankyou for sharing them. I too love Africa.
Good thing ya didn't crash on your way to the venue or the cannables would of had you on the menu
@@chrispsaros2405 ass
Thank you for sharing your magical memory, but this music goes beyond Africa it stirs emotions, brings me tears, I don't know why, I think of friends, family, people that I loved and are no longer in this world.
So beautiful. Reading your words painted a picture of what your memory was. Sounds like such a beautiful memory to have. So incredible. God bless your dad.
As we grow older we apriciated beauty more and more. This score and movie has it all. Tonight we adopted a African elephant orphan called Taroha and we hope to see him grow until he might not need us anymore. ❤
❤❤❤
God is with you - In Every Ways, Always - God's Everlovingkindness, Grace and Measure Of Faith On You - Amen 🙏🏽✝️♥️
Good work!
Thank the heavens for ears, just to be able to hear this is enough.
Agree
I lived in South Africa for 48 years & spent most of my holidays driving around various National wildlife parks and taking safari drives with game rangers.
John Barry captures the stillness & drama of Africa's magnificent wildlife, the peace of a dawn or watching animals through the fantastical colours caught & refracted by a dusty savannah sunset.
Just driving for mile after mile, Africa's wild open spaces drains all stress & worry from you, stills your mind & opens your heart to new vistas, new adventures, one with nature & sharing that special bond between God's created Kingdom with those you love.
John Barry's music captures this perfectly.
Beautifully said ❤
❤@@hattyflame3889
I spent a year working in Kenya in 2006 and amazing times... this movie played for months in the hotel and will never be forgotten...
Merveilleuse Musique....Merci à Vous pour ce Tres Beau Partage
My mom loved this musical score. She said the melody was so relaxing and gave her the sensation of flying. She died in 1994. Miss you mom ❤️
Sorry for your Lost, Rick. Your Mom was absolutely right about the melody...
Out Of Africa, Such a Beautiful and Memorable Movie.What's More Unforgettable is John Barry The Greatest Composer in Music🎶
Yep! Move over John Wil!iams
My dad bought me the vinyl in 1988. He passed away last year. He didn't get to go many places. I miss you, dad!!! I know you are with angels and travelling to wonderful places.
Here's to your Dad's good taste. May he RIP
You know? How do you know!?
❤
Your dad is in a beautiful place now 😊 waiting till u are together again 😊
My mum always wanted to go to Africa. Due to her illness and short life she couldn't. But listening to this brought her there. Love you mum ❤️
💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💓
Me also
Dear Mary, My dream to go to Mozambique, an absolute fascination for Africa, but Africa is a huge Continent. This moovie, is one of my lifes moovies, I will never forget. Everybody in the Cinema was crying. And the MUSIC.....Makes me cry....
The day I will land in Mozambique I will listen to this music and remenber this marvelous moovie. Bless you and your wonderfull mummy that had a dream...
.
Why dont you go for her, or go and take her with you. My moms all around me after she turned into butterfly and jumped the rainbow
Good luck🦋❤
@@billhilton3265 That was beautifully put. 🦋
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Planning my wife's 50th birthday trip to Africa while listening to this wonderful composition...A dream come true!
My mother took this film very dear to her heart...... it was always like a "journey" to Africa for her! The music always moved her to tears. She passed away many years ago and now I'm like this...
Thank you very much for this "video"......
❤🎉
So beautiful ...My Mum had this played at her funeral & l shall do the same .It always makes me cry & l remember my life in Kenya many years ago.Forever in my heart.❤
Merci Monsieur Redford... J'ai 83 ans et regarde le DVD tous les jours.. Je m'en lasse pas ❤️
Moi non plus quoique je ne le regarde pas tous les jours. Merci aussi a Meryl Streep une actrice hors valeur et exceptionelle dans la tradition de Robert Redford
I don't think anyone can "take you there" the way John Barry can. You not only hear the beautiful music that he writes, but you see the beauty through his eyes, and feel the awesome grandeur of the African Continent. This is still another excellent musical score from Sir Barry. Thank you, John! No one does it better.
and nothing can make you feel God's greatness the way such beautiful music can
@@lynx6124Such divine music,ought to be listened to at a low volume
❤
Thanks for your comment I am glad to know who wrote this score, wondering if he wrote some of the others or all of them, your comment is spot on how it puts you there, then you start caring about the people not just the landscape, and the animals, then you start thanking the Most High, and thinking about the people worldwide we are going to need God, in the movie her wing man, he calls her Sabo, he was always saying things like "God is Great Sabo" I would smile to myself and say Yes...
I was born in Africa and it was my best years. Africa, i will never forget you. ..😍
It has probbly changed a lot since then.
It's my dream to visit Africa!
Every so often in life, a genius arrives on Earth, John Barry one of them.
I agree 427 Trading…. 😊
Indeed !!!
John Barry was not human . He was an alien descended from the high heavens. No human being can aspire to achieve the Godliness of his music. His music was... and is in perfect sync with the Creator. The vastness, the non-perception of time, the drama and the awareness of how negligible is Man compared to all of Creation.
My dad loved this soundtrack...he was a beautiful loving person...miss you dad..also served in the navy and as a state police officer....he always was there for anyone...loved everyone....miss you dad...he would do anything & not ask for anything in return....love you
My Dad was a police officer and loved this soundtrack as well, which is why i love it. cheers to you and cheers to Dads never forgotten.
Beautiful comment about dad
I also was a PO and love this soundtrack!
I lived in South Africa a long time ago, I was a young man on an adventure, fond memories and a few tears. beautiful music and a beautiful land
Sounds like the adventures of a lifetime. Glad you enjoyed the experience and that your life has been enhanced by it.
It's my mum's favourite movie and when we watched yesterday night I was overwhelmed by the music. When I was home I keep play the music over and over again. What a masterpiece! Thank you Mr. Barry, for such a breathtaking piece of music.
John Barry's music is so beautiful. It is truly music from Heaven.
Yes I agree 100% it makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck which is for me a sign of the heavenly beauty of John's music.
My mom would play this album on long family car trips, it sent me into wonderful daydreams. So beautiful.
Your Mum is awesome
I'm a teen and if any of my friends saw me listening to this they'd die with laughter, but after visiting Africa this theme simply pulls on my heartstrings, it truly shows the true beauty of Africa in which I cannot put into words. The food. The culture. The simplicity. The people. The Wilde life. It simply is beauty on a level in which I never again will encounter.
One thing I've learned in life is that it's too short to let anybody else make you feel less than! Hey, your friends just don't know what it is to truly 'feel' in life then. Sad.
Lu Hu You should laugh at them for not appreciating beautiful music
Lu Hu You went there and had a beautiful, life changing experience, you friends didn’t. You can relive it everytime you hear this great music, they can’t. I know who should be laughing.
So impressed with your gratitude and love for Jehovah God’s magnificent creation’s. Which he made just for mankind!
If your friends die of laughter from this-then they have not lived....you are living!! Beauty of Africa and it's people portrayed by John Barry to ears that hear.
Each note is a teardrop from heaven.
I've never heard a John Barry soundtrack that I didn't like. It's all so flowing & relaxing. Thank you Mr. Barry & RIP!
I lived in Beautiful Africa and married a Beautiful African woman this music so powerful feels me with wonderful and many many memories
Love John Barry’s music. ❤
My mom loves this movie. It's one of her favorites and when I was a child we would watch it together. Now as I sit by her, with her recovering from a stroke, she can still find enjoyment from this soundtrack and I think that this is simply wonderful. Such good memories for us both from my childhood. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My mom chose this soundtrack for her funeral. The most beautiful music I have ever heard. I miss you mom.
That's so sweet. Sorry for ya loss.
Your mum was a amazing lady, obviously I've never met you or her but her love of this speaks volumes. I send hugs and wish you well Shirley ❤❤.
One of the best movie scores.....ever...!
I lost my mother in 2011 and while driving away from the hospital this came the the radio. I still think of her when I hear this beautiful piece of music x
Hello danum just to say last year on friday 9th sept ken bruce played this as part of a prog of music on bbc R2, with the passing of the queen (day before) in mind
Love Kenya with a passion and this film and its music stirs memories. Lucky to have visited twice - once at 17 and again at 29 with my new wife - camping both times. The second time, whilst at a campsite near Olorgesailie in the Rift Valley, we heard lions calling to each other in the still of the night. It was the most memorable sound in nature I have ever heard. Somehow, it was reassuring, rather than frightening - whilst the bull elephant at Amboseli, which stayed the night outside our tent, was a little less comforting.
I never get tired of listening to this soundtrack, it may be about that beautiful country of Africa but for me it conjures up so many beautiful romantic memories and adventures of my past. John Barry was a very gifted composer who could transport you back in time. Love all of his music.
Agree. He was a genius, sadly not as appreciated as he should have been.
Every time I hear this, it touches the depth of my soul.
I could listen to it non stop. Love it! Great
Great John Barry
The most beautiful music I will ever listen too.
Africa is a continent not a country.
John Barry at his finest.
Absolutely!!
As perfect a blend of images and music as was ever created. Here for it yet again in 2024!!
Why can't people listen to music such as this & not be calmed? I believe the world would be a better place if people would just let go & be absorbed in the wonderful, relaxing sounds.
@@danhutson3460 Yes, Dan, I agree with you completely!! I LOVE being "still" with God
and relishing and relaxing to beautiful music like John Barry's orchestral suites!! BTW, two
of my favourite movie soundtracks from John Barry are "Somewhere in Time" and "Born Free"!
Thank you for sharing your wise comment with the rest of the world. People are way too busy
these days to actually 'soothe their minds' and just 'listen' to such brilliant music! ✨ 🌈 💛
My mother was listening to this music with tears in her eyes .
This music has something to soothe and warms .
The music purifies the passions of persons with a wonderful masterpiece of melancholy and nostalgia
Beautiful
Amazing 💗
My mother's favourite too she passed away for 4 months i missed her when i heard this April 2020
@@joycemagdalene7950
Thank-you so much to your reply ！
In the neighborhood of Tokyo , most of the cherry blossoms in full bloom have been scattered ,
After having been scattered , there are the lacking and pensive atmosphere .
The petals which are scattered , and fell cover all over the area and dyes it into pink .
By the way
Japan is , especially Tokyo is cruel and hustle and bustle with the Coronavirus infection problem
Tokyo has more than 100 infected people every day .
Don't be careless
Be careful with Coronavirus infection .
Take care of yourself
Good luck ！
@@narimankarimi9903
Thank-you so much to your reply ！
Tokyo is cruel and hustle and bustle with the Coronavirus infection problem .
Someday please come to Tokyo of the luscious and transient spring where all Japanese people are making merry and floating under the cherry blossoms in full bloom having gorgeous Bento ， delicious foods ， treats and drinks with dancing ， singing ， eating and drinking .
Japanese spring banquet is really 「 the Rite of Spring 」 of Stravinsky .
Take care of yourself
Good luck ！
One of the most beautiful arrangements ever written. It lefts you beyond the clouds, at the same time relieving your body of any chance to breath normally. John Barry Thank you
Jim so beautifully said ❤
Celestially alluring,transcending time and space.This is musical gourmet just priceless
Jedesmal wenn der Film beginnt, Karen Blixen sagt: "Ich hatte eine Farm am Fusse der Ngong Berge", die Musik beginnt und der Blick auf die Weite dieser atemberaubenden Landschaft wird freigegeben, bekomme ich goosebumps.
A beautiful piece of music perfect for the Out of Africa film.Always leaves me in tears every time I hear it!!!
Grow up in Africa have seen the film several times always brought tears Sydney Pollock 1of the greatest directors best actors there will never be anything close to the calibre of these greats. i was lucky to be friends with a old lady who lived in Kenya colonial times and she new her I used to sit with Maria for hours listening to storys flying in a tigermoth while in làbour
Oh yes me too and same with the music of Born Free
I love this soundtrack. I've been falling asleep to it for 35 years. The movie is my favorite
Amen
This beautiful song makes me remember my beautiful jack russell named jack and the adventures
we had . we walked 163 mountains most canals in wales all the Pembroke coastal path
and so so much more , he and i loved it We were always together i miss him so so much and
i cry when i think of him I love you jack , i will see you again one day
A Masterpiece. No matter how many times one hears this it always communicates peace and Resolve. At least for this Fan.
...and for this one too.
This fan too
30 years ago my good friend was dying of liver cancer. Every night before bed he and his wife would play this masterful work and fall asleep. That is my blended memory of this music of the angels. Heaven must sound like this.
In reply, I travelled over land from London to Cape Town. Some way through I was at Diane Beach and my host was Dan Trench, I would carrying him home from the pub. One glorious evening although the beach obviously faces East there was an amazing sunset behind me. I was 24 years. At that moment I vowed to myself I would never leave Africa. I'm still here thank God. Never one regret. Out of Africa film score reminds me of that it's marvellous.
This movie came out while I was working in Kenya. It's inextricably linked to that experience and this sound track can still make me cry.
Amazing isn’t it? How something from so long ago brings back emotions and memories of such intensity. It’s a wonderful theme, perfectly performed. I love it.
You are so lucky! I’d love to work in and experience Africa ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Beautiful!!!!
@@waitwhat6882 It was life-changing. Everything I've done since has been influenced by my time in Kenya. I went with VSO, the Brit version of Peace Corps.
The tea of kenya is very great too, maked me healthy
I think this is one the most beautifully romantic scores ever written for a motion picture.
Sooo very wonderful, beautiful film music, of John Barry an master comphoser of the whole world!! Thank's for sharing such music to us!❤🤗🥰😊
‘Out of Africa’ soundtrack will go down in the annals as one of the most soul stirring soundtracks ! Gives me the goosebumps every time I listen & transports me to the farms of Africa - Salutations to John Barry the legend .
The funny thing is that these foreign people make the place look better than it is.
You do realise that if you live in Africa its very difficult
Actually, the film shows both, the bad and the evil, the good and the horrid of Africa in those years. The life of Karen Blixen was hard in Africa. For those who ventured in that continent many times a dream became a nightmare.
😂❤
Me too!!!
Robin & Marian was better :)
The most beautiful composition i have even heard, the violins in the intro and the richness of the horns, so soft, i feel like i am hovering over the motherland, my eyes as wide as a childs viewing the world for the first time. Barry has this way of taking you on his journey, sudtly and your flyin, what aa amazing composer he knows how to tap the emotional well and bleed it dry.😭😲💟
Reminds me of the wonderful years I spent in Africa. Beautiful!
I remember when my friend and I went to see this movie when it first came out we were a few minutes late and walked into the theater just as the music started and the beauty of it just took my breath away. I will never forget that moment.
I don't now how often I heard this soundtrack. It is a masterpiece of all time
So brilliantly beautiful. I never get tired of listening to this soundtrack. It’s my all time favourite.
It is !!A masterpiece !
ㅃ
Exactly, what l feel, dear Christoph....
And congratulations, for all
שמעתי בפעם הראשונה את המוסיקה הנהדרת הזאת כמוסיקת רקע במופע המזרקות בברצלונה והתאהבתי משמיעה ראשונה. אני מאזין לה המון. תודה.
Possibly the most romantic score ever written. Love it, love it, love it!
Music written from a tender heart, I love this music as much as the picture.
The best movie ever ! I really love it ! It reminds me my road-trip round Africa (2009 & 2010) and nice reminders of Kenya.
It is truly one of the absolutely most beautiful themes ever written.
If you have never watched the movie you will never have the full maturity of this beautiful music.
@@ederion65 Having seen it several times the movie and the score is equally wonderful.
Barry has an incredible talent to make sweeping themes of romance like this - something to do with multiplying the usual arrangement of instruments for a given chord makes his compositions sound so good.
@@ederion65 I have lost count of how many times I have seen the movie. I love the music and the movie.
Not everyone appreciates a good movie theme........💗
I first listened to this piece of music when I was the ripe age of 13 in music class. It brought a tear to my eye and made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. Still to this day 6 years later it had the same effect on me bringing back good memories and members of family who've passed. I love this piece of music, it has more meaning than anyone can understand.
Every time I listen to this music in my house only 5kms away from Karen Blixen's house and at night I hear the lions roaring at the Nairobi National Park, I say to myself just like Baroness Blixen did many decades ago, yes, this is how it was intended.
I got a chance to co-write with John on the film “Frances.“ The song was cut from the last scene but Sarah Brightman recorded it. If you know the story, you’ll understand why a song with lyric just wouldn’t work..
Out of Africa is my favorite score of his. Besides being a master composer, he was fun, bright and very easy to be around. A gentleman in the best sense of the work.
I can’t imagine listening from your house. What an amazing feeling! Namaste
So beautiful
@@candyparton6472 pppppppppppppppppppppp
I can’t imagine the incredible feeling of hearing lions in the wild. I would love to visit East Africa, especially the Rift Valley area. Apologies if it’s known locally by another name, that is all I’ve ever heard it called.
That is EPIC!
I never tire of this album,it represents the film so well. John Barry never fails to please.
This music captured my soul . John Barry is one of the greatest composers of all times!
Indeed a great composer for eternity
When I was a young teenager, I saw the movie Somewhere in Time and fell in love with both Jane Seymour and Christopher Reeve’s characters. I thought that the musical score of that movie is the most romantic until I saw the movie Out of Africa. I play the recording in my car for when I go on long drives. To the composers and all the musicians involved in making such beautiful audible art, I thank you.
John Barry was truly a great composer. He composed most of the James Bond theme songs including Gold Finger.
Dear Joan L, I too remember the film "Somewhere in Time" and loved it so much even though it was also incredibly sad but so damn beautiful. The music struck me too and John Barry of course did both. The music to "Out of Africa" is amazing. He also did the music to "Dances with Wolves", my favourite film. What a soul this man had.
Pretty much the most astoundingly emotional theme ever, a theme that without a film would be held in the highest esteem. Thank you John Barry for this. Stunning.
Well said
John Barry understood Mozart. The Clarinet Concerto in A Major is written all over his music in this. With a great deal of the Sturm und Drang. What would we do...Where would we be... without the inspiration from those who preceded?
John Barry...Imagine the outcome had you been inspired by LOVE?? Wink. Genius! xx Thank You for this excellence..
The magnificent musical score by John Barry is all I can remember from Out of Africa. I think that I've seem the film twice and I can't even remember what the plot, film or performances were about. Sorry Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. That beautiful musical score can still stay in your memory even a long time after seeing the film. In my opinion, another boring overrated Oscar winning best picture win.
Joe Dunbar theme from dances with wolves is equally amazing and meet Joe black all three are amazing
Marvellous...far beyond beautiful. These cellos are the most haunting instruments I've heard in my life. John Barry was nothing short of magic... .
One of my favourite movies and the music evokes such beautiful memories
This film is so gorgeous and touching...such memorable music too. One of my top 10 movies.
sure
John Barry scored some of the most memorable soundtrack music
This film and music breaks my heart and brings such joy, all at the same time. Robert Redford and Meryl Streep, just magical.
When I was young, probably around 3 years old, my mom always listened to this song all the time and every time she played it, it used to make me cry. Now that I'm 18 I came back to listen to it again, and I don't know how my eyes are sweating for no reason :)
@ Pol Salvador At present you must be 21 and we trust you are still preserving your tender heart ❤
Arguably one of the greatest film soundtracks ever written.
No argument from me.
bob dunn.Ein Mensch
,der die Fähigkeit hat solche Musik zu komponieren, dem muss der liebe Gott zwei mal über die Stirn gestreichelt haben.
Yep, what he said.
Possibly yes. marvelous!
Nigel Maund j aime ce film J aime aussi le concerto de Mozart 2ieme mouvement joue à la clarinette c est un régal merci J Joseph
John Barry is literally the soul of God .I will never understand how a man can create so such beautiful melody
🎉❤
John Barry did give us beauty above and beyond. ❤
He was an incredibly gifted composer, but you greatly overestimate him by calling him literally "the soul of God."
🎉Beautiful words. 🎉 God bless you.
@@greglynch4547r
This music reminds me of my travel across the Kenyan savannah by train from Mombasa to Nairobi in 1959, superb.
Was it the school train or the boat train?
L'Afrique, un continent mystérieux, un territoire comme un autre monde en certains endroits encore pur des souillures de ce monde. Cette musique nous transporte dans cette beauté sauvage et rude. L'empreinte que nous laisse l'Afrique sur l'âme et le coeur nous transforme à jamais. Merci Monsieur Barry d'avoir su nous livrer sa douceur et ses mystères dans cette magnifique musique, parce que je l'ai vu se révéler devant moi, votre musique éveille tous mes souvenirs. Quelle nostalgie vous éveillez, j'en ai les larmes aux yeux.
I have been living in those marvelous places among those peoples!!!! So many memories!!!
Absolutely loved this movie. I never tire of watching it. The soundtrack is superb. Wonderful music to take me back to Karen's house in Kenya, which I visited. Great ambience in the music, and her old home. John Barry's music here is par excellence. Hauntingly beautiful.
This soundtrack takes my mind to another place. So soothing I often listen to the soundtrack when I get stressed .
Indeed
A superb soundtrack from a movie that was clearly not of its mid-80s era. The cinematography along with this soaring score was more reminiscent of Hollywood's golden age movies.
Won an Academy Award for this soundtrack. VERY well deserved. This, Chaplin, Somewhere in Time, Dances with Wolves - gorgeous soundtracks.
Don’t forget Born Free and even his Bond scores
and of course Hanover Street
Ce film extraordinaire donne l'envie de vivre histoire de vie fabuleuse amour de liberté en avant
Wow, Angel. Thanks for mentioning the other scores along with this one. You are absolutely correct! Dr. Don
@@donburnell1 He's up there with the GREAT film composers. James Horner, John Williams, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann...without their music, their films would have been lacking that touch of magic.
Absolutely beautiful piece of music!! I cry every time I hear it! Masterful!!!
Me too. I am a big softy and despite being born in zambia and brought up in cape town and living in the UK I always get misty in the eyes.
Me 2 n I am an old man
This has the same effect on me.
I've watched the movie a few times.
Manifique
I always have a tear
If there ever was a soundtrack that aptly describes the terms ‘reverie’ or ‘escapism’ this would be it.
Thank you Mr. Barry for the opportunity to be transported to the plains of the Serengeti whilst listening to this sublime masterpiece.
This was one of Grandma's favorite songs. She passed away a few weeks ago and I can't stop crying listening to this.
From this 👵🏻Nanni to your heart ♥️Be at one with her , when you are listening to
Your and your Grandmothers communication piece of her
Be at peace with her. 🙏 ♥️
This man should be canonized for the beautiful music he gave to the world while he was upon this earth! R.I.P. Mr. Barry, we remember you with fondness!
MAGNIFIQUE, Je ne m'en lasse pas
In awe we breath in this most glorious score, learn the brilliance of John Barry and marvel, enthralled. Who else could rival the sweeping masterpiece of Maurice Jarre in Laurence of Arabia. A Passage to India, Doctor Zhivago. This cannot be heard without emotion, it compels tears and must evoke memories of life's deepest experience. Who can not be moved by the hypnotic cadence, sweet passages of beauty which simply blow like warm winds over grassland, in such effortless flow. Ah, and that haunting woodwind . . the sublime tempo and perfectly measured, supremely . . knowing . . pace. The melody, exquisite, perfect, wraps around your soul, cuts through the heart and shatters with a note all defences. The senses soar in glorious moments of ecstacy and the mind seems to lift to a place . . just for a little while, higher. John Barry we thank you. It is art that makes civilisation
There are certain pieces of music that brings tears to your eyes because of their beauty ..this is one of those pieces of music 💕
Yeah this and Somewhere in Time
Jackie,
My Heart ❤ goes out to you at the Loss of your Beloved Brother.
Sending you Blessings and a Hug x
Australia 2 November 2023
cette musique me transporte toujours .. mes yeux se mouillent toujours .. nostalgie
A beautiful score, John Barry 's music really captured the atmosphere and story line of the films he lovingly composed for. This is certainly one of my favourites.
A masterpiece for sure x and don't think it can ever be replicated !a lost art maybe in this generation.... I hope not 😞
Yes me too 💖
This was one of my dad's favourite films and soundtrack. I'm sure he still listens when I play it 😊
I saw "Out of Africa" movie like 6 years old little boy. Loved it from first site. Amazing real story written by Karen. Terrific love story played by the best actors Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. John Bary's soundtrack is one of the best pieces. ❤ Robert Henry Przybyla
John Barry was my favourite composer. His music always somehow , captures whatever the context of the film is.. simply wonderful !!!!
John Barry must have had true love in his life to compose like this.he is surely now a composer to god and his angels.john Barry thankyou.
totally agree with you. A song like this one must be inspired by true love
Completely agree with you!!!!!!!
fabulouse man.
Great comment.
Given the human condition he either had a great love in his life or he suffered great pain. Both inspire great compositions.
When we flew over Africa, I knew my life would never be the same again!!! The people in the movie were so real , I could feel like I was one of them .I was walking in a dream .Needless to say I was in heaven. I had a farm in Africa.......... my dream came true.
Listning to John Barry's music will take you to another world of fantasy.
Yes it did for me, a wonderful memory for all of my life and a true love story I really understand. Dennis life n the movie reminds me of me and my way on handling my relationship with my girlfriend and my wife. He was rite a peace of paper doesn't make ur relationship any better than before.
For Certain.
John Barry, thanks for this breath taking music. You touch my soul.