2001 Space Odyssey synced with Adagio for strings

[9058675309]

It really boggles me how any Kubrick could find this suitable to the iconic ending of this film. The final scene: To Jupiter and Beyond the Infinite, was a scene that broke any idea of plot. No dialogue is spoken and nothing is explained. The idea of the scene is to encapsulate the audience with a sense of mystery and the unknown while sparking pure wonder and confusion. This music give a background vibe of depression and mourning which suits Platoon. This completely changes the meant atmosphere

[ArztMerkwurdigliebe]

The selection of this piece is a stroke of genius worthy of Kubrick himself, and that is the highest compliment I can pay.

Kudos!

[Encom7]

???

[ThotherBrother]

Finally... a mind who can see that 2001 is not a movie about space travel and alien artifacts--but that it is what the title proclaims it to be: A Greek War Tragedy.

Deus Ex Machina!

[leonardocabral]

it was the best youtube video i've ever seen

thank you very much

[leonardocabral]

it was the best youtube video i've ever seen

[roms059]

pity than kubrick don't put this amazing song with this amazing part of this amazing movie ( sorry for my english lol )

[Erilis666]

what a great song choice. amazing how well it syncs up.

Adagio for Strings already makes me water up and coupled with this scene it is very powerful.

[Astr8gayguy]

BRILLIANCE!!!!!! BRAVO!!!!! ENCORE!!!

[RobertMOdell]

What is the significance of the elegant room?

[Lokisonofthor]

Man, screw all the people that hate 2001: A Space Odyssey. I have always regarded it as a fantastic piece of film work, but after seeing this clip that feeling intesified.

[SalMessina1]

Meraviglia delle meraviglie!

Grazie!

p.s.potessi ascoltarla anche da morto!

[wynsplc]

Powerful and beyond comprehension. Maybe as I lie on my deathbed, I too, will understand the true meaning of the monolith

[wynsplc]

Powerful and beyond comprehension.

[A5runner]

I have always loved this song, nice editing!

[CaptCondor]

the music gives the scene a more human emotion, which is not what Kubrick might have intended, but very intruiging nontheless. It would be very interesting to see what music you'd put under other scenes from 2001

[AlfredsVisions]

Good job, the music went perfectly and brought out all the poignancy of the film. I love Kubrick for making this film.

[pablocurutchet]

Cool!!

[drapp1952]

A very interesting and moving alternative to the original.

However, it does overtake and "drown out" the original in terms of Ligeti's "Atmospheres" differentiating a strange trip to the place where the transformation occurs. Kubrick struggled with whether or not to portray the aliens literally, and the strange sounds in the final room were settled on to portray their strangeness and truly alien quality.

The Zarathustra - Dawn music is repeated to underline how this is man's next step.

[ice680]

Bravo*****

[electrorostam]

Samuel Barber: proof that homosexuality doesn't cancel faith in God.

[bitcheznhos]

i hope he got some pussy on jupiter and didn't have to be alone in that souped up cage the jupiter space aliens put him in. occasionally, they should have thrown him some nice galactic chronic or some jupiter form of cocaine or extasy. this would make growing old more fun.

[mishuzza]

“Ognuno è libero di speculare a suo gusto sul significato filosofico del film, io ho tentato di rappresentare un’esperienza visiva, che aggiri la comprensione per penetrare con il suo contenuto emotivo direttamente nell’inconscio”

Kubrik

[Gigsixstrings]

Hey guys I just uploaded this video in 3 parts set to Shine On You Crazy Diamond (live version recorded in LA 1975). It fits really well. Check it out it`s on my channel! :)

[TSM8088]

Cannot believe this was released in '68 (...and shot in the years preceding.) Have movie makers learned nothing since?

...perhaps a few have...still one of the best movies and messages ever.

[Vesters1]

I've always though about the starchild as some kind of a nietzschean metaphor for the the pure and free mind (the übermensch), beyond the society and the creations of mankind (HAL) aswell as the laws and norms (time and space). What is your interpretation, i can't understand why it's relevant to eternal return?

[TSM8088]

@Vesters1 übermensch, yes definitely. That eternal recurrence is linked intimately to the figure of Zarathustra and his extolling of the idea of the Oveman is made clear as the joyful affirmation of meaningfullness in a fleeting world and of becoming devoid of ultimate sense and purpose. The two are closely bound; All that is transient is rendered eternal and life is thereby celebrated.

[acbulgin2]

@acbulgin2 The monolith makes the ape see the bone as a tool, and he uses it as such and throws it up in the air. Then suddenly there is a spaceship, another tool which as we know requires computers, yet another tool, to function. This is a major time elapsed kind of thing to show the end result of the monolith's intervention. The only question is that of the monolith: is it a symbol for God, or is it a manifestation of an alien intelligence?

[acbulgin2]

@Vesters1 A Nietzschean Übermensch evolves from an ordinary Mensch. He is not self-made. Something helped him, either by feeding him, burping him and changing his diapers, or through some cosmic communication from a 1x4x9 proportioned bit of modern art. "Man is something that ought to be overcome." But what enables him to overcome what he is? If only himself, then he is an Übermensch to start with. I suppose the monolith could represent the will to power, but why dig that up on the moon?

[acbulgin2]

@Vesters1 So the questions seem to be as follows: what is the cause of human intelligence? And what is the next step? Artificial intelligence like the HAL 9000? And what are the dangers? There is a prevailing tone of anxiety in this whole film. It could be viewed in part as a super artsy horror movie. The way the movie ends with the shutdown of HAL and the birth of the starchild, one is inclined to think that the alien agency (or God?) has opted for a new kind of human.

[acbulgin2]

@Vesters1 The only issue with the monolith being a manifestation of an alien intelligence trying to drive evolution of intelligence on earth is the question of where the aliens got their intelligence from. As far as the starchild's return is concerned, it is probably the basic story of the hero who leaves his community seeking a lack, undergoes a transformation to achieve what misses, then returns home with the boon a la J. Campbell. Why go back to earth to be apart from it?

[MrCricket0062]

After viewing this clip a second time...I think Kubrick would have wanted to add the various background audio (i.e. the breathing sounds within the space helmut, the scooting of the chair, walking, the clinking of silverware and the broken glass) for added realism and depth. I still think it's beautifully done though.

[MrCricket0062]

I've been a Kubrick fan for decades. I remember seeing 2001 in 35mm panarama shortly after it's release in 1969. I've seen 2001 countless times since then. I think Kubrick would of been pleased with this. Whoever put this together did a superb job. The timing, depth of emotion and intensity are perfect...execellent in fact. Well done. A new Kubrick in the making perhaps??

[groupdosstudios]

@MrCricket0062 You know that d3scr1pt0r didn't write the piece, right? It's by samuel barber.

[milofucker]

When is this coming up in HD?

[commissarusa]

No matter how many tributes are made, nobody can give this movie what it deserves. It changed everything I thought about God, evolution, the final fate of the human race, everything. When I found out Arthur C. Clarke died, I was on my way to a late karate class. I perked up when I heard Thus Spoke Zarathustra over the radio. Then they announced he was dead. I cried because it was almost like losing a a parent. I saved his obituary. I still have it in the room next to the one I am sitting in now.

[milofucker]

And when stanley kubrick died...

[commissarusa]

I was about three years old.

[milofucker]

Omg you are lieing right?

I'm exactly the same age as you lol.

[milofucker]

@commissarusa lol i was 4..

[donnyab]

good film...now, will you explain it all to me...god, evolution, fate of man wha ?

[commissarusa]

Not going to explain it to you, that would ruin it. But I'll give you a hint. Think Nietzsche.

[TSM8088]

Yes...perhaps "Eternal return" woven amongst other philosophies and meanings, some intended, some not.

[LordNeikos]

Nietzsche, Freud, Darwin, Kubrick. Bring them all together and this film is the result. Spectacular. Off to watch Eyes Wide Shut and complete my Kubrick marathon now.

[zzxcvb98]

wait, arthur c clarke is dead?

[commissarusa]

umm... he's been dead for about 2 years man.

[zzxcvb98]

sorry wasnt aware of that

[Spikoss]

I bet Stanley Kubrick would at least have considered the idea of using the Adagio as soundtrack for the ending of 2001.

[Lillamojmoj]

Who made this film?

On topic: Great mix, perfect music for it, makes an incredible fealing and it's just soo right! 5*

[WOOD3NTR33]

To think it was al made before the first star wars films. It makes perfectly clear sense in parts, but then that all get blasted into a million little bits :D love the film

[1poiuztrewq2]

Best movie ever made. Everything that came before and after is less worth watching.

[pureadrenaline47]

It's eerily beautiful....just like the whole film.

[theseus27]

I couldn't agree more!!

Seen this film three times now...

[BEHEPA]

I think this music fits perfectly to the scenes. It creates such an incredible feeling when you watch and listen to it. I love it, thanx a lot for making this mix :)

[isnthatAhearn]

This is a great movie the music adds a differnet perspective to it...i wish other people would watch this great movie

[abimnazar]

rien n'est absolu, mais quelquefois, on pourrait le croire ...

[AmadeusMozart0]

Comme dirait l'autre: après ça, on peut mourir tranquille.

[abimnazar]

il me reste 2 ou 3 petites choses à faire avant :-)

[kristof23]

A la fin de 2010, avec l'apparition d'un deuxième soleil dans le ciel, l'Humanité fait un bon quantique avec la prise de conscience suivante ( voir le film): nous ne sommes que les locataires (de la planète Terre), nous avons reçu un avertissement du maître des lieux et un renouvellement du bail ...

[kristof23]

Probably what's going to happen in the very next few years to come (soon) is a New Age or Start for Humanity as people will see two suns in the sky...

[d3scr1pt0r]

about a year after uploading this, I will have to agree with you...

I have seen more than 1000 times this part synced with pink floyd. This was an effort to create a similar feeling, but failed. I even like this part with the original sound from the movie more now!!

[drawingshadows]

7:15 to the end is just beautiful

[JONPHG88]

This is a good use of Barber

But I still think this was best used in the final scence in David Lynch's The Elephant Man.

Which has to the saddest film ending ever .

[polyana1]

qq dia eu sucumbo e viro um et,,tb!

[RedDragon7777]

Hay everyone read the book and see the movie!!!

[tigen29]

stanley kubrick .Un des plus grands du ciméma.Source d'inspiration

[whitechop]

Ruins the atmosphere completely, Its nealry as bad as how many times it was overheard on Platoon, which eventually got silly.

[Tekron]

awesome video. the only time i saw this film, i was about 8 years old. i didn't quite understand it... but i'm 20 and i have been egging my friends on to watch it with me some night.

[polymath7]

I've also pestered friends to watch this film with me just don't be too disappointed if your friends are utterly baffled.

[robersecret]

Very nice video!!!

[loachendormi]

great music, but it won't beat the original score.

[dadautube]

all these efforts at synching PF or other music with these last secens of the 2ASO are great of course, but nothing beats the original version imo.

[edbloom83]

This music gives another point of view about the scene, makes itlook more dramatic and, in the part of the "astral fetus", even onyric. Reminds me of the final scene of another movie, "The Elephant man" by David Lynch. Anyway I still prefer the "Also sprach Zarathustra" piece for that

[komnor]

Gyönyörű!

[GordonMorrice]

I'm sorry to say, but this doesn't work. The ending is intended to be triumphant - the being "David Bowman" has transcended itself and will now bring enlightenment to Earth. There's nothing 'sombre' about it.

[andymitch12345]

Oh i'm so sorry you didn't like this great video - would you have preferred them to cut out adagio for strings at the end and play something more upbeat like "We Will Rock You"?

[GordonMorrice]

That's actually quite a witty response, as far as You Tube responses go! Freddie Mercury and Kubrick - I like it! ;) I assume you are referring to the film from a few years ago set in the medieval period which featured a rock soundtrack? I cannot recall the title of the film.

I stand by my spontaneous response this video, though - Barber's famously sombre composition doesn't complement the rumbling, cosmological grandeur of the scene. Mud on my face, big disgrace!

[andymitch12345]

Fair enough, each to their own :-P ! you're entitled to your opinion

(even if it's wrong ;-) )

[GordonMorrice]

I am wrong and am receding at the temples! 2001 has a happy ending, in my view. Bowman transcends himself and then journeys to Earth to do God (oops!) knows what!

[RedDragon7777]

I would call the end bitter sweet.

[BloodySerpent]

This is amazing.

[dragoportugal]

Just beautiful......simple and lovely.

[Godtron]

This... is amazing. The combination is pure perfection. It send chills down my spine... something.. about it. Reminds me of a vision I had as a child. But only once and never again.

Like a clean reality of what we are. Amazing. You did a great job layering this. Instant fav.

[xo4xo4]

Beyond time and words...a tribute to our spiritual journey.

[hassoonee]

amazing simply amazing...goosebumps all over!

[koilir2]

kubrick the master

[VCSRT]

Flawless, makes you wonder why Stanley Kubrick didn't use it in the first place.

[aquamen23]

nice,mayby better than the original

[spots11129]

I like this combination. Why doesn't anybody ever attribute the performance? Who played this recording?

[Godtron]

Samuel Barber

[spots11129]

Yeah, thanks, I know, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings Opus 11.  What I meant was who played for this particular recording.

[Godtron]

Oh, I'm sorry. I've no idea, I'm afraid. :(

[StealthyKat]

Great job! I was enthralled!

[lostcambion]

perfectly done. thank you.

[CrippledRetardo]

I farted!

[flagon15]

just great

[flagon15]

just great

[Trafficlighter]

great job, excellent!

[malikscifi92]

The most emotionally powerful musical piece I've heard. It wasn't moving for me, though, but I love it.

[DudeTed]

that works really well :'(

[moby6002]

awesome!

[d3scr1pt0r]

cool