10 - Giorgio Moroder - Machines [Metropolis Soundtrack]

[LaBellaMacchina]

Moroder is a genius

[vicecity117]

this sounds kinda like some of patrick cowleys work

[ismaelkhan]

thumbs up if you wear born in the 80's

[skinnybanana123]

lol I heard this in a Soviet ad for a light dimmer!

[Takeshi357]

@skinnybanana123 Dammit! I KNEW I had this somewhere before!

[uiop988]

@skinnybanana123 i think thats the reason for half the views in this video haha

[TheAstroboy1959]

@TriStarPictures82- OH REALLY~??? OH GOODY!!!

[Jaboolanee]

The bass rythm can be useful to mix to Queen´s "Radio Ga Ga"

[ismaelkhan]

life before 1990 was great, i was very young but i remember it well enough, now its all the same crap with the very very minor exceptions in music/films

[rochebaudelaire]

Bonsoir, le fait de sortir en DVD et Blu-ray la version Moroder semble étrange dans la mesure où elle est devenue complètement obsolète : en effet, Il ne faut pas oublier qu'il existe maintenant une version intégrale, grâce au travail de la fondation Murnau.

[rochebaudelaire]

La version Moroder a eu le mérite d'attirer l'attention de tout un jeune public sur ce chef-d'oeuvre et de présenter un montage respectant le scénario original (enfin !!!) avec le matériel disponible en 1984. Ce qui est déjà énorme.

[TriStarPictures82]

Good news: Giorgio Moroder's Metropolis will be released on DVD, & Blu-ray this November by Kino Video

[Takeshi357]

I can't stop listening to this!

[Uarehere]

my favorite part starts at 1:01

[leoandry66]

one of the best film in the cinema story. the restored music by giorgio moroder are very good

[djmusicjac]

awesome SPACE SYNTHPOP totally love it

[TheDaftMonk]

Pure mastery. Sonic storytelling.

[STSWB5SG1FAN]

It was Giorgio Moroder version of this film that got me interested in these old science fiction classics in the first place. What they really should do is release a version of this film with two sound tracks (the way that DVDs have two audio tracks) one being the original and the other being Giorgio's version.

[AleXX1995XX]

@STSWB5SG1FAN Glichrist Anderson did a restored version of Moroder's version. Search for

Metropolis Redux

[maocridi]

electronic music mistery sound.

[jscottupton]

There have been several versions of Metropolis with different music. The one to get is the Moroder version. The others pale in comparison.

[logonazo]

Kraftwerk always wanted to do that score before moroder...

[TearyEyesAnderson]

I was wondering if anyone noticed the similarity between this instrumental, and the song "Obsession" by by 'Animotion' YouTube video v=hIs5StN8J-0 I was wondering if anyone knew of any connection between the two, to me they seem to similar to be a coincidence, but I haven't found any connection between the two other then then this song and it's music. It says on Wikipedia that the song was written in 1983, but became popular in 1985, and the movie came out in 1984.

[mbabist01]

Modern music to an old silent? Certainly worked, the theater was PACKED every time I went to see this one!

[Enufo]

ohhhhh... my chilhood...

:_/

[rosten736]

The first few bars of this are amazingly similar to "Heart of Glass" by Blondie from the same era. Check it out but pass on all the "remixes"

[oneinsixcom]

I have the gated LP record. Got it when vinyl was dying for a pittance. The shop owner had it on his turntable! Bet he was sad to see it go.

[ismaelkhan]

The good old days!

will never come again thats for sure.

[starcraft90]

Reminds me of Mario Cart 64..

[AleXX1995XX]

they should do a "Nosferatu"-Movie with some colorized parts from the original 1922 footage (Murnau-Stiftung Restoration) with "NEW DISCO TECHNO MUSIC" (David Guetta,...) !!!

That would be great !!!

Then we could watch 2 old movies (Nosferatu and Metropolis) with a cool soundtrack !!!

[AleXX1995XX]

Metropolis-jeahhhh

best movie 1927 and 1984 !!!

[wombplug]

damn good

[bencrea1]

was so scared of this soundtrack as a kid but was obsessed by it!!! compelled to keep listening to it!

[ismaelkhan]

4 machines that dont like the music, they need repairing :)

[BOGZASV8MA]

giorgio moroder's greatest masterpiece was midnight express theme. and scarface...

[E180tekno]

CE MEC EST AWESOME C'est le précursseur de la tekno et des free party serieux meme jean michel jar a du s'inspirer de lui

[conewells]

Still the BEST soundtrack for this film.

[5dee4]

I have been trying to get a DVD of Metropolis with the Morodor soundtrack -- why is it soooo expensive?

[AleXX1995XX]

@5dee4 search for "Metropolis Redux" - 20$ for a new restored version by Gilchrist Anderson

[CaseRed0605]

Moroder has to be an alien. There is no way a human being is this much of a god like musician.

[waghlerism]

Giorgio is a magician of music.

[myownservant]

This is good, but its also soft, melodic, and lacks catchy hooks. How the hell are you goin to pull off a hardstyle remix without making it sound completely ridiculous

[TheJediCharles]

@myownservant

That's assuming any given song calls for a remix. There's few exceptions to the rule that remixing is usually a pointless venture into the inferior. This is coming from a guy who has a lot of remixes, and I can understand a remixer hearing songs from the standpoint of remixing them. But, remixing is an over-done practice, and thank goodness for those songs that are difficult to be redone.

[Circlotron]

I have this CD and also a video cassette of the 1984 version. I also saw it at the cinema in 1984. The movie soundtrack and the CD are quite different. For example in the music here from 1:48 to 2:04 doesn't exist on the video. In fact the real soundtrack is quite a bit better, especially some of the incidental music where the crowds are going nuts running through the streets. None of that on the CD though. The CD was a big dissapointment.

[Wiencourager]

Would be cool to hear a version this on a theater pipe organ accompanying the restored movie..

[tejada5596]

En la Cadena Cope... La Linterna.... Dirige Federico Jiménez Losantos.....

[6thdimensional]

or i should say artificialy created evil twin lol.

[6thdimensional]

i wish moroder would redo the extra 25 minute german version with extra music, they can put sweet dreams with the eurithmics where the evil twin dances semi topless in the 25 min extra version.

[RISKILNIKIV]

Lemon Incest

[Aftzione]

Da quanto la cercavo :-) ero convinto fosse di Moroder!

Great Giorgio!

[NastyChrisVideo]

THIS IS MUSIC....not the shit of today!

Giorgio Moroder is still kicking the ass !!!!!!

70&80 RULES

[kyopsis]

@NastyChrisVideo I agree with you at 100% music today isn't creative, too much commercial & = "easy music"

70's & 80's forever!

[GrandAdmiralForrest]

@kyopsis Try the 60s

[ismaelkhan]

@kyopsis dont forget the 60's man ;)

[heythanksbutnothanks]

@kyopsis That is so true, in my opinion music has gone straight down the toilet, you get the odd band but not many sounds like great music, I have heard some artists who actually sound not bad at all, but the music is easy manufactured crap. The music and the tunes in the Moroder version ...I just love, particularly the instrumental music

[Bestmanme08]

Great new book (Did these stories really happen?) has informative section on Fritz Lang and his movies! Book at amazon!

[tenoderaaridifolia]

why is moroder version not in dvd?

[xxRazorJadexx]

This is the most amazing song I have ever heard!

I am going to make a hardstyle remix of this... The youth shall dance to Giorgio Moroder again!

[SpasticCollin]

@xxRazorJadexx Please don't.

[xombiedeth]

@SpasticCollin If it sucks, I will make sure it never leaves my hard-drive. But it's worth the risk. Giorgio Moroder's genius, applied via modern medium to an impossibly dance-able genre? I can't resist.

[meningzegger]

@xxRazorJadexx Please no remix. The idiot who ever invented REMIX should be put to jail for life.

[xxRazorJadexx]

@meningzegger Uh huh... So adding one's own artistic angle to something is a bad thing? Connecting with the original artist through their music to create something new and wonderful should earn someone a life sentence to jail? Nice theory. You must hate Giorgio Moroder then, because what he did to the film Metropolis is a REMIX. He took a piece of art, and loved it enough to add his own facet to it's already beautiful design. Sue me for doing it too.

[Congasquad]

Ganz ehrlich... ich find die Musik passt nicht zur Stimmung des Films. Die Musik ist viel zu fröhlich.

[eltotti1971]

En Argentina este tema fue muy conocido por haber sido durante varios años de la década del '80 la cortina musical del noticiero "La Noticia" de Canal 11 (actual Telefé), conducido entre otros por el recordado Armando Repetto, Enrique Landi, Carlos Campolongo, etc.

[TheRino972]

Grande Giorgio!!!

[uniseries]

F A B U L A N T A S T I C O

[rogelio67]

this guy was way ahead of his time,,, master electro man,,,

loves it

[mygreatlovenova]

thankyou thankyou thankyou. from a fantastic soundtrack!!!!!!!

[davideg9660]

Good song...

[Blomar69]

Why in the hell we call earth is there no Metropolis w/ this soundtrack on DVD!!!? FUCK!

Or better yet Blu-Ray, along w/ Lang's other works (esp. M)

& just let us turn off the audio if unwanted.

After that, I can die in peace.

GET IT DONE Who ever is in charge!

[TheZachadoodle]

well the movie was made in 1927. Did you really expect them to make an techno soundtrack at that time? Doesn't make since to me. Why in fact I was laughing my ass off when the soundtrack was added.

[Blomar69]

true, true, but I'd like to see a BluRay release of this (and other silent films with their own) with a number of different soundtracks. That way we can all experience it through different art mediums.

I know I saw Metropolis on TCM once without volume (or very low) and thought it needed something extra.

[italocarlito]

well, Moroder is my God even though is not the best one, even though this is one of the best 80s Moroder incarnations.......

[calmaratube]

I agree with you "undertaker3124", however you have to see it in a more global context. Back in the 80s this was the height of cool, and "machines" still oozes bags of positive futurism, which again proves your point...wrong movie... but great track, wrong century though.

[undertaker3134]

This was horrible to use for such a visually important film with strong emotions and presentation to its theme

[marianonanonanona]

HO, DISGOSTING

[alexispresenta]

excelent!!!

[ZEPHYR750REBEL]

From spain: I have been looking for this song since i heard it when i was a child... for years... thanks for posting

[zmxi]

I to think I may have heard this song as a child.

[EconomicTerror]

This song is garbage compared to the one in the movie. Where is the guitar riffs being played?

Listen to the movie version and you'll see what I mean

[Sapov]

@EconomicTerror ??? the movie version doest have the cool riffs of this, and it didnt have any bass!! this sound much better

[EconomicTerror]

That's cool if you like it. I just like the movie version better with the guitar. Sometime last year I found a person who ripped the audiotrack from the laserdisc so I can listen to the actual version.

[georgiahoosier]

@EconomicTerror I agree, I like the movie version too, it's far more powerful, not sure why they saw the need to "lighten" it for the soundtrack.

[6thdimensional]

@georgiahoosier personaly i thought the movie score sucked except the music towards the end wich is copied in the shinning with jack nicholson i believe.

[georgiahoosier]

@6thdimensional Other than the intro and the scene where Rotwang menaces Maria in the catacombs I found all the music to be forgettable. By the end are you talking about the climactic scene with Freder confronting Rotwang on the cathedral roof?

[6thdimensional]

@georgiahoosier for the classical score, i wasnt impressed, no i think its towards where the end where they show the cathedral, at least i saw the 25 extra min version one in german with the original score thats 2 hours and 20 minutes if i remember or something close. I actualy prefer the moroder as its the first version I saw.

[georgiahoosier]

@6thdimensional It's been a long time since I've seen the Moroder version. It would be nice if it were released on DVD just for the nuts like me that are trying to collect every version of Metropolis ever released.

Still trying to find a copy of the BBC version that aired in the late 70s with sound effects rather than music!

Really can't wait for the latest version that's being restored right now, should fill in a lot of gaps in the story

[atti97]

Another GIORGIO MORODER music.

Classic.

[jascostello1]

oh yeah!!

[jascostello1]

I am happy to see others are into this great soundtrack. A movie just is not the same without a great soundtrack. I would like to see more silent movies re-vamped with some new up to date sound.

[jascostello1]

why me??

[JackBlair2]

The synth solo sounds like Tony Banks.

[seph1r0th400]

Metropolis is the greatest visual film ever. Sure the special effects are bad by today's standards. But Remembering that Metropolis was from 1927 and that SFX in those days were almost non-existant makes it even more awesome. Sure LotR and Blade Runner are visually impressive, but they still dont compare to Metropolis

[afrodita2311]

I'M TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU!!!

[drvector]

moroder's cheese ruined the movie for me

[diodde]

you completely deserve to be put in jail for what you said ...

[Bunnypunker]

Don't you never say that again! ;)

[AgentJayZ]

Yes! Compared to the restored 2001 soundtrack, this is complete garbage.

It's halfway done, and I have to close it now. Even in the context of the 80's, this is art crime!

[AleXX1995XX]

@AgentJayZ NO!

The soundtrack for the 1927 and 1984 movie is really great!

Both fit perfectly

but of course the Huppertz-Music is the original !!!

[indigoblue555]

to drvector - I see your point but beware not to mess the movie and the fabolous soundtrack.....

[peggymount]

Great track. Thanks for posting. Def 5*

[DEP717]

I love this theme and I love what they did with the movie with the 1980s update. Simply a classic! Lang called so many things other directors bit off of! What a pioneer!

See this film if you can, it's mind blowing for the 1920s! The version with the 1980s soundtrack is very good! So much of "Blade Runner" and "The Matix" plays off of this movie it isn't eevn funny. Heck, one could even argue that it predated "The Terminator" in some areas. Rothwang's arm alone is mind blowing for the 1920s.

[gadhaffi]

that was inspiring. cheers

[indigoblue555]

Simply ...five stars again!

Moroder rules. Thx.for posting.

[DrNoYes9]

i love this! have this on my ipod and i wish i could see the moroder version! i have the kino (which i love) but i love the clips ive seen of this version. can someone tell me what part of the movie this is from? i would guess the Moloch machine part but....

[Darwinsmistake]

This music's set to the intro, and when the workers are running around in a big mob destroying stuff (After the 'Destruction' song) if I remember right

[DrNoYes9]

thanks! wats the song for the Moloch machine? i looked at a muted version of the beginning of his version and i tried to line up the song and the scene and it fit quite nicely...but thanks!!!!!!!!! (no im not doubting u im stupid)

[Darwinsmistake]

The moloch machine part is where all the workers are marching into the big, evil-faced machine, right? There wasn't really a track going on there, just some vague, creepy music

[DrNoYes9]

yeha...COOL!

[generatorx]

This version is slightly different than the one on the motion picture. I remember a raw guitar sound rather than a heavy synth sound in some parts.

[erixoff]

Yes actually, songs are different from their version in the movie; I have the soundtrack (on vynil) and I prefer the versions of the movie.

[filmfanatic99]

It's not the same without the film.

[pigmere]

woah what a trippy flashback

[AlexDraco]

First time i heard that theme was 14 years ago. I was 13 and i had just discovered Moroder's restored Metropolis... I was mezmerized by that movie and later got to see the original version. We do not get films like that nowadays, sadly.

[peggymount]

Fabulous. Love this track.

[sme4thorens]

Another "Giorgio Moroder" Masterpiece!! Love it!!