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  • brilliant!!

  • is that an ocean animode

  • Still the best version out there bar none! Sounds so basic but so tough to learn and play correctly. Love the film too :-)

  • これは掃除の時間に流れていますね。中学校のときいつも聞いてい­ました。

  • I'm gonna fucking learn this shit!

    Beautiful :) and I have the sheet! =D

  • we had this song at my granmothers funeral :(

  • Could you tell me the name of the guitar player of this beautiful song?

  • @dorispedraza John Williams. frequently, but not always, the advertised music is the artist actually playing. A guitarist named Claude Ciari also released a version of this recently in Japan through RCA. You might look into it -he has a tube channel here as well! I've got 550 playlists on my channel that some people have liked as well. My thanks to the uploader, added this to my guitar favorites. Chuck

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  • @dorispedraza Well this particular version is the one that played on the official The Deer Hunter movie soundtrack. However it was first used in the 1970 British movie called The Walking Stick. And the guitarist was indeed John Williams.

  • this piece was also used at the end of a British Kid's Art show in the 70's called VisonOn as they displayed galleries of work...that was my first introduction to it as a piece of music...since seeing it in Deer Hunter however I am forever reminded of the futility of war; the juxtaposition being the show was on TV before the evening news on a Sunday in the early 70's...what did we see a lot of on those news bulletins? The Vietnam War right in our living rooms.

  • Cavatina from the Derp Hunter.

  • I also cried when I listen to this beautiful song the first time. I feel it inside my heart.

  • stunningly beautiful- so many memories

  • very well done no more to say. all you people out there, listen to this and you'll know what true music is. and what a great musician sounds like. i play violin 4 years and piano 3 1/2 years. is there this song for violin or piano?

  • Thank you John Williams for encouraging the composer to complete this composition. Very nice guitar.

  • this is so beautiful

  • This piece transports and soothes... brings a cathartic wave of tears... it's so sad yet tender and ministering, transcendent... straight from the spirit and quiets the soul... peace.

  • Sir you are the most fantastic in the whole guitar universe and I hope some day you'll teach me in the new world soon to be here Revelation 21:3,4

    Thank you so Much - Heidi valles - Puero Rico - Pittsburgh

  • I remember seeing this movie with my family, I will never see them again...

  • Tammie,  your post moved me.. things happen for a reason..- this is a beautiful piece of music.. and hope u find some comfort in it even.. Regards..

  • This beautiful song stirs serious and sad memories for me- The friends I lost in Nam, and what for?? Great movie, but this song haunts me like no other. I cry everytime I hear it.

  • Ditto, Amigo....

  • And now its happening all over again in Afghan...I listen to this beautiful song and think of all the young lives wasted

  • The deer hunter is a really good film <3. sad tho

  • <3.

  • Thanks for the link :D

  • OMG, it's already the 30 yr annversary of this movie!  Thanks for posting, beautiful song (good movie too ;-)

  • what a lovely haunting melody....i sit there and get all nostalgic hearing this....makes me feel so sad and melancholy...

  • great sound.makes me remember my mom.shes already dead.i miss you mom,i love you so much!!!

  • i love this piece of music this will be played at our wedding

  • It's Deer Hunter, not Deep Hunter.

  • porno is you on crack you need help

  • WOOO!!!

  • sad but a beautiful piece

    love to hear it anytime of the day

    especially at nighttimes

    thanks for the upload

  • (1of3)This song has some history, it's a beautiful but sad melody. This song is a classical guitar piece written by Stanley Myers. It's was recorded by classical guitarist John Williams long before the 1979 film "The Deer Hunter" in which an instrumental version by John Williams was played on guitar.

  • (2of3)The song was originally written for piano but at John Williams request, Stanley Myers re-wrote it for guitar and expanded it. After this it was first used for the film "The Walking Stick" in 1970. In 1973 Cleo Laine wrote lyrics and recorded the song using the title "He Was Beautiful" accompanied by John Williams. Following the release of the film "The Deer Hunter" in 1979 the song became a UK Top 20 hit.

  • (3of3)Two other versions also made the Top 20 the same year. Another instrumental recording by "The Shadows" with an electric guitar played by Hank Marvin reached #9 in the UK Singles chart and a vocal version using Cleo Laine's lyrics by Iris Williams. The song was also recorded by Paul Potts on his debut album "One Chance." There is also a gospel version set to Cavatina called "Beautiful," the author is Billy Evmur and it appears in the "Dove On A Distant Oak Tree" collection.

  • i love this movie. it makes me cry everytime

  • If only the Internet was filled with nice things like this. It would be a little better world.

  • this sux balls get this shit off youtube JUST JOKING it makes me want to cry like a 13 emotinal little girl

  • amazing movie,amazing tune.thanks for the post

  • this is so beautiful....

    It reminds me of some of the scenes in the movie..

  • i will always remember you whenever i hear this beautiful song fe. jb

  • Soothing! Isn't that something?

  • Then, my dear Tammy, why not just stear clear of the song and spare yourself the hassle of leaving such inane comments?

    And I find this song relaxing. Like a warm summerbreeze or waves crashing on the shore. It's a song you listen to with your eyes closed, just letting the melody carry you.

  • :D come on everybody, why so serious, that comment made me laugh a lot! :D

  • Questionmark...

  • .....you got issues im a sound engineer and a musician and u can ask anyone else in my trade that this here is a masterpeice

    music isnt all about listening to it

    its about emotion u sound like a right tree hugger u do

  • hahaha... DEEP hunter.

  • OH..........

    The download link is dead:(

    This song is nice!:)

  • If you notice the picture, you'll see that is of deep sea creatures (but I don't know what they're called.)

    I think he mis-typed "Deep Hunter" on purpose. I doubt he's gonna change it (though I wish he would for the sake of searching.) This is one of the nicest renditions posted on YouTube.

  • its not from deep hunter, its the DEER HUNTER

  • I love this song. I try so learn it myself. It is hard, bur i will never give ut, because it is a song i just have to learn. :3

  • When I listen this song, only think in a blue, deep sky that bring me the most beauty peace....cheers from Colombia....

  • whenever i listen to it...i go far, very far...timeless and spaceless, somewhere else! and i don't want to come back anymore!!

  • This is beyond good...........Its Timeless. A thousand years from now it will still be beautiful

  • it's say it all. beautful. thanks man

  • The most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.

  • My grandmother just died, and so i want to play this at her sending of to the other place. God rest your soul, my dear beautiful gran, i love you.

  • It would be a beautiful piece to play...respects!

  • my wife walked down the aisle to this song...it was my favorite part of the whole day!

  • hahaahh

  • Beautiful song

  • this is a wonderful tune. takes me back to Koea in 1988 brill

  • Wonderful made me cry

  • Piękna muzyka...Dziękuję....

  • how do we create such beauty you ask? It happens when we are inspired by love and emotion and we use all the gifts that God gives us to bring joy happyness and contentment to one another.

  • WOW thats deep baby,are you a Buddhist?

  • No actually I'm Catholic, and a guitarist of 35 years who believes that the greatest gifts

    like musical tallent or the appreciation of it come from God as a beautiful way to love and serve each other. Its no good if we cant share it....thats all. PEACE to you.

  • so beautifully said...God Bless

  • Thank you leela1970, God Bless you in return.

  • i love this song,it's beautiful, thanks for the vidio

  • "Here's to Nick"

  • still upsets me when nick just recalls the trees and you think michael has got him home but then...

    awesome movie, awesome music!

    Christopher walken owned that movie!

  • Heavenly.

  • Most Beautiful Peice of Music I've Ever Heard x

  • and we are just a collection of atoms?

    How do they create such beauty as this?

  • I saw Santana play this a the bandshell at the State Fair of Texas about maybe 18 years ago.There probably were'nt even 10,000 people there and no one payed attention when he played it but I had a recorder hidden and recorded it on cassette.Probably the most beautiful song I ever heard Santana do in 39 years of seeing him in concert.The tape got lost.

  • Wow that is something friend.  But are you really saying that it was more beuatiful than Samba Pa Ti? Respect no matter friend. Bloody shame about that tape!!!!

  • The most beatifull song in the world. I thought nothing could match The Godfather theme then I heard John Williams Cavatina in The Deer Hunter it gave me chills its so easy made but still its marvoulus and it flows so light and beatifull like a river and its only barely one instrument used in the song. Its only one thing to call it, a masterpiece. "To Nick" Cavatina starts, I cried im a guy who never cries in films but music can make me do it when its this beautiful.

  • I heard Milica Ilic do this live and her arrangement was brilliant. anyone know where i can get it?

  • Do you mean Milica Ilic - you don't do the h, it's just sounded. try myspace/milicailic. she's hot.

  • Hm, nah, she plays it note by note, whereas I heard this stunning new guitarist on the BBC the other night called Milica Ilich?, anyhow, she's made her own version and when you listen to her myspace, I was blown away. She composes all her own stuff. I reckon give it 2 years she will be the classical guitarist everyone will talk about for then 30 yrs. Xuefei's good but lacks originality.

  • I maybe could listen to it IF I could find it on myspace.

    But an incorrect name helps not.

    Any chance you could post the link to the vid/track there?

  • I think Xuefei Yang has the best version of this melody, but there are many good ones here on Youtube :)

  • best classical piece of music in the world...I absolutely love it...will have it played at my passing.

  • This is very well played, but it doesn't have anywhere near as much soul as John Williams version did.

  • You have a good argument.I had the pleasure of working with John a few years ago.I was setting up a guitar in my shop and was playing a piece when he snuck up on me and says, "real nice, I'm John Williams."

    Imagine him saying that to me.I flipped.

    You should hear him from two feet away.

    What a treat.

  • wow, is all i can say, as a guitarist......wow

  • Superb piece - haunting!

    Cavatina was actually first used in the film "The Walking Stick" - 1970 starring Samantha Eggar & David Hemmings. Classic film & the music always reminds me of this rather than the Deer Hunter - less violent too!

  • everytime i hear this tune, i just stop what i am doing, and get this deep, nostalgic feeling come over me...i can't explain it.

    loss of loved ones, memories of the past, etc.

  • It's amazing how sounds of such tender melancholy can evoke so much emotion from the human soul...

  • hahah the comment below me is hilarious ..like if the whole movie was made awesome by just deniro and the song lol ..but makes for a good argument ..

  • good movie cause robert de niro and song 2

  • the movie belongs to christopher walken but john savage was really superb too. one of the best films i have ever seen.

  • Haunting melody. Beautiful.

  • you are a fucking idiot! watch the film and then review your comment, if you don't change your view then you really have a problem

  • C'mon, it was funny. Look at the text above the screen. You are way too serious

  • FUCK YOU

  • Love CAVATINA and THE DEER HUNTER is one of the best movies ever!

  • my favourite loved the movie. thanks

  • Thank you Ken for sending this to me. Truly glorious composition and so emotive. You are a good heart. xx

  • You're so welcome angel, my pleasure ;) xxx

  • deep hunter....

  • great song, inspired plenty to take up the guitar

  • "Deep" hunter huh?

  • Awesome guitar piece. I don't usually like guitar, but this piece is lovely on it.

  • loved this thank you love this melody relaxing beutiful

  • Estoy terriblemente triste en este momento. No podría pensar en una canción mas adecuada para lo que siento ahora.......

  • Espero realmente que se sienta bien ahora.

    Esta música es un espejo de nuestras emociones.

    Yo no hablo español, pero me gustaría decirle que la vida es buena si la música como este existe.

    Colin.

  • I'll take "One of the most soothing songs ever composed" for $500.00 Alex.

  • most soothing yes, most soothing indeed most soothing, simply soothing yes soothing the most soothing thing i have ever soothed to, quite possibly the most soothing thing ever soothed. i will never sooth this way again

  • a killer song !!

  • It's Deer Hunter, not DEEP :)

    10x for the post!

  • Bingo!!!

  • OMG The fuckin' Deep Hunter

  • Beautiful English song

  • indeed.quite soothing indeed indeed.very soothing indeed.soothing

  • if you dont like this you should be dragged from your house and shot with balls of your own shit! in front of your family! ok a tad extreme i know but really..........

  • Peo Kindgren plays an exceptional solo arrangement of this.

  • Lennon's #9 Dream isn't bad either, at any occasion ;)

  • Soothing.

  • yes very soothing when you have had a hard days work

  • Soothing.

  • and relax

  • "here's to Nick"

  • what can i say just beautiful

  • I had this piece of music at my wedding...love it.

  • Qua tuyet! Ong John danh hay that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Chills me to the bone everytime fantastic tune

  • mmmmmm haven't heard this in ages......beautiful....

  • thought you'd like it

  • I love this,it takes my breath slowly

  • "A touch of class" Superbly executed. Thank you.

  • Hauntingly beautiful!

  • Wonderful. Best arrangement of thi I have ever heard. Who is the artist?

  • Cavatina was written by Stanley Myers (1933-1993) and is performed here by John Williams of Australia. This is the title theme from "The Deer Hunter".

  • Love this tune/melody. Haunting. Romantic. Tragic. Bitter sweet.

  • Bill Clinton is more of a "dear" hunter.

  • Isnt this "CAVATINA" by George.

    Dont know who George is, thats all was written in on my CD cover.

    All the same its a classic and will be enjoyed always.

  • "Deep hunter"-  is that like the porn version of "Deer hunter"?

  • lol

  • Why the hell is the name of the guitarist not mentioned anywhere in this post? Not nice at all. This is John Williams's performance. Please make sure you give credit to where it's due in the future.

    It's the best version of all BTW.

  • This one is perhaps the most refined version...but since it is a soundtrack, I would expect it to be. Peo Kindgren's version (look in the related videos for this) is also very good.

  • stupid ass its deer hunter

  • thanks so much for posting this. im learning it on guitar, and its great to have it available hear.

    it reminds me of the Deer Hunter which is so cool :)

  • love it man... relaxing song......zzZZZzzz really nice song 5 star

  • QUITE MUSIC

    FOR RELAXING

  • FLY TO THE SKY

  • wtf is that an electric jelly fish? coral reef?

  • love it, love it, please change the pic!

  • Beautiful music to a Beautiful movie - LOVED Christopher Walken.

  • love the music, please change picture...

  • the best

  • hey, i just started on this piece! on the piano, it seems easy, but to get the "feeling" right is pretty hard. I hope i'll manage! =)

  • damm i <3 dis song! im supposed 2 play it on d piano but its HARD

  • Beautifully haunting melody played very well. I wish I could disassociate it from the movie (The Deer Hunter) that left me with nightmares for months.

  • I'm with you. It's very hard to disassociate it, once you've seen the movie. I can no longer listen to it, for it reminds me too much of the dark moments of American history. And, I was there.

  • i think the word "ponder" is best suited to this beautiful piece of music, makes u stop,think and ponder....

  • It is hard to play... But anyway... I love this song, it makes me sad :P

  • this piece not too hard to play, but how to play well? sigh ...

  • From all us guys on the night shift at GSK in Ware England thank you for putting this on the net we've just seen a very hard man shed a tear.

  • no-one plays this better than hank marvin

  • cleo laine does a vocal version( he was beautiful) with john williams that is amazing.

  • Do you know where I could hear this? I am a huge fan of Cleo's work but I have not seen nor heard of her for years. Is she still performing? Isn't this one of the most hauntingly beautiful pieces of music ever?

  • hello! I haven't heard for Cavatina , but Cleo Lane and John williams have done many other pieces together. By

  • Why is this song so fast? A slower version would be more touching.

  • The original by Mayer is in this tempo. The Deer Hunter Theme is a bit slower and some strings are added. Its also played with two guitars I think. But this version..hmm I dont really know?

  • Check out Xue-Fei Yang's version. Really slow. Another good renditrion is Ana Vidovic.

  • Yes, I agree with you. It comes from outside this mad world.

  • Walking into the 42nd st. subway in a very bad mood I tensed up at the crowds and the whole post-9/11 suspicion of everyone with backpacks and the bumping and jostling. Ready to strike out at any provocation: Suddenly, the etherial sounds of the 'Cavatina' from a street performer trying to do his best and after a few seconds I realized he hadn't hit a bad note yet. Amazing, transporting, emotionally nuclear. We are better than the criminals who perpetuate the wars. This song is a Godsend.

  • Actually it's the deer hunter, as far as i know

  • wowwwwwwwww.