The Day The Earth Stood Still | Soundtrack Suite (Bernard Herrmann)
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- Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1951). Composed and Conducted by Bernard Herrmann. Also Conducting are Alfred Newman and Lionel Newman.
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Music Awards:
- None
Nominations:
- Golden Globe - Best Original Score
Playlist:
00:00 Studio Rehearsals & Studio Outtakes (with Herrmann advising conductor Lionel Newman)
00:16 Prelude / Outer Space / Radar
02:51 Danger
03:12 Arlington
04:05 Gort / The Visor and The Ray / The Telescope
04:47 Escape
05:35 Lincoln memorial
06:58 Nocturne / The Flashlight / The Robot / Space Control
08:54 Panic
09:30 The Glowing / Alone / Gort's Rage / Nikto / Captive / Terror
11:02 The Prison
11:38 Rebirth
13:05 Departure
13:55 Farewell
14:27 Finale
14:56 Studio Rehearsals & Studio Outtakes (Herrmann thanking for a successful take)
Source:
Varèse Sarabande CD Club VCL 1211 1128 (Bernard Herrmann At 20th Century Fox)
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this movie is by far the most thought out and directed sci fi movie ever made. the music, the cast, the story. JUST EXCELLENT. and never forget these words. KLAATU BARADA NIKTO.
Never forget ! Not like onto Evil Dead !!!! 😅
A classic that will never be out of this world. They do not make movies like this anymore. The sound track itself is priceless as I still get goose bumps from it. 5 Stars!
As a baby boomer of the 50's, grew up with movie and it scared me something silly. Found refuge under the covers that's for sure.
First saw it when I was 11-12 years old (I'm 71) and Gort absolutely terrified me!
iconic. original. scary. futuristic. alien. amazing. thoughtful. A perfect score for a perfect science fiction film.
ABSOLUTELY one of the Best Sci-Fi Movie Soundtracks, EVER!❤
"Klaatu barada nikto" Thanks Fred!
Best so fi movie ever made it's believable
Still is my favorite movie soundtrack. This is just brilliantly written.
Love that eerie opening music , so COOOOOOOOOL ! Brings back memories watching this movie as a kid .
Я тоже её обожаю в фильме день когда остановилась земля 1951
That opening music best I ever heard. My all time favorite movie. I'm 83. Used to go to the Benson theater in phila. When I was 11 in 1951 the year this movie came out. I went every week till it left the theater. I have the dvd. Still watch it every month. Am obsessed with this movie. Michael rene. Patricia Moore, hugh Marlow, Billy gray as Bobby. And Sam Jaffe all deserve Academy awards.
The first time I saw this movie (60 years ago), the first 10 seconds of the opening music gave me goose bumps. Still happens now.
A great soundtrack for one of my all-time favorite movies. Thanks Fred!
I think Herrmann's compositions were brilliant and stand the test of time as being among the best orchestration pieces written in history.
Apparently Hitchcock wanted Herrmann a decade before he got him, his Notorious composer concurred, saying Bennie is the best composer in Hollywood with the least notes. Spielberg's story of meeting Herrmann last day of his life equally telling portrait of the man, Herrmann's range of movie genres as wide ranging as was his music.
Herrmann’s unique score was superbly matched with a movie whose SFX techniques would dominate cinema for two decades. Did the man _ever_ score a dud?
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When Iwin Allen did the pilot Lost in Space he showed to the network, the music from this movie was used. He also used Herrmann pieces in two more Lost epusodes.❤❤❤
The theme music to this iconic SciFi masterpiece scared me to death as a child bc it sounded like martians AND ghosts❗
Perfect description!
In using the theremin, Herrmann made an early foray into electronic music, one year before Karlheinz Stockhausen and three years before Edgard Varèse. -Wikipedia
A HEART AT FIRE’S CENTER is an excellent bio of HERRMAN. He is in the top 5 film composers of all time. He also wrote first season Twilight Zone, opening theme of Have Gun Will Travel and many episodes of the Alfred Hitchcock Hour. A true musical genius.
Bernard Herrmann, Ennio Morricone, Elmer Bernstein, Max Steiner and John Williams
A man of imagery, emotions, and impact. He was doing Minimalism before it was a thing. A true grandmaster.
“The Day The Earth Stood Still” is standing solid in the line of the best known science-fiction movies (at least known to mankind). Director Robert Wise created a classic, which perfectly shows that the human race, as innovative and progressive it promotes itself, still lacks… a lot. The movie surprises with the actuality of the stubbornness and ignorance of the worldwide politics and demonstrating that mankind is basically still a primitive being, with a preference of standing in its own way.
What gives the movie its final and otherworldly feel is the music, written by the perfect man for the job: Bernard Herrmann. With the Theremin-based scores of “The Day The Earth Stood Still” and Dimitri Tiomkin’s “The Thing From Another World”, the composers shaped the alien-sound of the 50’s, which is still known to everybody to this day. While the score was, as usual conducted by Herrmann himself, Alfred Newman and his brother Lionel were taking a part on that, as well while the composer was in the mixing booth, checking sound levels and ‘conducting’ from there (as you can hear in the beginning and the end of the video).
In an Interview (link below) André Previn tells an anecdote to Miklós Rózsa and John Williams about these scoring sessions in 1951: “I remember once […] he did a science-fiction film called “The Day The Earth Stood Still” and I went on the scoring stage, just to visit and he had two electronic pianos, an electric organ, an electric guitar, an electric bass, two electric violins and some electronically amplified woodwinds - and that’s it. They were making the most unearthly noise and it was a very cold day, so I went to the prop-department and brought him an electric blanket. He didn’t think it was in the least bit funny. He started screaming at me and be raiding me. He took it as a criticism of the music - sorry - because I like the music very much.” (czcams.com/video/9O9lCYM2Dh4/video.html). Klaatu barada nikto… I mean… enjoy!
P.S.
While there was already a soundtrack video on that score, uploaded almost ten years ago, things did change: The source for the old presentation was the 1995 released bonus-CD of the 20th Century Fox LaserDisc release (8739-02). Just two months after the upload, the legendary “Bernard Herrmann At 20th Century Fox” soundtrack box by Varèse Sarabande Records was released, featuring for the first time the score in its complete form with outstanding sound quality (which you are able to hear now). Since then, the very same material was released apart from this enormous set and can be enjoyed on Kritzerland Records (KR 20029-3) and La-La Land Records (LLLCD 1457).
I was lucky enough to get one of those iconic Herrmann at Fox box sets and it's the crown jewel of my CD collection. Here is some of the greatest music of the 20th Century by a mightily dramatic talent of the times. Thanks for your keen insight on THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and its soundtrack music. I also still own that laserdisc box sex autographed by Robert Wise.
As an aside, I think my personal favorite piece of Herrmann music is the main title for WHITE WITCH DOCTOR, an obscure film that opens like gangbusters! Until next time, happy listening!
Wow!
Wow!
Thank you for this brilliantly written comment, it perfectly sums up The Day The Earth Stood Still, my all time favourite movie, and still one of the most significant movies and messages ever created.
Great and Amazing soundtrack ! ❤😃❤️
I can't thank you enough for this. The pulsating piano as the ship enters Earth's atmosphere is still terrifying so is Gort's theme!
I happened to hear this music today while on lunch flipping through the radio dial. I listened and thought I know this music. This was a great film and I have watched it multiple times and wondered what it must have been like seeing this in the theater when it came out. Probably would have left scared .......well you know.
2:01 that riff is just too cool
What a genius! And Herrmann composed so many other great themes, from Psycho to Taxi Driver.
The score gets to my core every time.
Great Soundtrack, very good film too.
Wonderful score! I can hear bits of " Vertigo " in the title theme. Herrmann was prolific and original. His rousing score for " The 7th voyage of Sinbad " is one of my favorites.
I saw this as a kid and man it scared the hell outta me. The audio and visual effects really did me in.
Brilliant. Love 4:04 and 8:54 especially. What a talent.
Nice 👍🏽
A great score by the master Bernard Herrmann. This is one of my favorites.Thanks for the Excellent upload Fred. Out.
Bernard Herrmann, es uno de los mas brillantes compositores de la industria del cine y uno de mis favoritos!!!.
I do so love the main theme song. One of my all-time favorites.
A real treat to hear this in its entirety. Thank you. VERY powerful! I was about the age of the boy in the film when I first saw this & when he stumbles & falls in the park With Gort behind him with his visor opening....MAN! Terrifying stuff!
>>the boy in the film [...] when he stumbles & falls in the park With Gort behind him with his visor opening
I'm 83. Was 11 Bobby's age too
What a terrifying soundtrack! I love it!! I never knew it but I read recently that the lead role was originally cast to my favourite actor of all time, Mr Claude Rains, but he declined it due to a prior engagement. It went to Michael Rennie, who did a fantastic job but Rains's voice would have made this movie even more memorable, in my opinion. What a timeless classic.
Thanks for this great complete soundtrack Im B Hermanns biggest fan and I adore tdtess
Awe Pop how when I first viewed this movie on TCM on Cable and you who already scene it was enjoying it again viewing it with me, we both loved this classic Sci-Fi Film, now you in heaven similar to how Klatu went to his home planet at the end flying up in his awesome cool spaceship. Rest always Pop❤🌹or should I say dad-KLATUUU BARAKAA NIKTOOO! 👽 🤟👍 🚀
Some of Bernard Hermann's music was used on Lost in Space , especially the first season.
That's right.
When I found this movie available on DVD I Had To Acquire It!
At 11:56 The music is so beautiful and haunting it almost distracts from the movie.
Talk about an iconic and much imitated sound! Thanks Fred!
I'll be playing this during Monday's 97% eclipse. Perfect!
Fantastic Production!
I like the outtakes at the beginning before they start recording, it’s fantastic!🎶🎶
Bravo Fred, ad aver fatto una nuova versione di questa suite!
È il 70° anniversario di questo film!
Grande Bernard Herrmann a dare brividi con il theremin.
Un pilastro della fantascienza contemporanea.🛸👍🏼
I love hearing Benny squak..nyaah! I need mora de-crescendo in the theremins..its a known fact the musicians used to love pressing his buttons and his buddy mitch Miller clarinetist loved teasing Benny into fits and all the musicians would be quietly smiling as Herrmann was tearing his hair out 😆
Excellent Comment. Thanks. Out.
Bernard Herrmann was indeed a character, I would be scared adapting his music since it's very possible his ghost with his notoriously ill temper would come to haunt you.
Great sound track!
With the greatest of respect for my fellow contributors to this forum, referring to "The Day the Earth Stood Still" as science-fiction, although in some respects true, diminishes its stature within the American filmography. More than '50s Sci-Fi, more than Biblical parable, more than serious drama, this film transcends almost all before and since with its message of hope and love and respect. Even more relevant today in these "peri-trumpian" times, its ideal of science, knowledge, learning, understanding, and compassion sends a truly ageless message to all humanity in all cultures and in all times.
I absolutely agree with you, the message of this true movie gem grows more significant with every passing year.
And ironically with our new President we are WAY closer to the end of times than with his predecessor thanks to his inability to command respect with the Communists who see him as a feckless doddering grandpa…..😉
I love this movie totally but interesting Gort being a cosmic policeman like an Ai that will govern us soon. In some ways it COULD be good because humans certainly do not have the ability to judge only on facts, truth, evidence. We are hideous monsters and predators.
Awesome
A great score for a classic sci-fi movie of the '50's. One of my favorites. Another is Herrmann's score for, "Mysterious Island." How many islands get their own music cue?
Gilligan's Island? Fantasy Island"? I hear the first few measures & I know what island I'm sailing to, and remember Jimmy Buffett taking us to the island of Margaritaville.
I love this soundtrack, and the movie, of course. The therimen sound is awesome and eerie
I wish and want this classic to be colourised
Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film score including violin, cello, and bass (all three electric), two theremin electronic instruments (played by Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, two pianos, two harps, three trumpets, three trombones, four tubas, and extensive percussion including cymbals and tam-tam
The score is available for purchase now. And yes, unusual and interesting instrumentation, not to mention the orchestrations. Link: neumation-music.com/products/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-in-full-score
Thank you a theremin I was thinking melotron
I never get tired of this movie
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Love the time period the fashion everything.
One of my most favorite movies ever. Can you do Robot Monster next? Just kidding. Thanks for this.
Absolute genius for the time!!
HOLY $*&%*^^@@!!! THIS IS EPIC!!!! When my mother purchased a DVD of this film, I underestimated how well it would stand the test of time. THIS PASSED!!!
An anti war movie dressed up as Sci Fi. This film is a masterpiece. The theremin is used in this film like no other. It inspired Brian Wilson to use it on Pet Sounds and Good Vibrations.
The best movie ever and the music to match !!! I saw it the first time in 1960 and have loved it ever since even when standing post at the White House in 1974-1977. Imagine that one ! I could see the actual locations where that movie was filmed.
Gort was still in the WH in '74?
amazing :-)
Our planet could use a visit from beyond by the way we treat each other and the planet we're doomed if we don't wake up !
This was originally a classical piece that featured the theremin later used by the Stones in 2000 light-years from home. Hermann began writing this in 1942 but it's performance was delayed until after WW2. The screen play was attributed to Harry Bates but the real short story was written by Dr. Szlar and Albert Einstein who pitched the idea of a movie to promote world peace.
Andre' Previn was a teenage prodigy composer/orchestrator working at MGM when Bernard Herrmann was recording this score. The precocious Previn went to a housekeeping storeroom, borrowed a vacuum cleaner, and offered it to Herrmann, who angrily chased Previn out of the recording studio!
Chills.
I read once that Herrmann was asked by a studio executive if he could get through a recording session quicker. Apparently Herrmann responded to that request by walking over to each member of the orchestra in turn and engaging them in conversation. It's no surprise that Herrmann, despite his extraordinary talent, alienated all the major Hollywood studios and had to work in Europe. Howard Blake, who composed 'Flash Gordon', 'The Duelists' and 'The Snowman', asked Herrmann why he was working on Brian DePalma's 'Sisters'. Blake used very uncomplimentary language about the quality of the movie. Herrmann broke down and told Blake: "I just have to work. I have to work."
Excellent info. Thanks. Out.
During a meeting with Fox head Darryl Zanuck and Joe Mankeiwics to score 5 Fingers, when Zanuck began to tell Herrmann how to score the film "the composer erupted into a torrent of invective uttered at his particular high pitched screech" and stormed out..Zanuck, smiling at Mank, instructed the guard to send Herrmann back to the meeting promising not to interfere as told by Hugo Friedhofer. You just don't yell at your boss, but Zanuck, knowing how important it was to have Herrmann on staff, let him get away with it.
@@boneeatingsilicate580 Excellent info. Thanks. Out.
He once sued Jerrg Goldsmith for "Stealing his ideas" which was ludicrous since Goldsmith despite structurally borrowing aspects of Herrmann and Alex North was still quite unique.
This reminds me so much of Jonny Greenwood! Especially Bodysong, and his earlier more electronic stuff!
13:55 "Farewell" till the end, chills... I remember the scene Klaatu went inside the UFO and took off 🥺
Ya don't mess with G-O-R-T !!
Strange it got no Academy Award nomination for best sound track,,bet no one knows who even won for that year..
Apparently Andre Previn popped into the recording sessions for this score one day and brought Bernard Herrmann an electric blanket as a joke because he had an almost all electronic ensemble, when Herrmann saw it he had a fit and yelled expletives at Previn until he left.
Cool pic of the Maestro! (I’m still looking to score a little scorage though)
do not play this at .25 speed - the earth _will really_ stand still
Hallo Fred.
Ich bewundere nach wie vor deine Auswahl an Movie-Scores. :-)
Das erstaunliche an dem Film ist ja das er eben nicht den Kampf gegen die Außerirdischen zum Thema hat.
Ein Film wie dieser ist zum Beispiel auch eine der Wurzeln für die TV-Serie TOS.
Außerdem ist das Original um Klassen besser als das Remake.
Inzwischen weiß ich auch das sich die Romanvorlage vom Film unterscheidet.
Das Plakat hat aber eindeutig nichts mit der Handlung des Films zu tun.
Robert Wise hat auch bei Star Trek The Motion Picture Regie geführt, aber das weißt du bestimmt.
Dir noch ein angenehmes Wochenende.
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Danke für die netten Worte und dass dir das Video gefällt! Dir wünsche ich ebenso ein schönes Wochenende und bleib gesund!
I’m not sure 🤔 if this one’s feasible or not but could you add to the list, the score Bernard Herrmann did for The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)? As I understand, this one won 🏆 him his only Academy Award 🥇 for Best Score.
Ouvi pela primeira vez quando tinha uns 8 anos e morro de medo até hoje.
The intro cracks me up, because there's the weird music building up, and there is Bernard just standing there, looking kinda dorky. Dont get me wrong, I love his stuff, but the intro is funny.
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The trail blazer score to "Mars attacks" Klaatu Barada Nikto
11:39 WoW
My favorite Soundtrack of all. Jaws is second.
This seems to be recorded in stereo...which the original would not have been (as black & white and 4:3 -- pre-cinemascope ... which did not come out until 1953 with "The Robe") so what/s the story behind that?
Destroy all humans originally was going to have this music in the game
Ack Ack!
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La del Robot me encanta
I can hear the strong influence of Rachmaninoff all throughout this score. Herrmann must have been a fan.
Loved the film, its strange music to a good script. But the truth is stranger than a strange mind. Strange being all those angles away from a rational point constrained by a being who is insecure of ones surroundings from zero to infinity.
The soundtrack is flawless IMHO. The movie, while still one of my favorites, not quite so much. The beginning and end are amazing. The middle portion drags a little. e.g., the notion that a saucer lands in the middle of DC, and that same night there's no one around the area, is absurd. But in the context of its time it was groundbreaking, and after it we could all enjoy a decade or more or Sci-Fi movies. The movie is not completely faithful to the original short story, where the robots actually take over. In time people will see whether that was a prediction.
GORT
One day you'll fly with balloons kiddo
For starters...
My Childhood Nightmare Soundtrack. I was Billy Gray!
What other movie and tv shows used that soundtrack?
I know the theremin has been used many times in many kinds of music, but the only other one I know of commercially is by Henry Mancini for NBC's Sunday Mystery Movie Theme from the 70s.
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Yet another classic sci fi soundtrack using electronic instruments. I wonder if theramin was the only electronic instrument used?
The violin, cello and bass were also used as electronic versions besides the analog counterparts. :-)
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Was that the voice of the actual composer instructing the musicians during the recording session?
Hello Richard, this is indeed composer Bernard Herrmann, instructing conductor Lionel Newman from the mixing booth.
He, with certain (political) exceptions conducted all his scores. Here he shared the job with Alfred and Lionel Newman, so he can supervise the mixing of the unusual orchestra and recording.
Best to you!
Fred
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Using a Theremin??
Klaatu Barada Niktoo
Very similar to Lost in Space music.
From Wikipedia: 20th Century Fox later reused The Day the Earth Stood Still Herrmann title theme in the original pilot episode for Irwin Allen's 1965 TV series Lost in Space.
While I was a boy, I looked at Patricia Neal as just a placeholder, just a woman.
(At that time, women were all over the place).
But then, in my early years, I saw her in Hud, and I started to think, "Hmm, maybe."
Now I look at her, and I say, "Oh Yes! Oh Yes!"
Gort! Klaatu Barada Niktu!.
Women are now not all over the place?
Klattu barada nikto according to Romulan dictionary means get me don't let Mr die avoid destructive retailiation
Underneath fort the robot was Chewbacca
Or George Carl in
Who came here because of Eric the midget? Ack Ack...
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