Bernard Herrmann - Taxi Driver (theme)

[DownwiththeNWO2012]

I'll work anytime, anywhere

Anytime, anywhere

[kashifv]

Whoa

[Leatherbubba]

They must have really liked this music, because it's in every freaking scene.

[massivecrown]

No, I don't know nobody named Iris. Iris. Come on. Get out of here man.

You don't know anybody by the name of Iris?

[kashifv]

I'm beginning to admire Robert De Niro's Taxi Driver character more and more

[Oloimpresive]

The best with Dead Man

[JamPantsProductions]

Her name was Betsy...

[tunante80]

Hypnotic. Impossible to find a better soundtrack.

[TodinderNussgrube]

Loneliness has followed me my whole life, everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There's no escape. I'm God's lonely man.

Travis Bickle

[AngusYoungForMayor]

One of the seven best movies ever.

[DulvluSpa]

Anyone who loved this music or this amazing film will also greatly appreciate "Chinatown" w/ Jack Nickolson, and the main theme of that movie.

[W3X34FGD]

the best soundtrack i'v ever heard

[bollabling9]

The game L.a. Noire's soundtrack is very much alike to this one. Nice to see people gain inspiration from the classics.

[Tornaventofilms]

God's lonely man theme.

[gabrielbrevess]

Nostalgia...

[jnjsparrow]

I think it is ridiculous that everyone gives so much credit to Scorsese and De Niro, and I haven't seen a single person comment on the brilliance of the script, or the writer who based the character of Travis off of his own feeling of alienation...

[whitecobra420]

@jnjsparrow well said

[DoctorOnce]

@jnjsparrow Yep -- the great Paul Schrader.

[swimman69500]

" They can not touch touch her "...

[Showerd]

nice song..warm harmony song..

[tierno1922]

Bernard Hermann's last motion picture score, I think, since it was dedicated to him in his passing.

[horaciodib]

Are you talking to me?

[MrDoomsday666]

The Official Ballad of the single man....

[radioheadsundays]

@MrDoomsday666 or woman.

[DIJV79]

@MrDoomsday666 Hey? you fucking roach. Why are you copying my comments? "The official ballad of the single man". I was the first to post that DIJV79. Plus this version of Bernard Herman sucks.

[MrHighFRUCTOSE]

Listen you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore

[SavingPrivateBob]

My favourite film of all time, and I watch one or two everyday. Yet, I still find myself coming onto YouTube just to remind myself of how beautiful the score was also. Hermann did a lot of great works, this being one of his last. RIP.

[sanch3sj]

Essa música arrepia.

[TheCinemaJackTV]

My all-time favorite film.

[brunatzo]

today I'm taking acid and this song must be in my playlist while I'm tripping

[ChrstnMlt]

I Love That Sexy Saxophone

[FANHL2]

Joder que buena.

[funkstagazza]

this mans music is pure genius

[Aydam161]

0:54. That is what my semen sounds like.

[DownwiththeNWO2012]

@Aydam161 That's what all men's semen sound like.

[Super123III]

Such a beautiful score put together by Bernard Hermann. /this is surely a classic. Brings tears to my eyes when I listen to it.

[Thagomizor]

This song and rainymood.

[leandean100]

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WAS BICKLE A HERO OR VILLIAN ????

[rpaterso]

@leandean100 ....so young and naiive....

[Ronaldinhoo11]

@leandean100

An anti-hero. He has some good intentions like wanting to save Iris from the dirty lifestyle but he does make strange decisions like attempting to assasinate the Senator. There are times where you feel sympathy for him but also times where he is villainous.

[homelesshannah50]

@Ronaldinhoo11 duh he's complicated.

[MasterofRealityDOOM]

@leandean100

HE ISTHE ORIGINAL ANTI-HERO!!!!!!!!

[Aydam161]

This theme is the best example of Herrmann's haunting genius. Classic.

[mensik2007]

INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE AWESOME movie, I wish I could travel the time back to the 70's!

[RushLimborg]

This theme...this movie...Travis, the hard-boiled yet sensitive soul...all displaying the best elements of the legendary genre of Film Noir.

It all proved that the genre would never die.

[justacondom]

Is going crazy the only way out?!!?? I'm not a bad person....I'm not....

[daisyandsteve]

Creepiest and greasiest music ever

[Floydfan717]

chills chills chills chills chills chills chills chills chills  chills always the chills and thrills (:

[FALKHET]

DE NIRO MITICO

[Dancewithme1983]

When I listen to this song I feel like maybe there is beauty in feeling angry, dissapointed and alone in the world, perhaps the movie gives a romantisized picture of a dissapointed idealist because Travis became the misfit mans hero, but it portrays the humanity in the misfit too, and it maybe would have not been possible without this piece.

[niloh96]

Robert DeNiro was totally against the casting of Cybill Shepherd for Betsy,he said she wasn't a good enough actress,i agree with him.

[Dancewithme1983]

@niloh96 Yes, I think the chemistry was a bit pale between them, because De Nro was so much stronger than her in his performance, but perhaps it also served to portray the alonneness of him, because she was beautiful, cold and a fit-in, whearas he was her exact opposite. Therefor she was a good reflection of everything he was not, and hence also was, imo. Having said that, I think Dhianne Abbot would have played Betsys part just as well, if not better than Shepherd.

[5eurocups2005]

@niloh96 Cybill Shepherd did a great job in the end i wouldn't replace her with anybody else

[djwolf12]

Bernard Hermann was an absolute genius. John Williams couldn't carry Bernard's underwear.

[Arttuboy123]

YOU PLAYING THIS SONG TO ME, HUH?

[AQGOAT24]

The first :50 seconds are fucking awesome!

[hugocarayonable]

@blablaidontcarewhour I thought Vertigo theme was what Herrmann did best ?^^

[homelesshannah50]

@hugocarayonable hell no it was this!

[bervy8]

damn, who's the sax player? awesome.

[MASEK1PROD]

classic,smooth, mellow i love it...

[TheSemilla31]

Herrmann's masterpiece

[FMPNatal]

@NikpupMusic indeed he is :)

[Tojiro06]

the music is still fucking fucking good now, and the movie too :)

[TeamOfThe80s]

Brilliant the way at 4:00 it turns from a romantic to chilling song

[NikpupMusic]

Bernard Herrmann is a god.

[nvet1953]

One of the scariest,most visceral movies ever made.....

[3Jammy]

I'm actually listening to this over and over.

[alexOrnans]

@3Jammy No doubt!!

[timothyw98]

the writer should've put in the line before Travis slipped into a coma or whatever. He's what they should've put

'I was already dead'

That could've been his interpretation of his own personality

[zapperz2]

@timothyw98 He didn't officially slipped into a coma or "whatever"

[crypticstenchofhate]

like this theme but did get repetitive in the movie although I still enjoy it.



[mrfixxxer118]

@crypticstenchofhate To me not really, can't get enough. It's like The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Just great timing.

[nvet1953]

Yes Travis....you were right after all....welcome the 21st century.....

[spacecowboy95]

"you talkin' to me"

It's an acting exercise, I think performed at Stella Adlers classes. Basically the actor had to come up with different ways of saying the line each time. Deniro incorporated it.

[DrMerkwuerdichliebe]

# You talkin' to ME?! #

[mrfixxxer118]

@DrMerkwuerdichliebe No I'm not, go away.

[DrMerkwuerdichliebe]

@mrfixxxer118

likewise, go fixxin'.

[mrfixxxer118]

@DrMerkwuerdichliebe Go merkwuerdicjdcjcewerfjv whatever the hell you do

[mrfixxxer118]

@DrMerkwuerdichliebe Hey man calm down, if you noticed I listen to this all the time sooo. By the way who's dr. whatever. can't find him on google, so maybe googles illiterate?

[trentmuch1]

This music is GENIUS - Multiplied by values incalculable.

[freddiefreejazzify]

Hermann never did something bad.. Also listen to his music in The Ghost and Mrs Muirs and Vertigo...But it's true that in Taxi Driver he grasped our time.... He understood the time we lived in. Since the end of the Vietnam war, things got sourer, meaner, and worse... The start of the decomposition of our fragile democracies...

[ericspinball]

Too bad Herrmann died the night this was finished recording :(

[blablaidontcarewhour]

Best thing Scorsese did. Best thing De Niro did. Best thing Herrmann did.

[FranklinHenryBluth]

@blablaidontcarewhour Its so hard to pick Scorsese and DeNiro's best because when you boil it down its between either Taxi Driver or Raging Bull.

[TeamOfThe80s]

@FranklinHenryBluth Add Goodfellas too. Ok not DE Niro's best role but hey, they were both involved and it's also one of the greatest movies of all time. Cant argue with your TD and RB suggestions though!

[amusmar1]

@FranklinHenryBluth Respect your opinion so much

[amusmar1]

Respond to this video...  Respect your opinion

[lordvoldemort578]

@amusmar1 Respond to this video... Haha.

[roxtar55]

@blablaidontcarewhour Well, besides your mother of course. ;)

[TeamOfThe80s]

@blablaidontcarewhour and the best thing I ever did was watch it!!!

[philipkthompson]

@blablaidontcarewhour quite possibly true

[bennybutch87]

@blablaidontcarewhour Last thing Herrmann did :'( :'( :'(

[nfsrf]

when i heard the

coming?

in my headphones

my ears

came?

up

[MrAstronomy123]

Hermann's score is stunning...Scorsese's film is unbelievable...De Niro's performance astonishing...

[TheRazorbladesmile]

Also interesting to note the the "you talkin' to me monolouge" was improvised by De niro, in the script all it said was Travis talks to himself in the mirror

[TheRazorbladesmile]

I love how well the music matches the opening images of the Car Windscreen being washed and how it reflects Travis himself, laid back to begin with, rage and madness barely concealed beneath. The strings are a brilliant counterpoint to the brooding brass section

[chiclikethatguy]

classic movie. robert de niro's so young! i liked hearing this song through the movie a lot. "YOU TALKIN TO ME?!" LOL!!!;P

[TheFantasmick]

"You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me? Then who the hell else are you talkin' to? You talkin' to me? Well I'm the only one here. Who the fuck do you think you're talking to?"

[PeteFronioed]

Someday a real rain will come and wash all the scum off the streets.

[allard1991]

Ey does someone knows who the trumpetist is?

[RichardHell1959]

nice little homage to his own composition for 'Psycho' at the very end ....

[squall600]

omg, now i know why alot of people are saying taxi drvier comments in LA noire songs. but the LA noire one has more sadness and compassion.

[sandalero]

andrew hale composed the la noire soundtrack

[JimmyJazz94]

@sandalero Oh yeah, I couldn't remember. You've a fair point, he might of done. I was tempted to put this on when I was playing LA Noire, it's got that same kinda feel to it.

[JimmyJazz94]

I swear I heard that first thirty seconds of it in LA Noire at one point...

[sandalero]

@JimmyJazz94 : youre damn right. and that means .......hermann "inspired" hale

[JimmyJazz94]

@sandalero Don't you mean Cole?

[Einvestigator96]

How sad... loneliness actually followed me my whole life, and I realized just weeks ago.

[lumpybruisychickeny1]

@Einvestigator96 no one is imune

[brandistocker]

Baszott jó. a filmről nem is beszélve. De bazze , baszottul megy a film hangulatához. Aki csak a zenét ismeri nézze meg a filmet ,,,, nagyon ott van a hangulatban.

[brandistocker]

a filmben is beszélnek így, mondhatom így: baszottjó. Ez az arc. Ez is tudott zenét írni :)

[danyjr]

This song gives me shivers and goosebumps.

The intro has a distinct similarity to David Axelrod's 'The Edge', which Dr Dre used as a sample for his song 'The Next Episode'.

[miamimann1]

It was a shame he passed away day later after finishing this score.....

[EnjoyTheSurface]

A great movie needs a great score....

Bernard Herrmann was a musical genius.

[seanmharify]

Theres a Travis Bickel in us all..

[tylerf13ful]

Taxi Driver Is such an amazing movie, me and my old man saw every Scorsese movie.....we have a collection....but GoodFellas is the best....... De Niro was only 26 when he made this, he look so young......its hard to belive that he was Max Cady in Cape Fear, two different people but the same actor, its amazing what people can do, Robert de Niro is top dog, best actor, best acting in Taxi Driver, Cape Fear, GoodFellas etc....

[filmgeek22]

@tylerf13ful Correction - Robert De Niro was born in 1943 and this was made in 1976 so that would of made him arund about 33. Just thought id let you know :)

[JCmakesBEATS]

Me and my pop watched this on amc, hopefully soon i'll be getting it and i just fell in love with this movie, and i like jazz and this is an awesome soundtrack. plus robert is an awesome actor

[smichelle65]

3 fuckers and screwheads disliked this, they're like a union.

[ClassicPerformances]

A dramatic change for Herrmann at his end days, some for better and some for worse

[TakeAShowerStinky]

I want to shoot a pimp or drug peddler after hearing this song!

[homelesshannah50]

@TakeAShowerStinky don't we all dude.

[angelinaramon]

After a hard and sometimes lousy day at work this really helps me to unwind.

[scout6686]

beautiful tenor sax

[able506]

this song reminds me to get organanizized

[ttt8699]

@able506 Oh,, like those things that say "thimk?

[TheScrappydoosr]

perfect amount of terrifying

[SrWolframio]

Perfect for a rain day

[salsa2good]

this was so awesome during the opening of the movie

[wpfairbanks]

God, that sax theme drives me crazy in a very good way. When I hear that motif, I become very proud of the legacy of American cinema

[beep43]

Listen, you fuckers, you screwheads. Here is a man who would not take it anymore. A man who stood up against the scum, the cunts, the dogs, the filth, the shit. Here is a man who stood.....who would not let....listen you fuckers you screwheads...

[mhz888]

@beep43 why is it like that though?

[dega723]

@beep43 here is.....TAXI DRIVER

[lordvoldemort578]

@dega723 If he said that it wouldve been so corny! =/

[dega723]

@lordvoldemort578 It's the official trailer, and he doesn't say it, the title appears with a shotgun sound : magnificent !

[Jimmy8317]

2 people are fairies...

[sigma9570]

wtf!! 2 nutters didnt like this tune, retards!!!

[ItsMisterMike]

There's an interesting thing to note here. Bernard Hermann had a huge falling out with Hitchcock because he would not write a jazzier soundtrack for Torn Curtain. Clearly, Hermann had it in him, because this is certainly the sexiest, jazziest soundtrack he ever wrote. In fact, in my view, it is the greatest score ever written for a movie. I saw this the first time in 1977, and I'm just as haunted by it today, 34 years later, as I was the first time. Bernard Herman died right after finishing this

[A1sausie]

"I'm God's lonely man"

[bottledmagic]

damn that sax is sexy

[spriggan2]

asco de pelicula! D=

[lcsymbolic]

@spriggan2 en tu opinion

[coof]

:54 makes me wanna do it

[GamerX7800X]

this song wanna make me say, Forget about it!

[harper1875]

The first 40 seconds is great, quite spine chilling. The rest is just horrible saxaphone.

[lcsymbolic]

@harper1875 in your opinion

[VibrantWhite]

I think bernard really got the sound of new york life. It has the sound of blues with the sound of lavishness.

[kadiebeex]

@VibrantWhite yes you are spot on !! i REALLY want to find more music like this..New York Sax style!!

[antichelo]

este tema es del putas es muy bueno :)

[EdMahoney19]

It has the same sound as Summer of 42 theme. Melancholy solitude.

[samkomako]

from 00:00 to 00:54 I like it. It´s like deep-breathing.

[frozenbloodbullets]

play this song whilst you walk through the city at night, past all the neon lights, the sound of tires moving against water, the sight of lowlifes, wannabes, theives, drug dealers, the works.

[angloricua]

@frozenbloodbullets" Hookers, Faggots, Buggers, Queens, fairies , sick, Venal ."

[murilonightmare]

god damn, how i love that intro, just about some 10 secs

and then the smooth jazz comes out

epic movie, this just reminds me rainy night of travis in his taxi

[BollockMcTesticles]

2 ppl got told to fuck off by the taxi driver lol

[kadiebeex]

anyone know where i can find similar songs to this fantastic number

[septip123]

@kadiebeex Maybe Chinatown theme....Rosemary's Baby theme (which has some pretty crazy jazz sounds)

[ratsmokedevil]

@kadiebeex Henry Mancini, Sinatra

[ricarleite]

This is not the original recording Hermann did for the movie, right? It's this Prague Orchestra re-recording? Sounds very different...

[RHCP10206]

This reminds me of the loneliness present in just about every edward Hopper picture, sunday morning and the nighthawks especially. its such a deep feeling connected emotion

[JRRPrimus]

im 14 and i saw this film with my parents like a month ago i loved it im so glad i have parents that dont shelter me to much and my parents are christians

[Menegoth]

@JRRPrimus

That's pretty fucking neato.

[roxy6391]

the first time i saw this movie i IMMEDIATELY fell in love with this score

[RHCP10206]

@roxy6391 it made the film, its to the point where i can say im not sure if i even would have enjoyed the movie a fraction as much as i did if it wasnt the score