2001 Opening: by The Portsmouth Sinfonia

[Zlpempleh]

My God, it's full of shit!

[KuroiTenma]

Art.

[AlphaBee6]

Beautiful. I have tears in my eyes... possibly for all the wrong reasons. X-D

[funremember]

@AlphaBee6 I cried too, we laughed so hard at this. I want it for a ringtone! Trouble is the calls probably wouldn't get answered!

[Gordontrek]

Wish my youth orchestra sounded this good

[MDK2582]

Stanley Kubrick would have been pleased xD

[Parcival01]

I transferred this album onto a CD. I first heard it several decades ago--it must have been new then--and still find it a CLASSIC!

[chapter5music]

Just brilliant !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[terryperring104]

Oh God, all those people oh here who dont find this funny, lighten up! Its the fact that the real piece of music is wonderful and majestic , but this is just the opposite. Its helped by having the real opening credits too. Bloody hilarious!!

[HonkIfYouLoveHonking]

Didn't Brian Eno have something to do with this?

[MinamuTV]

They're not even trying. It sounds like elephants having nasal infections and blowing their noses. They're getting notes flat, changing melodies, really just a symphony of failure.

[LosDelMango]

@MinamuTV The Portsmouth Sinfonia does have a Wikipedia page. Have a look at it.

[MinamuTV]

@LosDelMango I know already, they're a band that is supposed to be bad, but still, this is just horrendous. Such failure that it makes me laugh.

[ArcadeLV]

@MinamuTV read the description though

[MinamuTV]

@ArcadeLV I know, but still, this is just plain laughable.

[bizarrejah]

I had no idea that piece of music could sound any worse. Now I know.

I think a little bit of wee came out. o.0

[flixxthaxilentone]

Epic.

Just epic.

[DukeTwicep]

Is this the Alfred Hitchcock version?

[Barnaby33]

WOW



[terryperring104]

Cried laughing!! It couldnt BE any worse.

[terrybriody]

Better than the original.

[zionravescene]

My mind is going.

I can feel it.

[cheeserules5419]

@zionravescene That is the most wonderful comment I have ever read. Brilliant.

[eaglerock999]

BEAUTIFUL.

[theoifilm]

Best Epic Movie Intro and SOUNDTRACK!!!!!

[Davidem05]

ahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahh­HAHahAHahAHhaAHAHAHAHAH



[ZackTheGopher]

First the orchestra, then the computer, man this movie was fail all over.

[timparcival]

They're SO good they have virtual cult status...

[nessamaine]

Ohhhh...bless their hearts. LMAO. xo

[GuyFawkes501]

Oh Christ, this is a nightmare!

[MLBuckProductions]

Posting this from the grave... I died from laughter

[youngmasterpete]

reading the top rated comment. thinking WTF, then hearing it... Oh how i laughed

[dyunamesu2]

死んでる（笑

[TheHypehat]

Oh my christ this is beautiful

[Aleksei038]

ЭТО ГЕНЕАЛЬНО !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jookyle]

I like this way more then the original

[FDFRone]

i bet my death grandmother could do better SOLO

[teccomin]

how can those "musicians" themselves not laugh while playing this

[eXekutus]

lol wtf is this?!

[hinni4]

Wow, Ligeti composed the opening music too?

[dalek14mc]

This version makes the rising sun and moon look like a giant erecting penis!!! I HATE THIS SONG!!!!!

[Annulable]

@dalek14mc Oh my god, cannot unsee.

[dervauerbach]

this is not a high school band, it's the portsmouth sinfonia...

[Fenizrael]

I made it to about 0:23 before crying from laughter, but 1:03 was too much for me to handle.

[LeonProfessional85]

o.O

someone needs to explain how to play notes at low volume WITHOUT going insanely flat

also, TUNE THOSE INSTRUMENTS DAMN IT

[spectacledWolf]

LOL

[lkreyche]

Yay!

[guitarsANDcars39]

0:25 boob!

[Ivispork]

Holy shit 1:08 I am dying of laughter

[lordlandraid]

omfg I can't stop laughing XD

[AcemanJones]

epic.

[southsidesman]

the sound of bowl movement

[kingvictory2003]

@southsidesman Also Sprach Sphincter

[JimOfShatner]

Magnificent

[brotherskeepers111]

Oh my God!!!  LLLOOOLL

[Verilioness]

Hahaha! I love this...

[TMHonfire102]

@Verilioness I love this too if you could link me to them ebay views thanks!

[cokeman2423]

@TMHonfire102 yeah i need some fake ebay views aswell!

[TMHonfire102]

@Verilioness Oh ya 762Fanatic said he wanted some of the ebay views too!

[wrght9185]

This is what happens when Hollywood remakes classic movies. Ha ha!

[johnpheth]

This is what all orchestras sound like without Auto-tune...

[egoodnoe]

Please remove the "I'm a fucking idiot who falls for chain-letters" bullshit about the high school band. Its the Portsmouth Sinfonia, you fucking halfwit.

[Allisonswallets]

i would stop being nice and kick out the bad kids.

but haha what a laugh!!!

[LieutenantKing]

There was dust on the valve.

[FourtyParsecs]

I blame the microphones.

[Thesupermadman]

Oh God it's HORRIBLE! I can't stop laughing!

[spib65]

what the opening of 2001 would have been like if Ed Wood had made it.

Complete with egg boxes covered in glitter, washing up liquid bottles daubed with poster paint, and painfully bad acting.

Wish it had happened.

[kokler4]

what  is this?????:)

[enburst]

it would have been soooooo much better if they used this audio for the movie....epic

[Lenniejj]

sorry... but I got tears from laughing.

[young5ever]

This is much more adequate music to describe the rise of mankind than the one Kubrick chose. This is deeply flawed.

[gbaune]

Mr.Bean playing....

[mikethe4th]

i bet the band teacher went home and shot himself that night

[projektor4]

I heard that if any of the members of orchestra were court rehearsing they were immediately thrown out !

[GBWagner1]

Faved! 7* I,m crying of laughing!!!:))))))))) again and again! Never enough!

Their 2. on my toplist is In the Hall of the Mountain King. Don,t miss!!!!!

[bmw66x]

I lost it at :20. So bad it's good...in a hilariously awful way. @funremember is correct. I hope PETA hears this atrocity.

[cheeseyflute23]

it hurts my ears :(

[BilligBeatz]

i love classic music!

[HarukaAsh70]

LMAO

[Brangoth4]

Truly beautiful. A mastery of talent. I cried, I won't lie.  :')

[BeatleHippieOF]

Vuvuzela. That is all.

[bassmasterlivetofish]

please, someone put this version with the gamecocks running onto the field..lol..

[ozzfan123]

WOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[KP40]

pmsl

[certificate18flix]

Haha. This is so funny.

[deedsnz]

those are some killer high notes. Really. Ouch! Imagine seeing this performed live..wow. Was good hearing it on Adam Buxton's Big Mixtape too

[kkmatt]

heard about this from Adam Buxton's Big Mixtape.... i can't even get through the first 30sec because I'm clutching my stomach laughing. it's too effin funny!!!!

[MarchMyBach]

sounds like our rival school's band XD literally

[aythami1301]

fail xD

[arven979]

Porsmouth Symphony Orchestra – The Wrath of Elephants

[Pheorach]

I freaking LOSE it every time I listen to this wreck.

[Potellio]

This is the music of the future

[mortalwombat09]

this is the best thing ever

EVER

[SPARTAN1]

lmao, I think this group has changed my life forever

[Owenthesheppard]

Epic win.

[Idtelos]

who is ass raping elephants?

[flabberlot]

That has sooo cheered me up! Thanks so much!

[GoldenSonic2000]

man that was the best piece of music ive ever heard

[ShademanSigma]

It's rightly called Also Sprach Zarathurstra :I

That said, hilarious fun!

[LIFESEXDEATH]

Ah...PERFECTION !

[pollobarca1]

Would anyone have the courage to do this now in these mirthless times.

[chrishutchison]

Ah, I remember them well ... Portsmouth art college, 1970. Still sounds just as dire and just as fun.

[Banatterie]

Nooooo, if you would eat Schroedinger's cat alive or dead you would know at this moment that the cat's alive, or dead. So then it's not Schroedinger's cat anymore.

But you can eat Pawlow's dog alive or dead if you want to.

[Genocoide]

schreib nich immer so nen scheiß moe xD

[twittermaniac1111]

i really have to find this band to shoot them all.

[ShademanSigma]

@twittermaniac1111 you missed the point!

[twittermaniac1111]

In my defence, this was posted by my teenage son!

[OctoManflags]

clarksc1988: -

Penderecki's Threnody was a tuneful masterpiece compared to this molestation!

Of course, Penderecki would have been pleased either way - because his music was all about the fecked up anyway!

Apparently, Hiroshima happened again.... at Portsmouth High..... :P

[clarksc1988]

Ah... Penderecki would be pleased.

[funremember]

sounds like elephant rape!

[bizarrejah]

@funremember We do actually have a lot of Pachyderm Molesters in Portsmouth, it's getting to be a noise polution issue... ;)

[funremember]

Beats the original anyday.

[Jmsessn]

epic fart :D

[Jmsessn]

ahauhahhahahhahaha

[derekbd]

O M G

[lincsposter]

Just brilliant! Long live the Portsmouth Sinfonia!

[leopard161]

lol this is really funny-like he was inspired by someone killing a cat then eating it before it's dead

[jo3hnks]

like an elephant!! LOL!!

[jonesyhott]

My professor played this and I yelled that sounds like my friends trumpet playing. It was soooooo hilarious. I LOVE IT

[kittypie070]

This is the psychological character my mom has.

She tries to be "Also Sprach Zarathustra" pretty hard, and sometimes pulls it off, but everyone in the family still laughs behind her back at her pretentions.

[RevolvermannOnline]

o_O ZOMG!

[76muss]

Wow makes me feel better about myself

[mandscat]

ouch

[TENACER]

WTF .....

[axeman3d]

I'm sorry, but I cant help crying with laughter every time I see this. Truly there is hope for us all as musicians.

[jorant]

I laughed a little, but just lost it around the 1:07 mark. One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever, just totally pooped on.

[Blacklizard60]

Was this for real

[Sydthepieslayer]

Quite simply breath-taking. An outstanding effort me thinks :)

[JMDO30]

I just can´t stop laughing!!!!!!!

this is awesome!

[donotserorator]

NO NO sorry ......much much too PRO erm....Professional

[Dreadtower]

Awesome