Thanks! Great piece of art! I made a piano cover of the Night Window over here: th-cam.com/video/_sMPANKkbuM/w-d-xo.html I keep my finger crossed that Thomas Newman will win the oscar for best film score this time!
This scene was jaw dropping, the slow move towards the window and then floating to the ground. And the colors and lights. Roger Deakins could have just retired with his Oscar but this film is his new magnum opus
Maybe not "magnum opus" because there's a lot in "Blade Runner 2049" that's unparalleled but certainly one of many sequences that reflects and reinforces why Deakins may be the master DP of today.
This scene was a masterpiece of cinematography. Will looked like he was literally running towards the gates of hell, braving a sinister alien world of gunfire and flare lights before he can reach it. The courage and utter terror he exudes here is perfectly encapsulated by this epic score.
"the gates of hell" is that beautiful and awe inspiring? Really? Cause I felt I was literally reborn when i saw this scene and I felt transcendence with him and climbing out of purgatory to be cleansed (jumping into the river)
@@TheRealHexZombies oh I did. But that moment in particular felt like a romanticization and over the top cheesiness. Otherwise the movie depicted the brutality of war well for the most part. I still think the men in the trenches looked too clean
Don't get me wrong, Joker's score was impressive too, but this deserved the oscar EDIT: This was Thomas Newman's 15th oscar nomination without a win. Guy's the Roger Deakins of musicians
Gah I can't remember the last time I came out of a movie this satisfied. This movie reminded me why we go to the movies. Truly amazing and the night window sequence was out of this world.
This scene was stunning as hell. I felt like the character was in a trance, which can kind of explain why he was standing dead straight in front of the German soldier. Very very glad I had the chance to see this movie.
And The Wild Bean Appears, he is not talking about that scene. He is talking about the scene where he is standing in front of the burning town and a german soldier starts approaching him and you are talking about the song that was sung by the English
That was in a way what they were going for as Sam Mendez stated that he wanted it to be like Schofield had just woken up in hell and the river scene is him returning to earth
This song sound like it belongs in a sci-fi movie where they discover some new world or showing off the vast interior of a spaceship or something like that. Putting this song in a scene of fear and desolation is a juxtaposition that I never thought I needed until now. Beautiful scene, this music perfectly complements it. Kudos to Thomas Newman.
CJ Productions I was discussing with my wife that it almost feels like an alien 🌎 world, or something from the depths of the ocean, something out of a sci fi movie.
@@MechaDray it's the major to minor chordal/harmony shift that creates the sci-fi feeling, it's used in many films and TV series. He's used it here to great effect though.
Zack FISHER ergo that is Eros and Thanatos in a nutshell, something as beautiful but at the same time profoundly horrifying that it could only scream humanity from all angles
Sam Mendes, Thomas Newman and Roger Deakins really fucking outdid themselves with this scene. My mouth was wide open at such a seemingly simple movie moment made truly special and unforgettable.
This scene was nothing short of enthralling. Surreal. Dream-like because of the genius of long takes allowing you to enjoy the visceral scenery of the shadow and light work. I also thought of how you feel when you're extremely tired, things just don't seem "real" in a sense, and you feel like you're floating. Explains why Schofield was just standing there like an idiot while a German was in plain sight in front of him. He was just unaware of reality. That's exactly how it felt to me. One of the shots of the arch silhoueutte behind the fire reminded me of something else but can't put my finger on it. Can anyone help me? Lol
It reminded me of the painting “Invisible Face” by Salvador Dali. A blend of dream & nightmare- the pure meaning of surrealism - just like the films scene.
to me the massive fires and burning magnesium that made day by night just epitomized the sheer magnitude and hence incomprehensibility of war to the single human individual, which is just a little pawn in it. It´s also stunningly beautiful, like a surreal dream
The motif of the fire behind the arches reminded me of "Fire in Rome" by Robert Hubert. Egbert van der Poel has also done some great works depicting fires at night which carry that same ghastly magnesium-esque yellow that 1917 depicted in this scene. I've seen the film just once but this particular sequence compels me to watch it again.
The magic of this piece is the way he pivots around that giant augmented chord. He'll strike you with it, move to a minor chord with the same root, and move through the progression but inevitably you end up back at that augmented chord with the big dynamics. It perfectly embodies the scene, being that it sounds beautiful, almost celestial, whilst simultaneously sounding unsettling and terrifying. It's like an anti resolve. This song is absolutely perfect for this scene. A masterpiece indeed.
Perfectly described. I'm not a musician by any means but I love music. I love how the music just doesn't crescendo once...it does it 5 times. Each one more emotional than the other. That's what hot me. Add in the cinematography of the scene, it's literally perfect.
This movie is like beauty near the horror of war and death. Poetry and Cruelty at the same time. A lot of scenes in 1917 show these two extrem near or together. This beautiful and hypnotising scene in a devastated village is one of those
The poetry comes from the main character's unstoppable urge to survive, to carry out his mission without failure. For me, that spirit of courage against terrible odds breathes through this amazing music.
Thomas Newman is a genius of film composition. Not only for the films he works on but manages somehow to capture the essence of great movies of the past.
The way the music, cinematography, effects, and camera work all came together in this sequence was fantastic. I found myself welling up a bit at all the departments working together in symphony.
I don’t care if you agree, but this part of the movie inevitably produces goosebumps no matter how many times you watch it. What I saw that moment was pure visual poetry, a color, light and shadows ballet in the middle of the desolations...
Like something out of a dream. Like slipping in and out of consciousness and then being thrust back into reality. Its stunning. Its among his best work. This is the score of the year and this is the moment that convinced me so.
I remember seeing the film for the first time on a snowy night in downtown Chicago. The theater (which was huge) was packed but you literally could hear a pin drop it was so quiet. This scene in paticular was so beautiful yet haunting at the same time. I think it is an absolute crime that Thomas Newman didn't win an Oscar for this masterpiece of a score that he created.
I've been in WW1 museums in Ypres and Paschendaele, Belgium with a friend. We've walked in the trenches. We smelled samples of the variety of gasses. Read stories that not even birds and insects survived the gasbombs. We've seen examples of underground shelters. We've seen old bomb craters. And even the spirits still haunt the place. My buddy woke up in the middle of the night in the hotel because he heared a morse code. This movie, but this scene in particular, exhausted, running through ruins, lit by flashlights while dodging German bullets, it's exactly how I imagined it in the museums. How it must have been like when Ypres got obliterated and ruined. Tears of awe seeing all that coming together in the movie 1917. A true masterpiece!
This has to be the most gut-wrenching, heart-jerking scene I've seen in a war film. The score goes along with it perfectly. I am not ashamed to admit that the beauty of this composition caused emotions to swell inside of me I didn't even realise I had. Thank you Mr. Newman.
I teared up in this scene. The music score, raw human emotions, the destruction, imagery, the acting... like watching a painting. Each scene looks as if it was masterfully crafted.
This is why I say Thomas Newman is my favorite composer. Someone wrote once that “Thomas Newman knows something about life that no one else does, that’s how he can make music like this.”, and I think about that often.
This is probably the most haunting and ethereal piece of music I’ve heard. It mostly fills me with emotions that I have no names for, but it somehow has a nostalgic and yet eerie quality. Safe to say I’ve never heard a melody like this, and for that I think this is a masterpiece.
Check out "Fratres" by Arvo Paert and "Cosmo, old friend" from the Soundtrack of the movie "Sneakers" and "Saturn rising" from the soundtrack of the movie "The quiet earth".
Thomas is the best ! This is an outstanding masterpiece. I hope they’ll give him the Oscar he deserves this year. Newman, you’re the reason why I compose music!
This entire scene was just perfect. The cinematography, the music, the build up, the suspense created. Hands down, IMO, the best scene in the film. Gave me chills.
I am a spaniard nurse living in Madrid and coming back home from a crazy evening at the hospital with this corona crisis with empty roads and streets while listening to this absolutely takes my breath away. It trully feels like the end of time.
I'm commenting 2 years later and i must say It was the end of time the period after the pandemic is one of darkness but the birth of a paradigm shift towards Great awakening
This is one of the most surreal scenes in cinema history. It fully drives home the fear, horror, and yet beauty, of devastation. And it clearly shows Schofield's complete alone-ness, and almost despair. I've never watched a scene where the score blended so well with the visuals.
This scene for me is the best scene by far. The tension, the chaos, the darkness, the craziness made by flares, the confusion with light and black, the sadness done by war, the surviving instinct. Perfect scene.
If I didn't know what this piece was from, I would have guessed it was a John Williams score to a 70s Speilberg movie. The ethereal quality to this specific track is masterful.
I've said it a thousand times before and I will say it again. Thomas Newman is the greatest film composer in music history. Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, John Williams, all greats. but none of them make you feel the way Thomas Newman does. Period.
This soundtrack, this piece of music brings out so many feelings that are so in tune with the film. It’s unbelievable. The mysterious feel behind the opening of this score, especially as Schofield and Blake climb from the crater approaching the German front line after crossing no man’s land. That suspense, the eerie quietness from over that peak made even more eerie and mysterious by that single instrument. Then the big approach and that run up over the top, rifles drawn and fear stricken, the orchestra playing on full for that grand entrance into…..nothingness. An empty trench. Abandoned fox holes and tunnels. I’m 30 years old and Saving Private Ryan has been my favourite film since 14-15 years old. Half my life. 1917 took over that spot for me and everybody here knows why. You cannot recreate that feeling, every time I watch this film I watch in suspense and this score is just so unbelievably good. As someone else said. What a masterpiece.
When this scene took place in the movie theater, I sat forward with eyes full of wonder. I don't know if I have ever or ever will see a scene as beautifully mesmerizing as this one. The music perfectly compliments the stunning visuals. Truly amazing!
While the trenches and everything before this scene seemed on a grand scale, it being just Blake and Schofield made also for a bit of intimacy. I’m a student of history but not all history films are masterpieces in my eyes, so while I thought 1917 was indeed great, I did not consider it a masterpiece. Then came this scene with the star shells and this part of the score, and the movie felt truly epic to me in scope. The film transcended greatness and became a masterpiece for me. The climax was riveting and one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in a film, but it was THIS night scene that had me say “ok, this is no longer a question of, ‘where does this film rank among 2019 movies? but of ‘where does this rank all-time?’ which wonderfully set the stage for that mind-blowing finale.
The music starts calmly, then several seconds they send but at an intense pace, that I have chills, it's Became my favorite track of the movie❤ He clearly deserved an Oscar for Thomas Newman. 😢❤
My friend saw 1917 before me and told me to watch out for an amazing scene with an amazing score. The fact that I didn't know which scene he meant is testament to how fucking good 1917 was for me
I search up “best move soundtracks” on TH-cam, and this isn’t there. It’s just the big Blockbuster movie scores that get bored and too comical. This score, however, is the exact opposite. From the gradual increase in pitch, to the constant change in genre. This score, along with the actual movie scene, makes you feel terrified at what happened to the village, but then again, it brings along this kind of tone that makes you appreciate the bright light, I suppose. Magnificent
No matter if he didn't win the Oscar, this piece of music is still a masterpiece, the emotion he gave us is not measured in awards. Congratulations to Hildur and I regret that Sam Mendes did not win as Director, that was unfair
words cannot express how i felt when i saw when this scene played on the big screen. it was unfathomable, all i could say is that it was and is beautiful and breathtaking. in my 14 years of life i havent seen a movie that had a scene like this yet. it just hits differently.
This movie is a gift. Thanks Sam Mendes. I felt so hipnotized watching it, feeling it. No words for all the great work of so many people put together in this movie. I hope to see more cinema of this quality and value in the years to come.
Watching this scene in the movie theater was phenomenal. Yet I felt so sad, I can't explain why. To know these things happened to young men during this war, yet I never learned anything about it in school. We must NEVER ever forget this history. This music represents a time long gone, its survived bury in the ground long ago. May all people who lost their lives in this horrendous war rest in peace.
The first time I saw this film, this part of the score started to come up, and I became absolutely covered in chills. He outdid himself on this one. It's not too often that the first time you hear a piece of music you get chills. Bravo!
2:07 and following. With the horrifying beauty of the demolished town lit up brighter than day by bombs, the music fits perfectly. Newman's music sounds like the soldier/messenger sees a god of war revealed in all its destructive majesty.
1917 is considered one of the best cinematic experiences, but the music that plays during the scene where Schofield runs through the ruins of a desolated town is absolutely breathaking and intense. Thomas Newman truly deserves to be nominated with this score.
I love the feeling of this scene so much, it has something surreal and dreamlike to it because he just woke up with the injury. This overwhelming feeling of seeing the whole city in ruins with the light of the flares that makes everything look mysterious and beautiful but also causes a lot of danger is just incredible.
this is most definitely my favourite piece of music from the film, with the scene (the whole movie was kind of one scene, but you know what i mean) it came from being one of my favourite as well. it was so haunting.
@skinjim123 Seen them in both formats now and Dolby Cinema wins. IMAX with Laser cannot compare in the bunker and night scenes and this type of shot with the flares going off just set them even further apart.
0:00 - 1:20 - that build up from just a few notes alongside the movies visuals was perfection to me. It was inspiring, beautiful, haunting, chilling, magnetizing, mesmerizing, motivating and everything in between. I was glued to the screen. Utterly immense.
Listen to the complete 1917 soundtrack here: soundtracks.lnk.to/1917
95 nominations have had in the Oscar the Newman Dynasty (Thomas with 1917) and others nominations with Randy, Alfred and David Newman.
Thanks! Great piece of art! I made a piano cover of the Night Window over here: th-cam.com/video/_sMPANKkbuM/w-d-xo.html
I keep my finger crossed that Thomas Newman will win the oscar for best film score this time!
beautiful music
@@RickMartinTH-cam I’ve watched the movie 4 times and the sound track rings in my head all the time.
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This scene was like watching a living painting
The scene looked like a diorama depicting the chaos on one side and destruction on the other and probably one of the best scenes I've ever seen
Lindsay Monroe this is exactly what I felt and you gave me the words to say it. Thank you 🙏🏻
Or it was like a real life time lapse
Popk981 Yes! I thought exactly that. I felt I’d crossed into another dimension. Jesus Christ it was beautiful....
My first thought watching the scene was "this is a Bosch painting".
I wanted to say "best scene", but then I remembered that there is actually one scene in the whole movie.
Two
Kind of true because he got knocked out lol
In fact there are some cuts probably 4 but its true that you can't even notice them
@@estertrend3818 believe it or not, the longest scene they filmed in one take was about 7 or 8 minutes. So there were DEFINITLY more than 4 cuts xD
@@SOSRick okay yeah you're right !! Its just from what i noticed. Could have been impossible that they made one scene in 2 hours long haha
I think I'm comfortable calling this movie a masterpiece.
magmablock jus tv saw the movie and I’m almost completely on board with you
Surely agree with you, beautiful shots, message, picture, soundtracks.
I can’t agree more I loved it when the star shots were going off sending those shadows in the destroyed town
Within the first 5 minutes, I knew I was watching something special. By the time this scene was playing I knew I was witnessing a classic.
I would probably say the same thing you're saying.
It’s a crime that this score didn’t get the Oscar.
Joker couldn't have won by very much. Whoever won would've been more than deserving.
I know How the heck Joker won this is THE BEST
While the score in this music is great, i liked Joker a little bit more. The music fits every single scene there perfectly.
its good but joker is better
Agreed. Joker had good subtle atmospheric music but most of it very similar. But this is a masterpiece, reminiscent of Lawrence of Arabia.
This scene was jaw dropping, the slow move towards the window and then floating to the ground. And the colors and lights. Roger Deakins could have just retired with his Oscar but this film is his new magnum opus
This sequence in Dolby Cinema! 😳
Maybe not "magnum opus" because there's a lot in "Blade Runner 2049" that's unparalleled but certainly one of many sequences that reflects and reinforces why Deakins may be the master DP of today.
The flares light up the sky like it was day made me cry
skinjim123 I’m going for a 2nd viewing in IMAX.
Will C I’d definitely have to agree. It’s very hard to beat the cinematography of Blade Runner 2049, but this is definitely a close second for sure
This scene was a masterpiece of cinematography. Will looked like he was literally running towards the gates of hell, braving a sinister alien world of gunfire and flare lights before he can reach it. The courage and utter terror he exudes here is perfectly encapsulated by this epic score.
The flares illuminating the night sky was jaw-dropping
this movie WAS only two scenes, so yeah.
"the gates of hell" is that beautiful and awe inspiring? Really? Cause I felt I was literally reborn when i saw this scene and I felt transcendence with him and climbing out of purgatory to be cleansed (jumping into the river)
@@heathsmog well multiple scenes. But all edited to make it all look like one long take. Really top-notch editing.
Fraser Bathgate ikik; I was joking XD
One of the best reveals in a movie I can remember. The first sight of the ruins with this music playing was pretty jaw dropping.
It felt magical and otherworldly.
Felt like a hazy fever dream
Felt like a glorification of war
@@joshberkin5567 Obviously you didn't see the movie.
@@TheRealHexZombies oh I did. But that moment in particular felt like a romanticization and over the top cheesiness. Otherwise the movie depicted the brutality of war well for the most part. I still think the men in the trenches looked too clean
I was literally left speechless during this scene
I'd hope so since you were in a cinema with other people
You're not supposed to talk during a movie.
There were only 2 scenes lmao
Were you talking during the rest of the movie??
LMFAO u know what i mean 😂
This score sounds like an orchestral masterpiece from the 19th century, not a film score. This man needs an oscar asap.
Absolutely agreed.
If I had the power I’d give him an Oscar for every score he’s ever done. And it still wouldn’t be enough.
It's a shame he's been nominated 14 times in the past and never won. But as much as I love this score, it will likely lose to Joker.
Bruckner anyone?
Whole scene with that music looked and sounded like from some kind of fairy tale with magic city. Definitely not something I've expected in war movie.
Don't get me wrong, Joker's score was impressive too, but this deserved the oscar
EDIT: This was Thomas Newman's 15th oscar nomination without a win. Guy's the Roger Deakins of musicians
It's amazing isn't it? After that many nominations you'd think he would have won for this. He's the Peter O'Toole of music.
You summed it up perfectly.
He should’ve won for finding Nemo as well lol. I know it’s animated but it’s one of my favorite scores of all time
The oscars are shit nowdays anyway, he is leaving a legacy of great osts that improved everything it played along, his work speaks for itself.
I love this soundtrack but honestly I think much of it is “boring” outside the film it accompanies. Joker definitely deserved it imo
Best scene in the film.
which scene is this
ahmad k night scene with flares going off into the sky
I agree
Hands down. What a beauty.
Agree 100%! One of the most artistic scene I have ever scene in a movie
Gah I can't remember the last time I came out of a movie this satisfied. This movie reminded me why we go to the movies. Truly amazing and the night window sequence was out of this world.
I agree. Now all they want to do is remake old movies and stick women in the roles or change the races
@@bigbraingames679 star wars is absolute shit
@@jonbarry4580 the new movies are
Og trilogy? Nah
@@darthgames3 Third movie in the og trilogy is bad
@@andrew3606 i disagree
This scene was stunning as hell. I felt like the character was in a trance, which can kind of explain why he was standing dead straight in front of the German soldier. Very very glad I had the chance to see this movie.
It was unreal.
@Band&Marvel Geek
I couldn't tell if the song was in english or german either at first lol
And The Wild Bean Appears, he is not talking about that scene. He is talking about the scene where he is standing in front of the burning town and a german soldier starts approaching him and you are talking about the song that was sung by the English
@@IngvarMar
Ah ok, I thought he was talking about the scene in the forest
@@IngvarMar
But it's true that Scofield was really in a trance during that scene. He didn't move until the german soldier started shooting 😂
I am SO OBSESSED with this song. It's just so haunting and beautiful and powerful. Gives me chills every time.
Me too. It's great music. Very touching and inspiring.
YES
Listen to Many Meetings, from Lord Of the Rings!
Me too I love haunting scores...check out The Restoration - the Fire
Same where can I find more like this ?
1:21 onwards with the slow reveal of the ruins is like something out of a dream
For a second it looked almost like a bunch of miniatures until he appeared in the street
That was in a way what they were going for as Sam Mendez stated that he wanted it to be like Schofield had just woken up in hell and the river scene is him returning to earth
I agree, seems unreal for a second, more like a nightmare!
It's already 3 years. This soundtrack is magical.
This song sound like it belongs in a sci-fi movie where they discover some new world or showing off the vast interior of a spaceship or something like that. Putting this song in a scene of fear and desolation is a juxtaposition that I never thought I needed until now. Beautiful scene, this music perfectly complements it. Kudos to Thomas Newman.
Total recall - the mutant
CJ Productions I was discussing with my wife that it almost feels like an alien 🌎 world, or something from the depths of the ocean, something out of a sci fi movie.
@@MechaDray it's the major to minor chordal/harmony shift that creates the sci-fi feeling, it's used in many films and TV series. He's used it here to great effect though.
Mecha Dray you’re totally right
I’m getting a Star Wars vibe from this
This scene is pure cinema... motion, lights, music, chills.
I swear Peaky Blinders uses the same in the opening of this song.
There's something so magical and beautiful about this scene. Deakins transformed an image of destruction into a piece of art.
Zack FISHER ergo that is Eros and Thanatos in a nutshell, something as beautiful but at the same time profoundly horrifying that it could only scream humanity from all angles
Sam Mendes, Thomas Newman and Roger Deakins really fucking outdid themselves with this scene. My mouth was wide open at such a seemingly simple movie moment made truly special and unforgettable.
This scene was nothing short of enthralling. Surreal. Dream-like because of the genius of long takes allowing you to enjoy the visceral scenery of the shadow and light work. I also thought of how you feel when you're extremely tired, things just don't seem "real" in a sense, and you feel like you're floating. Explains why Schofield was just standing there like an idiot while a German was in plain sight in front of him. He was just unaware of reality. That's exactly how it felt to me. One of the shots of the arch silhoueutte behind the fire reminded me of something else but can't put my finger on it. Can anyone help me? Lol
The end of Skyfall has a very similar shot. It's done by Sam Mendes and Roger Deakins so it makes sense too
It reminded me of the painting “Invisible Face” by Salvador Dali. A blend of dream & nightmare- the pure meaning of surrealism - just like the films scene.
@@lions1729 Yes I can totally see that.
to me the massive fires and burning magnesium that made day by night just epitomized the sheer magnitude and hence incomprehensibility of war to the single human individual, which is just a little pawn in it. It´s also stunningly beautiful, like a surreal dream
The motif of the fire behind the arches reminded me of "Fire in Rome" by Robert Hubert. Egbert van der Poel has also done some great works depicting fires at night which carry that same ghastly magnesium-esque yellow that 1917 depicted in this scene. I've seen the film just once but this particular sequence compels me to watch it again.
The magic of this piece is the way he pivots around that giant augmented chord. He'll strike you with it, move to a minor chord with the same root, and move through the progression but inevitably you end up back at that augmented chord with the big dynamics. It perfectly embodies the scene, being that it sounds beautiful, almost celestial, whilst simultaneously sounding unsettling and terrifying. It's like an anti resolve. This song is absolutely perfect for this scene. A masterpiece indeed.
Jay Gleason Extremely well said!
An enormous, glorious wagnerian moment..Rheingold prelude reminiscent
Your way of describing this is pretty great
Beautifully expressed 👏🏽
Perfectly described. I'm not a musician by any means but I love music. I love how the music just doesn't crescendo once...it does it 5 times. Each one more emotional than the other. That's what hot me. Add in the cinematography of the scene, it's literally perfect.
Thomas Newman is way overdue for an Oscar. This piece sounds like Wagner. Amazing.
His prelude to The Rhine Gold
@@Divine_R Rather like the ''magic fire music'' at the end of part three of ''Walküre''
He deserves it so much.. Idky the academy doesn't recognize his talent
The Oscar will go to Hildur or Newman
@@douwedejong9781 hmmm I don't think so
This movie is like beauty near the horror of war and death. Poetry and Cruelty at the same time. A lot of scenes in 1917 show these two extrem near or together. This beautiful and hypnotising scene in a devastated village is one of those
The poetry comes from the main character's unstoppable urge to survive, to carry out his mission without failure. For me, that spirit of courage against terrible odds breathes through this amazing music.
They call it the sublime my friend.
This is a film that'll make you cry from its beauty; yet weep for its characters.
Thomas Newman is a genius of film composition. Not only for the films he works on but manages somehow to capture the essence of great movies of the past.
A movie like this, comes once in a very long while. A rare masterpiece.
Exactly.
This scene elevated the film to another level, truly breathtaking.
The way the music, cinematography, effects, and camera work all came together in this sequence was fantastic. I found myself welling up a bit at all the departments working together in symphony.
I don’t care if you agree, but this part of the movie inevitably produces goosebumps no matter how many times you watch it. What I saw that moment was pure visual poetry, a color, light and shadows ballet in the middle of the desolations...
Like something out of a dream. Like slipping in and out of consciousness and then being thrust back into reality. Its stunning. Its among his best work. This is the score of the year and this is the moment that convinced me so.
I remember seeing the film for the first time on a snowy night in downtown Chicago. The theater (which was huge) was packed but you literally could hear a pin drop it was so quiet. This scene in paticular was so beautiful yet haunting at the same time. I think it is an absolute crime that Thomas Newman didn't win an Oscar for this masterpiece of a score that he created.
Till this day I still think about how Newman was absolutely robbed!
I've been in WW1 museums in Ypres and Paschendaele, Belgium with a friend. We've walked in the trenches. We smelled samples of the variety of gasses. Read stories that not even birds and insects survived the gasbombs. We've seen examples of underground shelters. We've seen old bomb craters. And even the spirits still haunt the place.
My buddy woke up in the middle of the night in the hotel because he heared a morse code.
This movie, but this scene in particular, exhausted, running through ruins, lit by flashlights while dodging German bullets, it's exactly how I imagined it in the museums. How it must have been like when Ypres got obliterated and ruined. Tears of awe seeing all that coming together in the movie 1917.
A true masterpiece!
This has to be the most gut-wrenching, heart-jerking scene I've seen in a war film. The score goes along with it perfectly. I am not ashamed to admit that the beauty of this composition caused emotions to swell inside of me I didn't even realise I had. Thank you Mr. Newman.
The emotional weight of this music is incredible. Bravo maestro Newman!
Indeed Bravo!
That swell at 2:19 gives me goosebumps every time
I teared up in this scene. The music score, raw human emotions, the destruction, imagery, the acting... like watching a painting. Each scene looks as if it was masterfully crafted.
The beauty between Civilization and Destruction
That's because they were masterfully crafted
This is why I say Thomas Newman is my favorite composer. Someone wrote once that “Thomas Newman knows something about life that no one else does, that’s how he can make music like this.”, and I think about that often.
Hands down one of my favourite scenes of cinematic history..and the score carried it like its soul.
This is probably the most haunting and ethereal piece of music I’ve heard. It mostly fills me with emotions that I have no names for, but it somehow has a nostalgic and yet eerie quality. Safe to say I’ve never heard a melody like this, and for that I think this is a masterpiece.
siento lo mismo, i feel the same
Check out "Fratres" by Arvo Paert and "Cosmo, old friend" from the Soundtrack of the movie "Sneakers" and "Saturn rising" from the soundtrack of the movie "The quiet earth".
Check out "Reborn" by Colin Stetson, it's from Hereditary
You must listen to Interstellar sound track.
I wish I could rewatch this movie knowing I was watching such a masterpiece. This scene and this song just hit me a certain way.
Sam Mendes + Roger Deakins + Thomas Newman = masterpiece
The reveal of the destroyed city in the night is an epic piece of cinema. Roger Deakins outdid himself, again. A cinematic masterpiece.
Quite possibly the most memorable movie scene I've ever seen in my life. So many conflicting emotions.
this movie is an absolute masterpiece, NEVER have i seen anything like it
One of the greatest composers in Film History. How he has not one an Oscar is one of the greatest travesties.
Thomas is the best ! This is an outstanding masterpiece. I hope they’ll give him the Oscar he deserves this year. Newman, you’re the reason why I compose music!
Same reason I compose too :)
Joker theme>>>
as much as I love this soundtrack, Hildur's work on Joker is on top of this...if it was any other year, this would've taken it
Inticoastal well I still hadn’t heard it. Thank you for this advice, I’ll have a listen!
Joker can win Best Picture. Thomas Newman deserves this Oscar!
this song and the scene matched so absolutely perfectly, walking hand in hand straight to the halls of cinema history
A shame he didn't get an Oscar for this masterpiece of a score.
Powerful, elegant yet haunting. So many emotions in this. Just stunning
This entire scene was just perfect. The cinematography, the music, the build up, the suspense created. Hands down, IMO, the best scene in the film. Gave me chills.
This scene and this music are one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen in a movie...
I am a spaniard nurse living in Madrid and coming back home from a crazy evening at the hospital with this corona crisis with empty roads and streets while listening to this absolutely takes my breath away. It trully feels like the end of time.
Hope you stay safe my friend. Take care
All my best wishes that you and the people of Madrid, Spain, survive this nightmare.
I'm commenting 2 years later and i must say It was the end of time the period after the pandemic is one of darkness but the birth of a paradigm shift towards Great awakening
Worse times to come 2023....this could be the soundtrack to an even darker time....
This is one of the most surreal scenes in cinema history. It fully drives home the fear, horror, and yet beauty, of devastation. And it clearly shows Schofield's complete alone-ness, and almost despair. I've never watched a scene where the score blended so well with the visuals.
I love the scene when this music plays. Probably my favorite scene as one of the characters overlooks a burning town as this score plays
This scene for me is the best scene by far. The tension, the chaos, the darkness, the craziness made by flares, the confusion with light and black, the sadness done by war, the surviving instinct. Perfect scene.
It is, it is. Epic film.
What does it take for this man to win an Oscar? He is second only to John Williams! Yes, I went there.
Him and Desplat are the closest to a modern-day Williams and Morricone
Hildur ghotannotir is better
@@damienf5006 She's great but "1917" is a better score than "Joker"'s.
@@damienf5006 Hildur Ghotannotir's Golden Globe was well deserved, but Thomas Newman deserves to win the Oscar.
Will C I don’t understand why , joker soundtrack is way more emotional
If I didn't know what this piece was from, I would have guessed it was a John Williams score to a 70s Speilberg movie. The ethereal quality to this specific track is masterful.
This was incredible, fit so well with the scene, which was breathtaking!!
War is simultaneously the most horrific and stunning thing humans do, and this scene/movie captured it perfectly.
Well Said my friend
Well said
This score didn't win a Golden Globe; but at least the film won Best Picture.
I've said it a thousand times before and I will say it again. Thomas Newman is the greatest film composer in music history. Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Randy Newman, John Williams, all greats. but none of them make you feel the way Thomas Newman does. Period.
This soundtrack, this piece of music brings out so many feelings that are so in tune with the film. It’s unbelievable.
The mysterious feel behind the opening of this score, especially as Schofield and Blake climb from the crater approaching the German front line after crossing no man’s land. That suspense, the eerie quietness from over that peak made even more eerie and mysterious by that single instrument. Then the big approach and that run up over the top, rifles drawn and fear stricken, the orchestra playing on full for that grand entrance into…..nothingness. An empty trench. Abandoned fox holes and tunnels.
I’m 30 years old and Saving Private Ryan has been my favourite film since 14-15 years old. Half my life. 1917 took over that spot for me and everybody here knows why. You cannot recreate that feeling, every time I watch this film I watch in suspense and this score is just so unbelievably good. As someone else said. What a masterpiece.
Couldn’t agree more. Fantastic soundtrack
This is definitely my favorite part of the movie, especially when Schofield lays on the ground as the flares fly over him
Instant tears. I've since re-watched 1917 twice on the small screen, cursing myself for having missed the theatrical release.
Jesus this is so good even without the astounding visual alongside it.
I hear it every morning when I'm brushing my tooth.
Yeah... I only have one tooth.
When this scene took place in the movie theater, I sat forward with eyes full of wonder. I don't know if I have ever or ever will see a scene as beautifully mesmerizing as this one. The music perfectly compliments the stunning visuals. Truly amazing!
This part of the movie, the lighting, the mood, the soundtrack, it all now lives rent free in my head. Permanently.
While the trenches and everything before this scene seemed on a grand scale, it being just Blake and Schofield made also for a bit of intimacy. I’m a student of history but not all history films are masterpieces in my eyes, so while I thought 1917 was indeed great, I did not consider it a masterpiece.
Then came this scene with the star shells and this part of the score, and the movie felt truly epic to me in scope. The film transcended greatness and became a masterpiece for me. The climax was riveting and one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen in a film, but it was THIS night scene that had me say “ok, this is no longer a question of, ‘where does this film rank among 2019 movies? but of ‘where does this rank all-time?’ which wonderfully set the stage for that mind-blowing finale.
I completely agree with you. Every word.
When heaven and hell merged.
Going to quote you! Cause that’s exactly what it looked and felt like!
I think you describe very well what a lot of people can't say about what they felt while seeing this film.
"Their fires lit up the night, all across Lake Rumare, like stars come to earth...It was beautiful, really."
I think we're the only two here that get that Imperial Soldier reference from Skyrim.
Saw this performed live at the LA Philharmonic yesterday. It was gorgeous.
The music starts calmly, then several seconds they send but at an intense pace, that I have chills, it's Became my favorite track of the movie❤
He clearly deserved an Oscar for Thomas Newman. 😢❤
Uno dei più grandi compositori di tutti i tempi. Grazie Thomas Newman.
My friend saw 1917 before me and told me to watch out for an amazing scene with an amazing score. The fact that I didn't know which scene he meant is testament to how fucking good 1917 was for me
I search up “best move soundtracks” on TH-cam, and this isn’t there. It’s just the big Blockbuster movie scores that get bored and too comical. This score, however, is the exact opposite. From the gradual increase in pitch, to the constant change in genre. This score, along with the actual movie scene, makes you feel terrified at what happened to the village, but then again, it brings along this kind of tone that makes you appreciate the bright light, I suppose. Magnificent
I can safely say this film was of the best I’ve seen. Left the cinema speechless. And the scene with this song was completely awe-inspiring.
This movie changed me as a person
Glenn Sibley Exactly!! This movie had a profound effect on my perspective on life.
Me too.
Same here.
Same
damn right
this movie is more than just a war epic
This scene was breathtaking, made me feel emotions I'd never felt before...masterpiece !
Yeah, me too man. Me too. I've never felt these things with a film. It's a masterpiece.
Still obsessed with this track, particularly the opening.
I cried over this shot. I’ve never been moved by anything before, but this shot made me feel something that I can’t explain.
The Power of Cinema
Me too man. Me too *tear*
1917 was without a doubt one of the most moving pieces of cinema I've ever seen. Thomas Newman's magnum opus. A crowning achievement of cinema.
No matter if he didn't win the Oscar, this piece of music is still a masterpiece, the emotion he gave us is not measured in awards. Congratulations to Hildur and I regret that Sam Mendes did not win as Director, that was unfair
words cannot express how i felt when i saw when this scene played on the big screen.
it was unfathomable, all i could say is that it was and is beautiful and breathtaking.
in my 14 years of life i havent seen a movie that had a scene like this yet. it just hits differently.
Take it from a fellow 14 year old. I feel exactly the same.
Steve Buscemi moment
“How do you do, fellow kids?”
oontur- mench lmao
@@Divine_R "downtown coolsville"
This movie is a gift. Thanks Sam Mendes. I felt so hipnotized watching it, feeling it. No words for all the great work of so many people put together in this movie. I hope to see more cinema of this quality and value in the years to come.
They were all robbed tonight in Hollywood. Unreal.
This scene alone is worth the price of admission
Watching this scene in the movie theater was phenomenal. Yet I felt so sad, I can't explain why. To know these things happened to young men during this war, yet I never learned anything about it in school. We must NEVER ever forget this history. This music represents a time long gone, its survived bury in the ground long ago. May all people who lost their lives in this horrendous war rest in peace.
The first time I saw this film, this part of the score started to come up, and I became absolutely covered in chills. He outdid himself on this one. It's not too often that the first time you hear a piece of music you get chills. Bravo!
Saw this yesterday. I thought I was lifted to a higher plane.
Adi Nugroho sane saw this yesterday 🤘
Toby Leigh saw this last night. I agree
Saw it last night too
2:07 and following. With the horrifying beauty of the demolished town lit up brighter than day by bombs, the music fits perfectly. Newman's music sounds like the soldier/messenger sees a god of war revealed in all its destructive majesty.
1917 is considered one of the best cinematic experiences, but the music that plays during the scene where Schofield runs through the ruins of a desolated town is absolutely breathaking and intense. Thomas Newman truly deserves to be nominated with this score.
This is a big part of why the cinematographer won the academy award. Cause this is a spectacular example of what is possible through film.
How this score did not win the Oscar is beyond me
I love the feeling of this scene so much, it has something surreal and dreamlike to it because he just woke up with the injury. This overwhelming feeling of seeing the whole city in ruins with the light of the flares that makes everything look mysterious and beautiful but also causes a lot of danger is just incredible.
this scene with lighting only coming from the flares above at first, its just sooooooooo good.
this is most definitely my favourite piece of music from the film, with the scene (the whole movie was kind of one scene, but you know what i mean) it came from being one of my favourite as well. it was so haunting.
Just watched this in Dolby Cinema. My goodness!
@skinjim123 Seen them in both formats now and Dolby Cinema wins. IMAX with Laser cannot compare in the bunker and night scenes and this type of shot with the flares going off just set them even further apart.
0:00 - 1:20 - that build up from just a few notes alongside the movies visuals was perfection to me.
It was inspiring, beautiful, haunting, chilling, magnetizing, mesmerizing, motivating and everything in between.
I was glued to the screen. Utterly immense.
Just a beautifully stunning scene
Came for this alone