Gustav Holst - The Planets Op.32 Mars, the Bringer of War

[throatgorge2]

could drag more or be any more boring! Jesus, I almost forgot I was listening to this piece, and it is one of my favorites! Ponderous, dull treatment of a truly visceral piece of punk classical music.

[randomrob1968]

tempo's good, most orchestras just barrel through this in 7 minutes or less

[aguador67]

@randomrob1968 I think, contrarywise, that tempo is a bit slow. Movement is marked "Allegro", not "Andante mosso": music is like a battle, and this orchestra is not inthe track. I also think that William Steinberg has the good point of tempo.

[randomrob1968]

horns aren't meshing right

[pvsEuph16]

holy shit! was that my private teacher with the euphonium solo!!???

[mariomesser]

super mario bros, anyone?

[RutterGutters]

6:16 that's a lot of french horns 8D

[asianaven]

It ought to be faster, but still will suffice. One of my favourite kickass pieces by Gustav.

[Chessmanexe]

Beautifully done, this is definitely an arrangement befitting for a god of war. It's not often that an arrangement moves me, but consider me moved, this is gold :)

[737go]

so slooooowww felt like i was falling asleep...

[Blaqic3]

Magic trick at 4:22 ? Its as if he drops the stick or another one comes out no where. I'm impressed.

[chevyrgv]

was that a wrong note at 4:05?

[666MusicIsLife666]

@chevyrgv No ive played the euphonium part before...its supposed to be really dissonant (clashing sound)

[lewars1912]

@chevyrgv No. There was no wrong note at 4:05. It was at 4:04, though it may not be there now as it could have gone home.

[5015dance]

The ending is nearly the same music that is heard in the Star Wars Episode IV in the opening scene of the star destroyer chasing Leia's ship

[mbell985]

@5015dance thats because John Williams borrowed from this piece. He slightly altered the ostinato in Mars to get the rhythm for the melody of star wars

[ImZiaqs]

DLA MERDE !!!!

[1nv151b13b0b]

The euphonist's tone is too good.

[InduceShockTreatment]

THANK YOU FOR WRITING FOR BASS CLARINET

When I play in my orchestra, I always get stuck playing the bassoon part -_- I much prefer playing something written with my instrument in mind

[DissidiaOfficial]

O.O  pazzesco!...

[GGbreizh]

This is well played but this doesn't have the power that John Williams gave to it.

[HarryPotter87]

Holst was the godfather of Sci Fi

[BonoEtMalo]

What's the conductor's name? I see him a lot.

[gatomjpiky]

Hans Zimmer was inspired by this to compose Gladiator soundtrack!! XDD

[Deadmeat703]

my future high skool did the marching version sounds reele cool

[reservedrepublican]

The Tsar Bomba brought me here.

[RobbingAThief]

the only reason why you would be watching this is probably because you have to do a music assignment. silly education, putting 700 000 kids to do the same unit

[melbell333]

Ah, there's so much harmonics missing... I can't wait until the days of an extremely high-fi Digital audio world. Then we'll all find some of the pieces of our souls that have been missing.

[troyorlandi]

what language is that???

[ImplodingSanti]

@troyorlandi Japanese.

[epictaconess]

look at the very back. its a mega huge organ.

[TheGeotraveler]

Can anybody tell me if I can get the record of this concert??? US, somwhere?? thanks!!

BMS

[acbillydee]

Shut up and just fucking play



[ccc55ers]

Love the way their arms move at the same way at the same time... makes the music much more powerful.

[Synsacrus]

This, internet, THIS is epic.

[SuperThatGame]

I have to admit, my all time favoirite version of mars bringer of war was done by henchmen 21 and 24 in the venture bros.

[Deadmeat703]

@SuperThatGame same here!

[lostinspace771]

John Williams took parts of this so he had a job working for George "dictator" Lucas, he had no choice. In fact at one point Lucas wanted the whole movie temped with Holst, Mahler etc. he only agreed to let Williams write the score if he could do it better. He openly acknowledged Wagner, Holst, Stravinsky and even thinks that all though Star Wars was a commercial sucess it is not one of the scores he is most proud of. Close Encounters is his favourite.

[Synsacrus]

@lostinspace771 Everyone uses Mars, too! Hanz Zimmer outright quoted it (to great effect) in the latest Pirates movie.

[TechieWidget]

This song sounds like the Space TV Fortress stage from Ape Escape 3! :O

[TheRagsdale98]

haha there is a contrabassoon!

[MitraXyde]

I remember playing this in my school band a few years ago, it was so much fun! I always get chills at 4:32. I hope we'll play some of the other movements as well, since all of these are fantastic pieces!

[nelolo]

Excellent rendering. Too bad the quality's so poor.

[nelolo]

@nelolo And the strings drowned out the horns far too much. The piece lost a lot of power there. These are really nitpicky deets of course.

[phthartic]

Oh, and please people: It's a piece, not a song! Even the movement from Holst's second suite called "Song of the Blacksmith" is a piece. Not a song. Imagine if I called someone's latest rap a "tone poem." Or a "concert aria." That's what you sound like to us.

[phthartic]

No, he didn't drop the baton; he knocked the spare off the stand. We gave our HS conductor a baton with a wrist strap to prevent that sort of problem.

Call me a snob too. THIS IS real music compared to what is manufactured, sampled and autotuned today. Calling today's urban contemporary stuff "music" is like calling a kindergartener's finger painting "art." It meets the technical definition, but that's all.

And a Mellophone? Aack. L2 French Horn.

[angee2717]

i miss marching to this song! it makes me want to whip out a mellophone and make beautiful music!

[Synsacrus]

The sound at the end was someone DYING because of shear awesomeness overload.

[Sithdisturber]

Glorious piece - though I think the tempo in this performance it a wee bit slow in parts.

[pitomba125]

Anyone else notice this is very similar to the super mario 3 airship theme?

[kwizzeh]

@pitomba125 Because the Holst peice is where the inspiration came from.

[MegaBlueT]

I remember playing this song in our high school orchestra... wonderful piece. Also, similar tempo as we played it. A piccolo in this piece satisfy my needs.

[ausdigaty]

5:47 alway's make's my ball's tingle

[BowieForever]

Oh my god, have been trying to figure out what this song was ever since they referenced it on Venture Bros.

[milionis]

Gustav Holst

Awesome!

The Planets Op.32 Mars, the Bringer of War

 I love this music since I can remember myself as a child!

[formatguy]

Thumbs up if the Super Mario Bros 3 - Airship Theme got you here.

[CorporalCoward]

They're too good for Earth! Let's send them to mars. : { )

[gusyoda]

col legno!!! ¿?

[NoldorianElf]

The inspiration for the Klingon themes ;)

[xxSkittlezGoRawrxx]

Out of all of the songs in the Planets Suite.... This one makes me think of Star Wars the most.... O_o

[coffeeman18]

Ah, loved this song since the first time I played it sophmore year of highschool.

[artin80]

Still a great performance.

[dividebyzero100]

Good god, how I love this song and the entire suite.

[oddvidios]

lol i have all 7 movements playing at the same time. this, jupiter, and uranus are by far the loudest.

try it. it's awesome.

[131313136]

@oddvidios best freaking idea ever.... It's like a constant orgasm for my ears

[PatchThatch]

@emmakbee I actually think that's just a musician's bow.

[daph978]

nice

[master610]

Sweet organ. Didn't even see that organ there.... fail. :)

[SuperGoldfish1999]

When I was 13 I Robbed 7-Elevens for Heroin money

[osu]

地球は全滅だ！

[GangreneVagina]

The tempo is just slightly too slow. I want to shit in the Jap conductor's mouth. Holst would want to do it too. No offense to the Japs, btw. I love the Nips.

[AIiceJ]

I wish they would make an acctual music vid for this that would be so epic

[nfire4]

@AIiceJ Yeah they do if you look at the right the king of bombs video is the music video.

[emmakbee]

@4:21 he drops his baton! BUT THEN QUICKLY PICKS UP ANOTHER ONE. NINJA SKILLS

[GangreneVagina]

@emmakbee

And right after that trick, he looks like he just shat his pants.

[BretWinters]

@emmakbee stole my comment :D - elfupiticotu

[DrSamba1]

@emmakbee I don't think he ever actually dropped it. When he swings his hand up right after that, it's still holding the baton. I think he knocked over a spare that was on the music stand.

[AndresDrakulAlcaide]

@emmakbee Japanese people, like Homer says...: "(gasps) They're years ahead of us!". I agree with him.

[tefrumpzax]

@emmakbee he never dropped it, it just looks like it. he folded it back into his arm

[amanogawamakoto]

@emmakbee this is the basic skill of every conductor

[adikz19]

@emmakbee lols i barely noticed it :D

I Thinks he is a ninja :D

[AzNbOiJayJ]

@adikz19 Well actually, I think that was a violin bow that got into the shot.

[zeke1978]

@emmakbee and look at his face! he orgasm'd at his own awesomeness too! :D

[Bagurk93]

@emmakbee I don't think he dropped it. I think he just hit his spare with he went into beast conducting.

[KitsuneHB]

@emmakbee It isn't his baton. Look at 9:03 - it's the bow of a violin.

[madsfitzgerald]

@KitsuneHB HAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA



[BrylShoe]

Why are there always pretentious comments for classic music videos? Can you guys leave? You're kind of ruining classical music for the rest of us.

[seth5220]

I vaguely think about the airship from super Mario and Star Wars when I hear this lol honking the horn to the beat of it (Venture Brothers)

[mtb416]

This might be a bit low brow, but I can't help but think of the Death Star when I listen to this.

[504379]

0:52 starts the music

[Fedorasnesguy]

From now on, I will hear this in my head when I see something I think is epic.

[uhnioin]

3:19-3:41 sounds exactly like Star Wars.

[marchingirl57]

who was the conducteor?

[ChExiUkraine]

Black Sabbath

[karamazov222]

Holst put in bigger pauses b/w organ and drum. He wanted pauses to sink in, adding to effect. This was an excellent performance, it was just truncated. The huge part, seen so well in the Venture Brothers, played with car-horns, was truer to the original. Also, a bit too much reliance on the French-horn on whatever they're calling it these days. Probably something stupid like the Freedom-horn.

[cernovlasy]

The first minutes have incredible similitudes with Hans Zimmer's "The Battle" from Gladiator, or I should say the opposite. I guess Zimmer must have inspired his theme in this piece.

[jdbrown371]

A new documentary about Gustav Holst by Tony Palmer  was recently broadcasted by the BBC. The documentary is called "Holst: In the Bleak Midwinter". I haven't seen it yet but just ordered it and am excited someone made a documentary about Holst. I've had many evenings where I walked alone on a clear starry night, searching for the constellations and locating planets while this music played in my head. This music has healing powers for me, Neptune the mystic calmed me into a state of Nirvana.

[DDay12G]

I love the planet series :3

[audiobusting]

Did he drop his baton at 4:22 and magically got a new one?

[Xepher03]

@audiobusting It took me a few watches to figure it out, but I think at 4:22 what you are seeing is a bow for a string instrument instead of the conductor's baton flying off into the orchestra. That would have been funny to watch, though.

[sliekas678]

@audiobusting baton in my language means white bread... (just thought it would be interesting to know for ya)

[sssstevo]

sounds like star wars

[uhnioin]

@omgyoureaspy

Not Star Wars. John Williams did.

And I think he made Holst proud.

[omgyoureaspy]

@uhnioin Thats what I mean. The inspiration of starwars came from this.

[TheMadSocrates]

@omgyoureaspy Actually a lot of inspiration for John Williams was Karl (Carl?) Orff, specifically his symphony Carmina Burana. You hear a LOT of this in the prequels; Duel of Fates is his homage to O Fortuna.

[smallampify]

The greatest part always gets stuck in my head and I'm humming this song all day

[jukelines]

the audience didn't even clap

[SatchmoSings]

@jukelines That's because, unlike you, the audience knows enough about Classical Music to clap when the ENTIRE piece is over, not just one section of it.

[hargath1]

@SatchmoSings I also believe it's rude to clap at the end of a performance in the Japan. Though I'm probably mistaken.

[SatchmoSings]

@hargath1 The Japanese, as do most concert-goers world wide, save their applause for the end of a piece played in its entirety, not just one section of it and yes, when "The Planets" is COMPLETELY OVER the Japanese audience will applaud.

You, of course, know none of this etiquette because you don't go to such venues.

[hargath1]

@SatchmoSings I actually attend classical concerts at least twice a year, and several smaller concerts and the university I attend where I am minor in music. I was very cautious in my remark because I was unsure. I'm not an uncultured idiot like you presumed me to be.

[cnmaster01]

@SatchmoSings That whole thing has always seemed silly to me, I would find a roaring applause far less detrimental to my enjoyment than those incessant coughs and overly loud page flipping

[SatchmoSings]

@cnmaster01 It's the same thing with theater; applause is saved for the conclusion, not for each act.

[cnmaster01]

@SatchmoSings Not in my experience, and this applies to my opera going experience as well(I visit the Metropolitan Opera at least once a month and have been doing so since High School). Infact, It's not terribly uncommon for applause between scenes, even at professional productions of Shakespeare. As a performer of both fields and as a concert goer, I see no problem with applause between movements, even if only as an alternative to the coughs and rumpling of paper.

[cnmaster01]

@SatchmoSings Beethoven put up with it, and Mozart's audiences often more closely resembled a modern sports bar than a modern concert hall, complete with shouting requests mid performance.

[SatchmoSings]

@cnmaster01 Sounds like the way you'd like to behave at such an event, after all during Sabbath worship services, blacks have "prayer shouting" and AOGs have speaking in tongues while they roll around on the floor; this all sounds perfectly acceptable to your way of "thinking."

[SatchmoSings]

@cnmaster01 02. Oh, and by the way, Beethoven DIDN'T put up with it; he'd LEAVE if people behaved this way during his concerts where he was featured as pianist.

[cnmaster01]

@SatchmoSings You're right, I should have said his contemporaries did. Beethoven had a temper as fiery as it was quirky. He made the finales of many piano works excessively difficult to sabotage any competitor foolhardy enough to take on his material. Personal attacks do nothing but weaken your argument. My argument is that it's foolish to declare this tradition as sacred undeniable law, and in my opinion it is far less disrespectful to the audience and performer than the noise that replaces it.

[HappinessAWAITS]

@SatchmoSings It's likely I couldn't refrain from JIZZING before the entire damn piece is over, none-the-less refrain from clapping.

[SatchmoSings]

@HappinessAWAITS Well, that's true enough, people can and do show their enthusiasm.

[Parralyzed]

@SatchmoSings oh, you put this peasant i his rightful place, how dare he utter such a stupid remark, mehehehehe

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

@SatchmoSings haha you are the stereotypical snobby classical listener that makes a lot of people detest the entire genre out of hand.

[SatchmoSings]

@ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz There is a certain decorum and etiquette that goes with anything that shows the least bit cultivated.

If you'd like to make up your own rules of behaviour for various events, then go right ahead; you don't need my permission.

For 20 years, I drove 43,000 miles a year as a NYC taxi driver; I rarely had accidents

I've had my private car for over five years and I get hit an average of once a year & I only drive 10,000 miles a year; this is because more drivers are like you

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

@SatchmoSings how did you come to decide i was a bad driver, or a driver at all for that matter? im not challenging the etiquette im challenging the tone of your message, aswell as your recent message, when you say "the least bit cultivated." and "unlike you," it makes you sound like a very "oh, ignorant phillistine", i dont even really care that much about it, im just saying a lot of people see that and write the genre of as pompous nonsense, but i suppose you like that "keep the riff raff out"

[SatchmoSings]

@ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz There is a big distinction between riff-raff and people who can appreciate real music.

Indeed, a lot of classical music fans are incredibly unsocialized geeks; they have great knowledge of the subject (and also great appreciation) but they could be considered "riff-raff."

On the other hand, they're proud of the etiquette involved in concert-going, unlike yourself who offers every excuse for figuratively taking a dump on the floor or pissing at your seat.

[ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz]

@SatchmoSings thats a lot of subjective bullshit, "real music" and all that you sound like some little 15 year old douche who thinks he's better than everyone else because he listens to "real music", you are a snob, no way around it.

[SatchmoSings]

@ImEuanAndIGotsSkeelz No question about it; I am a snob and have been so basically for the last 42 years this way.

Real Music follows certain rules much the same as "real food" does and I happen to prefer both though I cannot deny neither the commercial success of most "pop" musical genres nor also the success of food venues along the lines of "McDonald's."

I also must admit that both, in small and occasional doses are actually great fun.

[lij2015]

@jukelines This is isn't a pep band or whatever the hell you're used to.

[TheBrownBaron]

There are parts of this that dragged. Hmmm...

[manoljo]

I find it kind of amusing that Japanese contra-basso players are also using German grip :P

[manoljo]

aaaah this is awesome. I remember when I was a guest percussionist with this orchestra back in 1998. Good times

[MrAndysalina5]

thats some ugly tone on the trombones wtf

[tkellnerus]

The "dubbada bum bum bupbup bum" is called an ostinato.

[PAFrogBoy]

what instrument is that at 4:33?

[dubsucks]

@PAFrogBoy not 100% sure, but I think a contrabassoon?

[PAFrogBoy]

@dubsucks hmm. makes since i guess. thanks, I didn't even know they existed haha.

[hargath1]

@PAFrogBoy It's a contrabassoon I believe

[artin80]

still great performance, thanks to mr. Ozawa, the great director. I liked him from the Berlin Waldbühne performances.

[artin80]

still great in performance, with respectly

[piip4]

According to Japanese lady; It was performed on 26th of april, 2001 by Tokyo-ピラシティ, I'm guessing.

[Fritzo2162]

Zeppelin fans:  Jimmy Page used to play parts of this frequently during his bow solo in Dazed in confused.

[liniaalverrekijker]

oops little mistake on 4:06

[Drezin86]

Any other metal heads just LOVE this?

And I know it's the end of the first movement and that it would be greatly against decorum, but I'm not sure being shackled to my seat could stop me from a standing ovation after this amazing piece.

[TheREAL5m0k3y]

I first heard this in primary school. The only memory I had of the 'The Planets' was that I liked Mars the best. I've just realised, after hearing this piece 20 years later, that it was featured in the film Predator. Thanks for the education!!

[piip4]

@TheREAL5m0k3y

Oh shit, it's in the "predator"? I have that movie and it's an old favourite of mine, as well as this song and I've seemingly never realized it was in the movie too. Would explain why this song feels so nostalgic.

[isavedsuperman1x]

The beggining really sounds like Bowsers Castel from Mario.

[akinkhoo]

why do I get a feeling Godzilla is watching me when I hear this music...

[lednew2010]

Too slow and plodding. Steinberg/Boston is still the all-time champ on this movement

[jman62198]

This plays every time Chuck Norris takes a SHIT

[ubeyouth]

cool, awsome, incredible! love it!

[ubeyouth]

did i hear this already?

[slaytesics]

where have I heard this before?

[jamesmax]

@slaytesics look up Escape Velocity: Nova Main Theme

[rabbitfish13]

@slaytesics

star wars

[HypocriticalElitist]

@slaytesics Could be anywhere. I first heard it every time I started a new game in Outpost.

[oddvidios]

@slaytesics it was also in "Capitalism, a Love Story"

[capttheo1]

Could someone please tell me who the conductor is? I recognize him, but don't know his name. Many thanx.

[karralover91]

I played this last year and it was amazing! Not the arranged but the real deal

[allegropizzicato]

I love this!!!! It is just so full of brass!! The trombones give me goosebumps! I'm certain John Williams had Mr. Holst's work in mind when he wrote the score for the first "Star Wars" movie. This is just a small part of one of my favourite pieces of music! Who is the Conductor/ Seiji Ozawa? Well done maestro!

[mrrabbit96]

i like the guy with the contra bass clarinet

[ThinkerFish123]

AWESOME!!! this is one my favorite songs!

[RacinZilla007]

Why no one aupplaude????

[shabernethy]

@RacinZilla007 It's not the end of the piece, just the end of the movement. There's still more, so it would be impolite, not to mention plain ignorant, to applaud at that point.

[RacinZilla007]

@shabernethy OOoooOoOo...

[cnmaster01]

@shabernethy What's ignorant, is to proclaim such practice to be a long standing tradition, Beethoven's audiences applauded mid and in between movements all the time. It's this kind of pretentiousness that gives classical music a bad rep and scares away a sizable potential audience. Heck I've heard the Berlin Philharmonic audience CLAP ALONG with a Strauss march, with nary one complaint. Applause is far less detrimental than a hall full of coughs, grunts and program flipping.

[g4111]

@RacinZilla007 Because this is only the end of the first movement. It is customary to clap only after the entire piece is over.

[hadomaru]

I feel like busting up an airship now.

[kennywowie]

@hadomaru ha ha! the music has worked its magic.

[MRLJG408]

Played this and Jupiter and Uranus in HS Marching band and Concert. They rocked! We went undefeated in competition that year.

[jwh214]

@MRLJG408 I'm sure lots of people have rocked Uranus.

[green66vw]

does it all hinge on the organ player? SORRY,I HAVE A NEW BABY DUCKLING to care for.