Such a hauntingly dark, sorrowful yet hopeful song. Pretty much describes the kind of film Disney was going for. They just don't make 'em like this anymore...
True. But this version doesn't seem to have many lyrics. I was listening for the part where it said, 'I'm lost at sea without a friend....this journey will it ever end,'...I looked at other versions but can't find the version where it had those lyrics.
@@toogoodforyou8603 Oh, ok, thank you! I just played and stopped it at the time you mentioned. I didn't realize it would be all the way at or near the end. Thanks!
It is one of my favourite Disney songs ever produced. It is so sad and just the sound of it alone is very 70s, which I love. Even the first few seconds sounds like it could come from the 1976 movie Carrie, it was that dark. Such a wonderful piece of music for anyone who is reaching out for help and struggling in life.
I heard it for the first time in a minute like two years ago and I was feeling like I needed to be rescued by the end of it. The overwhelming sadness and helpless feeling was heavyyyyy.
I put this movie on quite often when I'm in bed for the night. This song just does something to my heart and soul.. I'm usually asleep before they sing R-E-S-C-U-E......
The opening of the rescuers has always stuck with me. The use of still instead of animation as the bottle makes its journey. The power and melancholy of the song. Just a really distinctive way to open a film.
And a good way to save money on the animation. I love this film but it always makes me sad when I watch it when I notice how much corners were cut right and left. It must be the cheapest looking animated film Disney ever produced.
And one of the most beautiful that gets through a variety of emotions from the first tension to the final calm because I feel like there is a hint of hope in the end!
This song is literally brilliant. As a kid I thought that the song’s lyrics were actually the words on the letter that penny wrote in the bottle. And I still choose to believe it as it gives the song another layer to it that I love.
I don't care who you are or what you think but from 1:36 to 2:10 has such good harmonies it makes a person cry. especially how it goes from a major chord to a minor chord. As everyone else has stated, this song and the movie itself is very underrated
I'm glad someone else took note of that section----I agree it's the most stirring part. It's the buildup to the climactic "storm", but the rising tension is even better than the "release", I think. I'm trying to become a little more musically literate, so I wanted to ask ---- you say during that section it switches from a major to minor chord. Is the precise moment that happens at 1:54? It's a noticeable mood shift, and it doubles down at 2:00 to 2:02, which is actually my favorite part of the whole piece, quick as it is.
That minor fall is punctuated by a little French horn solo that gives you the chillbumps. Disney used to have a knack for giving iconic songs to singers like Shelby Flint and Julie Andrews. Shelby had a couple of Top100 songs in the early 60's, but to me this was by far the prettiest song she ever sang! It makes you wonder why she didn't do more.
As a child, this resonated with me and I never understood why. I wanted someone to rescue me without realizing that I was raised in an emotionally abusive, possibly narcissistic family situation. I now understand what my subconscious was telling me and now I’m going to save myself.
The 1970s was a very rough decade for Disney. The death of Walt Disney hit the company really hard. That said, I enjoyed Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and I loved The Rescuers.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 with The Aristocats, those are my all-time most favourite Disney movies. Just about 75 minutes each, but very densely packed :)
It's ironic how despite the death of Walt Disney, the studio managed to put out some of the best movies during this period of time. The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, The Great Mouse Detective, and this movie are some of the best pre-Disney Renaissance movies imo. The Bronze Age in general was very underrated and underappreciated, and in a lot of way, I think is actually better than both the Golden and Silver Ages combined.
This song brings tears to my eyes. I’ve always felt like this movie is just so much darker than other Disney movies. there’s something about the dark, gritty art style and it’s mostly black and green, swampy, almost toxic setting that has always hit me different. This song encapsulates it all, it’s like no other. It perfectly describes the movie, not only in its story but its whole feel, haunting and sorrowful, hopelessly hopeful, if you will. I just watched this movie for the first time in probably 15 years (the last time I watched it, it was on VHS) and the scene where Medusa told Penny that she would never be adopted made me genuinely cry. It really reminded me how surreal the movie truly is, in a different light now that I’m older.
I WAS 3 YRS OLD WHEN MY FATHER TOOK ME TO THE MOVIES TO SEE THIS.. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN MY HEART.. PENNY THE ORPHAN .. ALONE.. JUST WANTING SOMEONE TO RESCUE HER AND BRING HER TO A LOVING FAMILY. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW MY FATHER.. HE PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 12 BUT I MADE THE JOURNEY TO SEE HIS MOTHER WHO HADN'T SEEN ME SINCE 3YRS. OLD.. I CAME BACK 40 YRS LATER.. JUST TO HEAR MY GRANNY SAY I LOOK JUST LIKE MY DADDY.. THE JOURNEY BACK TO A LOVING FAMILY
Sorry guys, I know everyone is talking about the crescendo, which is amazing, as is the whole song... But the first few moments when Penny throws the bottle into the water and the first "Who will rescue me?" is the most powerful moment in this whole movie.
of all the movies I've ever seen, this is the only one where I can still recall the entire CREDITS sequence. They made the dang CREDITS this lovely. Love this movie.
Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston said that this is the best film without Walt Disney. Because it was the return to a classic they did with heart and the last film that The Nine Old Men work on the animation.
Spyro Synes Symbio I also love The Fox and The Hound 🦊🐕 It was something that Walt Disney never show US: A fox and a hound Who didn't know they we're supposed to be enemies.
I'm not a fan of this film (I don't hate it either), but Artie Butler's work on this song in particular is right up there with Enya's Lothlorien and James Horner's Flying Forward in Time as far as hauntingly beautiful music goes.
I am a US Marshall and listening to this song while reminiscing on some of my early cases has put me in a mood. Mind you I am sipping on some Woodford Reserve but still, it's the fact that I reminisce on my past and childhoood to confrim if I am making a difference that counts. Gosh this puts me in the feels. ahhh
Brings back childhood memories with me sitting next to the radiator in my nan's conservatory, gazing up at the TV with a blanket and a cup of hot chocolate, me singing along...
i don't find this movie like a comedy. it's mostly very emotional and somewhat a drama Disney film. i just cry so badly because of penny who is one of the most iconic and very emotional characters i've ever seen. so i find this movie very sad like Schindler's list for instants.
When Medusa "Promised" to take Penney back to the orphanage after she retrieved the diamond i honestly believe she had no intention in returning her back to New York cause Penney would've told the authorities about Medusa and Snoops illegal activities. I believe she would've either kept her as a hostage forever or have her killed. I'm really happy and glad she got back to New York safely and got adopted by a loving caring family!
One of my favorite Disney Movies and this song is amazing! You can just hear the emotional pull throughout this song, and it captures the essence of this movie perfectly. The music and serious, but kid-friendly storytelling is what made Disney movies of old so.. Classic!
I'm only 27 but I remember growing up watching this one so much along with the brave little toaster both amazing movies this is by far the most underrated Disney movie ever!
This is a movie from my childhood. I remember feeling so very scared for penny, and so very happy when they found her. This song and the rescue aid society anthem both touch my heart.
I think the reason this movie never got the praise it deserved was because it was too dark. Unfortunately the opinions of others outweigh the opinions of mine as well as the other commenters here. I always suggest this film to my friends who have children. I think with all this stuff about child abduction we hear about movies like this bring the issue to light. Plus the ending is happy.
Remember taking my sons to see this movie when they were young. I ended up crying to this song and the little girl. 30 years later it still gives me goosebumps.
9 months ago I met a woman who I thought was my savior, someone who could "rescue me". I could not have been happier. She turned out to be my downfall. And I have never felt lower or more hopeless. I don't know why I thought listening to this was a good idea. But it's still a great song and movie.
I remember when this first came out seeing it in the theater, and crying during the "Who Will Rescue Me" song. They had talent back then. Even for a child as young as I was to "feel" the emotions of the music. 💖
Oh my! I have looked for this soundtrack before and couldn't find it... I last listened to it as a very small child when I was 5 or 6 years old - I'm 42 now. It is amazing how music takes you straight back in time...
This movie came out shortly after my father had died. I was 10 years old. I was in so much pain from losing him. I felt so lost and confused, just devastated and bewildered that I would never again see my father. Never be able to consult with him as I was growing into a man. Never learn anything else from him, like how to tie a tie, or how to shave, or how to deal with various situations in life that I would face as I grew older. Even though I had my little sister and my mom, I still felt completely alone, adrift in a sea of pain and suffering, not knowing where I might end up or what the future held. Every day I wondered, "who will rescue me? Who will take me away from all this pain and anguish? I'm just a little kid, I'm not equipped to deal with this! I need my Daddy! Why was he taken from me? Please.....please.... somebody help me." So I really connected with these lyrics. I still do from time to time, especially when I'm depressed. Who hasn't felt lost at sea, without a friend, wondering when the journey of suffering would ever end?
I felt the same way when I lost my mom 4 years ago. Btw she was a musician and played the oboe. When I hear the oboe with this song, it really pulls at my heartstrings.😢
The music in this film. Just goosebumps everywhere immediately. I’m now 30 and this was one of my favourite films as a child. I still love it to this day, and now my two daughters love it too 💞
How special it is to come to this video and be able to have such powerful shared experiences with everyone in the comments. I’m so glad to know that there are other people out there who resonate with this song as much as I do; it makes the world a little less lonely.
I lowkey love this film. If I’m not mistaken this was the first Disney film Don Bluth worked on and it really shows with the cinematography and character design. Most underrated Disney film IMO
5outh5ide I watched the film today with my Mum in the midst of this coronavirus lockdown and some of the moments really resonated with life. The faith is a bluebird scene and the song Tomorrow Is Another Day, I’m a 27 year old woman and I was a silent crying mess!!!
I listen to this song whenever I feel stagnant and stuck in a world filled with nothing but pain, no escape, and no way to fix it. That's when I'm waiting for someone to rescue me
I've found that even if I haven't seen a movie in years(in this movie's case), or even if the movie was a total bomb(NOT in this movie's case) I'll still give it credit if it has really good music.
My favorite Disney animated film of the 70's. It has heart and poignancy, and not too much evil, or comic relief. I watched it again recently and had a great time. Can't imagine it without Geraldine Page, Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor; all delightful. There are some wonderful little sequences to enjoy, like when Madam Medusa is removing her makeup and false eyelashes while talking to Penny. 😁 And the opening credits (art and song), simply wonderful.
Hey, as I’m typing this, the date is January, Friday the 13th, and I thought because of the date, it would be a perfect time to say how great of a movie this is, seriously, the characters, the music, the writing, the dialogue, it’s all so sweet. I hope this movie gets more recognition than it has, and deserves.
I loved this movie as a little one. Penny's story resonated with me. So much expectation was placed on her with so little regard for her feelings. She was an innocent child. All she needed was love and acceptance. The longer I live, the more I appreciate this. I've faced a lot of rejection and cruelty in my life. I have worsening mental health issues. I don't feel I'm worth love, and I don't know for certain if that's my fault or if I've been conditioned to feel that way. The longer I live the more I fear no rescue is ever coming and that the suffering will never end. This song hurts, but it understands. I'm lost at sea too.
@Aimee DeQuoy hey, i just wanted to tell you Jesus loves you. God created you specially and uniquely, and loved you so much He died to pay for your sins and to make a way for you to be with Him forever. He thought you were that worth it. i’ve struggled with feelings of worthlessness and guilt and what’s often felt like never ending depression. but i’ve found that there IS light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s Jesus. He doesn’t reject you, He loves you and He’s the true Rescuer. putting your faith and trust in Him is seeing the sun shining through the storm. you’ll never be alone again 💗 sorry to bother you, i just wanted to encourage you 🥲 i’m praying for you 💙
@@10yrsy You weren't bothering me at all! I don't formally practice any religion, but I believe in your faith that Jesus is looking out for me too. Thank you for sharing your faith in such a kind way, and thank you for your prayers. I'm sorry you've struggled with those feelings and with depression, but I'm happy you found that light. You are worth it! I believe the more people like you are out there, the more sources of kindness and understanding, the less suffering there will be. I'll pray for you too. Please take care.
The beginning of this movie and the intro section that plays this song is EVERYTHING missing from modern Disney films. This is called having "soul"; passion behind what you're making. Modern Disney is fucking soulless. It's not about passion, it's about appealing to corporate figureheads obsessed with trends and statistics. Movies like this literally don't exist anymore, or at least aren't being made. And that's a terrifying thing for a 90's kid like myself to grasp. Movies like this, Hook with Robin Williams, Breakfast Club... They understood how to take simple plots or settings and make them magical.
This is so nostalgic so many people don’t even know how nostalgia this is giving. My mother used to put this on when I had trouble sleeping and I wouldn’t and go half way threw the intro cause it’s just a drug.
RIP Joe Flynn as this was his last film before passing away in July of 1974 to a Heart attack while swimming in his family pool and found underwater at the bottom of the pool too
This movie's score sounded so different and distinct compared to the Disney movies scores by George Bruns. I respect the guy, but his scores often resulted in many Disney movies feeling very samey musically. Whereas this one has a more melancholy, dire and yet epic feel to it, which perfectly compliments and enhances the type of movie that this is. 😊
One of the Best Disney Classics EVER made it was my favourite as a kid i consider it in the top 3 Best animation Disney Films ever and the Best Kids movie of all time that had real actors as well as cartoons was Merry Popins.
the Storm part of the song is so amazing such drama at its highest and more angsty way happening as for a while you don´t know if the bottle survived it or not. I´ve just have noticed how amazing and haunting is the eerie high vocals of Shelby Flint there to create more pathos of anxiety about it, I thought it was just mostly the instrumental score and maybe her voice doing a chorus of gravitas, as the "Ahhh" but NO she actually keeps singing very hauntlying higher following the score. I think at the neutral Spanish international version, that wasn´t so used or noticed and seemed she sings less only for the dramatic slightly lower echos parts of the raging sea waves, but the eerie higher tunes weren´t so much noticeable then... the original English version is better about it.
i'm convinced it was early disney soundtracks that began my passion for music... and percussion. i could hear those cymbals and timps as a kid and loved them.
Such a hauntingly dark, sorrowful yet hopeful song. Pretty much describes the kind of film Disney was going for. They just don't make 'em like this anymore...
True. But this version doesn't seem to have many lyrics. I was listening for the part where it said, 'I'm lost at sea without a friend....this journey will it ever end,'...I looked at other versions but can't find the version where it had those lyrics.
@@brynne77 that’s the one I’m looking for as well. Did you happen to find it?
@@brynne77 2:52
@@toogoodforyou8603 Oh, ok, thank you! I just played and stopped it at the time you mentioned. I didn't realize it would be all the way at or near the end. Thanks!
@@perfectcorruption6611 Hi Perfect Corruption, the time they start singing that short little phrase is at 2:52.
One of the most melancholic songs for a film ever written.
It is one of my favourite Disney songs ever produced. It is so sad and just the sound of it alone is very 70s, which I love. Even the first few seconds sounds like it could come from the 1976 movie Carrie, it was that dark. Such a wonderful piece of music for anyone who is reaching out for help and struggling in life.
@@mikeshirleyforever I agree its definitely for people reaching out and feel they need to be rescued
I heard it for the first time in a minute like two years ago and I was feeling like I needed to be rescued by the end of it. The overwhelming sadness and helpless feeling was heavyyyyy.
I put this movie on quite often when I'm in bed for the night. This song just does something to my heart and soul.. I'm usually asleep before they sing R-E-S-C-U-E......
This and Someone’s Waiting For You
The opening of the rescuers has always stuck with me. The use of still instead of animation as the bottle makes its journey. The power and melancholy of the song. Just a really distinctive way to open a film.
And a good way to save money on the animation. I love this film but it always makes me sad when I watch it when I notice how much corners were cut right and left. It must be the cheapest looking animated film Disney ever produced.
This is sad song
Most under rated disney song ever
It's true.
I agree! Much better than "Let It Go" or "Hakuna Matata".
And one of the most beautiful that gets through a variety of emotions from the first tension to the final calm because I feel like there is a hint of hope in the end!
princepeterwolf this is my childhood here
I love this song 🎶,I actually posted that I loved this song and they removed my post ? Did I say something wrong ,how strange
This song is literally brilliant. As a kid I thought that the song’s lyrics were actually the words on the letter that penny wrote in the bottle. And I still choose to believe it as it gives the song another layer to it that I love.
I don't care who you are or what you think but from 1:36 to 2:10 has such good harmonies it makes a person cry. especially how it goes from a major chord to a minor chord. As everyone else has stated, this song and the movie itself is very underrated
I'm glad someone else took note of that section----I agree it's the most stirring part. It's the buildup to the climactic "storm", but the rising tension is even better than the "release", I think.
I'm trying to become a little more musically literate, so I wanted to ask ---- you say during that section it switches from a major to minor chord. Is the precise moment that happens at 1:54? It's a noticeable mood shift, and it doubles down at 2:00 to 2:02, which is actually my favorite part of the whole piece, quick as it is.
@@Marbles471 I know some musical terms, played in school band for 9 years, but you would be correct when you say the mood shifts, and it is at 1:54
That minor fall is punctuated by a little French horn solo that gives you the chillbumps. Disney used to have a knack for giving iconic songs to singers like Shelby Flint and Julie Andrews. Shelby had a couple of Top100 songs in the early 60's, but to me this was by far the prettiest song she ever sang! It makes you wonder why she didn't do more.
I thought it was backwards: minor to major then back to minor?
@@TheEliminator1992 it very well could be I'm not 100% sure on that. I can't find any sheet music on this to confirm it
This makes me cry. We all need someone to rescue us sometimes.
I'm lost at sea without a friend... This journey will it ever end...?
Chris SunsetHunter94 my favorite part of the song💕
❤
Poor Penny
These words cut me to the core. A gorgeous piece that never gets enough love.
Poor Penny. A little girl that was kidnapped and all alone in a bad place. She really is brave.
Reminds me of someone else…(orcas at seaworld)
She was dopted in the end. :)
@@jaybenton7716 yayyy (orcas were taken out of seaworld and into the ocean)
As a child, this resonated with me and I never understood why. I wanted someone to rescue me without realizing that I was raised in an emotionally abusive, possibly narcissistic family situation. I now understand what my subconscious was telling me and now I’m going to save myself.
Glad you realized that. I hope everything is fine for you now.
Only Jesus Christ can save us
Good luck out there! We believe in you!
This makes me feel hopeless and hopeful at the same time...
Yes!!
1970s Disney gotta bring this style back
The 1970s was a very rough decade for Disney. The death of Walt Disney hit the company really hard. That said, I enjoyed Robin Hood, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and I loved The Rescuers.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 with The Aristocats, those are my all-time most favourite Disney movies. Just about 75 minutes each, but very densely packed :)
Besides the racism, yeh
I love most if not all of the 60’s and 70’s Disney films but it really wasn’t a good period for the studio.
It's ironic how despite the death of Walt Disney, the studio managed to put out some of the best movies during this period of time. The Fox and the Hound, Robin Hood, The Great Mouse Detective, and this movie are some of the best pre-Disney Renaissance movies imo. The Bronze Age in general was very underrated and underappreciated, and in a lot of way, I think is actually better than both the Golden and Silver Ages combined.
Haven't seen that movie in years. Ssuch a haunting song though.
This song brings tears to my eyes. I’ve always felt like this movie is just so much darker than other Disney movies. there’s something about the dark, gritty art style and it’s mostly black and green, swampy, almost toxic setting that has always hit me different. This song encapsulates it all, it’s like no other. It perfectly describes the movie, not only in its story but its whole feel, haunting and sorrowful, hopelessly hopeful, if you will. I just watched this movie for the first time in probably 15 years (the last time I watched it, it was on VHS) and the scene where Medusa told Penny that she would never be adopted made me genuinely cry. It really reminded me how surreal the movie truly is, in a different light now that I’m older.
I WAS 3 YRS OLD WHEN MY FATHER TOOK ME TO THE MOVIES TO SEE THIS.. IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN MY HEART.. PENNY THE ORPHAN .. ALONE.. JUST WANTING SOMEONE TO RESCUE HER AND BRING HER TO A LOVING FAMILY. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME I SAW MY FATHER.. HE PASSED AWAY WHEN I WAS 12 BUT I MADE THE JOURNEY TO SEE HIS MOTHER WHO HADN'T SEEN ME SINCE 3YRS. OLD.. I CAME BACK 40 YRS LATER.. JUST TO HEAR MY GRANNY SAY I LOOK JUST LIKE MY DADDY.. THE JOURNEY BACK TO A LOVING FAMILY
I know this comment is three years old but that's amazing God rest your dad's soul I lost mine October 2021
It’s a little scary for a 3 year old
In my opinion this is the best melancholy film of the disney.
I thought Bambi was the most melancholic Disney movie of all time.
Sorry guys, I know everyone is talking about the crescendo, which is amazing, as is the whole song... But the first few moments when Penny throws the bottle into the water and the first "Who will rescue me?" is the most powerful moment in this whole movie.
I completely agree. I was stunned when I first reached that part. It totally gripped me
No I'm not crying, you're crying :(
I am...
Still doesn’t beat fox and the hound. Grown men cry during “goodbye may seem forever”
Its ok people cry yea but I don’t cry I work out and have hobbies
of all the movies I've ever seen, this is the only one where I can still recall the entire CREDITS sequence. They made the dang CREDITS this lovely. Love this movie.
I think this is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. So touching and harrowing...
Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston said that this is the best film without Walt Disney. Because it was the return to a classic they did with heart and the last film that The Nine Old Men work on the animation.
Diego Umberto Martínez Alpuche Actually not properly the last (The Fox and the Hound was). But you're still wright.
Spyro Synes Symbio I also love The Fox and The Hound 🦊🐕 It was something that Walt Disney never show US: A fox and a hound Who didn't know they we're supposed to be enemies.
And Let’s not forget the legendary Don Bluth😊
This music was powerfully beautiful and mostly powerful music ever.
I'm not a fan of this film (I don't hate it either), but Artie Butler's work on this song in particular is right up there with Enya's Lothlorien and James Horner's Flying Forward in Time as far as hauntingly beautiful music goes.
I am a US Marshall and listening to this song while reminiscing on some of my early cases has put me in a mood. Mind you I am sipping on some Woodford Reserve but still, it's the fact that I reminisce on my past and childhoood to confrim if I am making a difference that counts. Gosh this puts me in the feels. ahhh
Man!!!!! Listen!!!! 1:18-2:50 makes me cry no matter how emotionless I was before I started listening
Brings back childhood memories with me sitting next to the radiator in my nan's conservatory, gazing up at the TV with a blanket and a cup of hot chocolate, me singing along...
Man, now you got me reminiscing about my childhood...
Not everyone was lucky to have someone like her like you were. ..
This movie is my favorite as a kid. The song is beautiful opening sence.
Nostalgic doesn't begin to cover this one.
i don't find this movie like a comedy. it's mostly very emotional and somewhat a drama Disney film. i just cry so badly because of penny who is one of the most iconic and very emotional characters i've ever seen. so i find this movie very sad like Schindler's list for instants.
All Penny wanted was a home, but Medusa was such a bitch.
TheGameTamer That’s what I thought to, when Medusa says that to her.
When Medusa "Promised" to take Penney back to the orphanage after she retrieved the diamond i honestly believe she had no intention in returning her back to New York cause Penney would've told the authorities about Medusa and Snoops illegal activities. I believe she would've either kept her as a hostage forever or have her killed. I'm really happy and glad she got back to New York safely and got adopted by a loving caring family!
Very part Penny wishing a parents
That climactic moment that starts around 2:08... perfection.
One of my favorite Disney Movies and this song is amazing! You can just hear the emotional pull throughout this song, and it captures the essence of this movie perfectly. The music and serious, but kid-friendly storytelling is what made Disney movies of old so.. Classic!
They don't make them like they use to huh....😕😢🧡
Who else is ugly crying to this song in 2019?😭😭😭
I always ugly cry listening to this song
2020 but yes...so much...
2020 august
@@noface3356 What happened in August?
2021 still crying my eyes out😭
Such an underrated movie!
The sequel is better but the original is fantastic.
@@ultrairrelevantnobody1862 I agree I love both movies.
2:51 love her singing. Whoooo willlll reeesssccuuuee meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
I'm only 27 but I remember growing up watching this one so much along with the brave little toaster both amazing movies this is by far the most underrated Disney movie ever!
:47 …….CHILLS. To me, doing a chord progression like that is one of the greatest things you can do in music. It's SO gorgeous.
This is a movie from my childhood. I remember feeling so very scared for penny, and so very happy when they found her. This song and the rescue aid society anthem both touch my heart.
I think the reason this movie never got the praise it deserved was because it was too dark. Unfortunately the opinions of others outweigh the opinions of mine as well as the other commenters here. I always suggest this film to my friends who have children. I think with all this stuff about child abduction we hear about movies like this bring the issue to light. Plus the ending is happy.
Remember taking my sons to see this movie when they were young. I ended up crying to this song and the little girl. 30 years later it still gives me goosebumps.
Artie Butler's "The Journey" is a work of genius!
I was listening to "I believe I can fly" and it really reminded me of this. I had to come back and listen.
9 months ago I met a woman who I thought was my savior, someone who could "rescue me". I could not have been happier. She turned out to be my downfall. And I have never felt lower or more hopeless. I don't know why I thought listening to this was a good idea. But it's still a great song and movie.
Damn to that shift at 2:10 always makes me want to cry...
Honestly the late 70’s-mid 80’s Disney songs were unparalleled. So much emotion, and amazing soaring melodies. Growing up in this era was so amazing.
I remember when this first came out seeing it in the theater, and crying during the "Who Will Rescue Me" song. They had talent back then. Even for a child as young as I was to "feel" the emotions of the music. 💖
Even in 2020 I get chills from this
Oh my! I have looked for this soundtrack before and couldn't find it... I last listened to it as a very small child when I was 5 or 6 years old - I'm 42 now. It is amazing how music takes you straight back in time...
I cry the whole way through this movie because the artwork is beautiful and the music is heart wrenching
This movie came out shortly after my father had died. I was 10 years old. I was in so much pain from losing him. I felt so lost and confused, just devastated and bewildered that I would never again see my father. Never be able to consult with him as I was growing into a man. Never learn anything else from him, like how to tie a tie, or how to shave, or how to deal with various situations in life that I would face as I grew older. Even though I had my little sister and my mom, I still felt completely alone, adrift in a sea of pain and suffering, not knowing where I might end up or what the future held. Every day I wondered, "who will rescue me? Who will take me away from all this pain and anguish? I'm just a little kid, I'm not equipped to deal with this! I need my Daddy! Why was he taken from me? Please.....please.... somebody help me." So I really connected with these lyrics. I still do from time to time, especially when I'm depressed. Who hasn't felt lost at sea, without a friend, wondering when the journey of suffering would ever end?
I’m with you there
I felt the same way when I lost my mom 4 years ago. Btw she was a musician and played the oboe. When I hear the oboe with this song, it really pulls at my heartstrings.😢
Shelby Flint is such a lovely singer. Haunting, melancholy and hopeful.
The music in this film. Just goosebumps everywhere immediately. I’m now 30 and this was one of my favourite films as a child. I still love it to this day, and now my two daughters love it too 💞
Two movies i never watch from my childhood: this, and the land before time. Why? For the same reasons: I cry my eyes apart. Every. Single. Time.
How special it is to come to this video and be able to have such powerful shared experiences with everyone in the comments. I’m so glad to know that there are other people out there who resonate with this song as much as I do; it makes the world a little less lonely.
I love the Rescuers! One of the best classics from Disney.
Better Than THE CHIPMUNK ADVENTURE 1987
Such a beautiful song. :')
I was actually crying BEFORE I put this on AFTER Id decided to...THATS what a powerful song it is...
This song is hauntingly beautiful...
I lowkey love this film. If I’m not mistaken this was the first Disney film Don Bluth worked on and it really shows with the cinematography and character design. Most underrated Disney film IMO
My favorite cartoon from childhood. I loved watching it during the Christmas holidays.
Excellent idea! On my to do list next Christmas 😊
So beautiful and majestic. I always thought this was beautiful
This whole movie Sums up a portion of my childhood
Shelby flint did an outstanding job with vocals!
Anyone here in 2020? Corona virus and self isolation reminded me of this song #RescueMe
5outh5ide I watched the film today with my Mum in the midst of this coronavirus lockdown and some of the moments really resonated with life. The faith is a bluebird scene and the song Tomorrow Is Another Day, I’m a 27 year old woman and I was a silent crying mess!!!
@@nicolayoung2181 I'm older than u and I cried too sis! Xx
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음악 너무 위대하네요 음악에서 인생이 들려요
I listen to this song whenever I feel stagnant and stuck in a world filled with nothing but pain, no escape, and no way to fix it. That's when I'm waiting for someone to rescue me
I've found that even if I haven't seen a movie in years(in this movie's case), or even if the movie was a total bomb(NOT in this movie's case) I'll still give it credit if it has really good music.
metademetra The Original Rescuers wasnt a bomb, it was actually the last successful movie until The Little Mermaid
Beautiful made me cry singing with her beautiful Angel voice
You'd have to be made of stone not to have this song move you. It's done magnificently. :P
My goodness! I had this album when I was a child! I remember the bottle in the ocean.
You had the SOUNDTRACK!?! Or did you mean to say you had the original movie?
My favorite Disney animated film of the 70's. It has heart and poignancy, and not too much evil, or comic relief. I watched it again recently and had a great time. Can't imagine it without Geraldine Page, Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor; all delightful. There are some wonderful little sequences to enjoy, like when Madam Medusa is removing her makeup and false eyelashes while talking to Penny. 😁 And the opening credits (art and song), simply wonderful.
When I was a kid I always wondered why she was pulling off her eyelashes, I thought they were real 😂
@@jcs1275 LOL!
and The Late Joe Flynn Too.
@@vhsdvdsupdateschannel3581 Memorable character actor.
Hey, as I’m typing this, the date is January, Friday the 13th, and I thought because of the date, it would be a perfect time to say how great of a movie this is, seriously, the characters, the music, the writing, the dialogue, it’s all so sweet. I hope this movie gets more recognition than it has, and deserves.
This has to be one of the most beautiful songs I’ve ever heard….My God
I loved this movie as a little one. Penny's story resonated with me. So much expectation was placed on her with so little regard for her feelings. She was an innocent child. All she needed was love and acceptance. The longer I live, the more I appreciate this. I've faced a lot of rejection and cruelty in my life. I have worsening mental health issues. I don't feel I'm worth love, and I don't know for certain if that's my fault or if I've been conditioned to feel that way. The longer I live the more I fear no rescue is ever coming and that the suffering will never end. This song hurts, but it understands. I'm lost at sea too.
@Aimee DeQuoy hey, i just wanted to tell you Jesus loves you. God created you specially and uniquely, and loved you so much He died to pay for your sins and to make a way for you to be with Him forever. He thought you were that worth it.
i’ve struggled with feelings of worthlessness and guilt and what’s often felt like never ending depression. but i’ve found that there IS light at the end of the tunnel, and it’s Jesus. He doesn’t reject you, He loves you and He’s the true Rescuer. putting your faith and trust in Him is seeing the sun shining through the storm. you’ll never be alone again 💗
sorry to bother you, i just wanted to encourage you 🥲 i’m praying for you 💙
@@10yrsy You weren't bothering me at all! I don't formally practice any religion, but I believe in your faith that Jesus is looking out for me too. Thank you for sharing your faith in such a kind way, and thank you for your prayers.
I'm sorry you've struggled with those feelings and with depression, but I'm happy you found that light. You are worth it! I believe the more people like you are out there, the more sources of kindness and understanding, the less suffering there will be. I'll pray for you too. Please take care.
I'm trying to tap that
This movie should be on every Top 10 Animated Films of All Time!
In terms of indescribably beautiful Disney songs, this is a close second to "Feed the Birds".
This was the best Disney era there was
What a wonderful time!
Best opening song to a movie 💕
Omg the bottle and the storm..... I've seen this movie over 1000 times since childhood but today it brought tears out my eyes
this is the softest banger of alll time
I cried to this
The beginning of this movie and the intro section that plays this song is EVERYTHING missing from modern Disney films.
This is called having "soul"; passion behind what you're making.
Modern Disney is fucking soulless. It's not about passion, it's about appealing to corporate figureheads obsessed with trends and statistics.
Movies like this literally don't exist anymore, or at least aren't being made.
And that's a terrifying thing for a 90's kid like myself to grasp.
Movies like this, Hook with Robin Williams, Breakfast Club... They understood how to take simple plots or settings and make them magical.
This was in my head All day today Love this song...Disney back in the day was Always the Best
When oboe is being used to play this song's repeated theme :')
This is so nostalgic so many people don’t even know how nostalgia this is giving. My mother used to put this on when I had trouble sleeping and I wouldn’t and go half way threw the intro cause it’s just a drug.
This intro pretty much sums up the film we were about to see. Wished they still made movies like this.
Tears every time
RIP Joe Flynn as this was his last film before passing away in July of 1974 to a Heart attack while swimming in his family pool and found underwater at the bottom of the pool too
I'm lost at Sea :Without a Friend!!!!!
This movie's score sounded so different and distinct compared to the Disney movies scores by George Bruns. I respect the guy, but his scores often resulted in many Disney movies feeling very samey musically. Whereas this one has a more melancholy, dire and yet epic feel to it, which perfectly compliments and enhances the type of movie that this is. 😊
One of the Best Disney Classics EVER made it was my favourite as a kid i consider it in the top 3 Best animation Disney Films ever and the Best Kids movie of all time that had real actors as well as cartoons was Merry Popins.
Not one of my favourite Disney films but certainly my favourite from the Dark Age.
It’s a shame there isn’t a extended version of this song because it’s beautiful ❤️ hope this will be on disney+ soon 🙂
Karsten Mulder it is on Disney+ I watched it two days ago
...it's still on Disney + happened to have watched it on August 2023.
The oboe solo is sooooo beautiful
This song helped me get through some very rough times as a child.
I watched this when I was about 6 and recently rewatched it, and this song touched me alot more when I recently watched it. ❤️
the Storm part of the song is so amazing such drama at its highest and more angsty way happening as for a while you don´t know if the bottle survived it or not. I´ve just have noticed how amazing and haunting is the eerie high vocals of Shelby Flint there to create more pathos of anxiety about it, I thought it was just mostly the instrumental score and maybe her voice doing a chorus of gravitas, as the "Ahhh" but NO she actually keeps singing very hauntlying higher following the score. I think at the neutral Spanish international version, that wasn´t so used or noticed and seemed she sings less only for the dramatic slightly lower echos parts of the raging sea waves, but the eerie higher tunes weren´t so much noticeable then... the original English version is better about it.
The rescuers isn’t exactly on my list of favorite Disney films, but this song is something I always come back to.
This brings back memories.
i'm convinced it was early disney soundtracks that began my passion for music... and percussion. i could hear those cymbals and timps as a kid and loved them.
It almost put you in the mind of Highway to Heaven ❤️❤️
Every time I watched this movie as a kid this song makes me cry every time I hear it and it still does to this day
It didn’t make me cry, but it gives me chills. I *LOVE* this move. ^-^