The Day the Earth Stood Still - Prelude/Outer Space/Radar

[greekdrwho]

Clatu Barada Nikto

[WhitePhoenixUS]

Does anyone know the orchestra that performed the music for the film?

[benjaminopie]

Danny Elfman is a hack. Bernard Herrmann's influence on him should be to compose something good, if he's capable.

[Skeletonwitharaygun]

@benjaminopie

Danny Elfman is awesome.

You should really just stfu. :D

How about you just listen to the music and and enjoy it for what it is.

Instead of comparing artists and being a pretentious music twat.

[Skeletonwitharaygun]

@benjaminopie

Why don't you go ahead and keep being a pretentious twat and patting yourself on the back with your bullshit self worth.

Keep thinking the things your like are better than what everybody else likes.

Thinking that your on some other level.

And then die with your pointless retarded values.

Be consumed by the earth and become nothing.

The only value that you can hope to have after that is as worm food or a fuck hole for a wondering necrophiliac.

[icannotfly]

goddamn this is awesome!

[vanshma]

The beginning reminds me of Earthbound for some reason.

[fawfulmark2]

@vanshma not surprising, since the Starmen were based off of Gort.

[minacciosa]

Composers are still stealing from this score. Timeless.

[guashin]

Im a big Film music fan, particulary the works of Danny Elfman......hearing Elfman quoting several times that his true master is Bernard Herrmann........ I decided to take a listen to the master of my master......... BOOM!!.....I get this........ totally awesome music and now I have a new influence in my film music writing

[popbott]

Bernard Herrmann's music is fascinating, one of the most influential film composers of all time.

[dasUBootVII]

Instead of a theremin invented in the mid '40s they may have engaged the voice of ima Sumak....she was a singer who could hit all registers.

[topofthepopsguy]

Do not think many of us will ever forget watching this classic as a kid!At any age,cannot beat a true classic,and with a classic soundtrack cannot be beat.Next to John Barry one of my favorite composers.Will not forget either hearing the same intro used on the pilot episode for Lost In Space "No Hiding Place"!

[peppersax]

Just keep in mind when you listen to the scores of Danny Elfman, where he received his training from...............BERNARD HERRMANN

[GoblinXXX]

@peppersax With a lot of klezmer and glockenschpiel music thrown in, I think.

[BehindPaleBlueEyes]

@peppersax - I NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE. PLEASE VERIFY - JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

[JOHN02099]

awsome sountrack and film.

[CAJim2]

One person couldn't remember Gort's fail-safe password.

[EBIKERIDER1]

Timo mas, help me ,hmm

[kallemick]

i heard something like this on the video game "destroy all humans"

[mierpaul]

This sci-fi theme is well known it is often copied or parodied just about everywhere.

[RichardCohenFilms]

Unforgettable music and film. Love that Theremin

--Richard Cohen Films

[gammainn]

This is some of Bernard Herrmann's best work. Can't get enough of it.

[3investigators]

Chilling and amazing. One of the best movies scores for one of the best sci fi flicks ever.

[Varese13]

@The Stockwell Thanks for the correction. I guess Messiaen is safe after all:)

[Gabbos]

ack ack

[Essasmusic]

That part at 1:16, where, after a quieter movement, the orchestra returns in full...I live for moments in music like that.

[Talos1963]

The Theremin is a truly amazing instrument. It lends a truly otherworldly feel to the music.

I have this score on my iPhone and actually use the beginning of this track for my ringtone.

[reddiaperbaby]

Funny that the music is creepier and more atmospheric than the actual film. I wonder if anyone would even remember the movie without the great soundtrack.

[gammainn]

@reddiaperbaby Um, yeah they would. I don't remember this film because of the score even though it's awesome.

[radiootoo]

Instant Goosebumps! This was my "Wizard of Oz" as a boy; "when's DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL coming on???"

[DPJ021189]

My cat just scared the crap out of me! I think its not good to listen to this with headphones on at the early hours of morning!

[phxsns1]

Great score to one of the great science fiction films.

[spindlegrinder]

I love creepy music!!!!!

[NonInflatable]

Klaatu barada nikto.

[gaznbass]

I never realized that Bernard Hermann did this as well as Psycho, Taxi driver and Cape Fear. He has just knocked John Williams off my favorite of all time.

[madmadhatter]

Twilight Zone theme = Day the Earth Stood Still theme sped up and repeated...did anyone else catch this? Both composed by Hermann I believe...

[Zlagie]

The song i will be thinking about during Armageddon.

[EnergeticDisassembly]

This is one of the scariest tunes I have ever heard. Seriously. They don't do it like this anymore. :( Hail Benny Herrmann, the greatest film scorer of all time.

[vSiUaCcKoSm]

Goosebumps

[Varese52]

Love the use of the ondes Martinot. Eat your heart out Olivier Messiaen!:)

[TheStockwell]

@Varese52 Not an Ondes. TWO theremins.

[frizzlefrap]

no mistaking the man who created this score ..... klaatu barada hermann?

[Curttehmurt]

one of the best uses of the Theremin

[dafmurray]

The 1950's had some great science fiction film scores. This and 'Forbidden Planet' are probably the most famous. It's such a tragedy that Herrman's personality caused such bad feeling in the major studios that Herrman never had the career and list of films his talent deserved. And I'm saying this as a major Goldsmith fan primarily.

[frizzlefrap]

@dafmurray ..... goldsmith fan?? .... explain?

[dafmurray]

@frizzlefrap. I wasn't very clear in my comment. What I meant is that even though I personnally like Goldsmith the most of any film composer, that doesn't mean that I think he's better than every other film composer. I really hate when one fan of a composer starts this childish "my favourite film composer is better than your favourite film composer" stuff. I'm just grateful that we got to hear so many wonderful scores by all of them. Harrman must rank among the very best composers.

[frizzlefrap]

@dafmurray ..... ok

[DanGRtheMan]

@dafmurray exactly, @dafmurray may think that if a composer is your personal favourite that will mean you think they are the greatest, but he is an ignoramus who thinks he has the intellect of God. My personal FAVOURITE composer is Elfman, but I personally believe John Williams is the greatest of all.

[Yavor54]

We are performing this tonight live at the Hot Springs Classical music festival... with two theremins... full orchestra...I'm off to the dress rehearsal..

[FlametopFred]

The 1975 recording he did is an even better performance - the tempo better, and so on. Magnificant composer. Period.

[buyjoon]

kelis fucking stole this

[KingoftheMonsters100]

what

[canturgan]

Very evocative, 'Back To The Future' couldn't have existed without this film, that poster and Hermann's music.

[OurFriendsEclectic]

This track was also sampled by Timo Maas on his track feat. Kelis 'Help Me'. Magical sounds and a genius film - one of the greats :)

[coashddjj2]

One of the immortal movie scores -- love it!

[funkstagazza]

herrmann was the greatest film music composer of all time period!

[englishcorrection]

CORNY BALORNEY. Gee, doncha just hate yourself when you allow your emotions to get swept up by these schlock trax? Listening to Bernie Hermann is like eating at Taco Bell:

you know it's junk but you can't resist. (According to all I've read, the man himself - like Erich Wolfgang Kornygold - had no illusions about what he was doing either.) Now lessee, the robot has snatched the snatch, er, the maiden and he's so excited he's shooting sperm out of, ah, his EYE? Or he's shooting sperm at the guy..

[gugenheim84]

@englishcorrection You're a fool.

[bakhirun]

@gugenheim84

We are talking music, correct, ITG? Speaking of which, you obviously weren't quick or original enough to get the gugenheim the first 83 times around. Says a lot about your mentality as well. "What fools these mortals be". Join the club.

[gugenheim84]

@bakhirun Is that a riddle?

[worstoftube]

This was his first Hollywood soundtrack.

Unbelievable.

[worstoftube]

*First soundtrack after he MOVED to Hollywood

[crusso322]

timo maas - help me

[dangergErBi]

thanks a bunch! i was desperatly searching this

[Hein122]

Klaatu Barada Nikto

[pylgrym]

MARS ATTACKS! is one of Elfman's greatest tribute scores to this great composer

[peppersax]

Just to add. You can hear Bernard Herrmann's influence in some of the following composer's scores: Danny Elfman, James Newton Howard, Marco Beltrami, Alan Silvestri, John Williams, Howard Shore, Klaus Badelt, Hans Zimmer, Jerry Goldsmith, Philip Glass, Mark Isham, Mark Mancini, John Debney, Harry Gregson-Williams, John Ottman, Charlie Clouser. Wait a minute! My bad! I should have just said..................EVERYONE­!

[ProggyDox]

@peppersax and daft punk!

[raulcat19]

@ProggyDox and Kraftwerk!

[jaredcanyom]

Classic !!! very good.

[michael19157]

Danny Elfman essentially updated this theme for Men In Black. Not a problem though, he did well with it.

[sexinatoybox]

i think it sounds more like mars attacks

[SuperMike1955]

best sci-fi song ever

[spartacusvikinga]

You are so right. This scares the hell out of my daughter and she's 18. To be honest when I first saw this it had the same effect. This film is nearly 60 years old. It is, in my opinion, the greatest sci fi movie of all time.

[melaniebattolla]

Thanks this is really nice :)

[josswhedon692]

0:01-1:42 Jack Kirby

1:43-3:51 Steve Ditko

[FearlessSpinner]

Makes me "watch the sky"

[peppersax]

I see here that we have some intelligent people on board. I thought that I was the number#! fan of Bernard Herrmann. My wife still gets on me today for wanting to name my firstborn child....BERNARD SHOSTAKOVICH HERRMANN:) No one comes close to his genius!

[spartacusvikinga]

Can I also add the greatest sci fi track of all time too. I also have added my own tribute aswell. Thanks for posting btw.

[gamesmonkey]

This is in Playstation Home's Burn Zombie Burn space. Well, the beginning bit.

[liquidmetal1]

You can definitely see where Danny Elfman gets a large portion of his inspiration, mostly characterised by the unearthly space age noises, (probably issued by the amazing Theremin, listen to the Mars Attacks" score for reference) and long, cavernous approach to brass section, which Elfman seems to emulate best when dealing with triumphant, heroic characters like Batman and Spider-Man. Even some of the intonation and chordal passages bear a striking similarity. But not bordering on plagiarism.

[bakhirun]

@liquidmetal1

I always associate the theremin with Miklos Rozsa:

For "The Lost Weekend" (and also for "Spellbound"), Rozsa used that early electronic instrument the theremin to depict the mysterious attraction and effects of the Demon Drink, in much the same way as other composers have used this sound for B-movies of alien invasion.

At eleven years of age I was scared shiatless by watching Edward G. Robinson in The Red House - and the Miklos Rozsa music played a large part in it.

[tripsadelica]

Herrmann was a brilliant, temperamental perfectionist...thank God! If you are ever lucky enough to hear the recording session audio for this film you can hear him telling Alfred Newman off by saying, "Alfred, we're not laying linoleum here!"

[arutenvk]

would like to see more videos on the latest movie

[spasticteapot]

This is not even Hermaann's best work. - the man was a genius. It's a shame he did not live longer - the world would have been a better place for it.

[gregtestagent]

I couldn't even remember any of the score for the new version, that's how lame it was. Not like this though.

[knapper2000]

The Decision Rests With You.

[cartoonguyBT]

One of the coolest/creepiest scores known to man

[Bob65001]

@cartoonguyBT They just cant make horror movie scores the way they used to...

[paullubliner]

@Bob65001 Not "they;"  Only BERNARD HERRMANN!

[ZaneTheAssasin]

WELCOME TO THE 50`S

=0

[HamiltonFDRJWJS]

sounds a lot like Vertigo

[mandasue335]

cause its the same composer =p

[muchtoomuch1]

If there ever was music that fit a film perfectly this is it! Close my eyes and I can see it right there.

[madamerotten]

The new version pales in comparison, despite the fine renditions of Pamelia Kursten on theremin. They even spelled "theremin" wrong in the credits of the new version.

[za99a9]

A Classic theme !

[raym45ZZNY]

The First time I saw this film I was around 6yrs old And fell in love with the Music immediately.

[nelandquinten]

truley classic music, really sets the definition of retro sci-fi!

[Bob65001]

why are there only 31 ratings!!!! aaaaaaaa

this music is soooo perfect!

[ultramarinegoat]

Because Gor was sent to destroy the 3 million people who clicked on less than 5 stars. People of Earth, this is your last warning !

[Forgottenboomer]

I KNOW!!!

[babyycat]

This is just a all round damn good movie music i love it. And the robot great. I didnt like the new movie at all. mostly the music.. and the Acting...

[kwaumane]

Wow! I've been watching videos of his music and this is pretty amazing. You can definitely hear this style in modern film scores, especially in music by Elfman who i believe is a personal fan of Bernard's music. Great score!

[pylgrym]

Citizen Klaatu! Check out "The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad"!

[xg7v3]

fantastic score

be sure to check our Timo Maas feat. Kelis - Help Me. it's based on the score and can be found on youtube!

[fromthesidelines]

Irwin Allen also thought Hermann's score was great; he utilized portions of it in the original unaired "LOST IN SPACE" pilot {"No Place To Hide"}, "swiping" the opening title music as his [of course, when he produced the actual series, John Williams wrote the theme and initial score].

[madamerotten]

A bigger crook in the business of televison sci-fi was Gene Rodenberry.

[AiDaN91]

I swear this music was in spiderman 2 game for mysterio

[musicroll]

This unique opening score, beautifully sets the mood for this superb movie.

[akronflakesout]

2:30 on is absolutely great! my cat loves falling down the stairs to it. go travie! go travie!

[HankJwimbleton678]

I read this music is what made danny elfman turn towards being a musician and he even gave Bernard Herrmann's music a sly nod when he did the score for mars attacks!

[9azmco]

Bernard Hermann, Robert Wise and Michael Rennie - Fantastic trio!

[DangerouslyYours]

The greatest opening eerie score in film history. Bernard Herrman was the best. Ironically, in my opinion, the greatest sci-fi film ever made. My very favorite film of all-time.

[DTiger71202]

One of my favorite movies. I would watch it today if it came on TV right now. Love the "eerie" score.

[Remliv]

Out of this world.

[PenylanHill]

Beautiful use of the theremin. Thanks for posting.

[SupaFunk361]

So true!

[adeliaslt]

Awesome.Bernard Herrmann was a score god.