Music Video - Danse Macabre (Silent Film & 78rpm)

[garyp11111]

Olin Howland, who plays Death in this video, would go on to have a long career in motion pictures and television as an actor. Often billed as "Olin Howlin" he is probably best known as the old man who discovers an alien life form and becomes its first victim in THE BLOB (1958). He also played Jensen the drunk ("make me a sergeant in charge of the booze!") in the giant ant flick THEM (1954).

[muellerjewett228]

Bad vid

[jaybreak]

0:35 - Skeleton takes a standing dump

[wb5oxq]

Very nicely done and creative. I enjoyed it.

[Kievest]

Fantastic and seriously disturbing video...a miraculous blend of acting, dancing,

film and music! Positively nightmarish!! Thank Heaven for the Dawn! Stokowski's interpretation with the PSO is the best I've heard! A gem!

[iloveshiloh1]

So nobody else finds that skeleton guy intensely terrifying...?

[tokyoboywonder]

May I ask exactly how you 'directed' this?

[GLWillaims]

watch,dont fish and drive!

[MSSL06]

i liked this a lot, thank you.

[1400deadwood]

Cool work ~ very artistic, haunting, and atmospheric.

[oliveoyl64]

very great and creepy!  thank you!

[Zoydian]

Great video, very atmospheric... and since all player are already dead, we can say we're watching real ghosts dance here...

[wagerfilmART]

excellent work.

[TheRalphus666]

I love how the intro,how the skeletons form Dance Macabre,im not into ballet but my eyes were glued to the screen.I actually watched it a few times back to back which I never do.

[tmcands]

If I could still give stars I would give this 5 =)

[CarvinKnowles]

Cool old piece! Nothing beats the early silent horrors....and this one has style!

[quick100janis]

People like You is who makes the Culture alive. Thank You.

[sonicjay007]

Wonderous

[trahn6]

This is really wonderful! Thanks!

[jambosantino]

loved it. this and night on bald mountain. excelent.

[toddplum]

my videos have their own twisted charm..lookt at some...peter coukis

[JCJasion]

You synched the film up with the recording very well!

[s3vris]

> oh just loved it

[AppleIPie]

What do you mean "the very first electrically-made Orchestral recording in the world"? This subject intrigues me.

btw amazing vid! 5 stars!

[mobscene9305]

@AppleIPie I assume this means that it was the first orchestral recording not captured using wax cylinder...

[serotine9]

Beautiful indeed. Thank you...

[HalliwellsAttic]

I recognize the music from the Buffy episode Hush, I love it.

[ashoksukhu]

fantastic ballet dance with extraordinary imegination,beautiful.

[voicuionel99]

BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!

there is nothing more beautiful than the beauty of this song!!!

BRAVO BRAVO BRAVO!

[desupertrut]

Hallo mede/nederlander haha lolll

Efteling is amazing!!

This lovely peace of music, is so beautifull...

And this version is one of the most beautifull versions.

Especially ´cause the 78rpm.

Ive hade ones this lovely music on 78rpm, but when i move to an other place, the record broke, and ive never found an other so lovely like this one...

And i realy like what you have done, whit the peases of film and stuff...

Realy nice work!!

Its beautifull!!!

[jajus125]

Hele mooie film ,,,,bedankt!!

[TweedleDumm1]

i want the full version of dance macabre so i can enjoy on my full bose 5.1 dolby surround sound stysem. this is really nice.

btw this is a very creepy piece too

[shyroque]

oh man, the ending image is CREEPY!

[easyfriend71]

An astounding example of performance and mood; transformingART indeed.

[mariomario97531]

im playing this song in my 7th grade orchestra concert

[Evil6Michell]

beautiful

[cf1954]

Fantástico!!!

[sha1om]

Actual date of recording was 04/29/1925, and it was indeed the first electrically recorded orchestral piece, although not advertised as such as they didn't want people to stop buying their older acoustic catalogue!

Note though that they were still using the older adaptation for acoustic recording, with (e.g.) a contrabassoon substituting for string bass, which couldn't be recorded acoustically. The soloist on violin was Thaddeus Rich.

[markhh]

WOW Adolph Bolm was my ballet teacher's teacher! Thanks for this!

[KarmaPolice55]

This is really cool!

[bq552]

Oh! How wonderful! I jizzed in my pants!

[debatNL]

cool... I always like the version in the Efteling in the ghost house. I like this more, because it's older.

[stephy8956474]

I love Efteling!! :) the dreamflight is amazing

[Evil6Michell]

EFTELING!! hallo nederlanders:P

[activatethecorpse]

Adolph Bolm is my Great Grandfather. Thank you for posting this. I've never even seen it!

[NoLimitOnImagination]

Wow cool! My grandma's cousin was the dad in the old Lassie movies.

[Drakesinmoue]

@activatethecorpse Are you for real?

[activatethecorpse]

@Drakesinmoue yes absolutely!

[Drakesinmoue]

@activatethecorpse that is super awesome!

[chungafrescor]

Excelente. Todo realmente excelente y disfrutable.

[RHAPSODYKAT]

I played this piece in my high school orchestra and have been addicted to it ever since. Thanks for posting this.

[myeclecticmind]

I listen to this song about 10 times a day while I paint!! So beautiful. Great video may I add VERY NICE!!

[G10msi]

this is my favourite piece by saint-saens

love it!

[wolflady14]

this is really cool! thanks so much for posting this, I like it a lot! :)

[TaliesinVanadis]

Great!

[springheel69]

How wonderful!  Thank you for posting this...

[missmacabre0013]

I love it!! :D

[Julesqwerty]

perfect

[teawithoptimus]

loved it! absolutely brilliant! if i were ebert and roper i'd give it two big thumbs up :]

[albinoduck51]

That's very cool!

[StrewnAsunder]

wow!

[skullketon]

Absolutely wonderful! Amazing utterly!!!

(The 78's I've got sound terribly scratchy, this sounds brand new O.O Wonderful sound quality, did you remaster it yourself onto digital?)

[soirchaMc]

I was hoping to find a reading of Baudelaire's "Danse Macabre" but was lucky to stumble across this in the process. What a wonderful treat! Thanks for sharing.

[SaMor80]

GREAT JOB! This ist fantastic!

[stephy8956474]

This is FANTASTIC! I love it! Good work.

[Saschkia]

Magnifique, très surprenant !!!

[LemonBerrySqueeze]

The silent film adds to the eeriness of the music. Awesome! I was in search of a kick ass version of this piece & not only did I find it but also a cool silent film. Thanks :)