Elmer Bernstein - National Geographic Theme

[TheConnyB]

there´s not enough time to see the photos

[diehardmaverick]

Why did you choose such strange photos?

[ClassicTVMan1981X]

Does anyone have the actual video intro for the NG series as aired on CBS 1964-73, ABC 1973-75, and PBS from 1975-87?

[guyvermandarkhero]

Every time i hear this epic music it feels like home for some reason.

[cdeeb20]

The picture at 0:18 is hilarious.

[IceinDark]

Disturbing Funny pics!

[snootpelt]

Well done

[DRAGORNDRAGON]

ok, this is awesome, and the music's AWESOME and the pic's are funny, but WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!?

[A1K1da]

0:51 this man will kill you via knife or gun or rolls royce hood ornament

[Elisheval]

ahh takes me back to the 90's

[mryantao]

I think night at the museum copy their National Geographic theme song

[futurama140]

this is MINDBLOWING how much it sounds like the theme from "the magnificent 7" i suppose thats because theyre both elmer bernstein! he could have used a different tune though!

[ryoushii]

You heard the on CBS in the 60's and 70's and you knew that you were going to go someplace you'd never been before, and would never forget.

[monk1149]

this is such an epic kick ass song i heard it on the advert for the books on tv. (trumpet part) omfg, it a song for a planet that kicks ass.

[xmobster5]

@monk1149 helll yeas

[GulleGelderlander]

This makes me think of Jacques Yves Cousteau's marine series.

[ryoushii]

When I was 5-12, and I heard this on TV, I knew there was going to be something magical on.

Man I loved those old National Geographic Specials.

[mstor536]

This is great! Whenever I hear this I feel like I'm about to embark on a quest to far-off lands!

[raposofan]

Not to in any way diminish the majesty of Elmer Bernstein's work, but there is ever the faintest smidge of Aaron Copland's influence detectable here...

[artemis5096]

I think it's closer to Gustav Holst's "Jupiter" than anything of Copland's...

[lyzzle]

@artemis5096 I agree. I heard "Jupiter" and this was the first thing I thought of.

[ILovemylips3]

@raposofan Elmer Bernstein and Aaron Copland were good friends. Copland taught and mentored Bernstien, hence the musical influence.

[guyvermandarkhero]

This music has to be #1 out of all my favorite themes.

[jannusmervine]

This music gets me ALL THE TIME!

[Fumbuck]

Oh hell YES this sound meant that some COOL HIGH QUALITY SHIT was comin your way! Hearing this theme on the TV was an unrivaled experience. Thanks for uploading!

[FoamyDaSkwirrel]

This is epic!

[TheHollowFootman]

Wait a minute, are all these pictures from cracked?

[TokioRain]

Nope...

Most of them are obtained from Getty Images and FunPic!

[TheHollowFootman]

Oh heheh, sorry didn't read the description :P

[cochranexyz]

@TheHollowFootman You don't think Cracked is THAT original, do you?

[ryoushii]

Boy this bring backs memories. used to totally clear the schedule when I heard that when I was 7-12, because that meant a National Geographic Special on CBS

[Lisa00063]

this music would be good for a national news telecast intro

[Manifesto345]

Haha I love this song. They need to bring it back.

[nickmitsialis]

Well they DID use a snippet of this theme on the Madagascar movie...

[antgun007]

Yes, please bring it back!! I remember staying up late nights with my mom and watching all the national geographic shows. no matter what they were, they were so intriguing. amazing footage and stories. my favs were the animal ones of course. like the cheetahs.

[Musmon]

what's the theme of the song, is that taken from a Western Movie? Sounds like the Marlboro theme from the Magnificent Seven.

[nickmitsialis]

Well Elmer Bernstein-who wrote the Mag-7/Marlboro score-also wrote this one, that's a pretty astute observation on your part.

[GoblinXXX]

It's entirely original, but Bernstein wrote the score of THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN, too.

[arbitersal]

lol at 1:00

[biolante44]

if i liked music this would be my favorite

[1Amiel1]

Very cute at :30.

[agen703]

:35 too

[dawidjoseph05]

I love this song, greetings for all fans of National Geographic

[FaultySynapse]

Sounds an awful lot like Holst's Jupiter movement from The Planets. Anyone every notice that before? This guy definitely took some inspiration from it.

[thephantomofthetube]

Yeah, it's very similar, and that's certainly not a coincidence. The NGS theme pretty much takes both its melody and structure directly from the Jupiter movement. Even if Elmer Bernstein did have a little help in crafting the score, the end result perfectly captures the spirit of the NGS. The Society has been using a different theme recently, maybe due to the fact that the world is fully mapped now, and such a grand theme seems unnecessary in an age when all the blank spots have been filled in.

[Pushpin4]

COOL!!!!

[b72s2JFK]

One of the MOST amazing pieces of orchestral music. I remember just the first few seconds I knew it was the show starting, the type and sound of music that demands your immediate attention! Nat Geo should return to its former roots and re-introduce its opening theme again! This summer Im planning to see the Boston Pops in West Massachussetts at Tanglewood Lenox area and hope to get an inside line to see if they will perform this piece. Wish me luck!

[zephyrtan]

I totally agree, very uplifting!

[Animalll2003lll]

wow this is so funny!!!!!! it looks like every picture goes with each passage of the music---to make fun of it ! hahahaha well done dude it'S awesome I didn't laugh so hard in a while !! even though I kind of like nat. geo. but I do think it's in a way dodgy sometimes I can't explain why but these picture really echoed that feeling I have about nat. geo.

so yeah really nice photo selection to go with that music!

[TokioRain]

thanks for the compliment!

[gaarathesandslayer]

where did you get this song? i need it for a project im doing. lol. if you could send me the link or something i would greatly appreciate it.

[TokioRain]

downloaded the theme song from limewire!

[iitzeus]

This theme is the reason why I chose science to be my profession. Very uplifting piece of music !

[thejake1453]

Finally! I've been trying to get this for ages! thanks dude

[TokioRain]

no problem...