The Great Escape - Elmer Bernstein

[nickforthetitle]

the clapping drowns out the playing!

[rogermwilcox]

@nickforthetitle Apparently, that's what musical performances were more or less like in Mozart's time. The notion that the audience has to be completely silent until the piece is over is a modern invention.

[68mitzy]

I was there and it was the best a real showman will never forget it

[ByeHawks]

wtf is the deal with all the clapping and whistling?

[JulietTurner1]

Too much clapping, does it ever actually start? oh yeah 1:02 . This is my homework. I hate my music teacher :(

[JulietTurner1]

Aww he stumbled at the beginning :)

[Xenocide31337]

Great Escape = Bridge Over the River Kwai? similarities...

[BestUsernameIGot]

Elmer Bernstein sure was the John Williams of his era.

[DarthSideous63]

@BestUsernameIGot John Williams is the Elmer Bernstein in our era.

[thelupoistheman1]

Elmer was one of the gods of film music! RIP forever in heaven Mr. Bernstein.

[Strefanasha]

OMG the memories!! I was a boy in the 1960's and this brings so much back.

and OF COURSE it is fine music in its own right

[deancook652]

The principle violinist wearing the glasses looks as if she's having such a good time!

[ABRANANAS]

100 quacks

[mythbustersfan96]

Great theme song!!!!!!! and love the movie.



[eringryffin]

Oh my, thanks so much for sharing this with us. If only I could have been there too :)

[markstar777]

excellant

[WimGrundy]

Saw this TWICE - at the theater! On the Big Screen. It's hard to sit through the whole movie on a TV now, but for this marvelous score and the great acting....

[scottnoris106]

Where and when was this concert?

[PippinRally]

@scottnoris106 Courtesy of the BBC Proms archive: Prom 32 (The Great Escape - Hollywood's Golden Age) of 2001 season. Held at Royal Albert Hall, London on Tuesday 14 August 2001. BBC Concert Orchestra, conducted by Elmer Bernstein.

[kaplanr]

Would have been great if Attenborough, Garner, Donald, McCallum, Bronson, Coburn, Etc. (Yeah, McQueen too) could have paraded in.

[katiakitty]

0.57 to skip the applause at the beginning.

[nermid]

I love that he encourages the audience when they start clapping and whistling. You don't usually get audience participation in orchestral music. It's refreshing.

[eringryffin]

@nermid Point, mate. The Radetzky March with the clapping on New Year's came to mind as the ony one I can remember... Loved this video, really.

[FLYINGFAIRY1988]

a piece of music that is now part of english culture

[TheApacus]

Wow..! :)

[tripsadelica]

Some people have all the luck! I wish I could have been there!!! :)

[ragnor56]

The world has lost some great talents & here is one of those talents

[am2boni]

A classic!

[ryoushii]

In the series "From the Earth to the Moon", about the Moon program, they used this toon in the episode on the LEM. Every time they had a glitch designing it, the boss of the company contracted to build it went outside and threw a baseball at the side of one the buildings, always losing the ball while this tune played. By the end of the episode, the LEM was completed and there were hundreds of balls on the roof. Always thought that was a great tribute to Steve McQueen in The Great Escape.

[IJavDanProductionsI]

you should fix this, or you shall suffer being lame for the rest of your life.

[kinokid]

A sound so iconic I didn't even know how good it was. Now, that's ...shit, I don't even have a good word for it.

[avatarnarutochuck]

the sound and the picture don't sync.

[Draaca]

An awesome piece of music! Thanks a lot for sharing :)

[GB007]

A rare chance to see the great man in action - thanks!