Leaning on The Everlasting Arms, True Grit, The Wicked flee

[94littlebeth]

I.love.this.song. GREAT VIDEO, where can I get the music?

[MissSavannahJ]

The everlasting arms will hold me!

[jesseakajak]

Rooster was matties guardian angel that gave every thing he could to save her those are everlasting arms

[baumtannen]

Romans 12 and forward as far as you wish to read.

[millman111123]

This tune is a hymn which was used by the Coen Brothers to display the christian attitude of Mattie. Perfect for this beautiful film. Great orchestration as usual by Carter Burwell. His best since Millers Crossing

[elinorvonzahm]

Iris DeMent singing (folk singer)

[menghiclaudia]

who sings, please?

[DevastatingTaco]

@yuzk2 well duh. considering that these songs were written based on Christian hymns you childish fool.

[yuzk2]

I knew there would be some god shit in the comments before I scrolled down, and alas, there is.

[LEOPARDTWO]

Classic. Five stars.

[StupidWizardFilms]

AH!!! YOUTUBE'S LAYOUT CHANGED!!!!!!

[dionstrezlecki]

she said goodbye rueben! the love of decency does not abide in you!

[dionstrezlecki]

"the sharps carbine is a weapon of uncanny precision..... rooster-Oh i have no doubt the gun is sound! lmao

[Flippyisawesome13]

When we remembered Zion...

[RsGuruIain]

This with rainymood is amazing! :')

[MrAlphafox]

The whole movie I was thinking I knew this song, and it struck a chord with me, but I didn't know why until the end credits. I heard this song all the time growing up in the baptist church, and with this connection in mind, had always considered it a religious song in the context of the movie, however, I thought it proved to be more of a song about faith which we sometimes have to place on one another trusting in their inherent goodness.Beautiful either way.

[gondorian16]

1:53 = :) :D :.) Best part

[gondorian16]

What have I to dread, what have I to fear

Leaning on the everlasting arms?

I have blessed peace with my Lord so near

Leaning on the everlasting arms.

[soberchimera61]

Although I didn't particularly care for the remake, I did enjoy this song at the end.

[johann2779]

Im going to America june the 7th this year for the first time. Im going to spend one month sightseeing California(Yosemite, sierra), Nevada(sierra) and hopefully Arizona(great canyon, monument valley) and Utah (Zion national park). A dream com true! You Americans are lucky! You have such a beautiful country, I wish it wasn't that hard to go live in the states but its ok, I have two beautiful countries of my own, Iceland and France! God bless America! :)

[jpr422]

@johann2779 This is from someone who has been there. These pictures do not do it justice. You will be awestruck. While you are in Utah, try to make it to Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches and Capitol Reef National Parks. They will be memories that will stay with you forever. Have a great trip!!

[johann2779]

@jpr422 thanks :) I really appreciate this ! only just four months now, I cant wait!

[godmathias]

@johann2779 Amen. We will be happy to have you. Enjoy yourself and have a safe trip.

[roxxas5]

This song is actually better without the goat.

[fredator3]

This is a powerful version should make anyone thankful

[asiimwejob]

"if you would like to sleep in a coffin, it would be alright!"...

[baumtannen]

Deuteronomy 33:27 THe eternal God is your shelter, and his everlasting arms support you. This hymn was written in 1887.

[camworx]

Thanks for posting. Beautiful song and well performed.

[dunc3062]

Brilliant lyrics; so true.

[8Happy81]

"You must pay for everything in this world, one way and another. There is nothing free, except the grace of God." 

[asiimwejob]

@8Happy81 This quote was well said.... Funny am going to church tomorrow

[camelia516]

Thank you for this post. The melody feels like an old friend. When the violins and orchestra chime in it takes my breath away.

[zombiesquirrels8D]

I just watched this movie and this song touched my heart. I just want to cry when I hear it.

[Al1Pilgrim]

@zombiesquirrels8D Indeed this songs makes me wanna cry

[pslalngaihte]

nice soundtrack nice work :-)

[TheLoganLermanLuvr]

im like obsessed with this soundtrack :))

[JustFapped]

Goosebumps!!! awesome remake as well

[TheJameskaufmann]

Awesome soundtrack and beautiful pictures, i was there 2 years ago

[ClarenceOlsen1]

Beautiful Song, The photos of southern Utah and northern Arizona show the awesome beauty of God's creation.

[Schnitzelschitzen]

This is a beautiful soundtrack and so fitting to this movie. The awesome beauty portrayed in this sound setting shows the trueness of this place we revere as the old west, but more than that, it can be a testament of those with true grit who came before us to tame yet leave unchanged the very spirit of our western experience.

[TheSamwisdom]

How could I get ahold of this track to download? I have found the shorter version that features just the singing, but I would love to get a version with the instrumental bit at the start. How did you come by this?

[MyCirem]

@TheSamwisdom ITS 2 songs

[GregariousGorilla]

proud to be AMERICAN

[109gnm]

@BuecherFuerAlle Same to you, only double.

[yuhangbank]

The beginning of the sound track sounds like that from a Ken Burns Civil War documentary .

[himanv]

@yuhangbank yep, I felt the same way! especially this bit from Civil War: all quiet on the Potomac.

[smithstar4]

Well,Cogburn sure shot the hell out of Ned Pepper,I guess.

[Qrtzapp]

If anyone dislikes this, then they must drown puppies for a living..

[S3Srevision]

0 dslike ,..........cool i love it

[Cxeri93]

280+ likes

0 dislike

comon lets keep it up

[Meusaque]

when i listen to classical music i fell at peace but this is a whole other level...thank you for making this!

[hom859]

the scenery in this vid is beautiful.

[elbones1982]

this is another great yank song! you guys sure know yer music! hope you get yer politics sorted soon. god bless

[BomimoDK]

@elbones1982 Sorry, But inbreedin' be a gawd given rite to us southerners and we're not incliniated to stop practisizing it just yet!

[ReijiNakashi]

Mattie: he is getting away

Rooster: who is getting away kld??

Mattie: Chaney

I don't know why, but when she said that, I kinda tear

[ZackisDead]

@ReijiNakashi It's her Moby Dick.

[ReijiNakashi]

@ZackisDead I thought exactly the same!!! dude, good thinking!

[vitis33]

Does anyone else picture themselves as a cowboy/cowgirl riding off into the sunset when they hear this or is it just me?

[bloodhoun138]

@vitis33 I do.. Everytime..

[getthepointx]

2:37 ********************** Song starts here

[PotatoChipLover]

When I hear music as beautiful as this, I gradually lose faith in The Oscars.

[ConcertMusik]

I LOVE THIS!

[bloodhoun138]

Every time I watch a western movie I have to play Red Dead Redemption.

[ReijiNakashi]

@bloodhoun138 that game personifies the western's movies perfectly

[blacklighting102]

@bloodhoun138 omg same here playin it now.... my horse just dies so i'm walking away slowly

[MackenzieMichael]

Wow! The congregation at my church growing up, sang this song WAAAAAY to fast. I really like this version, and True Grit was amazing!

[kingermanfool]

2:52, the "Horseshoe Bend" in Arizona. I was there some years ago. :D

[kingermanfool]

Beautiful movie from the beautiful country America. Greets from Germany.

[Napoligeminus66]

@kingermanfool Germany I hear is nice too right?

[kingermanfool]

@Napoligeminus66

Yeah, you can say that the "Autobahn" is nice.

[MrFitzek]

"time just gets away from us"

top film.beautiful x

[wordhurler]

Carter Burwell owes me one dollar.

[MrMountainproduction]

that china man has been feedin me cheap bullets

[johncashrocks221]

i hope i can lean on the everlasting arms some day

[thedroogfulable]

America, fuck yeah.

[mrmendicantbias]

Fill your hand you sonofabitch!

[StanOllie18]

Having a hard time remembering a better soundtrack. The music fit so well with this movie. 

[MarkLarrimore]

What a fantastic movie this was. John Wayne would've been proud. Beautiful soundtrack.

[rickyrecon45]

I used to sing this with my Mother the Okie from Muskogee (Durant Oklahoma). She taught American Indians in the 1920's Oklahoma when the only good Indian was a dead Indian still and stood up to them with her 44' and two dogs. Some of these women today that brag about a strong backbone and principles couldn't stay in the same room with Mom. The fool has said in his heart there is no God.

[henson001]

The film deserved an Oscar. Imagine if the Coens were to adapt Alan LeMay's novel THE SEARCHERS.

[Seahorsefan]

@henson001

Oh, I totally agree with you! I think only they are the ones to pull it off.

[UnitedWorld88]

I just saw this movie...it was really good. I just had to find this song on youtube after I saw it.

[rws0080]

Iris Dement was a perfect person to sing this song, for this movie. If you wanted Andy Griffith's choir, @0tt0Skorzeny, you should have told them to do it for John Wayne's version of the movie. The new make is too real to not have someone with as real a voice as Iris.

[4460ilikerock]

Great song, nice pictures too.

[djj0321]

Every classic movie has a beautiful soundtrack that follows...

[jenwil2771]

This song brings back so many memories. The strings along with these beautiful pics will bring tears to your eyes. But when that woman starts singing I have to turn it off. Who told her that sounded good?

[Grisostomo06]

@jenwil2771

That woman is the great Iris Dement and I think her singing is wonderful and I'm not a fan of country music. It just sounds right.

[54Christoph]

finde die musik unglaublich schön!

[0tt0Skorzeny]

This hymn was perfect for the movie. I agree with the comments about Iris Dement's version being used at the end. It shook me out of peaceful contemplation. I do enjoy and appreciate Iris's style and voice (and I love her version of this song) but I think the movie would have been better served by a different version of the song - perhaps more like the church choir on the Andy Griffith show where I first heard this hymn as a kid.

[norwalk37]

Great movie!..A new American classic!! I can picture Iris Dement singing from the front of the Methodist church when I was growing up in Oklahoma way back when...thanks to everyone who had anything to do with making this movie..you all did an outstanding job!! Thanks for the post!!

[bishop00140]

Beautiful, sad, yet comforting. Consoling, promising. So well chosen for display of that best of human character in sacrifice to save another.

[deltafour1212]

Everytime I hear this song , I'll always remember Jeff Bridges riding against the black starlit sky trying to save the life of Hailee Steinfeld on horseback as this song played!

[sarahkathleenhayes]

Whomever put this together, I want to thank you....My Father just passed away and I am completely heartbroken. I found this online with all the beautiful pictures and it always makes me cry. My father loved this hymn and we played it at his Funeral. He loved True Grit and I sent him the CD for his Birthday. Not knowing it was his last....THANK YOU...God Bless.

[puttputt505]

The West is beautiful

[Froggylyn]

Absolutely excellent film and score. Iris's song at the end is truly such a special and beautiful touch to the whole film.

[BenjaminWirtz]

Amazing song great movie.

[Sniperhound4]

Play this at my funeral.

[barques95]

I found it touching....and a little ironic...that two Jewish filmakers chose this song.

[bilkoz01]

As usual, Iris DeMent did a fantastic job. She is a national treasure.

[libertydefender]

What a fellowship, what a joy devine.

Terrific re-adaptation that does not diminish the proper respect and affection for the original. The Coen brothers' version frames the question well: Mattie Ross was seeking True Grit. By the end of the movie, where had she found it? When all was said and done, who--and how many--had true grit?

[howdidienduphere]

@libertydefender Mattie did! She had true grit, Labeouf had it, and so did Rooster Cogburn, but Mattie Ross had more than both men put together thanks to her faith in the Lord. An excellent question, thank you for posing it!

[Sniperhound4]

I love this.

[BanjoMaloner]

Iris Derment sings as though she were from the era. Earthy and unashamed to sing from her soul. She is sure to be unappreciated in an age where style so often overrides substance. Hearing this song is like looking at a dusty and scratched old photograph. Imperfect but perfect in its imperfection.

[stephan1pruitt]

Im from the mountains of WNC and I grew up with this song...its just amazing how good of a job they did with this. Fantastic movie and soundtrack.

[denisekazee19]

I guess not everyone understood why they would use this old hymn. It's so perfect for the timeline and how people talked during this time period. Have you ever been to Arkansas, Oklahoma, or Texas? Many of my relatives sing and sound just like this. This is so beautiful.

[howdidienduphere]

@denisekazee19 I live in the midst of the Indian Nations, and you're so right. The Christianity here is deep and old and sacred, and the old women at service Sunday morning sing with this kind of weary joy.

[minyifu]

wonderful movie with heart-touching melody of the old hymn! Best of all in recent years...

[willhunting1000]

Fantastic song !!!! I love America ! Such a beautiful country ! Greetings from Paris :)

[Sniperhound4]

@willhunting1000 You're in Paris? Lucky! :D

[FrlghtWolf]

While the song itself "Everlasting Arms" was a wonderful choice, the shrill and discordant quality of her voice was a most disappointing ending to a wonderful film. "Iris Dement" (whoever that is) unfortunately, sings through her NOSE. She likely HONKED the Cohen brothers out of a Best Picture Oscar!

[BanjoMaloner]

@FrlghtWolf You must be a fan of American Idol and enjoy voices made of cheap plastic. Her voice had an honesty and pureness lost in this world of autotuned rubbish.

[FrlghtWolf]

@BanjoMaloner - Television's endless and increasingly frantic commercials aside, "American Idol" is only one of many reasons I refuse to watch TV. My taste in music leans towards Classical. My daughter plays the Banjo and loves Blue Grass. As for Iris Dement, hers is more like a disturbing HONK than a pleasant country voice. I was not the only one in the audience who was STARTLED by her howling interruption at the end of True Grit. If Yoko Ono herself sang it...it could not have been WORSE!

[Herselffilm]

Love the old hymns that Carter Burwell used as the springboard for his score...beautiful :)

[cmurphy2826]

Really? The Social Network beat out True Grit for Best Original Score? What. The. Hell. The Academy must be deaf as well as blind.

[spricket97]

@cmurphy2826 True Grit was ineligible; the award is for Best ORIGINAL Score, but this is, obviously, based on the hymn "Leaning on the Everlasting Arms".

[smithcoke]

No Oscar love for True Grit - Ah well !

[kramotakra]

thank you Carter Buwell for the profoundly majestic soundtrack

[lekomanka]

z całego tego filmu, najbardziej podoba mi się ta piosenka, dla niej warto było obejrzeć go do końca.

[farkasbini]

where can i find the 2nd snap? so lovely ...am dying to have it. help me, please :)

[MikeinVirginia1]

I was lonely and alone in Hobart, Tasmania two weeks ago, and walked down to the theater on Collins St. for some diversion. Saw True Grit, and it really affected me and made me think of home (the USA). Also our heritage and the people I came from. It also brought me back to thoughts of God and my spiritual roots.

[smithcoke]

Time just gets away from us

[cschwabe33]

4325air I'm from Oklahoma and you are spot on

[4325air]

I've watched the film twice. A far, far more realistic and moving treatment than John Wayne's. The ending--and this song--brought me to tears on both occasions, partly for this song and the scene, but also because it reminded me of my frontier grandparents and parents, and it touched my Oklahoma ("The Indian Nations") roots with such deep feeling as no other film has done. I'm 62, and I left there in 1960, never to return. The film awakened a feeling, pulling me "home"...

[yoginiKay108]

this song brings back so many childhood memories. It's an old hymn. (Elisha Hoffman, 1887; Tune, Anthony Showalter, 1887.)This arrangement is exactly as it was originally written, which makes it even sweeter. The instrumentation piano with & violin takes you close to your own Soul.

[Oukita]

Thank you America for movies and music like this.

[cameroondouala1]

thx for uploading

[AcaciaPictures1]

You did a great job on this movie

[tfergus920]

Fantastic soundtrack! Movie totally snubbed by the Gloden Globes. Politics are everywhere. However, thre is no denying the granduer of this music. An absolutely breathtaking priviledge to hear the wonderous music!

[janitorialprez]

@tfergus920 The film wasn't eligible for the Golden Globes because it was released too late. Shame, really.

[FrightwoIf]

@janitorialprez - Iris Dement single handedly RUINED True Grit with her Banshee SHREEK from hell. Many wondered why the Oscars didn't pay more attention to this fine film. One need only listen to this song. Some audience members were startled near the quiet, thoughtful ending of this film when suddenly, there was this BANSHEE SHREEK FROM HELL. How unfortunate! Terrible choice of music!

[barques95]

@FrightwoIf If you hate this song why are you here? Move out of your mom's basement and get a job.

[SnM4vr1013]

@barques95 i say this to those llosers who jsut play xbox all day

[missmuggledetector]

One of the best soundtracks I've ever heard. Just beautiful. So incrediblt moving, hopeful, touching...

[BunnyManJoe]

Great song.