Atlantean Sword - Conan the Barbarian Theme (Basil Poledouris)

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  • čas přidán 5. 10. 2009
  • The theme "Atlantean Sword" for John Milius' "Conan the Barbarian" (1982). The song is composed by Basil Poledouris.
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Komentáře • 259

  • @MatthewCharmanadventures
    @MatthewCharmanadventures Před 8 lety +540

    I always read the moment when the old king crumbles as being that he can finally rest now that a worthy warrior has come to take up his sword. His long vigil over, his spirit finally lets go.

  • @smaepiscis
    @smaepiscis Před 5 lety +182

    Dont let this great music be forgotten

  • @geraldburke5147
    @geraldburke5147 Před 4 lety +122

    There are few films elevated by their musical score, as this one is.
    Absolutely amazing achievement.

    • @agou1980
      @agou1980 Před 3 lety +2

      Well-said

    • @HlewagastizHoltijaz
      @HlewagastizHoltijaz Před 3 lety

      There are a lot of good shots in this movie as well. Some set pieces are a bit underwhelming by today's standards though. But it is a pretty movie with a great score. The bad acting and story are the weak parts. :/

    • @wowwow7959
      @wowwow7959 Před rokem +1

      Better than Star Wars

  • @MrBastilleDay
    @MrBastilleDay Před 13 lety +82

    Right before this: "It has been surmised that perhaps my lord had been like a cagd animal that had been kept too long. Perhaps, but whatever. Freedom, so long an unremembered dream...was his." LOVE how Akiro talked!

  • @quantumstereotv6319
    @quantumstereotv6319 Před 2 lety +46

    Close your eyes and you can feel the story of the atlantean king and the blade in its days of glory...RIP Basil

  • @MRELTUCO2
    @MRELTUCO2 Před 12 lety +89

    Rest in Peace Basil Poledouris.

    • @Charlie94781
      @Charlie94781 Před 2 lety +1

      Basil’s masterpiece lives on in legend

    • @ColonelMarcellus
      @ColonelMarcellus Před 2 lety +1

      A genius to be sure.

    • @mvader7188
      @mvader7188 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Did the masterpiece that was Lonesome Dove as well. From fantasy to frontier 😊

  • @brianOcurradhin
    @brianOcurradhin Před rokem +8

    Every few years I watch this again,,, do you want to live forever?

  • @rengarcia5189
    @rengarcia5189 Před rokem +33

    I remember when I first watched this film as a kid I thought it was a total B-Movie misfire. Now, I view it as an absolute classic, combining story, music and cast in an unforgettable manner.

    • @neohubris
      @neohubris Před 11 měsíci +1

      Conan the Destroyer was B-Movie. The Barbarian is an all time classic

    • @leloupdessteppes3228
      @leloupdessteppes3228 Před 5 měsíci

      When I first watched this movie as a teen I made the same assumption. I was so wrong. This movie is so deep and rich of deep meaning and philosophy. Its a movie about what it means to be a man and how to become a ubermensch!

    • @benjaminharlow3743
      @benjaminharlow3743 Před 3 měsíci

      A masterpiece in storytelling & musical score!

  • @sherryglisson4885
    @sherryglisson4885 Před rokem +23

    This song captures the awe and amazement on the actor s face as he lifted that great sword and struck off his chains...the centuries of calcification flew away from the blade with a single mighty blow and the old king crumbled to dust.. Conan said CROM in awe...
    If anybody was ever born to play a role it was Arnold Schwarzenegger to personify Conan the barbarian....

  • @RealKull
    @RealKull Před 6 lety +89

    For me the mummyfied body in the crypt was that of Kull of Valusia...

    • @tothelastman6
      @tothelastman6 Před 5 lety +19

      You, sir, have forever changed how I see that scene! That makes total sense! Bless you!

    • @adamrawn2063
      @adamrawn2063 Před 3 lety +20

      And if you know anything of Kull, even as naught but Bones & Dust, the clash of steel made him reach for his sword, one last time...

    • @dustinhatfield22
      @dustinhatfield22 Před 3 lety +3

      Brooooooooo same!

    • @RintTheReaver
      @RintTheReaver Před 2 lety +2

      We are not alone.

  • @BrokenMadness
    @BrokenMadness Před 11 lety +58

    The Ultimate Fantasy movie soundtrack.

  • @vardellsfolly5200
    @vardellsfolly5200 Před 3 lety +50

    I have heard many, many soundtracks so far.. but few, very few are so eerie, so mysterious, so emotional like this piece. I am always fascinated of how it starts..

    • @user-dm5kv9gz8h
      @user-dm5kv9gz8h Před 3 lety +1

      Καταπληκτικό συναισθήματα σκέψεις φαντασία όλα σε ένα!!Η έννοια της μουσικής του κόσμου!!

    • @vardellsfolly5200
      @vardellsfolly5200 Před 3 lety +1

      @@user-dm5kv9gz8h Ήτν υπέροχος.. Κρίμα. Κρίμα ο άνθρωπος.. Όντως, πόσο συναισθηματική ήταν η μουσική του!

    • @LauraJdogmom
      @LauraJdogmom Před rokem +2

      I think it's a glass harmonica. Interesting and effective choice of instrument.

    • @rafaeld.2554
      @rafaeld.2554 Před rokem

      Absolutely mystical... This greek had an atlantean background lineage... This is an atlantean music, you can feel it....

    • @SpadezMedia
      @SpadezMedia Před rokem

      at 1:40 during the actual scene I get goosebumps as it shows the flamed light ambience of skeletons going up to the king

  • @MucusArt
    @MucusArt Před rokem +11

    This was always one of my favorite scenes in the movie for some reason. It was quite beautifully done.

  • @emanuelaferrin224
    @emanuelaferrin224 Před 3 lety +13

    Still here to listen to this masterpiece

  • @MrBastilleDay
    @MrBastilleDay Před 11 lety +147

    My fear is that my children will never understand...

    • @Coste1072
      @Coste1072 Před 6 lety +19

      Unfortunately your fears are well founded

    • @b.ratt7791
      @b.ratt7791 Před 6 lety +10

      MrBastilleDay- lol, I heard that line in the movie. It's when Conan was sitting on the table, a messager drop off a scroll to some general n he reads it. Then he says " Ha!!! We won again " he looks around n says " what is the best in life? "

    • @nefariousnilbog
      @nefariousnilbog Před 5 lety +1

      @@b.ratt7791 Nailed it.

    • @warriornorman4026
      @warriornorman4026 Před 4 lety +3

      I remember growing up watching this movie

    • @joshuacowling2237
      @joshuacowling2237 Před rokem +3

      I Understood That Reference😎

  • @socialgarbage2
    @socialgarbage2 Před 14 lety +21

    Conan the Barbarian, and The Last of the Mohicans, 2 soundtracks that touched my soul.

    • @maggs131
      @maggs131 Před rokem

      Now I'm looking up last of the mohican soundtrack. Thanks for reminding me

    • @flybeep1661
      @flybeep1661 Před rokem

      @@maggs131 last of the mohicans is nice but nowhere near in the same league as Conan. I'd say Flesh+Blood also by Poledouris is closest mainly because director Paul Verhoeven heard the Conan score and told Poledouris to give him something like that. It also helps that the Flesh+Blood score is of the same era (early 1980s) and it's also set in an adventure setting. Outside of Poledouris work you'd probably be looking at work of Miklos Rozsa's El Cid score example: czcams.com/video/X5ARvP8IuV8/video.html .

  • @kirbyjohnson8417
    @kirbyjohnson8417 Před 2 lety +21

    This is the only soundtrack that wowed me enough to buy it, I mean I have other soundtracks now, but this is the only one I ever sought out and bought. An absolute masterpiece.

  • @jamesmcleod1986
    @jamesmcleod1986 Před 12 lety +22

    HEAR US O' CROM! The Tale of your mightiest champion hath been defiled! Sing in us Great Crom and teach how we may deliver a tale of Conan, who forged a kingdom by his own hand and shook the pillars of the very Earth! Sing in us Great Crom so that we may tell the tale of Conan the Barbarian in such a way that doth not defile his mighty image!

    • @tylertanner7378
      @tylertanner7378 Před 2 lety +4

      Crom hears not your prayers. Only the weak pray!

  • @theefrankguy
    @theefrankguy Před 7 lety +23

    One of my favourite scenes of the movie was when Arnold was in the cave and got his new sword!!!.

  • @torontomunda
    @torontomunda Před rokem +4

    I can shovel my driveway full of snow listening to this masterpiece and not break a sweat

  • @makomenos2921
    @makomenos2921 Před 6 lety +15

    it always makes me cry if I listen to it separately from the movie...

  • @lordzigy258
    @lordzigy258 Před 3 lety +11

    This is the only original version from thé movie ... by Crom ! From 1982 this movie and his soundtrack changed my Life for Ever... i was 7 years old ... many years after i used to remix it into massive drum and bass party ! ... Warrior style for the dansefloor !👁🙏🏽💪🏽

    • @peterbilt3385
      @peterbilt3385 Před 2 lety

      You butchered it then with that drum and bass crap, shame on you. Leave it alone, it stands well enough on it's own.

  • @Chuschannel
    @Chuschannel Před 9 lety +35

    Hauntingly beautiful.

  • @WieldingEminator
    @WieldingEminator Před 11 lety +24

    It is a kind of soft yet powerful piece of music.

  • @Docrate1
    @Docrate1 Před 10 měsíci +2

    This is one of the 3 tracks that made the movie for me. Riders of Doom, Atlantean sword and Battle of the mounds. They capture the spirit of R.E. Howard's tales to perfection.

  • @yo-ev6xs
    @yo-ev6xs Před 4 lety +14

    God this is just wonderful wonderful thought provoking music. Takes me back to my wonderful self discovering childhood. Wow life eh?

    • @ColonelMarcellus
      @ColonelMarcellus Před 2 lety +1

      Yo, yo! I was a fairly old man when this came out. That was, what, 1982, 40 years ago.

  • @charlyll1279
    @charlyll1279 Před 4 lety +11

    Masterpiece!

  • @buttergurls6401
    @buttergurls6401 Před 4 lety +7

    Gives me CHILLS!

  • @scottbaker7104
    @scottbaker7104 Před rokem +2

    This was an awakening for Conan and gave him his freedom and he is now in control of his own destiny

  • @DidoInFlames
    @DidoInFlames Před rokem +3

    What happened to us as a species? Why nobody can produce incredible music like this in 2022 ? Music from 40 years ago is so advanced and beautiful and nowadays music is crap?

    • @xyzxxx33
      @xyzxxx33 Před rokem +3

      technology doesn't help with music, that's it, and music is eternal, just like some other form of arts. enjoy.

  • @michaelbaker9786
    @michaelbaker9786 Před rokem +3

    This movie was great back in its time. and the soundtrack for this movie even better. I just wish we had more backstory when he finds the sword.

  • @michaeltheophilus5260
    @michaeltheophilus5260 Před 3 lety +7

    Great music..anything that transfers you so powerfully to another realm is to be bowed to like the Atlantian General

  • @chriswoodling5195
    @chriswoodling5195 Před 9 lety +74

    (Bows head, respects the dead king.....)

  • @22medicos
    @22medicos Před rokem +2

    3:30 The Young Conan dies and a new man borns. The fear, the pain is behind now.

  • @Joemaster25
    @Joemaster25 Před 14 lety +5

    one of the best movies of all time ... and best fucking soundtrack ever....

  • @Uncle_Baby_Billy
    @Uncle_Baby_Billy Před 2 lety +1

    I've never heard a song bring on such longing, chefs kiss.

  • @antjames189
    @antjames189 Před 5 lety +7

    so much philosophy in the works of RE Howard. We are Yet mortals in the midst of gods & Heroes

  • @solomonkain
    @solomonkain Před 6 lety +11

    Ahhh, what a wonderful piece of music...

  • @december2364
    @december2364 Před 14 lety +14

    Anyone contemplating a Conan remake should contemplate it on the Tree of Woe.

  • @warriornorman4026
    @warriornorman4026 Před 4 lety +5

    I remember growing up watching this movie

  • @overdosisbringslife
    @overdosisbringslife Před 14 lety +11

    Best movie and soundtrack ever!!!!

  • @kmontano1234
    @kmontano1234 Před rokem +2

    I feel powerful listening to this masterpiece

  • @charlesbrown4311
    @charlesbrown4311 Před 2 lety +8

    This piece portrays the weight of the great age of the king and the sword perfectly.

  • @f1r3hydr4nt
    @f1r3hydr4nt Před 3 lety +3

    "Do you want to live forever?"

  • @amineaiffa
    @amineaiffa Před 2 lety +13

    Returning back to these classic films and seeing how the story, acting and music all came together, I seem to think that Hollywood has really lost it's way. Or perhaps we have just developed a different taste. Such is life. We all age and long for the past.

  • @stevebeaufoy7549
    @stevebeaufoy7549 Před 2 lety +2

    This segment underlines the echoes of a once mighty and proud civilisation, now lost forever, the King and his (knights?) the only survivors of "the ocean that drank Atlantis".
    Steel was already considered more precious than gold and jewells to the Cimmerians, and Conan desperately needed to arm himself which is why he reverently took the Ancient sword from the Atlantean King's skeletal hand. Maybe, in the Hyborean Age, Atlantean steel was highly sought after?
    The cave is so eerie, with the howls and wails of the wolves outside accentuating the melancholy and the sadness of the Tomb, but what elevates this to the next level, is the score by the late Basil Poledouris. It captures the "feel" and the essence of what I just described, Atlantis gone from the World, lost in antiquity.
    I agree that the immense, skeletal figure was probably Kull, and that his eternal vigil for a worthy successor to wield his unique sword had finally come to and end, and his spirit could join Crom in the Halls of Valhalla...
    I think Conan recognised just who was seated on that throne, at the same instant that the skull "bowed" and its crown toppled to the ground. He exclaimed aloud to his God by saying his name, Crom, in the same way we might have said, "Christ!", as an expletive?
    I love this whole scene, because it makes clear that Conan has honour, in the way that he bows in return, paying homage to the King that was, for passing unto him a great Gift, the strongest and keenest blade ever made.

  • @bloodCount8895
    @bloodCount8895 Před 4 měsíci

    Conan the Barbarian was such an epic movie. Taught us 80s kids how to be a man. The music, story, characters, dialogue, everything was epic.

  • @neslihankurum4852
    @neslihankurum4852 Před 2 lety +2

    Super

  • @steviconh5378
    @steviconh5378 Před rokem +1

    Played this at my wedding! Great dinner music

  • @Soberhamster11001100
    @Soberhamster11001100 Před 12 lety +41

    Funnily enough, I play Skyrim whilst listening to Conan the Barbarian music.

  • @Raultyphoon
    @Raultyphoon Před 14 lety +5

    Epic just epic! Masterpiece OST

  • @Yourweakminds
    @Yourweakminds Před 10 měsíci +2

    Crom smiles from his mountain.

  • @IncessantWake
    @IncessantWake Před 7 lety +12

    This song gives me the same feeling as Super Castlevania 4 The Waterfalls.

  • @tattytart85
    @tattytart85 Před 10 lety +90

    Crom

  • @user-vp9ub1fm8y
    @user-vp9ub1fm8y Před rokem +1

    This kinda remind me of Indiana Jones meeting the last crusader scene.John Williams made a similar soundtrack for that scene.Wow.Great music.!Polydouris,a greek american,was one of the classic ones back 35-40 years ago.

  • @SuperZack311
    @SuperZack311 Před 12 lety +68

    I never saw the remake and I never will. I made that mistake when I saw Indiana Jones Crystal skull and the new star wars movies. I'm tired of seeing my childhood cheapened in these shitty sequels and remakes.

    • @senadblagajcevic4994
      @senadblagajcevic4994 Před 6 lety +3

      You got that right

    • @RogueBoyScout
      @RogueBoyScout Před 4 lety +8

      Crom is pleased with your reverence to the classics...

    • @interviewerKe-
      @interviewerKe- Před 4 lety

      The new one has Ron Perlman

    • @w1975b
      @w1975b Před 3 lety +2

      I enjoyed Crystal Skull, but to each their own. I agree that the 1982 version of Conan can NOT be done better and the remake was junk.

    • @johnturrentine9610
      @johnturrentine9610 Před 3 lety +1

      The crystal skull is the worse Indiana Jones movie. I’ll watch Temple of Doom way before KOtCS.

  • @marekweglarczyk5096
    @marekweglarczyk5096 Před 6 lety +6

    conan forever

  • @DU0ZA
    @DU0ZA Před 3 měsíci +1

    Epic movie so is the soundtrack 🙏🏽

  • @prigual2901
    @prigual2901 Před 2 lety +1

    Thanks for uploading this version.

  • @leocomi4465
    @leocomi4465 Před rokem +1

    Una delle scene più belle del film,bellissima colonna sonora❤✌

  • @jasoncassios7114
    @jasoncassios7114 Před 3 lety +16

    Only a man will understand the scene with the Dead King. And only a man who will see another one tear up, will nod his head in agreement and silent understanding. It's no coincidence that not a single word is spoken in the tomb, apart from the proper one: CROM, letting silence and music do the work.
    Manliness at its finest.

  • @KettlePal
    @KettlePal Před 14 lety +2

    Its a shame Basil can't be around to make the soundtrack for the remake.. It won't be the same without a mind-blowing score.

  • @TheSocratesofAthens
    @TheSocratesofAthens Před 8 měsíci

    I love the metaphor here: uncovering strength that lies hidden in the past but whose effects reach the present. The film's sense of history really gives it an impact seldom felt in other such fantasy films. It really highlights history's continuity and thus the film's kinship with modern times in a grounding way.

  • @mvader7188
    @mvader7188 Před měsícem +1

    Busting that rust off with a couple of swings😊

  • @justinbird1387
    @justinbird1387 Před 8 měsíci +1

    oooh the chills still get me kull the conquer time

  • @vincentfranklin17
    @vincentfranklin17 Před 7 lety +10

    By Cromm, this is good!

  • @buttergurls6401
    @buttergurls6401 Před 4 lety +1

    Trumpets and clarinets did their thang

  • @threewolves98
    @threewolves98 Před 8 měsíci

    It's my headcannon that the king in the tomb is Kull the Conqueror, whom Robert E. Howard had devised Conan's character from. Kull is an Atlantean king who discovered the Set priest's plot to subjugate kings and men with their mind control and shape shifting powers. Conan uses Kull's sword on his quest to kill Thulsa Doom who has all the same characteristics of a priest of Set in the first Kull adventure, The Shadow Kingdom.

  • @Sejanus
    @Sejanus Před 5 lety +2

    That feeling when you kill at long last Sygrid, her Jarl and her runecaster, and you rises in your hands the Ghostblades.

  • @yo-ev6xs
    @yo-ev6xs Před 4 lety +2

    Imagine a world without music??

  • @Nashfury
    @Nashfury Před 12 lety +9

    Crom laughs from his mountain but i know the riddle of steel.....

  • @shilohgordon8398
    @shilohgordon8398 Před 2 měsíci

    Sublime Perfection.

  • @KieranM-kn3lt
    @KieranM-kn3lt Před 2 měsíci

    holy god this is amazing

  • @JimHawpah
    @JimHawpah Před 14 lety +4

    Does anyone know what happened to Subotai?
    I strike the question because in the "Destroyer" Conan's new partner mentions the camel, but he never witnesses the drunken camel punch. It was Subotai who was there, not the terrible new companion they put in for the sequel.

  • @singularityoneone
    @singularityoneone Před 13 lety +4

    This movie was made perfect.
    Any remake would be a sham. Especialy if its PG-13.
    PG-13 is the worst thing hollywood ever did.

  • @dritzzdarkwood4727
    @dritzzdarkwood4727 Před rokem

    With this new powerful blade, he shatters his father's old blade wielded by an enemy. Metaphorically, represents so many things.....

  • @mrnaughtycat
    @mrnaughtycat Před 3 lety +1

    I live near a village called cromford

  • @georgedaniel3479
    @georgedaniel3479 Před 5 lety +1

    I Remember This From Conan The Barbarian

  • @TheKotfu
    @TheKotfu Před 3 lety +1

    Awesome lifting music. Read the stories and watch the movies for gymspiration periodically.

  • @E180TEKNO
    @E180TEKNO Před 3 lety +1

    this music reminds me that schwarzenegger is and will remain a great actor and "the actor who played wonderfully conan the barbarian

    • @steveoh9135
      @steveoh9135 Před 3 lety

      Yes, he’s forever the great Conan.

  • @ca9999
    @ca9999 Před 14 lety +1

    @JokerRecordings absolutely agree. All the remakes of classical movies will be fucked up. Arnold IS THE ORIGINAL CONAN.

  • @Laotzu.Goldbug
    @Laotzu.Goldbug Před rokem

    The first two seconds have such a similar feeling to Hymn to Red October

  • @robintst
    @robintst Před 12 lety +1

    This I have also done. I also use the music from Conan the Destroyer and Red Sonja. Good times.

  • @goldenhelix
    @goldenhelix Před 11 lety +8

    Crom!!

  • @MohammadAli-ht5ce
    @MohammadAli-ht5ce Před 4 lety +1

    And now Crom's Watch has Ended.

  • @UltraMatt
    @UltraMatt Před 13 lety

    great music
    reading alot of the comments about the new movie..I think it's important to point out the Conan movie is NOT a remake. It's a totally diffrent story, along with a totally diffrent take on the charcter. It's in many ways it's own thing.

  • @jayess6689
    @jayess6689 Před 4 lety

    Forever

  • @alexapperley9081
    @alexapperley9081 Před rokem +1

    Just noticed the sword on Stranger things Crom should be pleased

  • @tipchaser1341
    @tipchaser1341 Před měsícem

    Imperial Throne vibes are strong on this one

  • @december2364
    @december2364 Před 14 lety +1

    Maybe we'll be pleasantly surprised by a Conan remake....
    ..but I f*cking doubt it. Some films should just be left alone and this is one.

  • @zupergozer
    @zupergozer Před 12 lety +4

    I agree with you most of you people
    To me Conan is not about killing and butchering as many people as possible but more like this
    I always loved how Conan entered strange and foreign cities and ruins
    it always had so much suspense I just loved and still love reading the books and watching the crappy Arnie movie
    crappy as in he makes crappy groans (specifically in the gladiator scene) but the movie is one of my all time favorites

  • @Hyperbadboy
    @Hyperbadboy Před 14 lety

    Amen.

  • @PrinceAntonVoytek
    @PrinceAntonVoytek Před 12 lety +5

    I saw the trailers for it and decided to gi\/e it a wide miss.
    It's an insult to Robert E. Howard's work and style.
    The original took in so much of Howard,a bit of conan mixed with some of the stuff from his King Kull books,and made a satisfying result.
    The mood was there,and that is really what matters in the end,as well as the broad \/isual details.
    Not so with 'Conan:the Next Generation'.

  • @munsunsnight
    @munsunsnight Před 12 lety

    @Scoobage97 Cheers for that.

  • @gergydj
    @gergydj Před 2 měsíci

    Hail king conan

  • @francescoromani4539
    @francescoromani4539 Před rokem

    😍😍😍

  • @wildwest1832
    @wildwest1832 Před 2 lety +1

    Its like lord of the rings of the barbarian age before lord of the rings

  • @slicksav4599
    @slicksav4599 Před 4 lety +3

    I'm Norwegian. If Atlantis existed I believe the Vikings are somehow tied in whether discovering their ruins or continuing their legends.

  • @osmosys808
    @osmosys808 Před 13 lety +2

    By Crom that maid looks pretty good...

  • @gavingleemonex3898
    @gavingleemonex3898 Před rokem

    My dad told me that his gramp didn't bring back a katana because he believed grave-robbing was immoral.