Conan the Barbarian recording sessions.

[cavanaw]

Timeless,perfect,master piece

[zoilo72]

TIME ENOUGH FOR THE EARTH IN  THE GRAVE .

[Baddum12]

Where's the choir?

[tekniko54]

this sounds amazing...got more kick to it!

[counsellor1956]

Totally AWESOME music!!!

[Guaycely]

UNA DE LAS MEJORES BANDAS SONORAS QUE HE OÍDO EN MI VIDA

[AnkokuEvangeline]

Aaah, Prague....

[omisan771]

It's great, but it's missing the choir. Is it on the CD?

[VenatorMortem]

@omisan771 This is the re-recorded version for the special edition album and yes its featurd as the orchestral version

[axl2002]

@VenatorMortem yeah, they're using Sennheiser HD202 :P

[usulkane]

CRUSHHH UR ENEMIES! SEE THEM DRIVEN BEFORE YOU!! AND HEAR THE LAMENTATION OF DA WOMEN!!!!!!!!! ...crom would be pleased with this :)

[sviktorijoski]

Can't stand that female violinist in white dress laughing all the time!!!

[mofrakker]

As FLAWLESS a soundtrack as there could ever be. Probably improved the film itself by 200% than without it. Influenced so many film scores that came later.

[Axgoodofdunemaul]

@mofrakker What I've always liked about it is its relatively small scale -- this is not an epic-size orchestra as in the Hollywood sword-and-sandal extravaganzas of the 50s. It suited Conan, who never saved the world, but was a solitary adventurer on his own in a big world. Would the movie have been trash without the music?

[Freud551]

year nice ^^

[teddywinroth]

this is so fucking amazing

[ominousfilms13]

This is my favorite soundtrack of all time . . . but where is the epic choir?

[FishfilmInc]

@ominousfilms13 The Choir is recorded seperately most likely

[OverWilliam]

lol The Violinists at 1:17 are like "This is so awesome, I can't believe we're doing this" xD

[elric87]

the EPIC button is missing, thats why i chose Like it

[22zimmer]

is that basil polodoris cunducting o its not

[22zimmer]

is that basil polodoris cunducting?

[mcjwserenity]

@22zimmer No. Poledouris died in 2006, way before the re-recording got underway. Nic Raine conducted the sessions.

[TTHERROR]

My bad it was "Riders Of Shriver".

[TTHERROR]

This song is titled "Maria Shriver's Gift Of Fury".

[TTHERROR]

Damn I feel like I just stepped into Croms recording studio !

[MichaelG31]

What is this called ? This is one of the best instramentals ever!

[mannin117]

@MichaelG31 are you fucking retarded?

[MichaelG31]

@mannin117 no i gotta life and there's no title ass clown

[mannin117]

@MichaelG31 what do you mean, the title of the video is Conan the Barbarian recording session dipshit

[MichaelG31]

@mannin117 oook i meant what's the name of the song they're playing but i found it

[BlackLionFilms]

I just had the most vigorous erection ever in history.

[RYROSmetaldefender]

@mindstormsabrewin i was preparing my voice to sing with the choral part and...no choral ! Choral is power ,power of epicness

[McGruff5150]

They all should have been made to wear full costumes for the recording.

[hollywoodwerewolf]

whenever I hear this music I wish I had enemies that I could crush and drive before me, enemies that had women who would cry at their most brutal of deaths....but I don't...

[mubirshu]

@hollywoodwerewolf If I may offer my mother-in-law...

[Gmoneymozart]

Holy shit

[mindstormsabrewin]

No choir? It's still magnificent but the choir puts it over the top.

[mymusicfolder1]

Conan, what is good in life? "To see your enemies crushed before you and to hear the lamentation of da women !"

[v49624430]

@mymusicfolder1

"TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES, TO SEE THEM DRIVEN BEFORE YOU AND TO HEAR THE LAMENTATIONS OF THEIR WOMEN!"

[Elregar71]

Awesome soundtrack for an awesome movie. Really great to see the session. Thx for uploading.

[VenatorMortem]

Skylon Skylon!!!!

Basil was a genious or what?

[halo2424100]

Bravissimi......siete grandi complimenti a tutti siete dei veri signori :)

[R0ckzor]

pure art

[WorldWatcher9]

this is a beautiful composition when that gong hits it just does it for me the vocals definatly enhance it..epic music to a epic film...conan the barbarian will always be a classic

[mymusicfolder1]

KING of all the EPICS !!!!!

[fabiospitfire]

nao me canso de assistir , e maravilhoso.

[BeyondWatcher]

This is the greatest thing ive seen or heard in life

[klinktastic]

To have been in this room, recording one of the most epic scores of movie history would have been both a blessing and a curse. You would never against have the opportunity to create something as raw, emotional, and beautiful as this.

[InformationPollution]

I'm sorry but this kind of ruins it. This music is made on MOUNTAINS by steely-thewed barbarians beating their instruments in defiance of the Gods, even as they rain thunderbolts and hellfire upon them. it is NOT by a bunch of well-dressed middle aged people in a recording studio!

[mymusicfolder1]

Makes me hard every time i hear it.

[caiograco29]

Esse é Tema de CONAN o BÁRBARO... Só pra quem é FÃ hein!!!

[krtek252]

Prague symphonic orchestra at its best :) !

[ReichsfuehrerSS]

oh...my...god....i just came from the sound of music 

[SnakeEyes1337]

epic beard man, was seen playing in this

[vanderleyjunior]

just perfect

[fuckyou68686]

Sounds pretty cool without the choirs too.

[vera1887]

AAWWWWWSOME!!!!!!!

It has ALWAYS been my favorite soundtrack and there is NONE better than Basil's!!

I have always wanted to see the actual recording of the music to be able to watch which instruments did which parts (the less obvious ones). That was fun, Best vid ever!!!!

You've GOT to have TALENT to tackle the Conan soundtrack no doubt.

Thanks so much for the video. I would have never found a vid like this in the early 80's. No way.

[Thoemme666]

Majestic. Basil Poledoris is superhuman.

[Thoemme666]

Unbelievable what kind of normal people played this massive, epic over-manly soundtrack! I would have thought it was played by kind of human animals with huge muscels, long hair and fur.

[vera1887]

@Thoemme666

LOL, back in the 80's I pretty much assumed it was the gods!!! No human could possibly be that good! Awesome awesome and awesome!!

[ramlalgandoo]

These are the real people behind the scene rather the hero (Armie) who took the credit.

[trancosomarcus]

Outrageous!!!!

[lurion]

My balls just grew bigger.

[bigepi]

Everyone wearing SENNHEISER HD 212 Pro's

[tijalberd]

Is this the only video recording? There will be other themes?

[DrunkGuitarist]

even the word epic is not suitable enough for this composition

[Lukebcz]

@DrunkGuitarist I couldn´t agree more

[Lukebcz]

@DrunkGuitarist I couldn´t agree more.....

[Lukebcz]

@DrunkGuitarist I couldn´t agree more.....

[RichardKleiner]

Bring Basil Poledouris back from the dead and let him hear this.

[csunryder]

It's pretty faithful to Basil's but it NEEDS the choir in the background. That part is essential. Otherwise its not bad. Still I'd need to hear Anvil of Crom. This is Riders of Doom.

[gamebuyer22]

This sounds pretty faithful to the Original.

[nicolashrv]

@ExilLarkdanx well......Star Wars is inevitable, cos I dont know someone who doesnt recognize that music. And the sheetmusic is available everywhere. Conana The Barbarian only has a "suite" like, released some years ago by some french publisher, and it has only anvil of crom and riders of doom (I think) so is not too much to work with.

[nicolashrv]

@ExilLarkdanx well.....this cd here is a new recording, its like those Marco Polo versions of very old sountracks, like King Kong or Moby Dick.

I would certainly wait before purchasing this cd, cos I know its not the Poledouris version, it will sound different, specially cos I heard Conan for about 1000 times.

[nicolashrv]

@ExilLarkdanx well.......its your opinion it has no defects. I saw many in this video, and in SAE samples, Tower of Set sounds very bad, in terms of music interpretation. And its normal it sound like that, cos the orchestra was not hired for 5 months to make all perfect, but probably for a 1 day recording session, and they never saw any of the music, or listened the original Poledouris recordings, to have an idea what they where doing

[nicolashrv]

@ExilLarkdanx They sound all almost the same, of course some of the extra have a bit more hiss, like the tavern, but its reduced a lot. In fact, the original Varese had an awfull lot of hiss in some pianissimo parts, but in the cimm rec I could listen it full volume and it was great!

[Pendragonn4691]

Please, notice that the choral is to be added later, so we´ll have to wait and hear the CD record, for a full impression about it.

[nicolashrv]

@ExilLarkdanx It is not a DVD rip, I do have ripped soundtracks, and those are FULL of sfx (Its imposible to isolate the music completly) and this is not the case, cos Im telling you, the extra tracks doesnt sound like that.

What I did noticed is if you listen it in a home theater, since the different channels, you will hear difference cos the extra tracks are not prepared for a surround sound. If you change it to stereo system, the trakcs will sound perfectly matched in volume and tone.

[orphantabber]

Raine's version of Riddle of Steel is weak but got some interesting elements, that's why I've mixed it with the original soundtrack, check it out on my channel... ;)

[RealmoftheHeavens]

You can purchase the full score here:

tinyurl DOT com / 2c4myp3

The reason this re-recording sounds so different from the original is because Basil Poledouris was never happy with the original performance nor the recording of the score in Rome, for a number of reasons. Greig McRitchie's orchestration sheets of the score still survive, and James Fitzpatrick/Nic Raine wanted to re-record the score the way Basil envisioned it would have been.

[NicWombat]

@RealmoftheHeavens Hi RotH, thanks I've already ordered the CDs from screenarchives. Actually I meant the written notation for the music... the full score. :) Would love to get my hands on that.

[NicWombat]

Wonderful. I'm getting this! Does anyone know if the full written score is available for purchase?

[nicolashrv]

Does anyone know if this cd is limited or a bootleg? Im trying to buy it on ebay, but wanna be sure its the original, cos their description Barcode is from the Varese, which is suspicious..... :-(

[CaesiusX]

@nicolashrv Look at the YouTube video again. That first image is the cover of this new recording and it is NOT on Varese (although the Varese is an expanded score from what was released right after the film came out). You can go to FilmScoreMonthly site for details, but I thought only a few places had it to order. Like the screenarchives site (they have it for sure).

Best of luck. i can'rt wait to get a hold of this myself!

[nicolashrv]

@CaesiusX I said some people on ebay has THIS cd listed BUT their description shows the VARESE label info.

If this has a barcode, why they added the code of Varese?

[CaesiusX]

@nicolashrv Oh, I assume its because the label putting it out is small. I'm not assuming they're small (they ARE*), I'm assuming that's the reason. Its terribly rare, but maybe they didn't have a standard isbn for the seller to plug in (could be something fishy). More likely, eBay didn't have the info in their database for the new 2CD set (again, small label and JUST came out).

*someone asked a site to remove a link to download because the label releasing it is small, and the site owner did.

[CaesiusX]

@nicolashrv and no, it is not a bootleg...at least the Nov 2010 2 CD set with the cover looking like the intro to this YouTube video is not a bootleg (I can't speak for the one on eBay)

[SFT24]

Sounds very good, some minor problems, but hopefully this was a rehearsal take. And I assume the choir will be mixed in later???

[nicolashrv]

I instantly hear some problems with this recording :-(

some of those trumpets at beginning gave the wrong accent (0:32)

the violins actually played harder at 1:08 in the original (also at 2:08)

And there is something with the timpani at the end, cant figure out if its correctly tuned or what.

At 4:10 some violin played a fake note!!! gee!!

And for sure, there is not the "violence" that was characteristic in the original.

Lets hope they didnt added this to the cd...:-((

[dudo101]

@nicolashrv

I think you can't compare it with the original recording played by the both Italian Orchestras back in 1982. and i think the Timpani is OK, i also can't hear a wrong note from the violins. I will check again ;) Imho it sounds even better than the Concert from Ubeda.

[nicolashrv]

@dudo101 actually you have to start listen a couple of seconds before (4:02, at 10 is the exact moment where you can hear a wrong note)

Of course the "sound" will be better....but this is an "hypotonic" version of the music. the things I pointed out are important, yes, but in general, a composition should produce something, and if it does, you dont care about if someone did this note wrong or whatever.

Im sorry if some people get offended (We are the customers, so we should demand quality)

[dudo101]

@nicolashrv

well in my case i am absolutely not offended ! :)

Needless to say that i would prefer the original recordings. But nevertheless. This is my most favourite Score. I'ver ordered it. I checked the samples at SAE. The only cue that i dislike is that "Tower of Set" recording. I prefer the original recording by Clemencic Consort which was used for the movie.:)

[nicolashrv]

@dudo101 I do have the 2CD set by cimmerian rec, and its fare enough, it does have an average good sound, and its all the original recordings.

But as you know, some people put the Dolby 7.1 above quality in the interpretation, but what can I do? I just can say Im totally the opposite!! :-)

[dudo101]

@nicolashrv

Cimmerian Rec. ? i think thats the bootleg isn't it.

with the ripped audio of the missing cues from DVD i suppose !

[nicolashrv]

@dudo101 is not ripped for sure (1 track has wind effects, and the opening and closing monologues of the movie are included in 2 tracks) and the extra tracks are too many to believe it was taken from DVD (it should have lots of sfx or dialogs in that case, which is not)

I think the source is an old copy made when the analog tapes were available.

[PLD100]

Where are the choirs ? o_O

[tearsinraine]

This sounds amazing! I can't wait! I've always wondered why the original soundtracks have remained out of print for so long, but this is a welcome surprise.

[southport97]

The upcoming Blu-rays of CTB and CTD they need to use THIS.

[norsegamer]

This is amazing.

[dudo101]

amazing !

[vincehardy1]

Ordered. This set cannot ship soon enough.

[Eunecte]

Wahou! At least a beautifull recording of this masterpiece.