Artie Shaw - Nightmare

[phelps12471]

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[RedEbSeb13]

Awhile back i had searched 'Nightmare' in the search bar and found this. American Horror Story brought me back! xD <3

[cassabia]

here because of the AHS

[xXAnEmptyShellXx]

BioShock 2 and American Horror Story both have great taste in music.

[DestinyZ0421]

MURDER HOUSE...

[xNEONxEDGEx]

thumbs up if you came here because this play on the loading radio in bioshock 2 when you enter inner persephone

[edujackass]

Q U A R A N T I N E

[ruiner1]

thumbs up if you have thumbs.

[StrikeOrange]

Thumbs up if you listen to XM Radio's 40s on 4 station.

[Rugulah1]

Everything Noire. Why aren't they writing music like this anymore?

[VernianProcess]

@Rugulah1 They are.. It's called Noir Jazz. Look up acts like Bohren and Der club of Gore, Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, Barry Andrews, and a whole host of other similar artists. I'm also working on a Trip-Hop/Jazz remix project called "The Haunted Dancehall" and this is one of the tracks I'm including. The first one is a remix of the Duke's - The Mooch, which I'm going to upload tonight.

[EDDIEinWAR]

AHS and Aviator <3

[SicShredder13]

I thought I recognised this from L.A Noire when I heard it on AHS but it must have been Bioshock (as it wasn't on L.A Noire), but none the less awesome song :P

[phelps12471]

Should've been used in L.A. Noire.

[AlaanHernandez]

American Horror Story <3

[infantata]

melancholy and foreboding grinding background

[phelps12471]

Perfect music for a detective noir film.

[D4mnShadows]

thumbs up if you found this song all on your own

[TetrasSugar]

the aviator

[breadrollboy]

How is a Westlife advert appropriate before this?

[MyBadLanguage]

american horror story

[dmabelli]

excellent video thank you



[mranatomy1]

"It's not a carnation, silly. It's a dahlia."

[TrulyEpicGaming]

@mranatomy1 nice american horror story referance for the people who dont get it :)

[mranatomy1]

@TrulyEpicGaming thank you :) you just gotta love that show and that spooky little girl! xD

[Lawrentz82]

I don't believe this piece was about death or murder at all. Artie Shaw wrote this as his theme song. I was so intrigued by the piece (which I heard from Bioshock 2) I did some research. He LOVED women, but he also grew weary of everything that came with them...so he would play this to scare them away so he could be alone. He wanted them around, but he didn't want to deal with them on an emotional level. He was really a tortured soul...I can relate. Probably why I like it so much

[13l4CK]

THUMBS UP IF AMERICAN HORROR STORY BROUGHT YOU HERE

[Emopunky24]

@13l4CK No Bioschock! >:O

[museovac]

Brilliant. Now THIS is real music!

[IAmNoRookie]

Those who dislike apparently hate real music.

[adamtglass]

The sounds of film noire at its finest. Sensuous Mysterious Piercing. Dark, but in the old school way.

[HelloMissJealousy]

I don't think it sounds scary, I always thought it sounded like some seductive like ;D

AmericanHorrorStory<3

[watermellonmadness]

The Black Dahlia...........



[nigel1034]

I was watching American Horror Story last night, and I kept hearing this, and I forgot what the song was, so I kept replaying the episode over and over again until I realized Artie Shaw's clarinet playing. Great song.

[TayMarsh23]

American Horror Story!

[LionHeartx115]

@TayMarsh23 No. BIOSHOCK.

[matted90]

metropolis (y)

[OldHollywood93]

What could this song possible be about?

I mean obviously the title means it's something dark, is it love? Is it crime?

[maxrules14]

@OldHollywood93 im pretty sure its murder, death, and possibly pain,

[cj9z]

my Favorite soundtrack from THE Aviator!!

[nightmuffin937]

It just feels like im in a Noir Movie.

[archy9752]

Were did you get such a good quality audio file?

[Shxric]

@archy9752 From 1938...

[OldHollywood93]

I can't stop listening to this.

[luigina22]

umh.... my nightmare ot this week and not only: Gio Gio

[Brickinasock]

show me all the blueprints.

[XpeanutttX]

BioShock 2 brought me here :D

[CPMackenzie]

Lady Gaga? Wow. That is nowhere near the awesomeness of Artie Shaw

[168waco]

The 12 dislikes must be Lady Ga GA fans.

[19andoverlol]

Nobody brought me here, I just think Artie Shaw's a genius.

[LaserBeam002]

Right now I'm picturing Sean Connery In A James Bond situation.

[garrafan1killer]

Persephone.... 

[osuasheuatl]

A My Little Pony YTP brought me here

[SnowBlind853]

Love this! It's usually so difficult to find such dark music from this era, but with Artie, well, anything is possible. If you like this song you should check out song of the Volga boatmen be Glenn miller. /watch?v=LJRts1kwzKc

[annanoli]

this tune actually originates from Shaw's song

"The skeleton in the closet"

and was the opening(and closing) theme of the band during all the years it worked. Artie was a genius

[nirvanafrik999]

Mr. B sent me here :D

[MaxPayneInTheAss]

when i arrived at inner persephone, this foretold the pain to come. This song describes rapture as it stands... a nightmare....

[skeleion]

aviator

[g3raamte]

im coming from a metal scene..... but this.... is totally awesome... just discovered this track last night... and it was all i needed to hear!! so awesome and jazzy

[blobatax]

what low-life , short - dick , son of a bitch wouldn't appreciate this? apparently nine people are tasteless son of a bitches. the thirties were great and paved the road for your shitty "thumbs down" comment.

[MacchuPicchu95]

@blobatax hahhaha

[Fenrisaconite]

This is slightly reminiscent of Gloomy Sunday...

[xRysonnx]

Did you know that lauren faust quit due to aroused bronies?

[InternalFaggotry]

Loving jazz brought me here.

Amazing music, Mr. Shaw. As always. <3

[galstrand1]

Nice job on the video. A classic Shaw piece, with some very ni

ce visuals. Well done, and my compliments. (!!)

[c0rp1u5]

I got to play this song on my clarinet but I tell you glissing is not easy the first time.

[InTenSecondsFlat]

I found this by accident by searching nightmare orchestra. I accidentally discovered the song use in an MLP video

[ComradeBass]

Artie Shaw brought me here

[xxTwistedxChickxx]

MLP Youtube poop brought me here.

[Nitro378]

@xxTwistedxChickxx Oh my god, same. >_>

I know I've heard this song on a game before though... Mafia 2 maybe? LA Noire?...

[xRysonnx]

@xxTwistedxChickxx Hellz yea!!!

[c0rp1u5]

Clarinets Rock!!!

[WhatIsKebertXela]

Bioshock 2 didn't bring me here.

[bodo635]

It just plays on the loading screen for Inner Persephone, it fitted so much, it could have been used much more, like in Aviator ... perfect.

[WhiteFoamies]

Heard this on the Aviator for the first time, heard again in Bioshock brought me here.

[JazzyBlues420]

@randapandapa ..this song is in bioshock 2? where at??

&

@spreatcen66 this song isnt "awesome," ...its Jivin'

[potatogy]

@JazzyBlues420 the loading screen song of Inner Persephone

[randapandapa]

Inner Persephone!!

...I've played Bioshock 2 so many times that I know that o3o

[Dutch073]

@randapandapa haha same

[MichaelCastian]

Squidward, eat your heart out.

[BeardedPriest]

@MichaelCastian HA HA HA

[MacchuPicchu95]

@MichaelCastian FUCKING LOL

[samasjacaj]

Lauren Faust quits due to aroused bronies brought me here.

[Bot783]

@samasjacaj MOTHAFUCKA

[soulleskill]

i saw this on The Aviator very good movie, very good music.

[98bigbutt]

@soulleskill,Me too.

[TheShameofaNation]

Haunting.



[Expertness18]

Plain awsomeness!

[paulostroff99]

One of his very best.TY for sharing.

[Fishstixj4l]

Sounds like something you would hear in a Noire film.

[redshark618]

@Fishstixj4l yes, namely, The Aviator

[SteelerY360Nation]

This song is very haunting - Artie Shaw is one of greatest Clarinetist of all time

[mrsoad316]

to anyone who disliked this- where's your fucking orchestra then smartass?

[handal1973]

this music shaking my heart.

[Tijdslimiet]

This music is wonderfull...

[MrMarston93]

It's so Bioshock ...

[MrMarston93]

It's so Bioshock ...

[TheBishMighty]

Sounds like the Depression era. Very gloomy and depressing- something unique for its time. One of my favorites from Shaw.

[SonOfjackass94]

this song sounds like plotting the perfect revenge

[musicbroad]

This was his theme song

[CD44F]

This song is great all around, but it has by far one of the catchiest hooks I've ever heard in an instrumental rendition. Simply beautiful.

[pricture]

How many people came here because of Bioshock 2? :D

[8Mile546]

@pricture who fuckin cares

[pricture]

@8Mile546 Someone has a stick up their arse, if you dont care than why reply? lol troll fail. >:)

[8Mile546]

@pricture im not a fuckin troll by the sound of your username ur the trollXD

[pricture]

@8Mile546 Oh you are a troll good sir, and my name is pricture. But your sick trolling mind is thinking of prickture, yes? Thought so. >:]

[sirbalsac]

It's beautiful, thank you for bringing us a timeless classic.

[pemical]

I'm not sure about James Bond ... but maybe all that detective era music from movies ... Mike Hammer etc .... influenced later writers. This song is rather seminal for that type of music .... Harlem Nocturne etc .... theme from 'Perry Mason' t.v. show had real jazz influence on it.

[YouLudi]

does anyone hear something really familiar about this song? like James Bond familiar?

[thespotteddog]

According to the late critic Dave Dexter jr., Shaw sat down and wrote this in under 20 minutes. One of the greatest, even if he was an asshole to Ava Gardner....and alot of other people.

[BuddhaMaster84]

this song is art and frightening good

[OldHollywood93]

Great song, Artie Shaw sure was talented indeed.

But what an asshole he was to Ava Gardner :(

[LunaticByTheSea]

@OldHollywood93 Hey brother, Ava was notoriously no pic-nic either. Ava got what she dished out.

[OldHollywood93]

@LunaticByTheSea

Ava never got her reputation as being as you say 'no pin-nic' until the 1950s (her Sinatra days).

When she married Artie she was still shy and naive. He apparenly emotinally abused the hell out of her, forcing her to read books she didn't want to read and sending her to a psychiatrist for no reason.

Either way, his music was amazing.

[XchituatX]

Bioshock.

Yes

[algrenesque]

Artie Shaw grew up in New Haven CT in a very poor neighorhood. The mob ran everything. Later he experienced corruption in Las Vegas and Hollywood and untilmately decided to leave it all behind. What a genius he was to transmute those

perceptions into this sinister song!

[MsCourtneybrown]

I saw that dancer which let me to Burlesque and Exotic dancing, this is one hot sizzling song, appropriate for the untouchable <3

[StopTheMoti0n]

this track scares the CRAP out of me!

[BMeister22]

@StopTheMoti0n Hence the name of the track. ;)

[MJPTHA3RD]

First time I heard this song,it felt like it was playing for hours.The bass drum/sax walking line dragged on for what felt like the most amazing clarinet filled hours of my life.Coming from a 15 year old high school musician,I have to say our generation of music in general, and even jazz in particular,has declined as the new gateways have opened for genres.Just know that there are still youths from the 90s that treat this music like gold bars stashed away in Fort Knox and always will.

-MJPIII

[PaladinJuan]

I grew up on this stuff in the 70s. There was an old guy down the street who had been a radio announcer in the 40s and he had tons of this stuff. We used to sit on his front porch and listen. This may be the best clarinet piece ever recorded. Thanks for the video, too. You can hear this influence in the great TV theme songs that followed - Perry Mason for example.

[IAmSoTight1]

Music is still great to this day, just can't look at mainstream, have to go underground.

[silviacoupes13]

This is the only music I trully appreciate, I was born in 1981...wishing I was born in 1911...70 years too late. :(

[logan9508]

I'm glad that people still appreciate this

[StopTheMoti0n]

5 people listened to this in the dark.

[GRANDMASTERKANE]

oooh baby soooo slick mmmmm

[Dark1313666]

5 people have no respect

[SonOfjackass94]

Free replay 0:00

[ChameleonLost88]

I love this song, and this video you made is great. Good Job!!!

[PowerToasty]

@420BIOHAZARD420 People finding these great numbers from video games or movies isn’t necessarily a bad thing. It means that people who wouldn’t normally give jazz a look in are taking the time to look it up, and will probably listen to more great songs in the same vein. More people being aware of and listening to jazz can only be a good thing, right?

[Teppnology]

The Aviator brought me here.

[Cornbinks]

Who's the woman and why does she give me the creeps?

[420BIOHAZARD420]

i hate when people " i heard this song in a video game... .it pisses me off

[chunkymonky23]

@420BIOHAZARD420 i heard this song from a video game

[torrentANONYMOUScodc]

@chunkymonky23 bioshock 2 sent me here. :)

[Cornbinks]

@420BIOHAZARD420 I heard this song in a video game.

[TheWalltap]

this music is great i like never i listen this music its cool

[laatmekijken999]

remembers me of bioshock 2 inner persephone xD

yeah that whas the reason I came here, and I pretty like the song :D

[sharki9876]

BIOSHOCK 2

[ivannobelt]

yes thats right men

[dybbuk4640]

puts chills up your spine - it's so great ...

[oilersridersbluejays]

This song instantly reminds me of the movie "The Aviator". Awesome song and awesome movie!

[PokeyVision]

This was in a movie I watched recently.  Was it Ray?

[ryanwordonethird]

amazing!

[F14ace]

This is the song that plays during the Inner Persephone loading screen from Bioshock 2.

[pataphysician66]

Influenced by Hassidic music.  I always have to say WOW!

[pataphysician66]

Influenced by Hassidic music.

[raleighsquare]

This is very New Orleans to me. I always saw that association in Shaw's creative style. Superlative.

[librarybob1958]

Artie's self-composed, bluesy theme was one of the best, and certainly one of the most distinctive, of all big band themes.

There were giants in those days.

[Daenethacepryde]

You can hear the Clarinet talking to you.

[rickyblizzard1]

jjjjj

[rickyblizzard1]

sounds familliar

[queenmother123]

@rickyblizzard1 it was used in the Aviator =)

[TheCrystalOso]

Five people are obvious retarded.

[ColoredPig]

This is great inspiration for a young clarinet player like me. Love Artie Shaw~

[GreenAce92]

This song was epic in Aviator depicted dimentia/schizophrenia (or the world coming down around you) very well

Also someone who's very angry

[bblegacy]

Recorded 9/27/1938 on his second recording session for Victor's budget label "Bluebird", Shaw was well on his way to becoming a sensation among fans discovering his music; It had been his theme song since 1936 and went on to become one of his 8 gold records; when gold records meant selling 1,000,000 copies. (Gold now is only 100,000 and a million equals platinum; I guess it's called "inflation".) So....

[bblegacy]

Nope. No "Let's Dance" or getting sentimental over anything or moonlight serenading. Artie was about the music and as far as that's concerned, that's all that matters. And in 1936 when he formed his first band Artie wrote this simple little 18 bar theme "Nightmare" that showed the world he was going to define his music on his terms and not the dancers or the crowds who came flocking by '38. BRAVO, Artie. (..and this also happened to precede modal jazz by about 15-20 years in the process too).

[hicser03]

just got to persephone on bioshock 2 and straight away had to come and find this song on youtube.

[rednewt]

@hicser03 I was the same!!

[addieccentric]

My favourite song! So atmospheric!

[pfcwar5150]

the thumbs down people must be deaf

[theAyak808]

music apa to iki..??hehee tp apik lek..hee

[Trilda]

Yep!

[pfcwar5150]

wow,.......when music was music,.....damn, i was born in the wrong time

[mwkcope]

@pfcwar5150 Damn right.

[hommefriday]

@pfcwar5150 You were born at the right time!! I bought my first Artie 78 record in 1955 and have most of the LPs published. However you have a bigger choice of his music and in enhanced quality. He was so progressive: one of the first to hire a black singer ( Billie Holiday - listen to her singing "Any Old Time" with him) and black musicians Hot Lips Page; use harpscords; violins in such creative arrangements; worked with creative arrangers and he was himself an accomplished creative writer.

[MJimiD]

@pfcwar5150 No, brother, you were born in the perfect time. A time when you can compile an entire library of the greatest music throughout the ages and make your own and take it in any direction you will.

[pfcwar5150]

@MJimiD ..you got a point man,..but i'm sure its better to see them live on stage!

[MJimiD]

@pfcwar5150 What a trip that would be!