Waterloo Original Soundtrack - On to Brussels! (The Old Guard Advance)
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- Seeing Wellington's forces are near to breaking Napoleon orders the elite Old Guard to march onwards to victory.
The ninth track from the soundtrack to the 1970 historical epic film Waterloo, directed by Sergey Bondarchuk and starring Rod Steiger as Napoleon and Christopher Plummer as Wellington. The accompanying soundtrack was composed by Nino Rota. - Hudba
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This is in my opinion one of the greatest military films to exist.
Vive Napoleon!
Agreed. The sound effects in the battles are goofy, IMO, but overall it's superb and serves as the benchmark for large scale historical military films.
One of Them yes
That's not an opinion, that's a fact.
Happy Bicentenary Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte (5 may 1821 - 5 may 2021)
Give me 1080p, or give me Blücher....
Nice Reference :D
"ITS OVER! NAPOLEON! WE HAVE THE HIGHER INTERNET CONNECTION!"
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Wellington's beaten, he's bled to death. Now, now move the old guard forward, then onto Brussels
The Noobinator what I say in total war
Napoleon was right. If Marshal Grouchy had done his job and pursued Blucher as ordered, the outcome of this pivotal battle would have been much different. I'm very pro-British, but Napoleon simply beat Wellington and the latter was only saved by Blucher's arrival.
Philip Hughes he did pursue what he thought was blucher, but it was only the rearguard. Wellington had too few men, but heald very well. He was prepared for defeat as he had stationed men to protect him should he fall back.
Blah-blah-blah, if it hadn't pissed with rain, if, he (Napoleon) had not been ill with Christ knows what illness, he could have pulled the Tommy Cooper trick, where it all went wrong and it did !! Thank the Lord for Wellington, otherwise you might be French, perish the thought !!
David Brown napoleon would have lost the campaign, that is certain
Watching this movie everyone knows how the battle ends, but when those horns come in as the Guard starts advancing, I can’t help thinking it’ll end differently
I have never seen such bravery, to advance into death and press forward regardless of so many casualties, their legacy will forever live.
I can imagine that a lot of the men who where there and saw those columns advancing felt the same way
Wasn't that the only time the Guard was repulsed?
@@kenbattor6350 They had a couple of setbacks before, notably during their first deployment at Marengo (they were named Consular Guard at the time). Their were Napoleon's last reserve in the area, and were used to close a gap, but they suffered heavily at the hands of the Austrians. The Austrians mounted a combined attack with artillery, infantry and cavalry, and inflicted large casualties; the Guard retreated in good order, forming square, but left a trail of corpses behind them. They took over 50% casualties until they were bailed out by the Consular Guard cavalry.
@@kenbattor6350 it was the only time the Guard ever retreated without orders
I lost the battle of Marengo at 5 and I won it back at seven!
But not this time...
Military Slinger this time blucher arrived at a bad time
En effet c est le Prussien mais pas l Anglois.
but my mind is still good.
@Raven How terrifyingly hilarious that is LOL
"The whole line will advance!"
"In which direction your Grace?"
"Why, straight ahead to be sure!"
"Bro why ru raging, it's just a game chill!" -Arthur Wellsley, Duke of Wellington
This motivates me in life
Does anyone remember when this comment only had 3 likes?
Yes, me too.
Ines Cervantes ngl your profile pic suits your comment quite well
İndeed
Same
Me to
"Sire, if you go any further you shall be killed!"
"Were else should a general die but on the field?"
"Sire, you must go back, please!"
Apparently he always followed in front of the old guard true part of the film
Would have been kinder for him to have died on the field.
@@BadSkeelz As honor and bravery? I think so.
@@BadSkeelz indeed, he said during the 1814 defense of France that he tried really hard to die fighting
tried a bunch of times by commanding and leading from the front
but all the shots and cannon balls missed him
shame he had to die from disease, not a fitting end for a warrior king
@@therearenoshortcuts9868 I can't imagine how he felt on his island before dying, thinking maybe everyday what he did wrong in that battle (or some other battle) :c.
The scene where Napoleon is sitting on a stool in the Field, and two Columns of French infantry stretching miles back pass him on either side is fantastic.
A glorious scene. One of the best by Bondarchuk.
The horse kicking up mud… the presence of so many Marshalls and their hat plumes blowing in the wind.
“To see you, sire!”
Scène incroyable
Vive l'empereur et la grande armée 🇨🇵
LA VICTOIRE EST A NOUS
@Crispen Drye la victoire est a nous is the real name of the song
@@jonasmejerpedersen4847 yes , but "la victoire est a nous" means "victory is ours!"
Vive La France!!
Ces infâmes brigands sont tombés sous nos coups
Epars dans les campagnes:
On les voit, en fuyant, regagner leurs montagnes.
La victoire est à nous (x2);
Saint-Phar, par son courage,
de la mort, du pillage
Nous a préservés tous.
La victoire est à nous (x2);
Saint-Phar, par son courage,
de la mort, du pillage
Nous a préservés tous.
When I blast this in my Mount and Blade discord, automatically, people start screaming “WATERLOO PTSD, VIVE LA FRANCE”
prussia is better
@@CM-NightDK Prussia was a sucker
@@CM-NightDK Viv la France
@@CM-NightDK (loses berlin to france under 1 month)
The old guard just has to be the best regiment.
and the 6 ft men got rekt
@@Investing_WithDrake_Culver not really, it was the other regiments of guard which retreated, the 1st regiment of grenadiers, the oldest of the guard stood firm to play la grenadiere in a futile attempt of rallying the fleeing French army at waterloo
No its the 92nd of foot
@@samuellambe1568 It's a little more complex than that. All of the Imperial Guard took part in covering the retreat, and it was the Middle Guard who took part in the final assault on Wellington's lines. To cut a longer story short, different battalions had different levels of success, and Waterloo only shows the 2nd battalion of the 3rd Regiment of Foot Grenadiers. The 2/3 did fall back, but the British Foot Guards had to then retreat in turn, as the 4th Foot Chasseurs advanced up the ridge at them.
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When you win against 6 coalitions but lose your final battle in Belgium
5*
@@Heisenberg882 7 coalition
Germany* (Leipzig)
5 he lost the last 2.
@@abdullahmoiz8151 his final battle was Waterloo not Leipzig, If you are speaking about before elba there is sixdays campaigns
I can't get this tune out of my head.
Hey, hope this gets you to watch it again and get it back in your head
I have no problem its great probably one of my favorite soundtracks ever
did it gone now ?
i think of it
everytime i confront a grindy challenge lol
@@whatwhat887 No it’s still there
honestly never has a musical tune made me so willing to advance in a nearly suicidal formation
Edit
How is this comment 4 years old I JUST MADE IT
O.o
Christ I'm getting old
"Nearly" suicidal? Napoleonic warfare could be described as "dying tactically"!
@@Schattengewaechs99 you're chance of surviving a battle were actually very high, 80% in fact
@@martianemperor5137 the old guard marched in the wrong formarjon, and this were unable to bring many arms to bear so were cut to pieces was my meaning, column formation is not the best idea against reverse slope defense
More like being the human meat sheild for the others who will eventually die.
@thecharter1 Not how chance works....
Was listening to this in blood and iron and allmost got hit by a cannonball
As a guts and blackpowder player my teammates need to use canister shot instead of freakin roundshot smh
Not taking anything from other commanders but napoleon is the greatest in history and history has proven that all others live in his shadow.
Fought in 60 battles and won 53 of them. The Emperor was going beast mode his entire career.
For those confused, this is not a soundtrack made by the movie, this is ‘La Victoire Est A Nous’ the Official March of the ‘La Grande Armee’ Of Napoleon The Great
I was looking for the real name! Thank you!
Regardless of who wrote it, it's an epic piece of music that would be perfect to march into battle to.
Well this is probably a specific arrangement made for the film, while of course not being an original piece just for the film, if that makes sense
@@justanobadi6655 actually an original period piece
@@KrisWustrow Only from 1:13 to 1:37 is a period piece, which is a snippet of La Victoire Est a Nous. . The rest is by the movie composer. Pistol Pete is right. The first piece up to 1:13 is La Vielle Garde, a piece written by Rota for the film.
Over 20 years ago, I took a history course on the Vietnam War in college and I read a book “A Rumor of War” by Philip Caputo. In this book, the author recalled while listening to a rather boring lecture in USMC Basic School, his classmate whisper to him, “the problem in War is that there is no background music.” Maybe this tune would be a great morale booster!
Napoleon: OK guys were gonna use our best troops and definitely no old German guy with show up with 30000 cavalry.
Crippling Depression blucher was from sweden
Old? Old!?
@@tehgreekygamer3189 da fuq?
@@martianemperor5137 its actually true
@@WellingtonLee573 Yep you are old
If any video on CZcams deserves a 10-hour version, it's this.
This has always been my favourite music to listen to right before entering an exam hall.
I played this song in front of a London Guard now it's an Old Guard
Nice Very Nice Sire
Very Ez i know
you are fake napoleon
You would be bayoneted sire
@@Winston.S.Churchill lol yes, cossacks would skeewer his corsican ass
2 truths about Waterloo
Ney correctly sensed weakness in the British centre and launched a mass cavalry attack to prevent them from reforming and to pin them in squares. However the infantry he then ordered up (which would have decimated the British squares) never arrived, why? Because all infantry divisions intended to support Neys attack were swiftly redirected to the right flank to face the Prussians in the village of Plancenmois.
Thus Ney had to keep charging the British to keep them pinned, buying time for infantry to be available, sadly this never happened. This clearly shows Wellington was beaten without the Prussians, he’s lucky no french units were available to march on the squares.
2. It wasn’t the old guard that launched the final attack, it was the middle guard, supported by more middle guard and then the old guard grenadiers. This attack routed the Brunswick division, then the 73 highland regiment, Dutch artillery, then British foot guards hidden in corn sprang up and indeed beat off some of the middle guard, however the following units then routed the British foot guards. The attack continued until the Prussians broke through on the right flank and finally the middle guard broke and fled. The old guard stood their ground and formed square, covering the retreat of the army. Rather than surrender they died.
These 2 points aren’t well known. As it shows that Wellington was saved by Blücher (not good for the British publicity at the time) and this myth that the common British soldier defeated the legendary old guard was good for propaganda. However it wasn’t exactly true
The 3rd Chasseurs of the Imperial Guard were the ones who routed the British foot guards
source?
Its wildly well known that wellington shifted his forces back and ney saw this and assumed they were retreating..your first point is wrong..ney didnt "sense any weakness"
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"Beat off some of the guard"? That surprise blow left nearly a fifth of the guard dead or wounded on the field, I think you severely understate its impact.
Also, that whole "la Garde meurt, me ne se rend pas" thing is a myth, and Pierre Cambrone spent the rest of his life telling people he never did that
Hearing this makes me feel like a soldier. ;) RIP to all the French who died at Waterloo.
Forgot about the british prussians and even more (dutch and ppl from hannover and all over germany)
You have been recruited as a Young Guard
@@ods12208English blood is worth nothing
@@guevara9543 your worth nothing
@@guevara9543 bro fr?
one of my favorite tunes from the napoleon war
it's a French tune; that is older than waterloo
@@gutsjoestar7450 Oh ok bruh
The real song name is:
La Victoire est á Nous (the Victory is Ours).
It is came from a French Opera:
La caravane du Caire (The Cairo Caravan) of André Gréty, written in 1783.
The song "The Victorie est á Nous" is consided an Imperial Napoleonic march. But in 1783, Napoleone Buonaparte (he changed the Italian name, only in 1785), was still a student. A cadet of the royal Army......
THIS BEAT BE HITTING HARDER THAN THE CANNONS FR FR 🇨🇵🇨🇵🇨🇵🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
“Now, now move the old guard forward and onto brussels”
This military march is beautiful but it wasn't played at Waterloo "La Victoire est à Nous" was played 2 days before, after the battle of Ligny. When the guard advance at Waterloo, "La Marche des bonnets à Poils" was played.
Im sure if the French broke the coalition in Waterloo, they would have played it in Brussels.
@@puckuranus3337 Yess of course
The Drums, The Drums, They Are Driving Me Insane! Fire, Fire On Ney's Line! We Shall Not Retreat, For This Is The Deciding Battle Of Decades, Decades Of History,.
- A largely Unknown Quote By An Officer In The British Army Before He Was Killed.
I keep coming back to this for 9 years now. Glad people still listen to it.
IMPERIAL GUARD FOREVER
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Good 1080p Wellington!
If there is anything in this world of which I know positivly nothing, it is 1080p.
Napoleon*
@@gutsjoestar7450 It's Wellington. It's a reference to the "GOOD BEANS, WELLINGTON!" Scene
Ok, i can see how this could motivate me to walk across an open field toward a wall of armed men.
Give me blucher or give me night. One of the greatest battles in history
I would march to the gates of hell listening to this...
This along with the absolute huge-mass attack with columns of the French Guard, SO CLOSE to winning even with Napoleon snoring off throughout the entire battle!
'The lads are down to five rounds a man Wellington. Aye they'll stand'
After hearing this in so many Napoleon: Total War videos, I've finally found it!
It‘s from the film "Waterloo". _(1975)_
I figured.
"la victoire est à nous" le nom de la chanson
@@Schattengewaechs99 1970 :)
@@dukeofwellington1074 You are right!
I can only imagine being in a battle against napoleon and hearing this, but then fate sets in...
This is an Epic that though the critics hated just hits home with the contention between Napolean's ambition and Wellingtons dogged pursuit. My favorite scene is the arrival of the Prussians in the wood and Napolean murmuring "I should have burnt Berlin" and Marshall Blucher calling for the Black Flag..No Quarter!! And we wonder the bad blood between Nations at this time and well after!
This march hits hard every time i hear it.
This is my morning alarm😂
you know shit's going to be real when you hear this song
a song without lyrics but with music, what have we learned back then
Vive la France!. From Australia
Where ever i go i see napoleon and marengo(his horse)
According some sources the music the band played during the advance of the old guard was Gebauer's "Marche des Bonnets a poil"
this is by far the most intimidating marching music i have ever seen
(deep drums)
This song is called "La victoire est a nous" one of the most famous French march
The Thunder ryhtm of the drums and the Thousands of Lined infantry men marching together gives me goose bumps and so on motivation and mere patriotism.
1:13 I ALWAYS WHISTLE THIS
i always whistle this on my way to work
La victoire est à nous
This tune is the best "LONG LIVE GRAND ARMEE' I Can't let this tune out of my mind this motivates me like the NAPOLEON'S IMPERIAL GUARD.
It was Ney, Grouchy and some of his other subordinates that failed that day! Napoleons plan was perfect! We should have won!!
My plan was not perfect. BTW, historians still dispute who ordered the ill-fated cavalry charge. Both Napoleon and Ney denied having given the order.
I also failed to commit my Imperial Guard when the cavalry charge took place. If I had sent in the infantry at that moment, things might have been better for France...🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
@@napoleonbonaparteempereurd4676 U are wrong sire!. U should gather recruit troops so u can fight the 2 enemy u lose to waterloo becoz ur just outnumbered by Prussian and British. Why?.. becoz if u have more army grouchy can blocked the prussian.. and ur main army can push all the way going to wellington face
Napoleon the Great was no fool. The prior skirmishes and the lightning move to pierce Wellington and Blücher apart was another testament to his monumental mind.
Even with every mistake and mishap during and before Waterloo, Napoleon still nearly won. And deserved to.
Nah he came back from Elba for his own personal glory and because of that another 100 thousand french died at Waterloo. Still, if he hadn't come back he wouldn't have become what he is remembered as. A spark of glory will always be more appealing to history than a humble fading of thousands more modest than him.
@@gioojisba2758 Ok boomer
@@SpookyScarySkitarii fuck off, I'm not even 21 yet
@@gioojisba2758 pas encore 21 ans déjà débile la France est perdu
@@gioojisba2758 Tu parles de ça car il a perdu mais si il avait gagné tu fermerais ta gueule or à l'époque il était pas mal côté Napoléon
Vive la France 🇫🇷!! Love from Greece 🇬🇷!!
Awesome movie, awesome score!
Listening to this while Marching to the front line in Grenadier Uniform goes hardd
So powerful !
Finally I have found this tune!!!!! Thanks for the upload!
"Who gives salt to marshal soult"
-Morale Officer
I have loved this since I first watched the film ,many years ago. Fantastic.
It’s crazy that an old and sickly Napoleon beat Wellington down handily and the general mass actually believes that Wellington won by himself.
He was literally saved at the last minute by Blücher. Dude was actually praying for Blücher to show up to save his ass. 💀😂
No disrespect to Wellington though. He was a fantastic military commander and did extremely well considering his circumstances, but it cannot be overstated how much he was saved by Blücher at Waterloo.
True, without the bulk of Blucher's army showing up in the afternoon on his left flank, he was beaten. His army was mostly inexperienced and outmatched in many ways by Napoleon's.
Everything he did that day, by and large, was a delaying action to buy Blucher time to reach him. He was helped by the substantial rain delays, Ney's blunder and the sheer ability of the men at Hugumont who held the farm for the entire battle, as well as those who stood against the Old Guard and broke them.
Wellington is quoted at length for saying how lucky he was - 'A damn near run thing' or 'Give me night, or give me Blucher'.
What an idiotic statement.
Napoleon never took the ridge. Wellington won his battle - which was to hold Napoleon in place while Blücher attacked the flank.
Napoleon couldn't break through Wellington, i.e., couldn't beat him. Wellington's plan from the start was to simply hold his position.
The amount of whiny 'Boo hoo Wellington didn't win' bullshit peddled around Waterloo is frankly pathetic.
He wasn't saved by Blücher - he trusted in his ally. Do you think Blücher would have beaten or even fought Napoleon again without Wellington? Blücher wouldn't have even been in Belgium if Wellington hadn't been there.
It was an allied victory, simple as. Blücher didn't 'save' Wellington, Wellington executed his part of the plan perfectly, which was to hold Napoleon (who had been an absolute idiot and split his forces don't forget) in place until the Prussians came - which he did. Napoleon tried to break the allied line and failed.
Pяιиcε Mεlισdαѕ i mean you gotta take in account the terrain of at the time and Napoleons other generals and officers mistakes
@@HerbiieIsBest You just said in a fancy way that Wellington alone would not have won at Waterloo against Napoléon and that he required the help from his ally to achieve victory.
How does that differ in any way from what the others said?
@@maloflory By what I said. Wellington was not saved by Blucher. Napoleon did not defeat Wellington.
Wellington's objective was to hold Napoleon in place.
Napoleon's objective was to break through Wellington's line.
Wellington completed his objective brilliantly, despite Blucher's late arrival. This is not being 'saved' by anyone.
Napoleon most certain did not beat Wellington 'hands down' (and awww boo was he ill as well at the time? Is that why he left the battlefield to go and have a nap... yes, genius general best ever lived), Napoleon failed utterly to complete his objective of breaking through Wellington.
Wellington may have said give me Blucher or give me night, but then Blucher was meant to arrive in the early afternoon but was slow. He also said that he was disappointed by Napoleon and that 'he came in the same old way and we beat him in the same old way.'
So, in answer to your question, what I said differs from the others because:
1) Blucher did not save Wellington anymore than Wellington saved Blucher.
2) Napoleon did not beat Wellington in any way shape or form.
The above comments are all part and parcel of French attempts after the Battle of Waterloo to lessen their defeat, make fairly pathetic excuses for Napoleon like he had a stomach bug, or he actually won, or it was all to do with the weather and nothing to do with the thousands of troops he sent to pursue Blucher rather than keep his forces together...
A great example of the French attempts to rewrite history is Pierre Cambronne. In this film, when asked to surrender he shouts 'Merde!', though a journalist who wasn't at the battle said that Cambronne said 'The guard dies it does not surrender.' Both of these responses are a complete fantasy that Cambronne denied, and the Guard did surrender, so are a bit silly.
Also there is a reason that Napoleon surrendered to the British, not to the Prussians.
Thank you for uploading!
great peace of music
Just imagine being a British/German/Dutch soldier at Waterloo, exhausted from hours of fighting, waiting behind that ridge for another French attack and then.....your hear this. In that moment you know that the undefeatable Imperial Guard, the best military unit in entire history is heading your way. Just knowing that you, a mere raw recruit are going to face veterans who fought in at least couple wars and dozens of battles, men who never retreated or surrendered in battle, who never lost a single battle, is a terrifying thought! I bet that many British would've run if they had weaker leadership and, well......acutely anywhere to run at all!
How did Napoleon have vets at Waterloo if in 1814 he had to call up teenage conscripts
@@fredbarker9201 Veterans from the peninsular campaign still remained after the disaster in Russia. Many of whom would become the backbone of the new imperial guard.
And then imagine being a French conscript when you hear the shout from the rolling smoke - 'La Garde Recule! Sauve qui puet!'
@@astratan2238 And then they suddenly hear, "La garde meurt mais ne se rend pas !" they would certainly stop the rout
@@RFIKILLER In my experience soldiers with a way out hearing that their toughest buddies (and last hope of victory) are dying doesn’t do much for their morale, however brave those deaths are.
I love this scene.
Vive Le France!!(from Greece)
La France. They're basically all girls.
Avec l'amour de l'Allemagne.
@@blodiblodmann4267 I poured my tea when I was reading this.
Grüsse aus der Türkei
Good save the British Empire
I want this as a miniseries now, with this theme being used every time Napolean makes the final victorious move, but at Waterloo is sounds slightly, off, so we, like Napolean, think he's about to win. Only to have it smashed. Maybe if we do it as a 5 or HBO serious in the style of Rome. That way they won't botch it XD
They would cast napoleon to be a black transgender zer. Murat would be a girl in disguise trying to show the world that she can do it
@@artygunnar Phoenix is Napoleon but good cringe
I'm feeling Chills.... 😬😬😬😬
I'm korean, but when i heard this tune, and feel greatest of grand armee, I suddenly feel i was surve in the ville guard 💂♀️ vive la france, vive la napoleon
this is a grate movie and a great soundtrack. ITS AMAZING
Legend
Happy birthday Napoleon. Vive l'empereur!
This will be a great song
This Song just gives off the feeling of Freedom and Marching for Fierce Battle with your brothers and sisters, while MArching towards death with ur might to victory
Not sure why this is a half step down from original but glad this is up.
great
En Avant....VIVE L'EMPEREUR !!!!!!
Muy buena canción muy épica hasta me hace recordar la película😀
"General order ,the army will advance"
"In which direction your grace "
Thanks!
excelente, muy motivadora melodia
one of my favourite movies
March into Buckingham palace with like 20 people all in the old guard uniform playing this tune lmao
Tranquille, souriant à la mitraille anglaise, - La garde impériale entra dans la fournaise."
Quel dommage
The Scots have always been fighters and the backbone the British Army, and long may it continue 😎🇬🇧
It’s only $1,000 for a replica Bearskin. I’m actually considering it!😳
He will make it to Brussels.
He will.
inspiring
Victory is Ours!
Is that all I will leave him? The limits of glory?
soldati del quinto di linea! in riga per quattro colonne e musica in testa!
I understand this reference
@@e.f.l2749 as do I
*VIVE LA OLD GAURD*
*VIVE LA NAPOLEON*
*VIVE LA FRANCE*
VIVE LA VIEILLE GARDE
VIVE NAPOLÉON
VIVE LA FRANCE*
Wellington chuckles
Son féèlë ėn dangèr
Bruh it’s such a good song for a entire regiment to march to its destruction
God that is good music ! Long Live Napoléon
Dramatic fellows these French .
Music and banners hmph
Quite beautiful.
Ah, Men of culture