I like this version, specially with the pop-soundtrack. Most people say: "but its not original". I think, if you want to watch the original 'metropolis' you'l just have to putt the sound 'off', because sound films didn't exict back in 1926. (the year the movie was produced)
I personally prefer listening to the clasical version of the score cause that is really what the movie had originally so if you were watching it for the first time I would recommend the new recently released Metropolis ttles "The Complete Metropolis" because of it's good quality and 25 minutes of extra footage. As a fan of Metropolis I can also say this version is very interesting due to the out of place soundtrack and worth a viewing.
I've been looking everywhere for this version of Metropolis. One of the best restoration projects I've seen. Soundtrack is perfect. I recently bought a DVD copy over the internet but unfortunately it doesn't play. Not sure if I was duped or if it's in a European format . . . either case it was a disappointment; I still look for it when I can.
That's OK. I thought Metroplois was where Lois Lane lived until I heard Superman say it on TV. When you read a lot you get familiar with words that you may never hear spoken. It's one of the pitfalls I'll abide.
BTW, anyone who has a good copy of the Moroder version should post it on Youtube. According to a recent court case, Metropolis is indeed in the public domain in the US. FW Murnau Foundation (which sure as hell didn't make the film) can't claim copyright over a version they didn't release, only over the "official" rereleased version.
I think it's an embarrassment that assholes want to censor this version just because they don't approve of the music.
They are no better than the people who censored Lang's original film.
Soundtracks aren't canonical in the silent film era, and most films in the 20s were tinted. You don't see that today, only the black and white versions, like unpainted Greek marble statuary. Trust a bunch of prissy film students to pride themselves on hoping the Moroder version gets destroyed.
The usual scoring for this is tinny piano rag or ponderous organ, which makes the action seem ridiculous. Georgio Morodor was already accomplished when he chose music collaborators to produce this new score that serves the action so suitably.
People who hold snobby opinions about taste, money, education, religion, wine, whatever, reveal they've only just received them and are still proving their right to express them.
First version I saw as the 2002 restoration. Was good, but I'm trying to get a hold of this one for the music. BTW, fans of the film might like the 2010 restoration.
They had a very high budget !!! The special effects are very good for the 20s !!!
Great movie from germany (one of the first Science Fiction Movies and the first Robot Movie) and this is the 84-Version restored by Giorgio Moroder !!!
Giorgio Moroder outbid David Bowie for the right to rescore Metropolis. God only know what Bowie's would've done ("Let's Dance" in the scene where the workers dance after destroying the M-machine?) but I think Moroder did a fantastic job. His mission was to present this, at the time, obscure movie to a new generation of fans and to get people in the theaters he HAD to make it somewhat contemporary. The artists he used was what got my 9 yo self interested & I've loved Metropolis ever since.
Giorgio Moroder outbid David Bowie for the right to rescore Metropolis. God only know what Bowie's would've done ("Let's Dance" in the scene where the workers dance after destroying the M-machine?) but I think Moroder did a fantastic job. His mission was to present this, at the time, obscure movie to a new generation of fans and to get people in the theaters he HAD to make it somewhat contemporary. The artists he used was what got my 9 yo self interested & I've loved Metropolis ever since.
This movie is sooo awesome. I watched it and took some clips to make a small music video intro for my first song. I tried to make the song epic because the movie is sooo epic. If anybody's interested please just copy and paste:
ARKITECT - "TRIUMPHANT"
It's hip hop so I dont know if its anybodys taste but hopefully you guys like it and like how i used the clips from Metropolis
@otakukangaroo actualy i thought this beat the shit out of the actual soundtrack, even for the 25 min extra german version, i dont know what everyones bitching about, the actual score is pretty god awful except in one part. aye otaku, that was the first version i saw, you can only get a torrent rip its so rare from laserdisc.
@StarWarsFan786 Are you saying that over-synthasized, moronic musical movements aren't an embarrassment? Or are you also just tossing on the bulk of todays, like rap and pop? If the former, I agree whole-heartedly. But this version of the film looks like an abomination--you don't recreate art.
@StarWarsFan786 Nowadays there's horrible but also great music. Back in the 80's pretty much everything was reaaalllyyy gay, remember the ballads?
But yea i totally agree that the POP music of nowadays is horrible. But the alternative, electro and metal genre's are doing better then in the 80's imo.
Yeah, I agree with TheHappydead, putting 80s music over the top of a classic just ruins it. (I actually haven't seen all of Metropolis, just some of it though)
Good one. Liked this version as a kid. Granted I'm sure Fritz Lang may not have been happy Loverboy contributed to the soundtrack, hee hee. Not that I don't like the band, anywho. Thank you!
I like this version, specially with the pop-soundtrack. Most people say: "but its not original". I think, if you want to watch the original 'metropolis' you'l just have to putt the sound 'off', because sound films didn't exict back in 1926. (the year the movie was produced)
XProductions92 14 hours ago
I personally prefer listening to the clasical version of the score cause that is really what the movie had originally so if you were watching it for the first time I would recommend the new recently released Metropolis ttles "The Complete Metropolis" because of it's good quality and 25 minutes of extra footage. As a fan of Metropolis I can also say this version is very interesting due to the out of place soundtrack and worth a viewing.
mrtotheextreme 7 months ago
Soundtrack is one of the best I've heard.
medallynch 10 months ago
I've been looking everywhere for this version of Metropolis. One of the best restoration projects I've seen. Soundtrack is perfect. I recently bought a DVD copy over the internet but unfortunately it doesn't play. Not sure if I was duped or if it's in a European format . . . either case it was a disappointment; I still look for it when I can.
medallynch 10 months ago
This soundtrack is awesome, an fits perfectly with the film.
netwalker72 10 months ago
Met-rop-ilis?
I thought it was Metro-Polis.
Americans for you.
PhilNile 1 year ago
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artsavant 11 months ago
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artsavant 11 months ago
@artsavant Agreed. But It was my fault really. I've only ever read Metropolis, until this advert :D
PhilNile 11 months ago
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That's OK. I thought Metroplois was where Lois Lane lived until I heard Superman say it on TV. When you read a lot you get familiar with words that you may never hear spoken. It's one of the pitfalls I'll abide.
artsavant 11 months ago
BTW, anyone who has a good copy of the Moroder version should post it on Youtube. According to a recent court case, Metropolis is indeed in the public domain in the US. FW Murnau Foundation (which sure as hell didn't make the film) can't claim copyright over a version they didn't release, only over the "official" rereleased version.
ijwi 1 year ago
I think it's an embarrassment that assholes want to censor this version just because they don't approve of the music.
They are no better than the people who censored Lang's original film.
Soundtracks aren't canonical in the silent film era, and most films in the 20s were tinted. You don't see that today, only the black and white versions, like unpainted Greek marble statuary. Trust a bunch of prissy film students to pride themselves on hoping the Moroder version gets destroyed.
ijwi 1 year ago
@ijwi Quite right.
The usual scoring for this is tinny piano rag or ponderous organ, which makes the action seem ridiculous. Georgio Morodor was already accomplished when he chose music collaborators to produce this new score that serves the action so suitably.
People who hold snobby opinions about taste, money, education, religion, wine, whatever, reveal they've only just received them and are still proving their right to express them.
artsavant 11 months ago
I liked this version, but I don't know what my father did with it.
redconvoy 1 year ago
is it wrong that i like this sound track better than the original?
underbightdog23 1 year ago
@underbightdog23
yes...
VERY YES!!!
Alevamltd 1 year ago
@Alevamltd what can i say? 80s music always brings a smile to my face
underbightdog23 1 year ago
First version I saw as the 2002 restoration. Was good, but I'm trying to get a hold of this one for the music. BTW, fans of the film might like the 2010 restoration.
Symos 1 year ago
This is such a joke...
4OozT0freedom 1 year ago
LOL WHAT A SHIT MOVIE BLACK AND WIHTE AND SHIT EFFECTS LOL LOL LOL
lowbudget piece of shit and shit acting hahahahaah INDEPENDENCE DAYS IS WAY BETTER!
BerndVonLauerstein 1 year ago
@BerndVonLauerstein this was shot in !!! 1927 !!!
They had a very high budget !!! The special effects are very good for the 20s !!!
Great movie from germany (one of the first Science Fiction Movies and the first Robot Movie) and this is the 84-Version restored by Giorgio Moroder !!!
AleXX1995XX 1 year ago
@BerndVonLauerstein LOL i know your kidding because people arent that dumb
underbightdog23 1 year ago
@underbightdog23
:3
BerndVonLauerstein 1 year ago
@BerndVonLauerstein You be trollin'...
JPnintendofan 1 year ago
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Giorgio Moroder outbid David Bowie for the right to rescore Metropolis. God only know what Bowie's would've done ("Let's Dance" in the scene where the workers dance after destroying the M-machine?) but I think Moroder did a fantastic job. His mission was to present this, at the time, obscure movie to a new generation of fans and to get people in the theaters he HAD to make it somewhat contemporary. The artists he used was what got my 9 yo self interested & I've loved Metropolis ever since.
elgatonyc 1 year ago
Giorgio Moroder outbid David Bowie for the right to rescore Metropolis. God only know what Bowie's would've done ("Let's Dance" in the scene where the workers dance after destroying the M-machine?) but I think Moroder did a fantastic job. His mission was to present this, at the time, obscure movie to a new generation of fans and to get people in the theaters he HAD to make it somewhat contemporary. The artists he used was what got my 9 yo self interested & I've loved Metropolis ever since.
elgatonyc 1 year ago 2
@elgatonyc Are you kidding? Bowie would have the sense to get Kraftwerk or Eno to do the actual music.
wookie72 1 year ago
Well, trust Warner to get grabby over obscure copyrights of yesteryear.
MysteryBowl 1 year ago
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This movie is sooo awesome. I watched it and took some clips to make a small music video intro for my first song. I tried to make the song epic because the movie is sooo epic. If anybody's interested please just copy and paste:
ARKITECT - "TRIUMPHANT"
It's hip hop so I dont know if its anybodys taste but hopefully you guys like it and like how i used the clips from Metropolis
mjtrotte86 1 year ago
For my opinion this soundtrack arruins the movie every second
manolocinart 1 year ago
FUCKING RETARDED SOUNDTRACK!!!!!!!!
Flyingcatfly 1 year ago
Didn't the musical score of THIS version win RAZZIES?
MilknPopcorn 1 year ago 2
FUCKING YOUTUBE!!! I HAD THIS VIDEO ON MY ACCOUNT AND THEY QUITED OFF FOR COPYRIGHT TWO YEARS AGO!!! X( Thanks for upload it again... :)
maraujo1984 1 year ago
This was the first version of metropolis that i ever saw.
otakukangaroo 1 year ago
@otakukangaroo actualy i thought this beat the shit out of the actual soundtrack, even for the 25 min extra german version, i dont know what everyones bitching about, the actual score is pretty god awful except in one part. aye otaku, that was the first version i saw, you can only get a torrent rip its so rare from laserdisc.
6thdimensional 1 year ago
If Mark Mothersbaugh did the music for this version, I could accept it.
Kinemacolour 1 year ago
I totally wanna see this version!
franzchick66 1 year ago
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oh my gosh 80's music was an embarassment to music history and they go and ruin this classic with that crap?!?!?! fucking morons.
SanguineBullet667 2 years ago
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metalfreak4677 1 year ago
@SanguineBullet667 TODAYS music is an embarrasment to the music history.
StarWarsFan786 1 year ago 32
@StarWarsFan786 Are you saying that over-synthasized, moronic musical movements aren't an embarrassment? Or are you also just tossing on the bulk of todays, like rap and pop? If the former, I agree whole-heartedly. But this version of the film looks like an abomination--you don't recreate art.
Especially in the '80s.
anunwiseone 1 year ago
@StarWarsFan786 perhaps if you were to search in different music streams you might not be so dissapointed.
senators2904 1 year ago
@StarWarsFan786 Nowadays there's horrible but also great music. Back in the 80's pretty much everything was reaaalllyyy gay, remember the ballads?
But yea i totally agree that the POP music of nowadays is horrible. But the alternative, electro and metal genre's are doing better then in the 80's imo.
OJJVZ 2 months ago
Don't be so quick to judge. I think the Moroder version stays true to the original film, and the music is pretty catchy.
olmstein 2 years ago 2
did they really have to make this all 80s....
robotmonkey73 2 years ago 2
Yeah, the synth music is not doin' it for me...
daliwndrland 2 years ago
Thanks a LOT for charing this!
asbear 2 years ago 7
its kinda funny adding the soundtrack to the movie lol
TheZachadoodle 2 years ago
Yeah, I agree with TheHappydead, putting 80s music over the top of a classic just ruins it. (I actually haven't seen all of Metropolis, just some of it though)
RyuichixCMZ 2 years ago
dont ruin a classic by putting a load of bad 80s music over the top of it
TheHappydead 2 years ago
@TheHappydead I wouldn't call the soundtrack "bad 80's". The music is awesome!
peter475 2 years ago 2
awesome in a post modern ironic way maybe ...
its just bad
TheHappydead 2 years ago
I was looking for this trailer. I clicked on this one and was like, omigod it's Aussies!
I love it, it's like "Jon Anderson!" "Freddie Mercury!" "Loverboy . . . "
coffycup75 2 years ago 2
Worst soundtrack ever!
bublycat 2 years ago
Freddie Mercury is a musical genius
Tacom4ster 2 years ago 5
Awesome version of metropolis.
atti97 2 years ago 2
Jeff Mills Made a soundtrack to this movie too
vader193478 2 years ago
Good one. Liked this version as a kid. Granted I'm sure Fritz Lang may not have been happy Loverboy contributed to the soundtrack, hee hee. Not that I don't like the band, anywho. Thank you!
Rbatty2 2 years ago