George Pal's War of the Worlds: Music Video (Leith Stevens)

[ghylltarvoke]

Brilliant film,my mum was pregnant with me when she saw this film in1953 and i,ve been a sc-fi nut ever since.

[Nguagemaster]

this is not the musical just the old movie

[3piper]

loved those ships.anyone watched the series that was on the 90's??they had the ships in a couple of their episodes

[Borusa1976]

It was sad that HG died six years before the film - bet he would have loved it.

[jacknapier37]

great stevin !!!

[Nelsanski33]

Thanks for bringing back some fond memories, guy. This was awesome.

[4everfrankenstein]

A well done piece of video, sir. The underlying Christian subtext aside...This film retains a devastating emotional impact that films like ID4 and Mars Attack sorely lack- no matter how good the special FX.

[Herrmannaniac]

I love the opening to War of the Worlds, in particular, the voice over by Sir Cedrick Hardwick and the Art Direction of Chesley Bonestell and Leith Stevens score...one of the best monologues in all of film.

[Herrmannaniac]

I love the opening to War of the Worlds, in particular, the voice over by Sir Cedrick Hardwick and the Art Direction of Chesley Bonestell and Leith Stevens score...one of the best monologues in all of film.

[stewbie59]

SteVin89, that was GREAT! Thank you for that journey into my childhood!

[SteVin89]

@stewbie59 The pleasure is all mine, I'm glad you liked it.

[luridplanet]

I've become obsessed with Leith Steven's music. I think his Destination Moon soundtrack is even better

[pindaric]

And so much better than the Tom Cruise version!

[rhabwarvid]

Gene Barry 1919-2009

[SteVin89]

Thank you for informing me. May he rest in peace.

[pacman5698]

@SteVin89 Sir, If I may I would like to use this music part of this music in a Halloween review of this video, may I use the audio for it?

[SteVin89]

@pacman5698 Of course you can, don't forget to send me a link!

[pacman5698]

@SteVin89 i will, it will be up next friday i believe

[GODCONVOYPRIME]

@rhabwarvid Oh no. May his soul forever rest in peace.

[barnsby66]

Wow! Where'd you get the music recording? And in stereo! Great!

[jellybeancabin]

its so fakey

[RifleMan80]

It was a early 1950s film man. For its time, this movie was ahead of its time. I love it, such a classic. the crappy special effects actually make the movie good. Special effects arnt everything though, its the story that counts to me. This movies is a masterpiece.

[pacman5698]

@RifleMan80 Crappy effects? The effects are FANTASTIC!!!! But even if they were crappy it wud still be a GREAT film.

[Alevamltd]

@RifleMan80

Crappy special effects?

Dude, when this film came out these effects were mind blowing. These effects completely go beyond those of any previous motion picture, or even ones that would be seen for a decade. In fact, I question how well modern CG techniques hold up towards these effects.

[RifleMan80]

@Alevamltd

Crappy and cheezy yes when compared to modern cg effects. But I am not downgrading this movie in any way. This is a must have classic that overdoes the new War of the worlds. And I am with you on modern CG. Though it looks pretty, I still love the movies made back in the days when studio models were built. I am a retro guy. When it comes to world war II movies, I prefer The Longest Day to Saving Private Ryan.

[lashister]

as is your jelly bean cabin. prove its existenz. :) thank you for the video stevin

[xLrDaRk]

I like it. For me best ever. Its simply a classicer and the music is brilliant thx for uploading

[pjzamor88]

The last third of this movie remains some of the most magical and effective moments of my entire moviegoing experience. I saw it when I was six years old on a small black and white TV and I can remember being both scared and incredibly moved by those scenes. I will never forget the giant alien hand dropping from the downed UFO. Your video brought back all of those memories in a very positive way. Great work, SteVin.

[SCIFIguy64]

@pjzamor88 I first saw it on netflix....Yeah Im kinda young...

[PTKilowatt]

Excellent! A classic alien invasion movie with an excellent score!

And you're right in the commentary. Comparing this with the 2005 Stephen Speilberg version you can see a lot of similarity between the two, in all the right ways of course.

Anywho, 5 stars to you for putting this up.