AIRPORT（1970）-opening theme

[lennyd1313]

what a fenomiabig soudtrack and song !! thanxxxxxxxxxxxxx 4 posting

[compsecure77]

Alfred Newman stands alonside Elmer Bernsteinas the two greatest composers from the 60s and thats a huge wrap given the other brilliant composers around then Bronislau Kaper, Alex North, Dimitri Toimkin among the better ones. They should build a second Mt Rushmore for those guys at least they gave us more enjoyment than some of the presidents

[falkie2007]

I wish someone would re-issue a lot of this kind of old soundtracks on DVD. I've seen the album marked down at record stores for a $ 1 !

[w9gb]

Alfred Newman's last score .. and listen closely -- can you hear the tribute to Gershwin and many others that inspired his work -- throughout the score.

[Shrimpo7]

Every time I transit MSP (Minneapolis) airport, this music plays in my head. 

Fun .... and disturbing, all at the same time.

[starwave1967]

man, i am 44 now, recon i missed this stuff. gotta check it out. 

[fredfungalspore]

george one tuff dude  loved him in thunderbolt and lightfoot

[MCP2012]

This is Alfred Newman's last, and one of his very best!! Absolutely superb! Stirring, heroic, awe-inspiring!

[SFConifer]

The White Zone is for immediate loading and unloading of passengers only; there is no parking in the Red Zone

[Deutschlieber]

@SFConifer In L.A. for decades there was the exact same recording. "The white zone is for loading and unloading of passengers only. No parking." You can hear it in many films and TV shows.

[markussstill]

As a child, I traveled all over the world in Boeing 707-320B "Intercontinental" Clippers, and I had pretty-much made up my mind what "I was going to be" when I grew up. Seeing "Airport", and hearing Alfred Newman's score "put-me-over-the-edge", and today I am an airline pilot flying Boeing 737-700 "Next Generation" airliners (a high-tech version of the same plane in the movie). "Remind me to thank Mr. Boeing".

[goldenagenut]

You're forgetting the key ingredient to any great Airport movie, George Kennedy!

[neweast1]

for the first time since this movie came out joe patroni and his anyway shes gonna get it couldnt get me out of snow no matter how loud id play it. you think the neighbors think im crazy?

[RCian2000]

3 people got blown out of an Airplane. Lol

[kgreene317]

This might be the first movie score I paid attention to when I was a kid... this and The Poseidon Adventure. Great hearing this!

[pointreyes6]

The should play this theme on a continuous loop at LAX :o)

[pointreyes6]

At 0.42 it sounds like Newman's writing for a western lol

[jefferywestbrook]

This theme and this movie made me want to be a pilot, which I eventually become thirty years later.

[notredamehesamighty]

This film was big stuff back in'70... it grossed a hundred million (with Dean Martin taking ten percent of the gate!). It was this film (and it's in-theatre re-issue a couple of years later) that ushered in the era of the blockbuster that was cemeted by "Jaws" and "Star Wars" five or six years later. It didn't get much bigger than "Airport".

[dannyb510]

it's till a great movie--too bad all the ripoff spinoffs have confused it's reputation in the heads of moviegoers. Quality work all the way around--great screenplay, great editing, great dramatic buildup. And of course, that cast...

[joshn20]

a remake with the new filming technology would be awesome!!!!!!!

[peteboy1113]

why oh why cant hollywood make and find actors like these in airport anymore for.

[Ballsarama]

This was a great score by Newman. It's muscular (it could almost be a Jimmy Page riff), vast, romantic, and it gives you the feeling of a large airport with the live of the people working and going through it. It also makes me remember the days when it was made. The one shot of the parkinglot full of cars in the winter. Flying was special then and in the early '60's. Men wore suits and women wore skirts and heels.

[BEFinAR]

Great French Horn Riffs!

[MrBaddel77]

its one of my favourite movies and my favourite score

[WylieWatson]

Alfred Newman's Airport theme always gets my pulse racing!

[Captainvideo54]

I was flying from Washington DC back in the late 80's and our flight was in a terrible thunderstorm . From the sound and how the interior lite up I'd say we were hit by lightning. Sounded like a bomb it was so loud. We made an emergency landing in cleveland and the airline put us up. Got to the Hotel turned on the TV and what's the first thing I see??? This movie!!!! Just as the bomb has exploded!!! Truth IS stranger than fiction!!! BTW I still love the movie.

[AJNorth]

In a long, distinguished and highly-respected career in cinema spanning more than forty years, Alfred Newman firmly established himself in the first rank of film composers & arrangers. At twenty, he began ten years on Broadway, conducting musicals by Gershwin, Rodgers, & Kern. In 1930, he went West with Irving Berlin, and the rest, as they say, was history. "Airport" was Newman's final score (he died shortly after the recording sessions for the film) - not a bad way to leave the stage.

[2ninerniner2]

As corny as this may sound (no pun intended), this very song launched my career in aviation ... 40 years ago this coming Sun.08 AUG 2010 when I took my very first flying lesson :) My Mom and Dad took me to see this movie at the ripe old age of 15 years old, and after seeing it, I was never the same since ... 1,200 hours later with a commercial, multi-instrument rating and an A&P with IA ... my, how theme song can influence and precocious 15 year old :)

[raydio60]

Just finish watching this movie on DVD and forgot how good it really was. Helen Hayes was hilarious and well deserved Oscar win. Great opening Theme song.

[SignalsOverTheAir]

@fls13ec Patton is an ok movie, but I still say Airport should of one. A bomb stricken airliner is more entertaining than a general playing the same role from Dr. Strangelove basically.

[Mxsmanic]

One of my favorite movie themes. Very dynamic: it SOUNDS like a busy airport!

[SignalsOverTheAir]

Airport would of won Best Picture if not for Patton being released the same year. The same thing would of happen to Audrey Hepburn with Wait Until Dark, she would of won best actress if not for Guess Who's Coming To Diner coming out the same year with Katherine Hepburn.

[fls13ec]

@SignalsOverTheAir

Patton is a great movie and deserved the win, but Airport launched two different genres, the disaster movie and the laugh-a-minute movie satire, and they're both still going strong today. Not too many films you can say that about.

[Ladiesman217n]

greatest movies are the classics the real stuff insted of cheap computer graphics ya know and yes i love the airport series

[smcentee6922]

This movie was great! I loved it as a kid and now that I'm an adult who travels all the time, I realize that this was back in the day when Airlines treated you like they were happy to have you with them on the flight.  Now the only way to get that treatment is to be a frequent flyer member (which I am).

[WH32290]

Alfred Newman is the MAN!!

[huvander]

great movie fantastic music!!!

[acrttdriver]

Attention! Attention please! Continental airlines announces the deparure of flight 3 for Los Angeles and Honolulu. At gate 28. The blue concourse.

[ssj5657]

Yes, I agree this is a SUPERB movie soundtrack theme - but, what else would you expect from the Newman family? They've given us some of the best music known to man! Their music has graced us for over 7 decades, thus far. Good stuff! Thanks to LICHBKLN for his comments - I was about 6 when I saw this movie for the first time. Lancaster hated it - such is. It inspired me to become a test pilot! The PAR approach scene is VERY accurate!

[LICHBKLYN]

This theme is definately one of the best arrangements ever. I remember seeing this movie on March 16th, 1970 at Radio Cty Music Hall, Rockefeller Center. A school outing on a Saturday. I was 11. I'm 50 now. Loved it then, still love it now. And yes, it does stay in your head- especially when your on your way to the "Airport".

[darker91]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who hears this them in his head when going to the airport. I work at LAX and I've been hearing this theme everyday for 10 years when I drive our company vehicle on the tarmac. A very well written composition that brings the image of a busy aiport to life.

[Gottafang]

I sing this whenever I'm clearing snow off my car.

[SenatorBulworth]

Made when bombers didn't use Pampers and stewardesses ruled the aisle. Airport Man

[minho1967]

eu adoro esse filme tenho ate o livro

[Martianhammock]

I wish that my band director would let us play this!!! 1:13 is my favorite part

[zenzodyne]

great movie....great soundtrack...and a young and hot Jacqueline Bisset....of course the only scary thing about this movie is the thought of Dean Martin being the co-pilot..

[jekorb]

Although it's pretty antiquated now, I've always loved this movie and the original book on which it was based. And yes, I always think of this theme when heading for the airport!!

[JetMechMA]

For anyone who is old enough to remember this movie, whenever they are at the airport, this is the music playing in their head in the background. It literally changed people's perception of aviation and the airports. The new airport projects of the '70's can probably thank this movie in large part for their funding. The pilots can thank this movie for their hefty pay checks.

[Forsure3333]

There was another movie happening in a plane. A man put a bomb in a plane that was set up to explode when the plane would go back down to a certain altitude. Anyone knows the name of that movie? Thanks.

[sentinel998]

The Doomsday Flight

[Forsure3333]

Thanks!

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[cakedude063]

makes me wanna fly a 707

[timothylegg]

It made John Travolta buy one...

[bobstheking]

Foir some crazy reason I LOVE THIS SCORE!!!!!

[bobstheking]

Just FANTASTIC!!!!

[minho1967]

ola o meu nome e eduardo sou de sao paulo brazil eu tenho esse l livro e fantastico li umas 15 fezes e eu tenho esse lebro a 15 anos abracos a todos

[neweast1]

great music even better movie got me hooked on aviation when i saw 38 years ago.getting old ,when i fly ask the captain do remrember this movie anser is usally no.joe ,george kennedy has gotten me out of alot of snow drifts"anyway shes going to take it"

[PatroniFan]

Good music and great movie. Love it. Long live George Kennedy!!!

[peteboy1113]

yes great actor.

[mikethegent]

GEORGE KENNEDY RULES!!!!

[mikethegent]

@mikethegent But oh...who can forget Dino and Burt Lancaster...

[amilafar]

Que bela trilha sonora inesquecivel!!!!!!2

[DisasterFlicks]

amazing music. It should have won an oscar.

[dmgodofredo]

daniel - brazil

excelente video - o filme ja nao é tão interessante, mas as trilhas sonoras nos fazem tornar nostalgicos

parabens por publicar e obrigado

[Stenbrotsgatan]

Just amazing music :)

[adimaj78]

THE GREAT AIRPLANE= Boieng 707

[UFOSPACE1999]

what is a boieng????

oh you mean Boeing dumbass

[dingonutz]

Alfred Newman's score for Airport is breathtaking. They just don't write them like that anymore. A supreme classic. Still gives me goosebumps.

[esinilhan]

Turk filimlerinde kullanilan bir diger melodi

[jetjock129]

...I took this theme and became an airline pilot- haven't heard it in years

[Riverlover68]

Spectacular theme...you knew you were in for something really big, big time! Great film!

[chillingboro]

Fabulous! Exemplifies my coming of age!

[SalaireDeLaPeur]

I always listen to this on my iPod when driving home on heavy snow days. Love it!

[ConcordeFS9]

This music fits the movie perfectly! In fact, we have both the movie and the soundtrack record!

[goldenagenut]

We had the soundtrack when I was a kid,I played it all the time, wow does this take me back! Thanks for posting this!

[PokotanConcorde]

The pilot called a plane "747",didn't he?

[pipey61]

You gotta love the "busy" music!

[pwc21981]

You've said all, Pipey, this is "Rush-Hour" at the airport during a north-eastener around march! Lol...

[scruffy1958]

One of my favorite Main Titles, bar none. Alfred Newman rules!

[disastertom]

I always wanted to go into an airport and have D.O. Guererro paged and see what happened.....

[guintube]

One of my all time favorite movies. Great book and nice adaptation. I had an old boss who lived in Minneapolis at the time and went down at night for the filming. Got into the crowd scene. My Uncle worked as a mechanic for Northwest at Minneapolis and told me about the filming as well.

[sigzor85]

I saw this movie back in 1970 and it should of gotten the "Best Picture" for the year. It had an all star cast like Burt Lancaster and DEan Martin. And that theme still knocks my socks off today. Thank you for posting.

[ebmcneal]

I love this score. 38 years on and it still sounds awesome.

Cheers.