Conan the Symphony - Battle of the Mounds (Live in concert at Ubeda, 2006)
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- Conan The Symphony
Battle of the Mounds
Live in concert at Ubeda Film Music Festival
Spain, July 2006
Basil Poledouris
conducting the
Andalucia Philarmonic Orchestra
Ubeda Choral Group
Guadalix Sine Nomine Camerata
Score reconstructed, adapted and orchestrated by
Freddie Wiedmann and Hyesu Yong
from the original orchestrations by
Greig McRitchie
This is a fan edit.
Concert footage from: • Conan The Symphony - P...
The film footage is mirrored in the hopes of avoiding a worldwide block. As it is, it's already blocked in US & Canada.
The song has a Perfect blend of optimism, despair, levity, sorrow, revenge and satisfaction. Great piece.
It reminds me of the days of HIGH ADVENTURE
And after the oceans drank Atlantis!!
The Conan soundtrack is highly underrated.
Who says that?!!! Your kind ? Millenialtrash
@@deg6788 Get mental help.
When did people start saying that ....this was one of last real epic films ....real sets...years in the Makin ...a real soundtrack .....rip Robert e Howard
The music was better then the movie and the movie was excellent! Sure the lore is closer in the new movie but this one capture Conan better.
@@johnfinck288 he will get mental help and you get special needs education...
"Maestro, what is best in life?"
"To compose great music, to conduct the symphony, and to hear the cheers of the audience."
May you rest in peace, Maestro Poledouris.
What is the best in life? Strong teeth, warm water and soft toilet paper. ;)
"And to conduct it wearing a dewrag and a mu-mu."
@@Alvarezpl Wrong Barbarian but he is still right!
He was the best
oh , yeeeesssssssssss
One of the best sword and sorcery movies ever made.
Agreed. Excalibur is right there with it.
@@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812 You didn't just mention John Boorman's Excalibur that's one of my favorites a timeless classic.
THE BEST, NO QUESTION. Excalibur is excellent, but it's not Conan
For me it’s not one of the best; it is the best.
The Best , mate.hands down
The only movie soundtrack that can make me both cry like a baby and rip my shirt off flexing and screaming with rage.
The essential man experience.
Still the greatest movie I ever found, kid you not my group of friends found this VHS in the dumpster behind the library. They used to purge their renting selection of old stuff here and there, we'd score free movies once in a while. This movie was so prolific for us, we turned it into a ritual. It was a product of the times but we'd just have massive weed smoking sessions to this movie, reference it in public obnoxiously, named three weed pipes after the series, I could go on and on. My late brother (Friend) and I loved the hell out of this movie, I hope you're in Crom's halls my friend drinking and being merry.
Awesome!!!!!😊
Mako: "The gods are pleased with you. They will watch the battle." Conan: "Are they going to help?" Mako: "No!" Conan: "Then tell them to stay out of the way!"
Mako...the one named man that was cool without purposely using one name in a sad attempt to be cool, only Prince was able to pull this off also and did it twice using a aymbol.
""Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one request. Grant me revenge! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you! "
Do not all of us wish that we were in that moment, t be so ALIVE!
John Milius brought the balls into so many scripts. He also wrote the Jaws Indianapolis speech and Kurtz' speech in Apocalypse Now. In real life, he was a madman too. John Goodman's character Walter in The Big Lebowski is based on Milius. A larger than life character to be sure.
Now THAT is a PRAYER! Fits with the "ecumenical discussion" he has earlier with Subatai.
I used a variation of this on the age of conan mmorpg forums and I got into alpha testing for it!
i think in german its even better
"For us there is no spring, just the wind that smells fresh before the storm..."
Their dress is like that of the Huns!
I was watching this and had never gotten to see that before. Why *did* they cut it?
@@corbin_4738 It kinda doesn't mesh with the personalities of Conan, at least back then it wouldn't have made sense since the idea of a barbarian being sentimental at all, much less lamenting the life of peace he otherwise could've had, seemed very alien.
If you ask me, Conan's whole life was one of pain and misery; he's a great fighter and warrior, but he never asked to be made into one.
@@corbin_4738 Plus Conan and Subotai having a tender moment was, in all honesty, kinda gay lol
@@ireviewshtuff If you knew you were about to die at the hands of the murderous Thulsa Doom, the demon who killed your family, razed your village, and assassinated your girlfriend, perhaps you would take a moment to reflect on life with Subotai. He even gave Subotai an out, saying he still had time to leave before the battle. I wish this scene remained in the movie LOL
Congratulations to the Spanish orchestra for it's proper appreciation of this wonderful film. I was most impressed bt the Orchestra & Choir. Utterly superb.
This is easily the most badass fantasy film ever made. Nothing else even comes close. I really wish filmmakers would watch a lot of these movies from the 80s. This, Aliens, RoboCop, Terminator, Die Hard, the list goes on.
They are seen as Toxic Masculinity by today's writers
Conan outdid all of them
This movie is a masterpiece ahead of its time, specially for the soundtrack. That being said, don´t forget LOTR trilogy, those are the pinacle of fantasy film.
I keep telling you guys this a documentary, all this happened in real time.
Girlfriend: put on some romantic music
Me: *Battle of the Mounds*
Girlfriend: that’s not what I had in m-
Me: DA HELL WITH YOU!
True story!!happens to me all the time!!🤣
Actually this happened to me :D
It did not happen with a girlfriend, but with a co-worker who is a girl and my friend, and it kind of happened the same, when she asked me to choose an calm and inspiring working music! xD
Me: Now show me your axe wound!
Girlfriend: ahhhhh, what?
Girlfriend: put on some romantic music
Me: Battle of the Mounds
Girlfriend: that’s not what I had in m-
GAAAG!!!
.......
Me: DA HELL WITH YOU!
"The gods are pleased with you. They will watch the battle"
"Are they going to help?"
"No."
"Well, then tell them to stay out of the way."
That’s a god damn power movie if there ever was one
@@justinchalifoux4424 Dump
Decades old and still more powerful than any other scene/music in any updated Hollywood movie made nowadays.
PERFECTLY SAID
Yeah, def #1!! Hans Zimmer's score in Last Samurai is beautiful but is more elegant then this and fittingly so.
One is a katana wielded by a samurai and the other is a broad sword swung by a barbarian :)
Jules-Pierre Malartre it’s sad too, with modern technology there is so much potential for greater stories to be told. But to no avail we get incoherent stories and pandering to audiences that aren’t even there in the first place
Milius did write a couple scripts for a sequel, one was called the Iron Crown of Conan.
that movie has so much going on in it like I see more and more in it as I get older
Conan and Subotai where truly warrior poets.
ALL true warriors are poets, or else they are nothing else than mass murderers.
His name is Subotai, named after the greatest general of all times in real life?
@@vladdracul5072 Тийм
@@vladdracul5072 Subotai was only a subordinate general to Ghengis Khan. There wasn't much great about a general who had a mobile missile cavalry in the hundreds of thousands, superior in combat power to anything else in the world. Even a mediocre general could have won with that.
Now, if you want to talk about greatest general ever, check out Hannibal Barca.
@@rikk319he had a expeditionary force of less than 12 thousand and defeated at least two armies twice in size in Hungary alone. Your Eurocentrism is showing 😂 Hannibal fought using a mercenary army and his tactics were figured out in one generation by a single man, Scipio. The mongols went for at least two generations before they were stopped at Ain Jalut.
Why the HELL cant they make movies this good anymore?!
I think their plan is to make us all weak to control the population easier.
That doesn't work on me. I'm from Sparta :)
There is more profit throwing a sh*t take on a comic book and letting a computer generate everything except a few actors out to the moronic masses...then to put effort into actors, a story, locations, music that compliments the movie and can stand alone without it.
Marvel and DC movies of today are just a fancier version of the ninja turtles. Think on that and how sad it is lol
Because actors and directors and music composers had all gone through the 20th century and been roughed up and humbled by tragedy and witnessed the good and evil in mankind. They could project it on their work. Today's actors and directors have had lived easy lives, have grown up in luxury and now fancy themselves god-like deciding right from wrong on a whim and bringing you stuff like cancel culture. Relying heavily on cgi because they have no real story to tell and seeing people stopping from going to the movies to see what is ADD garbage.
Political people are not very creative people.
@@norsewarlock8331 Well judging by how many guns have been bought not including buying up the worlds supply of ammo to the point of scarcity, I air towards something bloody happening.
Arnold Schwarzenegger was born to play Conan.
We should have had 10 Arnold Conan movies by now, and no I do not count the destroyer
@@chinpak5720 but honestly Conan the Destroyer couldnt been better than the way it made......
The should have stay true to the vision of the director. His plans for a trilogy sounded good.
Not true - he was born to become an unimportant, bigoted provincial Austrian. However, he turned himself into a global superstar, into a legend!
@@chinpak5720 The destroyer was 1000 times better than the 2011 joke.
James Earl Jones crushed it as Thulsa Doom.
Oh, yeah... One of the best villain performances in a Fantasy movie. Only one better might be Tim Curry's devil performance.
Infidel defilers, they shall all drown in lakes of blood.
> Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark.
> Now they will learn why they fear the night."
What is steel compared to the hand that wields it
Has James Earl Jones ever blew it as an actor? He has done well in everything I've seen him in, even if the films themselves weren't well received/reviewed.
Darth Vader vs Thulsa Doom who will win magic or the force. They both played by the same voice actor.
Subotai is best Bro, hands down.
Agreed. Conan’s most trusted, loyal friend. Conan saved his life and Subotai stands with Conan against insurmountable odds and will fight alongside Conan to the death. Incredible character work.
Amen
One real dude to watch your back. That’s all anybody needs.
The whole part from 1:48 is pure art. The long stare into the distance, seeing their 'doom' coming.
Agree
Thats why older movies still feel so real..because that which was shown was indeed real and not some green screen
They were on a real location with real riders in the distance
That was cinema at its finest
Thank you for the Timestamp.
This is my favorite 15 seconds of music. Ever.
Directed by John Milius and Written by Oliver Stone! Starring James Earl Jones! CONAN the Barbarian is 1 of the Most Underrated Films of All-Time!
@M R Thulsa Doom is 1 of the All-Time Greatest Villains in Film History. I think Thulsa Doom makes Darth Vader look like a weak wimpy piece of shit! James Earl Jones is a Living Legend!
@Алексей Лисовский and Mufasa in the Lion King
@@jimmyj5035
"This is CNN"
Arnold's biggest mistake was not doing more sequels to this movie with John Millius directing. Conan the king please!!!
kung Few I’ve been thinking about the same for years! And now that Arnold is “of age” he looks like more than fit for a Conan King movie. 👍🏼
I would love to see King Conan but i fear what ghey would do nowadays. I mean you saw the Conan reboot they tried. The problem with most movies now its they care mostly for stunning visuals and much less for a meaningful story with a message. And if it does have a message they basically have to spell it oug for the audience. A lesson told to someone is far less meaningful than the lesson you pull from your own insights, and cheapons its value. Conan holds up in large part because it leaves you to discern its meaning. Tell me, do you know the riddle of steel?
@@johndarcangelo6893 Boy, I like that ending to your comment! :)
If I’m not mistaken Arnold said something about a new movie I hope so these never get old to me
Charles Bowes Now that’s something worth Dr. Google’s services 😎
one of the greatest music scores in film history.
I dont care how many times I watch this movie. 2:39 onward always gives me chill bumps. He knows whats coming. He accepts it. He readies....
sestren2503 yes! Totally! That part totally slays!
It's just excellently composed. The part before creates tension and there is one bar of strings dissolving it - and then those bloody awesome kettle drums set in and just blow you away. If you stand to close to them you balls will eventually star to tango :D
There is nothing else but the moment coming....
sestren2503 any cavalry charge is cool!!!!
Young shwarzenneger was a total badass. The AlPHA male of all time
Classic example of how music can speak its language thru a,classic movie.. a movie is nothing without a great soundtrack
That is the greatest pre-battle prayer I've ever heard.
I had a platoon sergeant who would rattle off lines from this movie before we went on an ops or jumped, it brings back lots of memories, for some of us, "...there was no Spring, just the wind that smells fresh before the storm."
Relax. Killing for corporations and following blind orders to make the rich, richer and the powerful have even more power is without honor. Not to mention common sense. Nothing to to with what the the story of Conan is. The exact opposite actually.
You are the one without honor. All you cynics do is take away greatness, honor, and pride so you can stroke your dicks and gain more fat while feeling no shame. Now all you do is complain and belittle a man who risked his life to protect your worthless one.
My favourite of all time. This scene always gave me the chills
The music deserves Oscar ❤️
the tension 1:54-6:10 , only with the music of master Poledouris and the great direction of Millius , the whole scene is a pure gold but that part is just absolutely amazing , its pretty much like one of Leone's spaghetti western , and there is no special effects all real in location , pure magic , Stone + Millius + Poledouris = masterpiece
BASIL PO,EDOURIS REST IN PEACE MASTER... Your music never Dies. Thanks for touch my little heart with conan film till theses days and forever!
This, Robocop, Starship Troopers, the list goes on!
Best thing about Conan is always drawn by best artists, best story tellers and best composers. Yet again John Millius puts his art at top notch at cinematography. Even you're not a fan of Conan just to watch it is beautiful.
Honestly I have this on DVD and have watched this movie countless times since the 80s and I have NEVER seen this opening conversation between Conan and Subotai before.
I just love how this film portrays both Conan and Valeria as being equally strong characters not many films tend to get that balance right, especially these days.
Yes! I loved that too. I'm all for powerful female characters, but getting bad writing crammed down our spinal columns is not the way to go. Sigourney led the 80s and 90s like a queen, then Geena Davis in "Long Kiss Goodnight" was a gem, but most if not all of the recent power girls in movies just suck. Noomi Rapace and Theron kick ass and will have long careers...I say pay them every dime for their talent.
You know if this movie was released today Conan would be doubtful of Valeria's skills when they first meet, but then he would be proven wrong when she takes out 7 dudes on her own while Conan stands there dumbfounded.
And she would be played by a brown actress.
@Timothy Dexter True, true. (bit of a rant coming here - brace yerself)
A key thing is that if you want to become a 'good' fighter as a man, you have to dedicate yourself to it. Valeria probably never fought a man who was not a 'good' fighter - she was just better. How was she better? By Sheer. Goddamn. Determination. For a woman to consistently outfight a man she needs to dedicate herself, 100%, to combat. Every breath of every day. Otherwise, she's counting on him pulling his punches, basically. I don't want to sound like a misogynist but .. this is physiology.
Beyond that - I think this is a connection for Conan. Sure, he likes to soft & squishy girls; but Conan always is attracted, like a moth to flame, to strong women. The tougher, the better. I am always reminded of one of the Savage Sword of Conan comics which features none other than Conan's daughter.
She'd grown up under the guidance of this temple, her mother some high ranking priestess. Said priestess had run off in her youth with Conan. The daughter is so wild and strong, unwilling to do her lessons like all the other girls - so mother tells her about her father. I'm always struck by one thing - the mother, as a young girl, says to Conan (I forget direct quotes) "say you'll always be with me. Say we'll be together forever."
Conan refuses, and she gets stroppy.
Conan cracks it, saying " I cannot see the future, and nor can you. I would rather be honest with you NOW. We share our time together, and then we move apart, or we do not. time moves on. Life moves on. In six months' time, will you feel the same? Will I? Any man who says he will be with you forever and will love you forever is a fool, or lying."
And these characters could all accept this.
Imagine Tony Stark telling whatsherface "yeah, totes loved you for a bit, babe, but, like, not anymore."
@@SteamGrace That's literally Grace Jones' character in Conan the Destroyer, you mong. And Valeria absolutely does take on like 7 dudes on her own, that was the whole Orgy scene when they're freeing Osric's daughter. hahaha ffs
@@ireviewshtuff I wasn't talking about Grace Jones' character, you goober. And Valeria takes on 6 dudes during the orgy, but they are spread out pretty evenly. She only ever fights 2 dudes at most, she doesn't take on 7 at once, she isn't Jyn Erso from Rogue One. Even so, her encounter with those four guards during her escape acts as her swan song. She fucking dies shortly after, so it absolutely balances out.
This movie is the story of MANHOOD.
Yes,ISay yes.There are not many in to days times.Worriers ,Don't her that any more.my father's father told that to him.As mine did to myself.And as I didn't to my son.My only son! He 20 and say he has hard times in to days life.Very nice young man.helps people,cares .He will back his friends or some one in need.To many Betas Today Day SAD!!
This was actually supposed to be the first of three movies. This one is about strength, i think the other two were gonna be about wisdom and tradition. I could be wrong on the kast two. But yes this movie does teach you a lot about being a man. Im glad it was a staple movie of my childhood.
Edit: I know they made Conan the Destroyer but they didn't use the same director or script outline.
Not only that. Valeria is about the best female character ever. She has everything : Strength, Wisdom, Intelligence, Courage and Beauty.
This is why this movie is one of the best ever made. The feeling of freedom in it has no equal. Subotai, Conan and Valeria are absolutely marvelous in it. Not to mention that Thulsa doom is one of the best, if not the best, villains ever made.
Sergeant York is a story of manhood. Conan is definitely masculine, but he's more a teenage boy. His physical perfection sort of symbolizes his innocence through ignorance- stealing, killing, philandering, all in good fun.
Hahaha
This is the only remaster that truly captures the essence of that song.
Гениальный фильм. Кастинг, визуальный ряд, костюмы, сценарий - все на высшем уровне. Боевые сцены просто непревзойденный до сих пор. А музыка... Шедевр.
Conan
This is an monumental movie in the glory 80's with one of the best soundtrack ever.
The music is so strong and kick everything in ass💪
This is the real deal🤟
One of the top soundtracks in the history of filmmaking. Beautiful music
Chills... best soundtrack ever...
One of my favorite movies, and easily one of the best soundtracks ever.
Perfectly said sir. PERFECTLY
This one of, if not my favorite movie of all time. The score, in my opinion, is probably the best ever. I love this score!
"grant me revenge" I like the way he say that with his accent
- " All the gods can not separate us. If I were dead and you still fought for life, I would go back! I'd com back from hell to fight at yor side." (Valeria)
- " Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it. No one, not even you will remember if we were good men or bad, why we fought or why we died. No, all that matters is that two stood agains many, that's what's important. Valor pleases you, Crom, so grant me one request: grant me REVENGE! And if you do not listen, then to HELL with you! " (Conan)
- " Do you want to live forever?" (Valeria)
Even reading her words brought back chills. Nothing makes you feel alive like being in a fight, watching one, or a well make fight scene in a movie.
@@ftniceberg874 It's true. Adrenaline goes up.
Fuking brilliant!!!! The music matches perfectly with the cavalry. You can also see the courage on Conan and Sabutais' faces as they prepare defend against the charge.
I listened to this regularly when I needed motivation to get through hard times in life!
Trully a masterpiece! All hail Conan the barbarian!
shai miara Hail!!
Yes sir
HAIL!!!
This epic piece of music and cinema is my coffee in the morning.
How can any human thumbs down this! For me, this is a perfect 10 score, scene, actors, and music especially. and the great Mako himself!!! F Wow!
Conan soundtrack is the best! Do you want to live forever...? Basil !!
2:05 When you know the moment has come and it's time to face your destiny, and you have to do it like a man.
This cut still gives me the tingles, badass movie with great composition always work for me !
Fantastic music for what remains one of the most enduring and popular films of its genre.
Wow! Greatest performance in a 80's Action movie! I first watched this as a 5 year old boy, and I Love this Musical theme! You're the best
I was also 5!
this is a great inspiring tune to listen to while lifting weights, no cardio nothing but hard steel plates #pumpingiron
Im not alone!!
Don Swartwood big likes to both of you. Intense for sure. Amazing while lifting
Yep I still have this on my workout playlist.
Me too ! For years and still to this day something about it activates alphaness
Conan is toxic masculinity...
And that's why I love it 💎👑💎
IF they remade Conan today? it would be called Soy Conan
Should I be the one to tell these cucks that Robert E. Howard was an avowed Feminist, wrote such for his works (with many female heroes like Red Sonja), and called his friend H. P. Lovecraft out on his incel bullshit? Guess I will...
Still get chills listening to this.
Thank you for your Choreography. Great video. Im a Conan fan. I didnt realize the music was a big part until i got older. Thanks again....
rafael servin absolutely, but the way it was put into the scenes made it perfect
Now compare it to today's trash!
Hell just compare it to the 90's...ninja turtles the movie featuring vanilla ice rapping the ninja song. "Go ninja, go ninja, go ninja, go ninja go"
Please one more story, Conan... the KING!
The incomparable Poledouris!! Simply awesome score.....
Magnificent!
Whoever doesn't like this song/video...TO HELL WITH YOU!
Brilliant composer. This was the first and only Conan live concert that Basil Poledouris ever gave. Sadly, he died from cancer four months after this.
treat yourself to a complete Robert E Howard's Conan stories
(or his other stories are excellent too)
wish Arnold Schwarzenegger would take one last journey to the Hyborian Age instead of doing crappy Terminator sequels no one wants.
There was a interview a while back he say he want to do it but the rights holder is the problem. Midenight Edge did a video on it and break down.
Conan the best action movie ever made. Everything about this movie is perfect. From the action scenes to the movie score. When men were men. If this movie was made today, it would be CGI & SJW'ed to death.
there was a conan movie from 2011( i think but not sure), and it wasn't SJW'ed, was OK but lacks great atmosphere that old Conan movie has
@@tr3buh I own it...my brain protected me from the trauma and blocked it from my memory until I saw the comments here around realized I have it. Very easily forgotten reboot, remake, sequel, or whatever it was supposed to be. The barbarian and the destroyer...I can run both entirely in my head.
Arnie was absolutely made for the conan the barbarian movie.
"We've won again!"
"This is good, but what is best in
life?"
"Freight horse, the open steppes,
falcons at your wrist and wind in
your hair."
"WRONG! Conan, what is best in
life?"
"CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES SEE
THEM DRIVEN BEFORE YOU,
AND TO HEAR THE.
LAMENTATION OF THE WOMEN."
(CHEERING)
"That is good, that is good."
"A fleet horse" not "freight horse".
PBR StreetGang That Saying Actually Was Spoken By Genghis Khan To One Of His Guards Guarding His Tent As Genghis Step Outside His Tent To Get Some Fresh Air, True Story!!!!!!! 🌬😮✊🏿👍🏼👌🏾😳🤔
@@lordeldauoud142 The quote that is attributed to him actually goes like this: "The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters." A bit more hardcore, IMHO.
Coffeehound " Yes " " And " " No " , " I " " Remember " " Reading " " Lamentations " " Of " " The " " Women " , " Fleet " " Horse " " Falcons " " At " " Your " " Breast " " When " " I " " Was " " Researching " " And " " Studying " " In " " My " " College " " Library " " !!!!!!! " 🤔😮😉🙄🌬
"Crom, I have never prayed to you before. I have no tongue for it.
No one, not even you, will remember if we were good men or bad. Why we fought, or why we died. All that matters is that two stood against many. That's what's important! Valor pleases you, Crom... so grant me one request. Grant me Sword of Crom! And if you do not listen, then the HELL with you!
"
Crom:"(sighs)...Fine, you'll have your revenge. Now let's see how good you really are." 🤣😆😅😂
@@beskarman38 chupamelo.
Looking back on it, what i really appreciate about this scene is how the axe Conan is swinging really seems to have some weight to it. Conan is super strong and the director was still able to convey that this axe is damn heavy:)
I'm old enough to have seen this in theaters.
Got the soundtrack on DVD years later, still one of my prefered.
absolutely fantastic! ( i ported this entire soundtrack into my copy of Elderscrolls 4 oblivion. it was great) loved this movie growing up! Music was such a fundamental part of movies in the 80s!!!! It literally co-authored the entire ambience of movies! Conan, Rocky, Starwars, The last starfighter, etc.... very fortunate to have these creative masterpieces that put out such work in the 80s! And credit is due... excellent job to this entire production! The conductor, every single instrument player and vocal artists... well done!!!
That was bad ass! Gave me chills. Love that movie!
Know, oh prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across the world like blue mantles beneath the stars.
javier baron That’s only half of it (The Nemedian Chronicles)👍
Conan is a masterpiece. A true modern day opera. How many films can you think of that are not chock-full of rubbish dialogue and pleasantries to appease to masses and their sensitivities? Nope. Not Conan. Conan *briefly* wishes he'd had a gentler life ... but he knows this is wishful thinking. Then he goes on to pray? He knows this is wishful thinking as well. Conan's focus is freedom. He knows, whether he lives or dies, it was by HIS decision. Whether it is a bad decision or not? Irrelevant. He made it. That is what pleases Crom! Not battle - but the freedom to meet your life head on.
Compare this artistic brilliance with today's cheesy one-liners, over the top animations, try hard to be cool dialogues and soulless renditions of emotion.
Sounds like the rest of Arnies career. TO be fair Connan wasn't even that good.
@SAMSQUATCH Moss Is that a question? like you are about to sell me some, its not clear from your lack of grammar. Do you mean like the type of movies where big muscley bodybuilders run around in fur pants talking overly manly drivel? Nothing slightly gay about that nope not even the other guys dodgy handlebar moustache no siree.
Benjamin isn't wrong. Arnie created the cheesy one-liners. lol. "I'll be back." in Terminator. "Stick Around." in Predator. "Let off some steam Bennet." in Commando. "Hasta la vista, baby." in Terminator 2. The dude is king of the one-liners.
@fatarsemonkey Nah, no it wasn't, it could be argued as a fun watch if you switch your brain off a little. But I think you and I have a completely different concept of what the word "great" means if you think it could be applied to this movie. I would reserve the word great for movies that reach a much higher standard like Casablanca, the Maltese Falcon, The Empire Strikes Back, The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Those are great movies this barely qualifies as a good one, Arnie cannot act for one thing. His bad acting didn't stop something like Terminator 1 and 2 from being good movies, hell I might even give 2 the great moniker. But that's almost certainly because James Cameron made him say next to nothing and toned down the stupid shit.
@M R This scene itself gives the audience such an enthralling feeling by showing two men being attacked by a Horde of masked warriors on horseback with menacing music playing along, and these two men being brave enough to not run and fight. This premise itself is very endearing and the makers really made this come to life by keeping it as realistic as they could. Most basic dialogue and great acting with perfect music, all part of an entire scene coming together in perfection.
This film is made by its musical score. Basil Poledouris certainly left his mark in cinema history. May he rest in peace.
excellent compilation of the symphony and the film.
This dialogue is from some kind of extended version.
Glad they didn't have that first scene in the cinema version, it reveals their acting limitations. Although one shouldn't expect too much from a bodybuilder and a surfer :)
"For us, there is no spring just the wind that smells fresh before the storm"
When I die, I shall go to a cold and barren terrain of hills wearing furs and armor, wielding a sword and spear where I shall stand as my enemies in life will be charging at me on horseback, and, then, there will be a battle that shall reverberate throughout eternity.
well said
That, too! Thanks friend.
This movie is almost spiritual. Well, at least to me it is.
How glorious how mighthy it is “The Battle of the Mounds” … An exact brief representative brief of Turkish resistance, wining and glory against tyranny
one of my all time favorite scenes and accompanying music.
Krom is one of warriors who was going along against whole army. Was able to do it any time.
- Hell was always with him, like hard life he loved. Honest and pure just like heaven!
Going with army he was singing very often before battle.
- And his singing was so beautiful and strong that some armies going against hime were beaten only by it.
Skies were going through his crazy strong voice joining life around in beauty and magic.
- Very often I was going from another side with group of best assassins to melt army going through their heart before battle was started.
I heard his voice through battle smiling to skies by my heart and my lips.
- No regrets. No mercy. No questions.
It was answer to everything right here, right now.
- To what you are, to what you do. To what we love and always will.
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO IT.
- NEVER.
Outstanding!!! I have the entire soundtrack for this movie on my phone and listen to it regularly.
The score made that scene EPIC!!!
Thank you, Basil Poledouris.
"Кромм, я не молился тебе раньше, но буду сейчас.
Не важно как ты жил, никто не вспомнит, и даже ты не вспомнишь был ли человек плохим или хорошим, чего хотел и как умер, всё что важно это то, что сейчас двое встали против многих!
И это порадует тебя, так что Кромм выполни одну мою последнюю просьбу: даруй мне месть!
А если ты меня не слушаешь, то катись к черту!"
One of the best of all time!
masterpiece
That prayer brought a tear to my eye
The first CD I ever bought was the soundtrack to Conan the Barbarian. Shit you not. I read all the Conan books when I was a kid so when this movie came out it really kicked ass!
Most perfectly scored movie of all times. Loved it and thanks for posting.
Dang that was good, so good. Many thanks BASIL POLEDOURIS.
Still one of the greatest soundtracks to a movie!
This, Tota! Tora! Tora!, and Ben-Hur (1959)... best scores of all time!
Espectacular Sinfónica y Actuación 💯
Excelente !
Honestly...this is probably the best video in the whole God damn youtube!!
That first part was a cut that was not in the theatrical release. My version on dvd has it and I recently watched this movie and what a masterpiece! The music told allot of the story!
Epic! Such an amazing performance!!