I have the soundtrack on CD. I still listen to it regularly. It is perfect. It brings the mood to the movie like no other that I have seen or heard. Not even the Lord of the Rings did this as well as Conan. Long live Conan of Cimmeria!!
No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important!”
Name 3 song titles from the Lord of the Rings. And there are a lot of people that would make the argument this was the best Score of All Films, or at the very least is in the conversation.
The late 70's and 80's in my humble opinion the Golden Age of Fantasy in movies, gaming and art. Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, Dragon Slayer, Wizards, Legend, etc. Dungeons and Dragons and all the spin off genres in gaming from that, to the art of Frazetta, Vallejo, Elmor, Easley and Caldwell. I am SO happy to have had my elementary, middle and high school years during these times. Class of 89' so just perfect to have absorbed it all. Sorry to say with exception of maybe Jackson's LotR and Game of Thrones nothing comes close to those two decades for sheer volume of all things fantasy that came out.
Being a very young child through the 80's (slept over Masters of the Universe at the drive-in...), nonetheless I was still moved by the influence such works have had in my creative drive. A time when story and proper Special FX had sway over the CGI overuse and vacuous titillation of nowadays. (disclaimer: I like them T 'n A's fine enuff, thank you very much; just try to make sense when you include them, instead of catering to the sweaty virgin demographic...)
@@HaraldundIch This movie has flaws, but Total Recall is more perfect. This is the best movie adaptation of Howard's stories. From start to ending this movie has pure testosterone and good portion of action.
The orgy music is one of the greatest composition ever done for a movie. The music is not only beautiful, it sounds also very original for a movie telling a story a long long long time ago. Even before Roman Empire. This music sounds like a peplum music but we are a SO far from this period, it gives to the cult an identity ahead of its time. It's like a decadent atmosphere. A decadent of a young civilisation at the beginning of human time. And this music gives an atmosphere so sophisticated to the area that Conan, Valeria and Subotaï seems like PERFECT STRANGER to this universe. The music sounds like a peplum orgy, and the wild barbarian seems totaly out of this ambiance... and that's the objective. It's so different than the compositions of today which are just telling us EXACTLY what we are looking at on screen. The music of today composition just gives 1 dimension of the scene where it's played. When you listen to Zimmer for exemple or Williams, the music is linked to a specific character or to a very particular scene. Imperial March (an extraordinary composition) just gives a majesty and evilness to Darth Vader and his imperial faction. The orgy music succeed in telling many different things AT THE SAME TIME. It tells something about Thulsa's culture. It tells something about the decadence of it. It tells something about how stranger Conan is to this place. And the music do not sounds as a classical evil theme for the antagonist faction (where we are actually). No, it's a beautiful, pleasant and entertaining music.
It feels to me Basil Poledouris tapped into his Greek heritage and looked at ancient Greek scales and melodies to inspire him. An amazing soundtrack for an amazing movie. RIP Basil Poledouris.
a fantasic film. a work of art. the cinematics, the script, the acting, the costumes, the make up art, the music, the sets and scenery, the flemish symbolism....all godlike. kudos to the makers and everyone involved.
the problem with movie critics is they think they are too good for the rest of us. screw the critics from time magazine. i love this movie it's epic in multiple layers
@@AkseliTalvitie yeah, Conan the Destroyer?............. Hell, i don't EVER watch it! If I've got an itch to watch CONAN, I'll just wait till it comes on tv, or just watch nothing or use the DVD or Netflix, or YOU TUBE, there's no competition when comes to which Conan movie to watch!
I wish they could make the next movie the same way as the first two. All real effects. No CGI. Maybe even using the same kind of cameras so all three movies have the same look.
Poledouris is a demigod send to Earth to make the perfect music for Conan The Barbarian. I hope he will be called on once more when the next real Conan movie is made with Schwarzenegger, I read somewhere it'll be Conan the Legend.
Unfortunately the next Conan Film, might be called "Conan The Remembered". As usual the problem is the person, or people who bought the copyrights from the creator of the subject ( The Howard estate), don't know what their doing, so it takes them 20 some odd years till someone speaks to them in A language they can undetstand 💰? Or they figure it out on their own, hopefully before Arnold's in A Nursing Home. Supposedly it is still trying to be done, with Arnold, and with A working title of "King Conan".
In fairness, animals have a tougher time voicing their concerns and rely more on others to do so for them. Now, let's get back to enjoying Conan the Barbarian. :)
MarkL03 0:20 he talks briefly about the camouflage paint. Would have loved to hear more from him in this "Making of...", Gerry Lopez, like Mako Iwamatsu were perfectly cast.
i'm ok with that. the only thing is that its hard to repeat a masterpiece. like conan the destroyer was an ok movie....nothing like barbarian. but its to be expected because to make a sequel as good as the original is hard to do. 2 things that should be the focus in the next and final conan is that 1-arnold looks like the way he does at the end of barbarian, ie, he has grey hair and that grey beard. 2-that they make the imagery/cinematics with memorable shots. lastly poledouris's music stays.
We don't need to repeat anything - we'll make a new masterpiece! ;) Look, Clint was an action hero too and when he got old - he remade himself into a new type of hero: old and old-fashioned but not outdated! Today Arnold doesn't need to jump and run like a young one: his charisma + good script + clever director (Paul, please, please!!) = high level blockbuster. He'll be back!
The music you use is so important in so many ways, I watched "The Untouchables" the other week, and the soundtrack wasn't bad, until they started mixing in electronic drums, nevermind when your doing A contemporary film, and you use A contemporary soundtrack your dating that movie forever, but when using contemporary music, and contemporary instuments, in A period piece, it just makes it silly, along with other derogotive expressions. It can so much as RUIN A good Film.
verhoeven is a genius but he hasn't made an action movie in a while and i think a movie with arnold and him would be almost to predictable and could feel to "80's/90's"... i don't mind having someone new and fresh but who FITS the material, the guy from Game of thrones for example, the only thing i demand is an R Rating. and i know most people would go "no one would be that stupid to make this PG, its impossible"... but never underestimate the stupidity of hollywood executives
I wish they had done the trilogy instead of that awful reboot. I know that Conan the barbarian wasn't true to Howard's story. Doom was in kull. But the characters, Schwarzenegger the weapons and the beautiful music score made it a movie that I truly enjoy.
I have the soundtrack on CD. I still listen to it regularly. It is perfect. It brings the mood to the movie like no other that I have seen or heard. Not even the Lord of the Rings did this as well as Conan. Long live Conan of Cimmeria!!
I remember buying the Conan the Barbarian DVD, where this documentary originates from, way back in 2000...Can't believe that's almost 23 years ago.
No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That’s what’s important!”
Best score in the history of fantasy films.
What about Lord of the Rings and Star Wars original trilogy (Sci-fi fantasy combo)?
Name 3 song titles from the Lord of the Rings. And there are a lot of people that would make the argument this was the best Score of All Films, or at the very least is in the conversation.
100% agreed
Sorry, no. Miklos Rozsa, THE THIEF OF BAGDAD (1940).
Mike Dove Not just fantasy films, but film in general.
The late 70's and 80's in my humble opinion the Golden Age of Fantasy in movies, gaming and art. Conan the Barbarian, Excalibur, Dragon Slayer, Wizards, Legend, etc. Dungeons and Dragons and all the spin off genres in gaming from that, to the art of Frazetta, Vallejo, Elmor, Easley and Caldwell.
I am SO happy to have had my elementary, middle and high school years during these times. Class of 89' so just perfect to have absorbed it all. Sorry to say with exception of maybe Jackson's LotR and Game of Thrones nothing comes close to those two decades for sheer volume of all things fantasy that came out.
Being a very young child through the 80's (slept over Masters of the Universe at the drive-in...), nonetheless I was still moved by the influence such works have had in my creative drive. A time when story and proper Special FX had sway over the CGI overuse and vacuous titillation of nowadays.
(disclaimer: I like them T 'n A's fine enuff, thank you very much; just try to make sense when you include them, instead of catering to the sweaty virgin demographic...)
@@tojiroh well said, if I want sex I'll just watch A porno video.
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The current crop of filmmakers find concepts like honour and responsibility totally foreign.
Loved this move. Love it more after watching this documentary.
I was 17 when I saw this movie, and after all these years. I still love the movie, and the soundtrack.
The battle was won. This is one of Arnold`s best movies.
+tuomas kaakkuri This is his best movie
@@HaraldundIch This movie has flaws, but Total Recall is more perfect. This is the best movie adaptation of Howard's stories. From start to ending this movie has pure testosterone and good portion of action.
this movie is perfection. the score, the cast. everything.
I went to Stonehenge this week and came back with a massive craving for watching Conan again.
I'll bet.😉
The orgy music is one of the greatest composition ever done for a movie.
The music is not only beautiful, it sounds also very original for a movie telling a story a long long long time ago. Even before Roman Empire. This music sounds like a peplum music but we are a SO far from this period, it gives to the cult an identity ahead of its time. It's like a decadent atmosphere. A decadent of a young civilisation at the beginning of human time.
And this music gives an atmosphere so sophisticated to the area that Conan, Valeria and Subotaï seems like PERFECT STRANGER to this universe. The music sounds like a peplum orgy, and the wild barbarian seems totaly out of this ambiance... and that's the objective.
It's so different than the compositions of today which are just telling us EXACTLY what we are looking at on screen. The music of today composition just gives 1 dimension of the scene where it's played.
When you listen to Zimmer for exemple or Williams, the music is linked to a specific character or to a very particular scene. Imperial March (an extraordinary composition) just gives a majesty and evilness to Darth Vader and his imperial faction.
The orgy music succeed in telling many different things AT THE SAME TIME.
It tells something about Thulsa's culture.
It tells something about the decadence of it.
It tells something about how stranger Conan is to this place.
And the music do not sounds as a classical evil theme for the antagonist faction (where we are actually). No, it's a beautiful, pleasant and entertaining music.
Zefurin I couldn't agree more! Hail to you!
It feels to me Basil Poledouris tapped into his Greek heritage and looked at ancient Greek scales and melodies to inspire him. An amazing soundtrack for an amazing movie. RIP Basil Poledouris.
Best movie, best score ever made.
the shot of conan on the throne at the end is one of the most badass shots ive ever seen in any movie. i really hope they do the next on justice.
Im painting it right now. Conan in a way is why i got into art to begin with. Now i fnally have the skills to do it justice
a fantasic film. a work of art. the cinematics, the script, the acting, the costumes, the make up art, the music, the sets and scenery, the flemish symbolism....all godlike.
kudos to the makers and everyone involved.
by far the best "modern" film score... perfect for Conan...but it would kill in a Batman film or epic superhero flick
god bless this movie... scratch that...krom bless this moive
Listen to the soundtrack when you either workout or bike ride. You'll be glad you did, because it makes it better.
the problem with movie critics is they think they are too good for the rest of us. screw the critics from time magazine. i love this movie it's epic in multiple layers
@Nameless One this is true dude...
"Contemplate this on the Tree of Woe"..
Best score ever! Damn I wish they would have allowed the trilogy. Who in Hollywood messes up this string of movies?
Gutted that we didn't get that planned trilogy. Instead we got Conan the Destroyer...
And KIng Kulli, what a waste!
@@AkseliTalvitie yeah, Conan the Destroyer?............. Hell, i don't EVER watch it! If I've got an itch to watch CONAN, I'll just wait till it comes on tv, or just watch nothing or use the DVD or Netflix, or YOU TUBE, there's no competition when comes to which Conan movie to watch!
My favorite film and music score of all time. Period.
My favourite movie. Everything about it was perfect.
A epic movie requires an ORIGINAL epic soundtrack, this film delivered one.
The horse and the stuntman were made "out of rubber"? That's what the man said!
The true Conan :)
One and only!
Basil Poledovris- RIP
It was your music that made Conan the movie it is today.
ohh the music the music epic movie epic music
This movie, and the animated movie Heavy Metal symbolizes the early 80's to a T, in my mind.
BEST MOVIE EVER
Of course the real hidden truth behind the Cult of Thulsa Doom was that they were cannibals.. Simply priceless
I wish they could make the next movie the same way as the first two. All real effects. No CGI. Maybe even using the same kind of cameras so all three movies have the same look.
Poledouris is a demigod send to Earth to make the perfect music for Conan The Barbarian. I hope he will be called on once more when the next real Conan movie is made with Schwarzenegger, I read somewhere it'll be Conan the Legend.
Elim Rawne agree 100%.unfortunately he has passed from 2006.
Unfortunately the next Conan Film, might be called "Conan The Remembered". As usual the problem is the person, or people who bought the copyrights from the creator of the subject ( The Howard estate), don't know what their doing, so it takes them 20 some odd years till someone speaks to them in A language they can undetstand 💰? Or they figure it out on their own, hopefully before Arnold's in A Nursing Home.
Supposedly it is still trying to be done, with Arnold, and with A working title of "King Conan".
Ha! They made a fuss about the horse but didn't even notice the stuntman.
+Iron Cross You can really see the priorities of the insane one's compared to the normal people.
In fairness, animals have a tougher time voicing their concerns and rely more on others to do so for them. Now, let's get back to enjoying Conan the Barbarian. :)
THorgrim looks like the guy from iron maiden
Dave Murray ?
Maybe........... Steve Harris?
What about Conan's buddy the thief ? Nothing is ever said about him.
MarkL03 0:20 he talks briefly about the camouflage paint. Would have loved to hear more from him in this "Making of...", Gerry Lopez, like Mako Iwamatsu were perfectly cast.
... Subotai. Thief and archer.
The balls and sheer will it took to make this film do not exist in Hollywood today. LOTR was made on NZ for a reason.
Basil poledouris-music score writer-with Greek roots
Why does Arnold looks stoned in the interview. 😀
...or Paul Verhoeven - the Great and Powerful:Arnold + Paul = brutal smash-hit!
Dino Di Laurentiis knows how to make epics.
Epic cinema, to the last.
Fuck yes the battle is won..... I love that, exactly how I see things 😁
In the new movie they must use original score. The soundtrack is like half of original movie success
This badass shot must be a basis to a fantastic threequel - i wish Paul Verhoeven will make it!! Please! Please! Please!!
i'm ok with that. the only thing is that its hard to repeat a masterpiece.
like conan the destroyer was an ok movie....nothing like barbarian. but its to be expected because to make a sequel as good as the original is hard to do.
2 things that should be the focus in the next and final conan is that 1-arnold looks like the way he does at the end of barbarian, ie, he has grey hair and that grey beard. 2-that they make the imagery/cinematics with memorable shots. lastly poledouris's music stays.
So unfortunate that Basil passed away (
Howard + Milius + Poledouris + Arnold = eternal cult!!
PS: by the way, what do you thik about making of part #3 by Verhoeven??
I liked that movie when was tee, Still like!
We don't need to repeat anything - we'll make a new masterpiece! ;)
Look, Clint was an action hero too and when he got old - he remade himself into a new type of hero: old and old-fashioned but not outdated! Today Arnold doesn't need to jump and run like a young one: his charisma + good script + clever director (Paul, please, please!!) = high level blockbuster. He'll be back!
Yea wuts up with the camaraderie between the thieves that came out with great results. Ya didnt talk about that!
The music you use is so important in so many ways,
I watched "The Untouchables" the other week, and the soundtrack wasn't bad, until they started mixing in electronic drums, nevermind when your doing A contemporary film, and you use A contemporary soundtrack your dating that movie forever, but when using contemporary music, and contemporary instuments, in A period piece, it just makes it silly, along with other derogotive expressions. It can so much as RUIN A good Film.
Got an X rating 3 times? I want to see THAT version!
Agreed
Is the Conan real historical caracter ??
I presume he was from nordic countries..
Find the right actor and make Milius' next two Conan movies.
De need a trilogy with Arnold
verhoeven is a genius but he hasn't made an action movie in a while and i think a movie with arnold and him would be almost to predictable and could feel to "80's/90's"... i don't mind having someone new and fresh but who FITS the material, the guy from Game of thrones for example, the only thing i demand is an R Rating. and i know most people would go "no one would be that stupid to make this PG, its impossible"... but never underestimate the stupidity of hollywood executives
I wish they had done the trilogy instead of that awful reboot. I know that Conan the barbarian wasn't true to Howard's story. Doom was in kull. But the characters, Schwarzenegger the weapons and the beautiful music score made it a movie that I truly enjoy.
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CROM!
13:20 ha
I'm sorry a trilogy or some kind of sequil with the same respect wasn't made. Conan the destroyer was a joke.
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