August Rush

[Trororo1]

Where goes the pick when he starts tapping? :O

[AlvinJarek24]

The guy said in 1:18 "Its Kaki King". In 1:29 He said "DAAAMN"

[Emokid43212]

Uhmmm this song was by Michael hedges :).... R.I.P Mikey

[HelloKellen]

i hated the plot, but man i loved the music in this movie

[huntergruntetr123]

Love Kaki king! Yes I no this isn't HER song but it's HER version of it!! And I think she does this song justice! I bet at leat 50 % of people who have seen agust rush now no about Michael hedges. Because of kaki king!!

[andrewkeen24]

@huntergruntetr123 It's good that she is turning people on to the beast which is Michael Hedges. Her cover sounds just as bad as any other normal human would play it though sadly.

[cookiemilly13]

beautiful!!!

[ArthlecMann]

This is Micheal Hedges song... wow... I love Mike...

[Intencities1]

I hate kaki kings version of this great tune!for example she totally fucks up the intro. hedges plays the intro with tricky rhythmical finesse. this is what makes the intro special and interesting. she didn´t get that rhythm at all and plays it more like wishy washy and totally boring! so she does the whole song. she allways strums all six strings so that there is no melody and no base line. dynamics also is a foreign word to her.

so i beg you people, listen to the original of MICHAEL HEDGES

[ZOMBIELANDakaUSA]

@Intencities1

right on, another who see's mediocrity for what it really is. I've tried to appreciate king's music, but she gives me a headache rather quickly. She says her main inspiration is Preston Reed?, well just go listen to how it's really done folks, yet Reed doesn't get the kind of recognition king gets, i have a theory on that for which i will keep to myself. Suffice to say, very few out there can cover a master(obviously in so many ways)...like Hedges, Reed

[andrewkeen24]

@ZOMBIELANDakaUSA Yeah pretty much impossible to sound like Hedges or Reed. Trying to do it basically just makes you sound stupid lol.

[jareds1007]

but..this IS very cool....or i wouldn't have gone looking for it...

[jareds1007]

it's nice that the poor homeless kids get guitars worth like 3 grand , that have super nice woods and intonation.....

[BadlyDrawnGirl1664]

Kaki King is also an incredibly dynamic musician, who brings her own passion, anger and fury to the song. Each performance is an interpretation and thus a new birth for the music. Sure, there is more tapping, more hits, more pull-offs, more percussion. There is joyful, ecstatic abandon in this version. This is a letting go - the feeling of running through cornfields at dusk. Dancing and dancing under a new moon.

[BadlyDrawnGirl1664]

For everyone to whom this film meant something - for everyone to whom this song means something: look up Michael Hedges. Listen to his music. Feel his love and passion for music and life. Mourn his death. Understand. This is his song. Rest in peace, beautiful person.

[Electrice]

I miss my friend Micheal Hedges !

[CyberchondriacNess]

Go on Kaki! WOOO. xP

[MetallicaMan294]

love this!!! trying to learn this for when i play on stage. really cool song!!

[higzyguitarist]

those are kaki king's hands!!

[aplaya11]

@higzyguitarist No, it's Michael Hedges' hands.

[Valkodu]

@aplaya11 It's Kaki King's cover of Hedges' song.

[ajbvision]

this is the best

[JackCassidyMusic]

yeah, i played one of those (no cutout) it was amazing!!! sounded sooo good

[born2wreck]

LMAO Black Kid Got Owned

[born2wreck]

love this movie and song

[iRockyy]

to all you retards.

of course Micheals version is going to be better.he wrote the damn thing.

this version CLEARLLLLLLLLLLLLLY has MORE feeling in it. not saying that Micheals doesnt. if you cant tell that then just forget about music all together.

its like comparing Buckethead to Slash.

clearly Buckethead is a better guitarist but Slash plays with more feeling. I for one like this version better because of it. You say its sloppy? pretty sure no1 asked you to do a cover for the movie. =]

[zombywoof101]

@iRockyy i don't think it's fair to say this version has any more feeling. kaki king is playing this song in her own style (i'd say more angry and faster than the original). michael hedges version changes dynamic a lot more and seems to me more lyrical.....

it's an opinion. i just think it's unfair to say that this version is "clearly " has more feeling. and that you should forget about music if you disagree.... - not true!

[Rigga07]

@zombywoof101 i agree also. michael hedges never play it the same way. its the song but he swtiches it up ridiculously. may he rest in piece

[mutley2209]

@iRockyy dude she got paid to commercialise a sing by a guy who wasn't out to commercialise his music, heard in an interview she wasn't sure if she should've, i like both versions, but clearly has more feeling?! lol no chance, throwing in tapping is actually being lazy, most of her music tends to be =P

[iRockyy]

@mutley2209 BadlyDrawnGirl1664 couldn't have said it better. i say that it CLEARLY has more feeling because i like her version BETTER. everyone likes and has a different style especially as far as playing guitar. i like her style and version of it better, im not knocking micheal hedges, her version of this piece hits home more than the original. it's a fucking opinion and your retarded and obviously dont play guitar if you think percussion guitar is "lazy" say that to a real guitarist

[mutley2209]

@iRockyy yes i do play, tapping and percussion is supposed to open up the guitar to more, it's supposed to open up your writing not become the basis of it, this is the trap she's fallen into with alot of her music, a novice can tap, it takes a player to use it

[iRockyy]

@mutley2209 i'd really like to see a novice tap ANY part part of this song, you're argument is completely invalid if you truly believe anything you just said. she uses every aspect of her guitar just as Antoine and Andy and Craig or any other percussion acoustic player. just because you don't enjoy her style doesn't mean that she is a novice player.

[andrewkeen24]

@iRockyy She's completely novice compared to Michael Hedges or anyone else on that level.

[andrewkeen24]

@iRockyy Kaki kin'gs version sounds like shit.

[clancularium]

Kaki was asked by the producers to make a much shorter, flashier version of hedges' ritual dance. And those are her hands, there's a photo on her myspace of this scene being filmed.

[reed92023]

It is very sloppy playing. They should have used Michael's version or someone who could play it.

[wdchrismon]

It isn't sloppy. He's (she's) playing on a J-200. Just a bigger guitar than what Hedges used for the song so it resonates a bit more.

[2Good4Nothing]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar he's using?

[genshikashmir]

Gibson JS-200. VERY expensive.

[wdchrismon]

Gibson J-200 with a cutout.

[iRockyy]

yea it'll run you about no more than 5 grand, and no less than 3800.

[whouston33wh]

This is a Michael Hedges song, it is just redone by Kaki King for the movie.

If you like this style, go watch its creator, Michael Hedges. Now...like seriously go now and watch Aerial Boundaries and his recording of Ritual Dance

[EricaYeowza]

ahh fricken love this song xD

[MichaelElllis]

For the guitar players out there, one of the big problems with this cover is all the open strings that keep ringing out. Having seen and met Michael Hedges many times, I can say that this version pales in comparison to the original and does not stand a chance against the live versions Hedge's would do. (A few are here on Youtube.)

[Plozen]

Also provide me with the links to those videos.

[millerbrandon12]

I was wrong, she did the guitar work for Bari Improv in the movie, not this track. They taught the actor to immitate the movements here.

[boxcutta76]

i watched this scene for 45 minutes straight. I love this song

[dasilodavi]

This is one of my favorite songs from the movie, yet there are so few videos of it.

[wesley16555]

the greatest music and movie i have ever seen in my life!!!! this movie is soo true abt evry thing

[maartenvlas]

this is the best song from august rush!

[121jigawatts]

Hedges is cool, King is cool. But this movie dripped of cornballiness like no other. I'm a guitar player of 20 yrs. and I don't know what it was. The kid was not all that believeable and Williams smacked of a pedo. 3 words. Weird Hollywood Filler.

[dmanandcmac]

I don't really agree, I think that it's a charming movie. It's like a modern re-spin of Oliver Twist, but with really good music. Sure, it's very obvious that the kid has no idea what he's doing when they put the guitar in his hands, but he's not supposed 2. He's an actor, not a musician. The guitar is nothing but a prop to them. And Williams looked like an ok guy up unti'll the very end where u c that he's a douche. All in all, it's a good movie, but one that you can't take too seriously...

[121jigawatts]

I don't deny Freddie Highmore's acting ability. I think he'll go really far. I love Williams too. Even when he's creepy, 1 Hr Photo and especially The Final Cut was an excellent and disturbing movie. This was not a good one for him even though everything he touches turns to gold. The guitar playing was pretty bad though. Maybe I've seen too many Andy Mckee and Antoine Dufour videos on youtube, that will spoil any fake performance!

[blindside7]

i knew i recognized that style.

Kaki King for the win!

[whouston33wh]

wrong! well kind of. This is a cover of Michael Hedges!

But whatever they both sound great.

[blindside7]

ya that may be true but! the one playing it there is Kaki King

[djkane29]

Plozen, your addition makes sense but it doesnt make up for the clearly adult hands. And with enough time they can. The eye only catches about 96 frames per second. Shake the camera a bit and more frames are produced, allowing more time for the visual trick to take place.

[Plozen]

no man sorry but those aren't adult hands. They made him memorize real simple patterns then just synced in the song.

[mmmcjustenjoy]

Those are Kaki King's hands! And you can barely call her an adult she's really young and the most amazing guitar virtuoso!!!

[Plozen]

Those aren't Kaki's hands! lmao that's hilarious.

And no, Hedges is the best guitar player, alive, he was good, dead, we can still hear his music.

Hedges won't be known for what was rightfully his, but instead, Kaki will be known for the work that she stole.

[KandyREW]

i read up somewhere they DID get kaki in to play for freddie in the guitar parts.. i think it was the baritone improv song where freddie first gets to play the guitar. dont quote me on that though.

[millerbrandon12]

Lol, stole? Everybody has to play something that is not their own once in a while. It's like saying I can't use the same words you use.

Those are Kaki's hands. There were interviews discussing the fact that she was asked to play the parts.

[Plozen]

Did she also mention that she's making money off work that wasn't hers?

Stop being a little prick. It's theft.

[millerbrandon12]

I don't appreciate being called a prick, but try listening to jazz once in a while. They all play arrangements of songs other artists have written and make money off of them. Music isn't about the money. Maybe pop music, but not this kind of stuff.

[Plozen]

I agree. It's not about the money. It's not even the money I'm angry about. It's the fact that a bunch of little kids who don't watch credits in movies thought Kaki actually wrote the song. Hedges doesn't really get any credit because his name is one of the last to appear on the screen.

[millerbrandon12]

Got you man. I know how you feel about that. I am pretty sure they credit him on the Soundtrack, however. Everybody deserves that right, at least.

[Plozen]

They don't credit him on the soundtrack. It says the artist is Kaki. Doesn't mention Hedges at all.

It does show it in the credits of August Rush, but it's at the very end.

[millerbrandon12]

No, they credit him as the composer on iTunes and Windows Media.

They have Kaki as the artist.

[Plozen]

No they don't... I don't know about WM but on IT they don't.

[millerbrandon12]

For me it has it on both. :/

Oh well.

[Plozen]

Well do you have the American one or the Canadian one?

[Tman4000]

Now I see how! If you look closely you can see that they superimposed that kids head on Kaki's body. The body even looks femalish.

[djkane29]

Wow this song is so easy to learn lol. Took me about half an hour! And to clarify, it's not freddie playing. If you freexe-frame it the hands playing are clearly adult hands.

[Plozen]

No their his hands they made him memorize patterns... No one was playing it was dubbed over. Impossible for them to switch into all the camera angles without mistakes.

Besides Freddie Highmore was like 15 when the movie was shot.

[pekas98banjo]

looks fake, when he plays the 12 harmonic at he beggining of the video its sounds the same as the 5 harm or 3rd, but still

[CDFPepperF]

Freddie is so HOOOOOOOTTT =)

[tdballerznikkah]

bitches

[kyeruu2]

fucking song took me 2 days to learn.....

[OmegasWill]

how dare they BUTCHER ritual dance. how dare they hollywood it.

[Plozen]

:S How so?

[monty3777]

This is freaking noise. Hedges was brilliant because he knew how to use rythym and percussion as a tool - not a distraction. This is like heavy metal guitarists who hide behind distortion - interesting but not compelling.

[BadHorsie121314]

kaki killed this song. she is way over rated

[Plozen]

I'm curious as to how she obtained the rights to the song and makes money off it when the soundtrack is sold...

[highflyingmm]

hey guys see the video "sungha jung ritual dance". This guy's awesome, a real prodigy!

[jjaaddee112233]

This movie was so great!

And hearing Kaki's music on there was so cool!

[pinchosalcarbon]

@jjaaddee112233 this is michaels hedges song, original, just that now it sounds worst

[CrunchyBurrito]

haha this is pirated

[anibru90]

Michael Hedges never had a Facebook page before. So I decided to start my own. Just go ahead and type in "Michael Hedges" in the search box and you'll see the page: "Michael Hedges: The Guitarist from Another Planet". I want to see if Hedges's fanbase is still out there somewhere. Long live Hedges!

[willufobia]

so amazzing

[iloveboobies11223344]

kaki king just made her own style of the song, it sounds good, maybe it doesnt sound as good as micheal hedges version, but he is dead and im shure he would be pretty happy to see this up in heaven.The only reason MADdwarfWorkshop says that kaki king sucks is because he cant play even half as good as her.

[Aetherius88]

Love this movie! awesome! Michael Hedges and Kaki King both rock too.

Check it out! within a couple weeks I'll be getting a camera and I'll post a tutorial video on how to play this version and Michael Hedges original version. Check it out later if you want to learn. It's a lot of fun to play.

[blacksmith2212]

Whats the name of that guitar, i know its a J something but like whats the exact guitar

[panthersquad]

i think it's a gibson j200

[insatiable]

thank you for sharing!

[jsdroach]

i LOVE this song! it's awesome! and sooo inspiring! :D

[MADdwarfWorkshop]

Kaki King sucks... her version of this song is so dry and lifeless and even off beat. they should have just used Hedges original version, he is the master...

[proe59]

I agree

[dupbr13]

totally agree I play it this way though becasue its easier i play by ear and the videos on you tube of him playing this are hard to hear but i can still play it

[mark1800]

I don't mind her version too much (though Hedges' playing obviously has 90% more groove), but what does piss me off is that they have the kid playing the song with the 'overhand' fretting technique on the neck, which is totally unnecessary exhibitionist crap which devalues and cheapens the composition, toting it as some kind of spectacle. The point is it's music and it's funky and you can bob your head to it. The fact that it looks odd is a bonus, and if you abuse that you're just a showoff.

[extremelarpus]

Man, it's just a movie. No one mids or care about your opinion, and it's awesome that version. And this not devalue the composition, every music play some pieces at his/her own way, some of them great after all. Fast, slow, is music. Good day to all :3

[AlexStevens42]

guys come on let someone have an opinion without flipping out

[lonewolftrickstr]

It's not a show-offy technique. Did you watch the movie? The whole idea was that the kid didn't know how to play the guitar. Noone taught him how to play it the "right way." So he did it his own way, which is what music is about.

[Griphith23]

a big part of solo guitar is preforming it. and people will lose intrest if you just sit still and play, the tap/slap/over the neck hand stuff is more interesting and people will watch and enjoy more

[lavena26]

damm was that whole thing necessary mr critic its a damm movie calm down

[proe59]

aww this is way different from michael's version. It doesn't sound as good, it just looks more impressive =(

[music4lifecoolkid]

all i can say iss..: RESPECT!! ;)

[PearlsDahling]

Delicious song. It's crisp and so amazing I find myself listening over and over. I'm so excited to be figure skating to this song soon.

[banjorol]

Wow, join the rest of the geniuses. The late great Michael Hedges wrote this song about 20 or so years ago.

[jump4joywithus]

i can play this song. the tuning is DADGCC its pretty hard but if u practice ull get the hang of it. i actually learned this song before the movie came out and when i saw it i was like "dude thats me wtf" cuz i street performed that in town a while back lol. im 14 so that was kinda weird for me when i saw that

[Aircaster]

lying bragger...

[isthemirrorballsuit]

good I would give my soul to be that good...

[msuman91]

your an idiot!!!!

[chrisbob0]

..........

[Sophiee2]

I love this kid hes soo cute:)

[toshirouzumaki]

out of all the songs in august rush, this one takes the take for sure. im gonna learn to play that song ^^

[texaskroll]

Good luck. It's really difficult.

[shadowsong9]

That was AMAZING! It'll be great if he could really play like this in real life though... Well, he's already good in acting:)

[somehardjelly]

haha u can tell that hes not really playing cuz if u look closely u can tell by looking at how big kaki's hand is compared to his small hand. its like all of a sudden he has these long massive fingers when the camera goes into a close up of his fingers lol

[RERUN1965]

chill you stupid prick he is acting.....bonehead!

[Littleshrtstout]

lol i love the end of the clip

"Yeah!"

[glassboysio2]

the thing at the bottom of the screen is someones seat at the movies....

[Kisanet12]

so this was recorded at the movies wait thats illegal nobody can do that

[migui1223]

i know u can't do that but at least i got to watch the movie, but only cause i got a copy it doesnt mean im not going to get the original one

[Kisanet12]

wats that thing at the bottom left of the screen its like on every video

[penguinfreak1994]

it's cool the way he plays guitar and the way he taps his guitar at really random times!!!!

[jetwolfie]

Is that boy really playing?

[Kisanet12]

no a woman named Kaki king is his hands for the guitar

[asdfghbvxxxv]

but this song was written by micheal hedges

[Kisanet12]

correct

[Kisanet12]

correct

[TexasFlood30]

yes and no. No, Kaki king is playing it. But his hands do move on the strings...He's acting. there's only 2 songs in the movie where he actually does play a bit. the one is "Dueling Guitars" and I think the other one is at an awkward part of the movie to describe...so, technically NO.

[delfin700]

yes it's really him playing on the guitar

he says it in one of his intervieuws (sorry don't know how to spell it)

[radclaw1]

what are you five?who dosnt know how to spell interviews??

[delfin700]

I'm Belgian and in Belgium we learn English when you're 14 ( my age)

sorry if you don't like it

I wonder how your Duthch is!

[XiomaraCarebear]

hahahaha jeez jongens, om daar over te gaan zitte miepen.... hahaha

anyways, i'm very doubtful about Freddie Highmore being the one who plays the song as well, sometimes, if you watch very closely, you can see that what he's playing doesn't concord with what you hear.... i've seen this scene so many times now, eventually you just notice it....doesn't make it less cooler though! i love freddie ^^

[delfin700]

gij ebt elemaal glijk maat !

freddie highmore is egt keigoe!

ma kweenie wrom da we dr over zitte 'miepe'

=) LoL

xxx

[XiomaraCarebear]

ah well, you gotta do somethin' ;)

we moete iets hebbe om over te miepe ofnie? :P xD

the temptation to get into a discussion, to argue with someone, is most of the times simply more seducing and tempting than the option to have a normal conversation.... ain't it? :P life is life i s'pose

xx

[CrazyChinese11]

but Kaki King is the one doing the hand movements, Freddie may be playing some of the songs, but Kaki is the one who plays the rest and does the hand motions when it's just the hands.

[delfin700]

but why did Freddie say in an interview that it was realy him?

[LordRavenX8]

because he is technically playing it, but its not him you hear. i can guarantee that he did not play this song or bari improv.

[delfin700]

that's to bad =(

but how do you know that?

[LordRavenX8]

i play guitar and i can play ritual dance by michael hedges which is the song here and in Bari improv if you look at his hands he is hitting it on the repeated notes from the pedal. not to be a spirit killer though : /

[LordRavenX8]

i play guitar and i can play ritual dance by michael hedges which is the song here and in Bari improv if you look at his hands he is hitting it on the repeated notes from the pedal. not to be a spirit killer though : /

[jump4joywithus]

no it isnt him, he said the only instrument he ever played was clarinet. thats not really him playing.

[tgcmlb155]

wow cool

[EmpressEricka]

Kaki King, Bitches. :D

[branciforte3241]

Michael Hedges wrote the piece. Kaki King adapted it for the movie.

[EmpressEricka]

obviously. im talking about who you see in front of you. and thats Kaki King.

[Helie12]

i love this song and this movie!! thanks for putting this up!! :)

[migui1223]

agree i love the movie one of a kind my fav song too i have ani=other one to check it out

[Helie12]

do you have the whole movie that you can upload??? i'd love to see the whole movie again!! :)

[migui1223]

Yea i do have it but i may uploaded later right now im a bit busy with work and all sorry

[MarvelousMelina]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASEEE!!!!!!

upload the end scene.

[the rhapsody & part where the mom and dad meet in the crowd]

thats like thee best part!!

thanks!

=]

[migui1223]

hey that part has been uploaded check it out ok